Our Jobs- What we all do?

[Paddy55]

I work in IT as well... heading a dept in Health Care which nicely combines 2 streams of popular jobs yet generates sod all travel!

RPG - now that's a blast from the past as I started in IT in 1975 programming on an IBM S/3.

Previously had 2 intl positions with lots of F and some J and I must say now that kids have grown am casting my eye around for a good regional CIO role.... (sigh)

 

[xa-coupe]

After a few different careers, I am ( was ) an IT administrator / support / hardware engineer moving upwards (?) into management .... on the lookout for another job like a few others.

 

[Mal]

After a few different careers, I am ( was ) an IT administrator / support / hardware engineer moving upwards (?) into management .... on the lookout for another job like a few others.

Aaah yes. I'm in the same boat. Lose my technical skills in my current job and become management type, or leave.

Which one do you think I'm choosing!

 

[jasonja3]

I work in the building game for a small company, and fortunately realised an opportunity for offshore manufacturing just over a year ago. To date it is going well and profitable. So it is supported and I am able to travel J (usually discount) to Asia and Y domestically. I am into my second year as WP, and although I totally agree with Tooner about catching a bus, I hope I can continue for a while yet, as I do find my self thinking sometimes..."when is my next trip, get me out of here!!"

99% of my travel is work, unfortunately it is very difficult for Mrs JasonJa3 to travel, but we manage a quick trip occasionally.... on points of course!!

 

[winetraveller]

I'm the International Sales Manager for an Australian Wine Company. Additionally I'm responsible for business development, mostly O/S but some domestic projects that have an international angle (importing). The majority of my job involves overseeing our major markets, US, Canada, EU, Asia, and ensuring that our distributors are on their toes. Also managing marketing campaigns, new product development, market development, risk management, hang on that sounds like I do everything, oh I do!

I don't really have time for a life outside work at this point. Within 12 months I'll be relocating to Europe to cut down on the travel, and maybe just have a life. Shouldn't complain really, I love it. Last week or so was Moscow, London, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Bangkok, LA, Boston (favourite place at the moment, go Redsox), and back to Melbourne.

I do love my job, essentially I get to fly business all the time, as long as my budget comes under a certain amount. I'm probably in a different position to most in that my job is overseas, in multiple locations, so I'm not really based in Australia, I'm based in a different city each day, week, or month. I choose to fly business as most of the time my schedules are tight, and can't afford problems.

Travel goals for the year, rack up 1.5 million miles for the year. Crack a million Hilton Honours points. Sell s&*t loads of wine.

In three weeks I fly from San Francisco to Boston with a work associate, this will be the first time I've flown with somebody else (that I know) this year, and I'm up to about 110 flights this year so far. It'll be a nice change, and she's very attractive!

 

[Tiki]

I'm currently a permanent temp-I have a fear of those Australian Workplace Agreements-was burned before. I do accounts payable/receivable, reports, data entry.

Obviously, I don't travel on business; our travel is all leisure-just me and my husband.

 

[Sequel]

Well I am not in IT or an auditor, how ever I do have 2 jobs.

Primarily (for now) I am a Plant & Machinery Valuer. This sees me mainly travel Dom, generally to country QLD, but with a PNG (POM) trip coming up. QF love me in this role, as although all the travel is in Y, and generally BFOD, sometimes the BFOD is still QF Full Y. The resources boom means my last flight BNE-EMD (Emerald?) was $563 - one way! (Plus a $700 Avis hire car for 2 days!).

My "other" job (I refer to the valuing job as my "real" job) is as a free-lance race car engineer. At present it sees me travel some DOM but mainly Asia and always BFOD. J would be nice, as recently I have been leaving my "real" job 17:00 Wed afternoon, go home and have a shower, get to BNE for either the 23:45 SQ or 23:59 MH flights, travel through the night, work Thur-Sun in Asia, fly home through the night Sun, and cab it straight from the airport back to my "real" job on Mon morning. As I effectively work for myself (contracted to the teams) and I love the job, I dont mind the stress of the workload of 2 jobs with travel (for now), and plan to get back into the motorsport full time once mini-sequel is a bit older and a bit more of the mortgage is paid off (motorsport jobs are not the most secure in the world).

 

[tscharke]

im one of those ex-Big4 plebs that saw the light spent my years there in the IT Security/Risk Management section, specialising in computer forensics, IT security and ERP implementations (btw, i'm a SAP fan! and loathe Oracle)

I currently work for a US listed software company as the Business Process Manager for APAC - so basically involved in refining business and IS controls across the region (oh and that sox thingy....eew!!) Travel takes me across APAC and occassionally Europe and hopefully US this year!

Am new to the addictive nature of frequent flying (thanks simongr) and loving it

 

[parsonstrish]

I work as a social worker in palliative care. limited work travel but I definitely have the travel bug.

I won 100,000 pts. in '04 and t'ferred to ffp and first trip to UK on award; '05 global explorer trip to england, france, ireland, states; '06 business trip to Italy (I paid, thank goodness for tax deductions) & Sept. three mo. long service leave spent in England and States (on award). I"m already trying to work out if I can afford trip in '08.

I'm always discount y and keep believing in a miracle, an upgrade or 'you are the zillionth one-world traveller and will be first class from here on', yeah right.

 

[duffshot]

Business Development in the aerospace industry

 

[dragonman]

A mathematics and maths technology teacher.

 

[bossreggie]

Well I must be the MOST boring member here. I work in sales for Mercedes-Benz. I also own 2 small business's. Most of my travel is for pleasure. I get to New Zealand 6+ times per year. I also go to Europe at least once then 1 -2 shorter trips to Asia/Pacific. I am S#!T scared of flying so always fly in the same seat and only on certain types of aircraft. Without exception I always fly J domestically and F internationally.

 

[simongr]

So you drive a Merc, fly in J/F exclusively and only travel for pleasure. What part of that is boring?

 

[shearsense]

Exploration Geologist/Consultant. Just a pity much of my flying is in 4 seaterer turboprops or Russian bone-shaking helicopters. I've yet to figure out what program gives me FF points for those. But I do get to some obscure international and domestic destinations

Martin

 

[Sequel]

But I do get to some obscure ... domestic destinations

Martin

Yeah, I've been to ADL too!

 

[winetraveller]

Exploration Geologist/Consultant. Just a pity much of my flying is in 4 seaterer turboprops or Russian bone-shaking helicopters. I've yet to figure out what program gives me FF points for those. But I do get to some obscure international and domestic destinations

Martin

I wish I could get FF points for all the time I spend sitting in airports!

 

[IainF]

I wish I could get FF points for all the time I spend sitting in airports!

I wish I could get points for all the time I sit in traffic on the way to the airport.

 

[IainF]

As an aside...
I bought a little Ducati to ride around BNE, and have a few day trips coming up to DRW, ADL etc, and was wondering if anyone else rides a motorbike to the airport and where do you leave it?
Qantas Valet seems to be out and I am not going to leave it in short term....

Anywhere else (specially in BNE)
Cheers
IainF

 

[NM]

As an aside...
I bought a little Ducati to ride around BNE, and have a few day trips coming up to DRW, ADL etc,

That's a long trip on a bike. And to do them as day trips means you must plan to wind out the throttle on that "little Ducati" :shock: .

 

[shearsense]

and you got out alive? I am suitable impressed.

(PS I can say that with immunity - I live here)

Martin

Yeah, I've been to ADL too!