Are you A) a software programmer

B) in a ministry job

C) hardware maintenance

D) government worker (me)

E) working in a shop ?

blitzbasic just had a poll on their jobs

pretty interesting actually and some ppl have more than one job (S T R E S S ) that's hard work alright

I've had a few jobs over time and have my favourites

I worked full time in a factory making aircraft switches and warning lights for the aircraft instrumentation (pre flybywire)

It was good but out of the window I saw the girls working in the next factory, they looked very nice

it was a CERAMICS factory, making components that used ceramics as the insulation for the 3 electrical routes

after a few weeks of seeing these girls I went over there and said "Have you got any vacancies ?" They did and I moved to the ceramics factory

the girls were AS GOOD AS THEY LOOKED alright and soon ..... I WAS MARRIED

those were the days, what have been your jobs OR what's your job now ?

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c h i e f y
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why not access chiefy's NEW worklogs ?

Doesn't everyone have multiple jobs!?!

My day job is a design engineer, basic electrical engineering stuff for internal test tools.

My night job is 'supposed' to be developing software for God but keep getting side-tracked with family, church, crazy business ideas, playing games, game designing, generating web site content, etc. etc.

Tim

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It's my opinion that the Gospel should not be a paid position, we should all be like Paul - have a job to pay our way and dedicate our time outside of that to preaching and living God's Word.

my current job is Systems Architect for a large us company.. Where i basically do whatever the company needs.. technically i delve mostly in delphi, ms-sql server, interbase, and C#, though i use whatever is needed to get the job done... The job is designing, implementing and maintaining our financial systems as well as point of sales systems, which includes, sending files back and forth to banks, communicating with D&B credit ratings, printing checks, running our atm machines, organising our million employees and our customers, pay taxes automaatically yada yada yada.. , making reports OF course i have a sizable team and its the team that makes it all work.. I did work this job on site at the corporate headquarters, now i telecommute from 11,000 miles away. God has blessed me indeed.. However i do not see this career as my career.. the desire of my heart is more towards traditional missionary , and jobs in which myself and my wife work as a team f or the Lord, part of my vision includes using media (games, software, music, film) for evangelisation purposes, and also using technology such as internet for expedient and efficent communication for strategic mission communication yada yada... but computers is not my goal or my end..

other jobs i've done in the past...

Paperboy - oh yeah my favourite job, but i don't think i could suppose my family on that any more..
Teacher in New Zealand..
Diplomat in China..
University Lecturer in China..
Snowboard Resort worker in Japan.
Games Programmer for Square.

though i enjoy computers and programming, i don't like 2 fact - the fact that i put so much into it, cramm so much information into my head, that is obsolete by the time i read it, and also i don't get to work with people so much, well i do, but not in the same way..

Karl

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Karl /GODCENTRIC
Husband of my amazing wife Aleshia
Klumsy@xtra.co.nz

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HoMaH :P

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Originally posted by meanmaninoz:
It's my opinion that the Gospel should not be a paid position, we should all be like Paul - have a job to pay our way and dedicate our time outside of that to preaching and living God's Word.

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Surely you don't mean that so absolutely...

What about a full time pastor? Or a church music director? The sunday school administrator? What about singers and musicians like Michael W. Smith (like his music or not, he has an effective ministry)? Or an author like Max Lucada (mediocre writing aside, his message is solid)? How about the artists, writers, producers, etc. of Christian movies and videos?

I see nothing wrong with anyone earning a living (or even a supplimentary income) in the process of ministering and sharing the Gospel. Especially if it takes as much time as some of those things do. There's no reason why your job and your ministry can't be the same thing.

Of course, money has the potential to corrupt people, and the more money one makes in any particular ministry the harder it can be for that person to stay focused on what really matters. There are far too many examples of this, unfortunately.

Believer

Been doing it for 4 years since graduating from college. Primarily VB.Net (ASP.Net), VB, SQL. Other jobs I've had: my first was a grocery store cashier, then computer lab monitor, then cleaning trucks, and data entry for the university's physics department.

In my "off time", I like to design/program games, work on my web site, and generally make a nuisance of myself on IM. I also like to watch tv and eat at the local Jack in the Box, but I don't think you'd consider that a job.

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[This message has been edited by SaintA2J (edited April 17, 2007).]

I say software development because often it's more than just programming -- it's going and meeting with clients and executive types and having meetings and helping them figure out what they need and steering them away from what they don't want -- I've found that often, people have an idea of what they want or need, but if you talk with them, you'll find out that's not really always what the best solution would be.

