Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:21 pmMany good jobs used to say "Degree applicants only" - with the plethora of 'colouring-in' degrees and correspondence diplomas in climate change etc, it's starting to wane.
Our place they add one word, to make it a 'numerate degree'.
If it was a 'colouring-in by numbers' degree, would that count [sic]?
harum-scarum wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:13 pmSince when I've become a volunteer and (unpaid) company director in a community-owned micro hydroelectricity plant. 1.4GW of clean green ultra-low carbon electricity generated so far...
I’m a nurse, a director in the NHS and also something called ‘Chief Clinical Information Officer’. I’m also about to take on/ perhaps fully move into CIO role. Dunno.
DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:04 pm
What I mainly seem to do is project manage software development and system validation. It sounds dull, it is. In my head I'm like Neo in the Matrix.
Ohh, you do know something of The Art?
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:04 pm
What I mainly seem to do is project manage software development and system validation. It sounds dull, it is. In my head I'm like Neo in the Matrix.
I know why you're here, DT. I know what you've been doing. I know why you hardly sleep. It's the question that drives us, DT. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.
I have worked in the electronic security industry man and boy.
I got average grades in my O levels - the last year to take them - and did a proper apprenticeship with Chubb Alarms/Security, i.e. generally abused and forced into tea making slavery. Worked my way up through engineer grades until I got bored of getting kicked out of bed in the middle of the night, In order to escape call out I got into the Technical Support team at the head office, dodged the redundancy axe a couple of times and then got canned after 21 years continuous service.
Moved to an Access Control manufacturer doing pre and post sales support, and got to travel around a bit (all over the UK, Australia, Latvia, Brunei but managed to dodge Nigeria) for 5 years until i got stitched up by my then boss and made redundant again.
Moved to another installer, a smaller one this time, and cross trained into fire alarms. Spent 2 years on building sites commissioning anything and everything and stupid hours on the road as well. Tiresome politics and the gring of 50K miles a year in my own time meant I was looking around by the 18 months point.
An old colleague at the Access manufacturer approached me to return to them as the manager that stitched me up was basically fired and the opportunity came up for him to put things right in his eyes. Been back 2 years and generally having a fairly easy time there.
I have just interviewed for another pre and post sales position which threatens to double my salary while still working from home with the possibility of leading a team in time. Interesting times ahead if I can pull that one off.
DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:04 pm
What I mainly seem to do is project manage software development and system validation. It sounds dull, it is. In my head I'm like Neo in the Matrix.
I know why you're here, DT. I know what you've been doing. I know why you hardly sleep. It's the question that drives us, DT. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.
