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With having absolutely no luck deciding what Im going to spend the best part of 4 decades calling work, I was wondering what do the roboteers do/intend to do as a job.
(If youve never heard of the term Bread and Butter Job before, its the Job you do to put food on the table.Of course we all know that.:wink:)
I was (until the end of March) working as a finance officer for the local authority assessing little old ladies finances to make sure they were eligible for social services funding. Quite a far cry from robots. I am now unemployed and no matter what I would like to do, I am still a pen-pusher in the eyes of employers but I would like to do something in the field of electrician or service engineer and to that end I have just started study for a BTEC in electrical installation.
Well Im studying for a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics but havent really given a great deal of thought to what/where I want to work after uni - possibly something more related to the aero side of my course - flying combat robots perhaps :)
I am hoping to get a summer internship at Rolls-Royce aerorepair and overhaul in east kilbride. In terms of after uni, no idea what I fancy doing.
i have always been in sales within the motor trade, it pays well and has given me a nice house but i hate the pressure of targets etc...and i used to have to work in germany, so was away from home alot. i always wanted to join the police force, but having a family and morgage young never helped towards me applying.its something i have been reconsidering over the last few months.
Id suggest a Plumber ( Corgi Licenced ) or Electrician...... Both options give you the chance to make some cash on the side ... or even go self employed.
or theres the easyest job in the world cnc machinist and you could do robot parts in overtime :)
Jamie, Im studying Journalism but Im in the same situation youre in: I havent really given thought on where to work. Im too busy with my current courses for that or looking over my own robots. I might take some Engineering courses this summer to help build my featherweight though. :)
well somtimes i say im on nights but being a porn star i have to hide it!!!
have you not seen the films ;)
No (thank god for that) LOL
mechanical fitter Rugeley Power Station
in between jobs but 29 years and 8 months
My work email sig. says:-
John Robinson MEng (Hons) AMIMechE
Manufacturing Engineer
I used to do all kinds of administration and data entry jobs. My last job was as accounts receivable for an internet security company but then I fell ill and got sacked.
Have been 5 years unemployed due to chronic illness now and thinking of trying to find work as (perhaps) a teacher (for adults) since my illness seems to have stabilized.
euhmmm... diploma in forensic science, hard to get into though
Im currently studying Robotics. As far as I know this school is the only upper secondary technical school with Robotics as subject, or how it was, correct me if Im wrong.
im a professional babysitter :)
Panel wiring for 5 years then Quality Inspector for 4 years and soon to be Quality Manager :).
But i would much prefer to be a civil or structural engineer. But at 30 years old would take too long in training to make it worth while.
Officially Im still a trainee. But Im doing all kind of jobs, so they dont know what to call it, I guess ;).
Im working three days on the sales department, there I programming a questionnaire so others can make a quotation in 10 minutes instead of a day or so. But I also do some marketing activities (making movies, photographs and presentations/website).
The other 2 days Im working on the service department. If my college isnt in, I€™m doing the administration, but normally I€™m starting up projects, like updating the minimum stocks and hire/repair administration.
And sometimes I€™m a receptionist ;)
Most fun part is that I€™m official a trainee for the finance department, but I€™m not working on that department ;)
Right now I am a IT Manager. But thats only temporary until my plan for world domination unfolds. :)
Like Kenny I am a CNC Miller - 30 years of it, robot bits just fall off the end of it every now and then. Very usefull.:)
Dont recommend it for someone young as my job will go to China one day along with every other manufacturing business.:angry:
My son is in his final year as an electrical apprentice and is earning only slightly less than me, so I would seriously consider that as an option. Next year he will earn more - so his board is definitely going up. As Woody says, it is also good for doing jobs on the side and is quite a simple step to start working for yourself, if you feel the need.
Trev
Just out of curiosity, how do you train to become a CNC machinist?
I had 4 days in shop training on my Fanuc controlled CNC lathe ....then it was trial and error .....error ......error :)
But it wasnt to long before I became fairly proficient.
I also picked up the programming on the various Mills.
Quick potted resume of my working life.
Qualified as Fitter ..Lorry and Taxi Driver..Car and Motorcycle Mechanic and finally 25 years as a Machinist..the last 10 years on CNC.
After graduated i worked for 1 year and 5 months as a design engineer for a company that builds material handling systems. (bagage handling, express parcel, warehouse&distribution)
I worked at the department Special Design Engineering, just sitting behind a desk all day making 2D and 3D drawings. But it makes you put on weight. Im now almost just as heavy as my robot. :) Damn that company resaurant!