Sometimes, I just do programming like when I'm called in to fix some other guy's program that doesn't work

I do all sorts of languages... I think I figured out that I do about 25-35% Visual Basic/Access/ASP stuff, and the rest is primarily Macromedia Director. I also do some PHP and that sort of thing. I try to get to know a lot of web developers and graphic artists, because I've found those are the people that someone comes to when they want a website done, even if it's something that would be totally database driven (which they may or may not know) and then the web developer comes to me for all the backend stuff -- it's their job to do the visible part, and my part consists mostly of Unseen Things ;-)

I've got a few projects/products I'm working on when I'm not earning billable hours on a project, the most prevelant of which is the Suspended Blocks puzzle-type game I mentioned in another thread here and got some great feedback on. Hope to get that out soon and start on another one right away.

In the rest of my not so spare time, I'm learning C# -- it's really a rather cool language. I've got the book by Petzold -- he's an amazing programmer, and an excellent writer, the latter of which is more than you can say for most tech authors (present company excluded, of course )

-Ascent
http://www.unseenthings.com/

Nevermind...

--D-SIPL

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Originally posted by C h i e f y:

what have been your jobs OR what's your job now ?

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I currently employed full time at a software company that makes well-known financial software. I'm a programmer, and work mostly on the Canadian version of the personal financial product. Most of you would have heard of it, some of you may even use it.

I used to work as a programmer at a company that makes custom device drivers for industrial settings (oil refineries, water treatment plants, pulp & paper mills, etc) so operators could monitor and control their various plant devices from their computer. Pretty cool job: lots of interesting challenges, some travel, tons of experience. The pay could have been better.

Before that, I used to sandblast bulldozers, truck frames and horse trailers. In -20C degree weather. With sand finding its way into every part of my body. Thank God for computers.

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Originally posted by D-SIPL:
Im an IT Manager for a company called Aquila in London (Balham). I'm 18 so i'm also going to university this term to do my certificate of higher education/diploma/degree in that order. It's a 6 year course!!

Nevermind...

--D-SIPL

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it had a pit and various garages at his disposal, the mechanics he had working for him were hilarious, I turned up there a couple of years back and filmed him in full swing, I was SOOOOO lucky their sense of humour remained intact, in fact I filmed 'em talking about some "REAL CHARACTERS" in the army, that film was absolutely classic !!

the previous day I filmed my OTHER brother while driving his double decker bus around Molesey and Kingston, I interviewed some of the "passengers" as to what they thought of his "driving" ! (The other "passengers" were his flippin old m8s from Molesey anyway so their replies were hilarious TOO ! ooooo the joys of a maniac behind a video camera

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c h i e f t y
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Chiefy, I noticed you have an interesting habit of bringing up topics that died months ago. Oh wait, this one's only a month and a half old. That's fine though. Keeps discussion alive. You sure participate in a lot of threads. Is this where you spend all your free time?

†Caleb†

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as for answering 'old threads' - I'll give it a rest if you think it's too annoying .....

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check out the CCN mega photo file, is your photo on there maties ? ;)

I work on T1 lines now, did ISDN lines for about 3 years, did DSL lines also. Before that I did some limited design work for a lighting manufacturer mostly UL compliance stuff, I was also pretty much their art department. Also worked at a Hobby shop for far to many years ( had the illusion of being let into a family business ) have an AAS in technical illustration (Pre-computer), got that with the GI bill money from 4 years in the USMC. Thats a nut shell of my work life.

My favorite job had to be as a video editor for a local cable company ( analog ) no money but lots of fun.

A life's goal for work: to retire on a profitable farm of some sort. I want my grand kids ( don't have any yet, my kiddos are still 3-5 ) to see where there food comes from. I'm also first generation, to not, grow up on a farm.

Spiffy

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hey D-SIPL you diamond geezer my brother used to work at the TA centre in Balham, know that place ? He was in charge of a workshop in there that repaired/serviced their army HGVs/LandRovers/Transports

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it had a pit and various garages at his disposal, the mechanics he had working for him were hilarious, I turned up there a couple of years back and filmed him in full swing, I was SOOOOO lucky their sense of humour remained intact, in fact I filmed 'em talking about some "REAL CHARACTERS" in the army, that film was absolutely classic !!

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the previous day I filmed my OTHER brother while driving his double decker bus around Molesey and Kingston, I interviewed some of the "passengers" as to what they thought of his "driving" ! (The other "passengers" were his flippin old m8s from Molesey anyway so their replies were hilarious TOO ! ooooo the joys of a maniac behind a video camera

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Take care bruv!

--D-SIPL

+) Technology Services Support Analyst for the Elk Island Public School Board.

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It's not seeing is believing, it's believing and then seeing.
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Also in the midst of my undergraduate thesis in Software Engineering.

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