What kind of works do you guys do?

[Derek Djons]

I was curious what kind of work you guys / gals do. After four years working in a computer-shop as technical service employee,salesman and then as assistant-manager I got tired of pressure, windows and the place.

Now I'm working as a salesman at a local Apple-Centre selling at least something that's UNIX based. :) But that's also for maximum of two year in a planning. After that it's going to be back to study.

And you guys / girls ...

[Perfect Storm]

Now I'll shock you guys. I'm a Peadagog *horror* *horror* *horror*, but I'm also taking care of all the IT stuff at my work.

[bonzodog]

I'm a truck driver. I cannot work in IT as I have NO quals. I taught myself everything I know about computers. And I hate offices, and working alongside other people. So, I drive trucks, where I can pretty much run my day how I want to, and it pays better than an IT manager. (€30,000 per year!).

[trivialpackets]

Student, but also working as a Customer Care Manager for a computer company.

[xequence]

I'm a truck driver. I cannot work in IT as I have NO quals. I taught myself everything I know about computers. And I hate offices, and working alongside other people. So, I drive trucks, where I can pretty much run my day how I want to, and it pays better than an IT manager. (€30,000 per year!).

Ive always thought that would be cool... Living on the open road, nothing to hold you back (except the little black box tracking where you go).

[KingBahamut]

dev

[dragonfyre13]

I'm a software developer for Bayer (USA). (AKA "Bayer AG")

Oh, and Bonzodog, it doesn't matter if your qualifications suck. I make ~$40,000 per yr, and I'm a 19 yr old, (with a pregnant wife, and 2 year old daughter) who dropped out of Highschool, and never went to college. I learned it all myself too, I just pick it up naturally. Sounds like you do too.

[neoflight]

iam a student. doing PhD. planning to completely comvert my box into linux.. have had some terrifying exp with the other one...

[last night too i was trying to partition my office pc hd to put ubuntu on the other half, i tried to download a free application to RESIZE ntfs and thats it!!! system was infected with spyware and even spybot was not able to scan morethan 643 files... ]

that was enuf for me and now the system is... guess what?

[Kuolio]

I'm studying at the University of Applied Sciences @ Seinäjoki, Finland, to become a culture producer, and I'm spesialising to Sosiocultural motivation with spezial intrest on different types of drama and theater methods, music and community arts.

Also, I'm studying at the University of Tampere some computer programming, but not that actively..

Next big challenge for me will be my 3 months practice.. I'll be going to Zambia to do some community theatre and drama with aids-orphans, and on my freetime I'll be teaching a course for some local Uni-students about linux/foss and webdevelopment.

I think that I'll be busy.. hehe.

[majikstreet]

student.

[beercz]

IT Director (aka gopher - very hands on) for a medium sized construction company in the UK. Also part time MSc Student and I do a bit of freelance work occasionally.

Involved in tech support and maintenance, web development, software development, networks and telecommunications systems, security systems, data integrity etc. I have total responsibility for my company's IT and Telecommunications systems.

Been in the IT industry for over 12 years. Use both linux and windows systems.

(ps I don't talk about it at parties!)

[DirtDawg]

Cartoonist (http://www.weeklyhilarity.com) until all the work dried up. Now I'm also a student.

[alinuxfan]

military
computers are just for fun right now...maybe someday i'll make a career out of it

[twowheeler]

Policy director in a government agency. Almost a lawyer, but not officially. I try to make sure that our regulations and rules make some degree of sense and follow the law. What a concept, I know. ;)

[YourSurrogateGod]

CS student

[matthew]

writer, not tech related

[jeepmanjr]

Federal Law Enforcement Agent

Hey...where ya going...come back!!!

Yep, I'm a federal agent and I'm here to help!! :)

I just dig computers, do a little PC work on the side. Have a home network, pc controlled comm gear (I'm a Ham too), and now...my first REAL Linux box!!!!!!

