What's your day job?

Temetka · 2015-11-06 04:35:29

hhh wrote:

^Girlspeak for "when you could be fiddling with me... or at least cleaning the gutters"?

OMG. As a married man I can confirm that is true.

Job: IT Consultant / Sysadmin in a small consulting company myself and few other friends started about 8 years ago.

I got into linux around 1993 on my 486PC. I was also big into phone phreaking and BBS'ing at the time. I've been messing around with it off and on since then. Really got it into on a more serious note about 12 years ago or whenever SuSE 6.3 hit the scene. I've been using *NIX as my primary operaing system for a number of years in the form of OS X. I switched back to Windows when Lion was released and a few months later was dual booting Ubuntu. After that, well linux has slowly replaced my reliance on Windows as a main OS. My next main laptop will feature BL as the primary OS with Windows in a VM.

tranjeeshan · 2015-11-06 04:41:15

I'm an Electrical Engineer by profession, working in a 200MW modular power plant in turbine section, and a Linux Unix-like systems' lover by choice!

A walk into the past: I always had a special interest for computers. I started using computer with a moderate PC running Window 98. Back then I just played different games on it e.g. Road Rash, House of the Dead, Virtual Cops, etc. I started developing a bent for different software/applications. I enjoyed learning new software which would do wonder for me. Shortcut keys, tips and tricks for using computer like a pro would attract me like hell. I tried different versions of Windows as they came: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Longhorn (not sure whether it was official or locally customized), Vista, 7, 8, and recently 10. I couldn't wait to get my hands on newer software: especially when it came to Windows! I've passed countless days when I remember installing Windows tens of times a day. I can remember Windows XP installation didn't play well with me. Most of my bootable installation CDs would miss driver.cab file. I would the fetch that out, insert another one. When my system was done copying drver.cab file, I would then insert the previous one ejecting current one! It was mainly because of updated versions of the OS. Back then I didn't have access to Internet.
I tried varied software for different purposes. At times, I used portable software in my USB pen drive. Back in the first year of my Engineering varsity, I didn't have any laptop. I used to go to the lab, or to a friends laptop, and use my software/application for the USB drive.
It was late 2011, when I got bored of Windows eventually, and thought of using Ubuntu, which seemed promising for me for it's bizarre name. I didn't have much idea about Linux, let alone Unix or free software. Ubuntu attracted me for it was the only alternative OS I was aware of besides Windows, and I couldn't possibly try Mac OS X on my system. I tried it. It was Ubuntu 11.10. I started reading stuffs about Ubuntu, Linux, and open source world. I got hooked into Ubuntu and the free software philosophy. I started using it 'almost' exclusively. 'Almost' for I had to use Windows for some engineering software that could barely run under WINE.
I learned my way through using Ubuntu and other Ubuntu derivatives. I subscribed to different Linux, Ubuntu related sites though RSS feeds. I developed basic understanding of different aspects one should to become a certified 'newbie'.
Till now I have used mostly Debian and its derivatives. I liked the Debian philosophy, for I believe in the free software movement. I never got to like the RPM distros though I tried several times using Fedora and others. openSUSE seemed promising but wasn't my cup of tea anyway. The only distro I would much love to try is Arch. Maybe later sometimes I would try and use Arch.
Very recently, I read a book by Harley Hahn, titled 'Harley Hahn's guide to Unix and Linux'. The author prefaced in the book that, that book would change the readers life. It indeed did! I developed my love for Unix and its philosophies. I started using different Unix tools and utilities. I use them almost every time. I learned vi for the love of Unix, and would do so for other tools that require so!
Lastly, I used Crunchbang in the past and enjoyed it much. Besides the clutter-free nice nimble system, CB had another great thing about it: #! forums. I learned a great many thing from CB forums and now enjoying my time here in BunsenLabs. I like the friendly atmosphere here. Hope to stick in here for long. Thank you!

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-11-06 06:58:29

hhh wrote:

bicycle delivery

I get tired just watching you guys work.

Respect.

ohnonot · 2015-11-06 06:59:25

i am very impressed with both people's individual jobs and the diversity on the forums.
there is, by the way, also this thread which seems a little like the other side of the coin.

until relatives started handing me down old laptops; first i reinstalled windows, later linux.
my love for the internet & self-governed computing was born.

