Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Chi's - 'So what do YOU do' edited version - valid entries only pls!

[peter grover]

i have been a commerical moter mechanic for the last 40 odd years ,how sad.i work for a volvo main dealer. modern trucks are getting to techanical for my likeing with evering controler by ecu's. you mend them with a pc instead of a spanner.i ridi a dr 650 suzuki to work ,and get out on my 916 when i can .i like to go fishing when time permits.

[Jiminy]

Jiminy (aka Jim Mourilyan). If anyone can be bothered to get this far down the thread then I'll add my two pen'th .... Yet another bloke involved in IT, on the infrastructure side of things rather than the software side of things. I work best with the stuff you can touch - ooo-err missus. Anyway it's paid the bills over the years, about 20 years in all. Turned my hand to most things in life, have flown planes, done a bit of acting, raced lawn mowers (true), lived in numerous different places around the world, but always seem to end up back in London. Been riding bikes for about the last 10 years but only now learning to ride properly since buying a 749 - and I still have a long way to go.

[couchcommando]

Run/own this lot www.tielectricaltesting.co.uk

Club race in spare time and help run this if any time left www.teamtir.co.uk

[Chris Wood]

Interesting reading...

Chris Wood
Learning and Development manager - helping adults learn and develop themselves, in retail hotel leisure industry, soon to be HR manager for leisure centre group.

Left Aus in '98 to travel; US, South America, Canada, Europe....still going, other interests..telemark skiier, golfer,13 handicap, triathlons, running and cycling, road and mountain bikes. Wine and food affiicianado...eat and drink a lot!

[Delooney]

Currenlty a 'Manufacturing Logistics Manager' for a Polyurethane moulding company making interior trim products for off highway vehicles.

But also a qualified 'Acoustic Engineer' and qualified 'HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning) Design Engineer'.


Delooney

[LesPaul]

Currently working as a AV tech repairing and servicing all the audio/visual equipment in lecture theatres and teaching rooms at the University anything from a CTV, data projector to a video conferencing unit.

Hoping to get a job in Video Production in the very near future, will involve filming in operating theatres (already help out with this now but would be more involved with the new job), making corporate videos etc. Will have to learn to edit using Avid and will also have to learn about live web streaming among other things, so a few new challenges

Really want the job as it's what really interests me but might have to make a few sacrifices as it will mean a pay cut for a year maybe 18 months while I'm learning.

Darren

[John W]

another I.T. guy here.

I work for my own company as a freelance consultant specialising in embedded real time software, along with a couple of other employees.

Our clients seem to mainly fall into the mobile phones and satelite comms arena, although we do have some smaller contracts come in from time to time.

Its a job and someone has to do it
Besides, it keeps the wife in the manner to which she has become accustomed, and allows me a few toys too

[twpd]

twpd: Nigel Wright
Live in the wilderness of the north.
Occupation: Project Manager (capital projects) for a well-known household name.
Previously worked in semiconductors specialising as an etch engineer specialising in fabrication of metal interconnects at device level on things like DRAM, Pentium III's and Athlons. Still occasionally do some consultancy work but, I've generally left the industry. Highly experienced in hazardous gas management and vacuum systems. Would like to leave it all behind and disappear into the ether but a Ducati habit and a mortgage dictates that I still work.
Occasional racer with varying levels of success.
Other than bikes, I like playing around with spanners, cameras and computers (Linux).

[Martinp]

Originally posted by LesPaul
Currently working as a AV tech repairing and servicing all the audio/visual equipment in lecture theatres and teaching rooms at the University anything from a CTV, data projector to a video conferencing unit.

Hoping to get a job in Video Production in the very near future, will involve filming in operating theatres (already help out with this now but would be more involved with the new job), making corporate videos etc. Will have to learn to edit using Avid and will also have to learn about live web streaming among other things, so a few new challenges

Really want the job as it's what really interests me but might have to make a few sacrifices as it will mean a pay cut for a year maybe 18 months while I'm learning.

Darren

Trying to do the same as you ohh by the way chatting/being interviewed for a job with a company based in shepperton said that I had done some work with avid and the MD turned round and said Final Cut was the way forward! DOH!

[stox]

Project manager in construction for a large retailer - basically making sure stuff gets built!

James