:cool: Mike

[briancurtin]

senior in college, studying CS

ive done internships as a developer though, and its what i will be getting into. this coming semseter i will be working for a US department of defense contractor for the second time, it should be a good project we have

[futz]

Federal Law Enforcement Agent

EDITED out drug content

[darth_vector]

im a computer engineering student, but i also

- work on a helpdesk
- run my own programming company
- teach inconsiderate, ungrateful teenagers maths and java

[carl13]

I have met a few ungrateful teens myself. I direct a substance abuse treatment program for adolescents.

[futz]

EDITED out drug content
Geesh, poofyhairguy, ya ruined my little joke.

[darth_vector]

I have met a few ungrateful teens myself. I direct a substance abuse treatment program for adolescents.

my students probably arent anywhere near as bad as yours! that must be tough...

[debernardis]

I am an addictions doc, working in a community hospital.
On my home notebook there is kubuntu, and for sure I plan to turn my istitution's computers to ubuntu in the future, if the needed software can run on it.

[carl13]

my students probably arent anywhere near as bad as yours! that must be tough...

tough but fun, I like it and its nice to see people make positive changes.

[carl13]

I am an addictions doc, working in a community hospital.
On my home notebook there is kubuntu, and for sure I plan to turn my istitution's computers to ubuntu in the future, if the needed software can run on it.

I would love to use ubuntu at work but I can't even change my wallpaper because everything is restricted by admin access and/or company policy. :(

[chinaski]

uncertified accountant, work for a private small office.

all machines (4) have Windows and our computer technician when I asked him what he thinks about GNU/Linux OS, made a dumb smile like to say "well you know, that's hardly more than a geek's toy"...

do you think we are in good hands? :D

[iand675@gmail.com]

I'm a high school student planning for a double major in architecture and computer engineering at MIT.

[senorcheaposgato]

Graduate student at Radford University in Speech-Language pathology.

I know you're all dying to hear what exactly I do to keep myself out of trouble... ;)

Classes
Clinical practicum
Research for my thesis (besides, I have to do something to justify the grant they gave me)
Graduate assistantship with the Radford University Autism Center--I run the website and handle all the tech problems, as well as doing research/lit reviews for upcoming papers/books.

[zenwhen]

FMLA Claims Administrator

[otake-tux]

Information Science student with a minor in computer science.
Also in the military.

[Burgundavia]

I work for Userful (www.userful.com) as a Sales Drone.

Corey

[Norwal]

I'm a Army Reserve Office. Self taught and just learning Linux throuth ubuntu and SuSE 10.

[alamba]

Used to lead GE Money India's Networks team till 15 days ago. Now on a break for another week or so before I take on my next assignment in another country. Am looking forward to this now cos part of the portfolio is open source consulting. Also, just starting to bring a few people together to start an open source only firm.

Akshay

[TeeAhr1]

Print room manager/One man band for an architect

[southernman]

Finish Trades doing trim carpentry, painting and laminate (formica) installations.

Working towards teaching myself *nix so that I can hopefully have a less demanding career for my old age days. :p

[BSDFreak]

People from a wide range of professions use Ubuntu it seems. :)

I'm a pro bodybuilder.

[LoclynGrey]

I was an IT Manager for 4 years then recently crossed into the Telecommunications world.

Now I am a Business Consultant working for Vodafone NZ. This is an outbound role where I mainly deal with business connections.
Downside is that the majority of phones / dataphones (PDA/Phones) are not Linux friendly (except for the Palms). And also the fact that I have to use a laptop day to day running Win XP Pro, which feels like a backwards step coming from my Ubuntu Desktop PC. I change phones regularly so even if I did run Ubuntu on my work laptop and sync with a Palm it wouldn't last for long because I'd soon be changing to something that possibly wouldn’t work with Linux. Lately I am using a Blackberry PDA/Phone (which is awesome to use) and gladly it doesn’t run a windows mobile OS.

