What industry puts food on your table?

[perky29]

Another in IT - most likely this will be the profession with the most forumites.

 

[peteb]

Another in IT - most likely this will be the profession with the most forumites.

that's because IT people have a lot of time in front of a PC (and the internet) so they more hours per day to access forums or whatever.

 

[Aceyducey]

IT people also understand how to find & use forums

There are very few forumites who don't own a PC & have a decent level of IT understanding....

Cheers,

Aceyducey

 

[Phil_H]

What about real estate agent? Granted it is not a real job, but it should be up there.

Not sure why you think being a Real Estate Agent Isn't a real job PB
A Real Estate Agent is no different than being a plumber or builder etc..your job is to provide a service...if you don't then that will impact on your business.

As in all service industries you will find the good and the bad, sounds like you may have found the bad and want to tar them all with the same brush, please dont make that mistake...there are plenty of good ones out there that work very hard for me...harder than I would like to work

Cheers

Phil

 

[JamesGG]

You're right Phil, not all real estate agents are bad... (and for the record, I put it under finance...)



J.

 

[Mondie]

l'm in the Energy Industry, yep l'm an Oil Pig

We run geotechnical and gyroscopic tools to evaluate the location and formations contained within Oil & Gas wells. It can be quite interesting.

 

[PS2]

I voted IT because that is what I do. It is actually for a merket research company though, so where would that fit in the list???

P

 

[pompey bentos]

Not sure why you think being a Real Estate Agent Isn't a real job PB
A Real Estate Agent is no different than being a plumber or builder etc..your job is to provide a service...if you don't then that will impact on your business.

As in all service industries you will find the good and the bad, sounds like you may have found the bad and want to tar them all with the same brush, please dont make that mistake...there are plenty of good ones out there that work very hard for me...harder than I would like to work

Cheers

Phil

Sorry Phil,
I am an agent myself and it was a tongue in cheek remark.

No offence intended.

 

[Tibor]

Hi AL,

As my IT times are over I've put other as such a thing as floor safety industry does not fit to anywhere specifically.

Tibor

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[geoffw]

"What industry puts food on my table"?

About once per week, it's the Pizza industry

 

[thefirstbruce]

And then there are those of us who have changed careers, something becoming more prevalent in the 21st C.

I started off in advertising in the 70s, in Brisbane, then Sydney, then the USA.
Then around 30yo, I got decked with chronic fatigue syndrome. Which led to me trying to reinvent myself back in a university for too many years. In that time, I worked as a neuroscience tutor and RA, and started an IT business connecting students and staff to the internet, teaching them how to use it, and troubleshooting connectivity issues, which have thankfully become mostly redundant. The IT thing grew and I ended up having a bunch of commercial clients. In the meantime, I finished a BSc and Physiotherapy degree. I have juggled IT, marketing, and physio work ever since, whichever pays the best hourly rate at the time. Besides, doing the same thing 40 hours a week bores me.

Nevertheless, the IT thing is getting too tiresome. Keeping on top of MS Server and Exchange, coms, wireless, network security, intranets, and e commerce sites requires the combined input of a team of full time specialists. It is impossible for one individual to be effective with all these things nowadays.

 

[Olly]

I put into the pole "Building Industry", I should have classified it as "Real Estate and Building Construction"

...pity I cannot edit a pole.

I think the poll has merit as it would be interesting to see what people do for a crust or where they work, but coming up with a suitable list would be a problem as you are finding from the feedback.

And I now am totally confused. I voted manufacturing because we make a product, but I'm the Call Centre Supervisor (Sales & Admin function) and half our products are used in the building industry - the other half is fencing - not really building industry. What should I have voted?

Cheers
Olly

 

[always_learning]

Olly, there is only one solution, you and all those who voted "Other" should immediately quit and go for work in an industry that cleanly fits into the categories of my poll.

 

[Desto]

No matter how hard I try to get out of IT, it keeps on sucking me back in.

I tried landscaping for a while. Was great fun, until I was asked to do some software development work again...and again...and ....

Now that I'm back at the keyboard, I'm having thoughts about other means of bringing food on to my table. I'm about to complete a Personal Trainer's course. Any takers? I think what attracted me into landscaping was the physical activity. It got less fascinating when I had to project manage jobs and got stuck behind the keyboard once more!

IT for now! Maybe in the next survey I'll bolster up the Health services team

 

[Puppeteer]

Hey, where's the mining industry? It's only the largest export earner in WA...

Oh, and it's the industry I'm in if y'all hadn't guessed by now.

 

[Aceyducey]

Hey, where's the mining industry? It's only the largest export earner in WA...

Puppeteer,

I prefer to refer to it as the underground property development industry

Cheers,

Aceyducey

 

[PS2]

IT is like that. I fell into it by accident and have not been able to escape for the last 10 years ..................................................

 

[Puppeteer]

Puppeteer,

I prefer to refer to it as the underground property development industry

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Hehe,

Maybe because so many mining industry employees buy houses?

Personally I'm happy to remain on the surface turning the rock into more useful metals. You spend enough time underground when you are dead...