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    What do/did you do for a living?

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    • rocketR
      rocket
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      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--

      rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

      It's all humbug, like everywhere
      R.I.P. Geo

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      • SeulS
        Seul
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        @Geo:

        Definitely worthwhile

        . . . and it'd be wrong to mention the individual by his proper name - so let's just refer to him as Seul

        Right now I could use some assistance… Too hungover to go to the store...

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        • Madame ButtonflyM
          Madame Buttonfly
          IHUK Crew
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          @Seul:

          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.

          😉  😉

          AKA Mrs G

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          • jimmyJ
            jimmy
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            thanks for sharing guys and gals!!

            @nameness:

            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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            • D
              daveo
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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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              • DougNgD
                DougNg
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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…

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                • riffblaster generalR
                  riffblaster general
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                  Rock.

                  PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                  • namenessN
                    nameness
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                    @DougNg:

                    One of these days I'll figure out what I wanna be when I grow up…

                    I'm still waiting for this to hit me too…

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                    • ChrisC
                      Chris
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                      Interesting stuff; in my head, all the forum members are independently wealthy.

                      Except for Seul, who is an agorophobic living in his parents' basement, playing video games, posting in forums and counting the days until he can blow his next welfare check on booze and denim.

                      😉 😘

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                      • ChrisC
                        Chris
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                        I suppose after that, I should post a serious response. 🙂

                        I work as a petroleum landman; essentially, I'm a subcontractor for exploration & production companies, doing title research, lease negotiation, some due diligence document review and other boring stuff. The major downside is that I'm away from home and out in the boonies of Texas for a whole bunch of time.  So far this year, I've spent 38 nights in a hotel for work trips.

                        10 years ago I probably would have laughed if someone had told me this would be my "career", but I'm pretty happy, considering I just stumbled into it.

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
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                          @DougNg:

                          the underlying causes of Alzheimer's Disease

                          Who the feck are you anyway?

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • ?
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                            @jimmy:

                            thanks for sharing guys and gals!!

                            @nameness:

                            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.

                            Pictures were forbidden unfortunately!

                            Pictures were forbidden unfortunately!

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                            • jimmyJ
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                              I thought that may have been the case DS very cool stuff

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                              • J
                                jacoavlu
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                                @Chris:

                                I work as a petroleum landman…

                                So you're basically Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood… ironic, that's one of Seul's favorite movie characters.

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                                • elclintorE
                                  elclintor
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                                  I manage an independent music store.

                                  (yes I get to play with the toys)

                                  I am by no means wealthy, but I do enjoy what I do.. (most of the time)

                                  Geo

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                                  • S
                                    shego
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                                    Graduated, worked for Coca Cola Enterprises in customer logistics/handling. Now I'm at a publishing/media place as an 'associate publisher' - I sell one of their products/titles to punters globally.

                                    zzzzzz.

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                                    • BlackheartB
                                      Blackheart
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                                      Senior Quality Control Specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, radiology department. Been here 19 years.
                                      I'm the one who makes sure that the x-rays and reports go to the right people so we don't get sued, we now
                                      put all images on CD discs so I have to look at each one to make sure it opens and that all the requested
                                      exams are there.
                                      We burn over 100 CD's a day, no wonder I can't see to drive home! Damn HIPPA laws… 😠

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                                      • JestreJ
                                        Jestre
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                                        I am a Shift Supervisor for Child Care Workers at a non-profit shelter for teenagers.  I make no money, bust my ass with long hours, get stressed out beyond belief, deal with violence & more almost everyday, etc.  Yet I've been there for almost 6 years.  The job has its good moments which can be absolutely awesome but sometimes few & far between.

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                                        • jimmyJ
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                                          good on you Jestre. very selfless of you.

                                          Blackheart if your job ever falls though you'll be great in a movie pirating company 😃

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                                          • zhivagoZ
                                            zhivago
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                                            I myself am a producer, should any one on this forum feel like visiting Northern California for an IH meet up please feel free to pm me.  I may even be able to schedule you a tattoo appointment with a extremely talented tattooer if that is your bag, no promises on that one however, as his time is extremely spoken for. 😉

                                            Zhivago

                                            MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

                                            G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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