[Kerberos]

I personally groom his lordship Bill Gates cats. I also run a net cafe and do network installs, pc repairs, the usual malarky & web design*

* Everyone does web design. Not everyone knows how :)

[Lord Illidan]

I am a highschool student.. I do lotsa homework!

[Jimmy_r]

I work in a grocery store :)

[qalimas]

I'm a junior in high school, but after school lets out I work at a repair shop daily, the general fixing computers bit, it gets really tiring cleaning Windows out every single day, it'd be so much simpler to just load Ubuntu on all these computers, but I can't :( But $8/hr for a nearly 17 year old isn't too bad ^^

[dada1958]

I used to be a graphic designer, prepress man and Mac system manager. Now I'm working for a foundation, I support people with an intellectual limitation. Making the transition fom Mac OS 9 to Ubuntu for my clients at my workplace these days...

[fog]

I'm a mother and a housewife.
Linux saves my life, when my children born and stop working....

[Derek Djons]

People from a wide range of professions use Ubuntu it seems. :)

I'm a pro bodybuilder.

You can say that again! :p It's cool to see that Ubuntu isn't a one-sort-kind-of-people-OS. :)

[eriqk]

Work, or what I do for a living?
Work: artist.
Living: I work at as multimedia workshop as jack-off-all-trades. Tech guy, editor, webdesigner, helping out the voluteers, and so on. Until march. After that, who knows.

Groet, Erik

[lunatech]

Expert Slacker and getting paid for it .. oh! that would be my dream job :-)

I work as an Operations Engineer.

[::Lagro]

Web Designer, and service for Ink Jet & Laser Printers.

[Arc Owner]

I'm a Freshman in high school, but when I get older I would like to become a computer technichian or something that deals with computers.

[Bladerunner]

Hardwood flooring installation and refinishing. Mostly high end work for people where cost isn't an issue.

[snowjunkie]

I'm a developer. All Microsoft based development. I use Linux for fun only at the moment.

I work for a clinical trials company, and also run my own company selling a background music product called Atmosphere. So, life is pretty busy.

[Dgurion]

I work for a fire protection company, I do design work for them on AutoCAD..... Linux needs to have better cad software...

[c1aytonnet]

I am a sales manager for an IT reseller in New Mexico. I would like to see us use linux more with our customers (education) but they are pretty MS centric.

[sonny]

Economic student, and also working as team leader in a market reseach company, mostly doing statistics, polls, market developments... etc.. etc... my hobby is learning... right now I'm learning Linux (been doing it for about 1 year, my home pc is windows free, although in my work pc I have to use Windows).

[Imexius]

Senior highschool student and Gas Attendant.

[hscottyh]

Software developer. Went to school for electrical engineering, but got a job on a help desk while in school... I started writing tools to make our job easier and fell in love with the instant gratification of creating a piece of software. Ended up just staying on with that company and switching jobs to development...... The best laid plans of mice and men...


uncertified accountant, work for a private small office.

all machines (4) have Windows and our computer technician when I asked him what he thinks about GNU/Linux OS, made a dumb smile like to say "well you know, that's hardly more than a geek's toy"...

do you think we are in good hands? :D

Now that's funny!!!
People and their uninformed opinions!

[kumakun]

You sound like a guy at my job, hscotty. I work for a cable company, in their high speed data department. a couple of my coworkers are doing exactly what you did. Also I'm going back to school for an MIS degree next fall.

/K

[bored2k]

full time systems engineering student, ie unemployed.

[Koobi]

freelance web developer (PHP, MySQL, etc) and i'm in college studying CS.
hoping to transfer to the US this march to complete my college degree

[lgmdaniel]

DR UNIX Specialist. Mainly on IBM kit running AIX.
I'm involved in helping companies test there DR solutions and setup the kit for the tests. Or the actual DR. Very hands on, lots of patching work and moving servers about, system installs and testing. Plus application and backup/restore help. Have a vast range of equipment to play with, Old Sequent and DEC kit. IBM RS6k and pSeries plus mainframe, Hitachi, Sun, and HP which I manged to pick up HP in 4 weeks. Huge amount of PC's and Storage to play with too. So now I'm learning Solaris and Linux.

