What do/did you do for a living?
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Sell denim.
I spent over 20 years in the IT industry doing all sorts of stuff. For 10 of those years I was based in the forrmer USSR. I had a drinking competition in Moscow with a KGB Colonel (I lost), I took the Czech Government to court for breach of contract (I lost).
A few years ago circumstances forced me reapraise what I did for a living. I decided to make what I do now a success. Mme B, bless her soul, was the main bread winner for a few years and financially supported me to get to where we are now. The business is going well enough now, for her to pull out of her other stuff and help me (well she does love packin n stackin).
I do a few othere odds n sods, I consult for the local brewery and I also make Titanium fishing reels (through my old contacts in The Ukraine).
But Iron Heart is what I love, thanks for helping us get to where we are…...................
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An interesting career path to say the least G! I've done a fair few jobs(though not quite as glamorous): Printer (NME and other such exciting tutt..) Stock controller at Tescos, Surveyors assistant (chainey) working all over London (Bank of England, Imperial college), fannied around at uni for 3 years in Brighton and then ended up here in France. Am now an Educateur specialisé…otherwise known as a Social Worker working with Handicapped adults.
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@Geo:
I only had one in mind . . .
That's a tough job tho' bertoni
I wonder who you're referring to there Geo? Mmmm?
Yeah it's hard sometimes but at the risk of sounding cheesy, I feel i'm doing something worthwhile…have done a stint in a children's home recently and LOVED it...real hard luck stories but some amazingly resilient kids out there. My next "career" move for sure. -
first stop after school, was becoming a telecommunication technician, after this went to serve my country by planing and writting the service and education plans for a aerial drone company. Next stop was working for a Swedish company that build professional cooking ovens in quality control / production planing and various other fields. Next was a year doing nothing at all, beside having fun…. Followed by a few months working for record company, doing promotion planing and some other things. After this worked year or so for a community owned firm, training jobless people to get back into work life.... Beside all these things I was always a part-time record dealer and around 10 years ago went to go fulltime doing this.....
-- rocket iphone posting--
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I always wanted to ask the question but never did cause I figured it to be too indiscrete… But I'm glad Paula is now working for the IH biz...
What a sweetheart. I've been running my own business as freelance conference and events organizer for past 13 years, and haven't quite stopped yet - still doing a few projects for my biggest client, a large IT organization whose name rhymes with "Hell"! Over the years, they and other clients have given me the opportunity to run projects pretty much all over the world, and it's been hard work and a lot of fun, although now quite ready to do less and pack and stack Iron Heart instead!
Before 1998, a pretty chequered career, including working as PA for political lobbyist and a stint looking after a Formula 3 racing team, before working in marketing in IT - lots of good times and travel, but nothing as great as what G and I are doing together now.
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thanks for sharing guys and gals!!
Sounds pretty cool to me, jimmy. how did you actually come to having your own label and store?
thats what i did my studies on. I did a diploma in Textile [weave/knit/dye/printing etc etc etc…..] and then a degree in Fashion Design.
I did quite a few jobs in the trade that allowed me to accumulate a lot of contacts and travel the world. I was getting too comfortable in my last job so i decided to quit which pressured myself to have to do something. it took well over 2 years of planning before my first garments sold to the public and another 2 before my first shop. having a store really ties you down but is what i realise what i love to do. Been a shop assistance and asking randoms what they do for a living
this shop has grown enough for me to not be there so time for another…
@DENIM:
Welder/fine art fabricator last gig was the balloon rabbit for jeff koons
DS that amazing stuff! are you able to post pic of the process. i've seen the balloon dogs and they're really something.
like any good thread it needs pics so I'll start this is my shop. the stock looks a bit different now with a lot more suits and ties. It will be getting relocated and a face lift in a few month time.
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I'm a mechanical engineer at a robotics/material handling firm, been working at the same company for coming up on four years. We are currently working on a crane system to help clean up the Chernobyl mess (yup, the one from the 80s).
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Six years as a laboratory technician/manager in NYU Medical Center researching the underlying causes of Alzheimer's Disease
Two years in Counter Bioterrorism
Two years as an FDA investigator specializing in medical devices and manufactured foods
Currently I develop training material for the proprietary systems we use in the FDA
One of these days I'll figure out what I wanna be when I grow up…