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Döbbie03 · 2015-11-06 07:14:37

I'm the Quoting guy and Assistant Manager at Ideal Electrical. For you overseas fellas, Ideal is owned by Rexel Electrical Supplies, the biggest wholesaler in the world.

Good company to work for, interesting job and it pays relatively well.

tranjeeshan · 2015-11-06 07:30:06

ohnonot wrote:

there's not much money in it, but i love every second of it

That's the main point of a job.

pa$$word · 2015-11-06 07:30:41

@ohnonot - I like the way you managed to get in "Windows", "'95", "Office", "Excel", "Outlook".

You're in Finland, aren't you? I thought working in a kindergarten was a cushy job there and a viable career choice. Or am I thinking of Primary School teacher?

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pvsage · 2015-11-06 08:27:50

ohnonot wrote:

excel
outlook

I see what you did there. I too have a vocational/associate degree in "computer sciences" from the early '90s.

my job these days is working in a kindergarten, for close to a decade now.
there's not much money in it, but i love every second of it and you can always get a job.

Education is one of the noblest of professions! I often listen to Wait Wait - Don't Tell Me; whenever a call-in guest is a teacher of any sort, their audience always enjoys how frustrated the panelists get about not being able to make fun of the caller.

g33zr · 2015-11-06 13:36:21

@ hhh: Cleaning gutters and other handyman fixit tasks is more on the mark. The "honey-do" list never ends....

hhh · 2015-11-06 13:43:51

Lol, the new reality show... Honey Do Do.

iMBeCil · 2015-11-06 14:10:48

Just finished two hours of teaching at Uni ... Now, to do few things in lab ... and talk to my phd student ...

Panda · 2015-11-06 14:53:57

@ g33zr, my wife's moved beyond simple lists and employs her telekinetic power to burn the next chore into my prefrontal cortex. If I'm unfortunate enough to ignore her bidding and the searing pain behind my eyes, I get the look.

If you've been married longer than the typical honeymoon, you know the look.

g33zr · 2015-11-06 17:30:06

@ Panda: Oh, yeah, THE LOOK! I know it all too well...and it isn't exactly "the look of love" either....

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brontosaurusrex · 2015-11-06 18:09:39

Promo producer is my day job (video-audio editing, some camera work (I do all my stunts ), scripting, some directing ..., slight 3d ...),

1st unix/linux contact: Probably running eggdrop on remote shell account or was it irix machine (That used to run Autodesk (former dicreet) smoke*). I do remember installing Debian on amiga 4000 back then as well.

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ohnonot · 2015-11-06 18:56:34

pa$$word wrote:

I like the way you managed to get in "Windows", "'95", "Office", "Excel", "Outlook".

i swear to $DEITY, i never even noticed! wow.
now i'm sorely tempted to tell the old windows 95 joke we've been telling each other back then, but it's kinda obvious and many probably know it anyway and i think i've told it before...

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hhh · 2015-11-06 20:09:58

Cushy means comfortable and well paying in this case, I'm guessing. It usually means easy.

Frogman · 2015-11-06 20:17:11

brontosaurusrex wrote:

I do remember installing Debian on amiga 4000 back then as well.

I really wanted to run C= UNIX on my upgraded A2000, but I had to settle for Minix back then. It's too bad that even Debian has dropped m68k it as a main arch.

pa$$word · 2015-11-07 06:33:56

Well it was more about pay than being easy.

ohnonot · 2015-11-07 07:29:11

pa$$word wrote:

Well it was more about pay than being easy.

if this was aimed at me, absolutely not.
cushy, yes, in that the chances to get a paid job once you have a suitable vocational training are very high.

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nore · 2015-11-07 08:13:43

Easy, cushy job in day care? In your dreams. Hats off to kindergarteners. Though kids who spend their days in language immersion daycare are selected in terms of social background, they are still very, very young, and can be both very delicate and very savage.

I teach physics, chemistry and mathematics, plus occasionally IT, to kids who are big enough to blow their own nose (I mean literally, not figuratively).

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