[Svictor]

Teaching and doing research in Anthropology of Music (at the moment, on the concept of virtuosity amongst Gypsy musicians from central Moldavia). Also trying to teach myself some basics of opensource computing. All in all, having fun !

[webra]

Test engineer and software developer.

[Sp@z]

Stay at home dad.........wife makes a buttload more money than I did and daycare prices are criminal, cheaper for me to stay home.

[rharris]

Radio/Electronics Technician dealing with everything between high frequency and microwave.

Rob

[psychicdragon]

I'm a CS student. I also work at a record store.

[holotone]

Head Shop Monkey by day, freelance geekery / webdev by night.

Yup!

[DirtDawg]

Stay at home dad.........wife makes a buttload more money than I did and daycare prices are criminal, cheaper for me to stay home.

Been there, brother.

[Reb]

Student majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in CS. I work at a research lab over the summer.

[briancurtin]

project manager/developer for a project my school is doing for a US department of defense contractor.

[greenway]

Web application developer and system admin for a international volunteering organization in Thailand.

Great to see such a variety of people using Ubuntu!

-mattijs

[xelink]

I ama cart attendant at a local Target... job sucks, but I'm only 16 and it is my first job...

[Bandit]

MIlitary

[steve.horsley]

Developer.
Developing internal systems and utilities for a company doing outsourced network management. Mainly in python, though have used java in the past.

[steve.horsley]

Why is the forum server so flakey? I have to hit submit several times for anything to happen, then it sometimes puts more than one copy up there. And I can't un-post the duplicates either.

[RaiSuli]

Fiction writer, translator, movie & television critic.

[rsay]

Neuroradiology/linux fanatic

[mohapi]

I do page design for a local newspaper. BA in education (secondary-English) and a BS in nursing. Two-time Peace Corps volunteer (think VSO for those outside the U.S.). Used to work as an editor for The Associated Press. Did a short stint as a bartender. Currently considering emigrating to the Republic of South Africa.

[maruchan]

Graphic Designer/Illustrator. Also run a forum for users of an Open Source 3D software package.

[curuxz]

Im doing my BA in Architectural Technology.

And im also have my own frelance graphics,webdesign company.
Run a few forums help out on some others, so im pretty busy!

[Vlammetje]

i work in hotel accounting, currently for two hotels in Amsterdam, in a month I'll be changing to a similar job for a hotel in the Hague :)

[franklee]

Well I am a writer of fiction -published- by night and the IT guy at a drug rehab, by day. UBUNTU for prez.

[Lanrond]

I'm a software and systems designer, but on the job I'm forced to use W$, so being free to use something different when I can is refreshening.

[el3ktro]

I'm a student of Information Engineering, and I'm working for an internet company as one of three administrators (Linux servers, of course :-D )

Tom

[Bone Down]

International Account Executive (aka salesman) for a Global Freight Forwarding Company.

I have shipped for customers every thing from bovine & human sirum to cars (developemental) and helicopters.

I really like working with some of my customers though, and I seem to be able to fix my computers better than our dedicated IT department.

[macgyver2]

Astronomer (with a lot of computing involved). I just started three months ago. At work I'm also an ambassador or sorts :), introducing my office to open source alternatives to apps we use--it's a government job, so they love $free (and many also like free-libre)--and Python.

[wrtrdood]

Writer, hardware tech (Mainframes to laptops), System Admin (Unix/Linux,VMS, Winblows).

[linuxden]

I am a designer studying to become a linux sys-admin.

And really enjoying all the hard work and brain F_*^ 'S!

[m@dm@x]

During the day, I work with JD Edwards systems as a CNC. At night and on the weekends, I brew beer and make wine. I'm hoping to own a microbrew before I die.

[Sirin]

I'm the "tech guy of the school". Whenever someone gets an error with their DB, they need me to fix it. :p