Ive been given an interesting offer and now i start as a maintenance engineer in medical oxigen equipment for homecare, next monday. Im now being offered the chance to work myself up to head technical service and facilities, as im the only one with a higher education. The technical service is now run by 3 people without a manager, but cant continue like that with the growth of the company.
Work will be part in the workshop and part administrative. Going to visit hospitles and patients at home. Would be good not sitting behind the desk anymore all day.
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Right now Im a mess/ration accountant for one of the army camps around this area. I dont mind the mess accounting side, but the ration side gets a bit boring and stressful. Hopefully I will find another job in a couple months time.
You might want to consider doing all kinds of jobs for interim agencies too. I dont know how big that industry in the UK is but in Belgium and the Netherlands its huge. Both Mario and I loved the flexibility, the regular changes, always something new to do and to learn... If we hadnt needed to take up regular jobs because of the mortgage (have no regular job ? forget about mortgage) otherwise we would still be doing it !
A lot of my administration skills were acquired at interim jobs. Some of the stuff I learned there: to repair copy machines, to juggle phone calls, to arrange business trips, how the Flemish parliament works (and that government officials rarely work), how many people die during new medication trials, the names of all kinds of cardiac medication, how to keep a workshop real clean, how to file invoices, how to make people pay their invoices, how to make most efficiently copies of just about anything, how computer viruses work, what a dress code is and how you dress on casual Friday, to exchange toners and cartridges in any kind of office equipment possible, how to make coffee and make everybody understand why the brand I prefer is actually the best, how to keep office supplies in order and keep co-workers from raiding that cupboard, how you can glue a stack of paper into a nifty note-book, how to film company meetings whilst sleeping through them, and how to annoy my co-workers best.
Useful skills those.
i must admit, ive had a few interesting jobs in the past. i agree with babeth, while you are young, by all means learn a trade, but rry as many things as you can while you are still young enough... once the kids/morgage etc arrive, it somewhat limits your ability to try something new workwise.
well i did a mechanical engineering course and a btec in engineering (forgot wot its was actually called :p) i learned CAD and CNC and i worked at a company for just less than a year when i realised all i wud be doing is pressing a few buttons a machine for the rest of my life and i dint like it as i was getting bord within the first few weeks so im now a fabricator & welder makin all sorts of stuff. fabrication is kinda a fun job as its somthing new nearly every day. plus i can make stuff in my own time and get abit of extra cash (£)(£) :p Depends what your into realy dunt it?
Im also mainly a CNC engineer. But work from writing programs by hand, no fancy CAM software sadly. Testing, making and finishing parts. But also do lots of other jobs, manual milling and turning, grinding and welding. As well as building the milling machines we make, wiring and pneumatic plumbing. Since there are only the 3 of us we basically have to do all jobs, can be quite varied.
Plus get to do bits for robots, when the boss isnt looking. Actually hes fairly good, can stay after work and anything i want really.
Well, Ive had many interesting/boring jobs since erm... about 19...
I worked at a kennel, lasted 2 day, didnt wanna go back after having to hold a healthy dog down, so the vet can inject it to put it down... then i worked as a cleaner, was only over xmas period, erm.. then i worked as a self employed window cleaner, that lasted 7yrs, then worked at a chinese take away, was there for 10yrs...
Erm... oh... the last 4yrs had been mostly agency work, and seasonal in various warehouses. Packing bananas, lugging boxes, packed tea and coffee, administrators on transports, and now an order picker.
While I was between jobs, Id decided to take fork lift truck lessons and passed them, now just a case of keep pestering the manager to let me loose in the warehouse with a reach truck, and i hafta admit, after 3wks of it, hed weaken! LOL...
Im thinking about doing a bit of training on first aid too, and erm.. write a novel before i get too old and decrepit! *chuckles*
My shortest job was working as a washer-up in Peco in Beer, aged about 14. I lasted 1.5 days!
Dave
Went to University (http://www.rhbnc.ac.ukwww.rhbnc.ac.uk) and did a degree in Computer Science and Marketing Management.
Ran my own company whilst I was at university and then sold it off as a going concern when I left.
Then joined BT as a network designer before being headhunted by another part of the business after a couple of months to become a Technical Design Authority.
Now spend my time travelling around UK and Europe helping customers refine their requirements for large scale secure enterprise IT infrastructures usually in the £20million+ space in the market. Currently working almost entirely in the UK Government and Financial area. Current trends there are towards consolidation and virtualisation of infrastructure.
Oh, and I play robots when I get the chance !
Ed
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