not your job title, what do you "REALLY" end up doing for work.

[ArkAoss]

Job said help desk, I find myself using 233 p2's to compile 300mb pdf's and WIMPY freemails like "email.com" to send 2mb ad proofs, and lemme tell ya, email.com is suck.

 

[Deeko]

I play music.

 

[Optimus]

-Babysit developers using our tools
-Wade into 60 megs of source code to find where they mismanaged thier CREATES/DESTROYS causing the memory leak
-Show them how to compile and deploy in machine code
-Debug thier apps
-Fix thier database connections
-Argue with ignorant DBA's about Oracle synonyms
-Tell a certain mickey mouse organization that I don't care how big they are - we can't tell them how much of the 64k Win 9x memory heap each NVO in our tools use
-Ignore a certain football league because they won't demonstrate the problem outside thier 400 meg application,
-Pester customers with old stale cases to let me close them,

-And mostly try to diagnose why the $1 million dollar a day application that involves deployed components on an application server that talk to Java beans are getting CORBA failures on disconnecting from the Unix based Web Server.


(Phew!)

 

[toph99]

sell ice cream

 

[Scrapster]

Post on anandtech OT.

 

[Tauren]

Surf the net and help co-workers figure out what they did to screw up their computers when the IS dept is AWOL.

 

[ArkAoss]

optimus, who do you work for?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Right at the moment I'm decommissioning the CDMA portion of CDMA/TDMA hybrid cell sites and repopulating the TDMA frame with a combination of digital and analog radios.

Sounds good

 

[ltk007]

I sleep, and ocassionally learn.

 

[Windogg]

Everything including Toaster Oven Repair Technician and the "I'm an idiot because I left my headlights on this morning while 12 inches of snow fell so I'm gonna call Windogg away from him usual job to help me shovel out my car enough to get him to jumpstart my car because I am a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey sh!t" person

Windogg

 

[Spamela]

i'm a symbol manipulator.

 

[SmiZ]

I laugh at Windogg's posts.

 

[Optimus]

Ark - I work for a very large software company (one of the biggest in the world). I work in a division that supports programming tools, application servers, Web development tools, and Java programming tools, as well as our own programming language. So I'm one of the guys developers at other big companies using our dev. tools or server products calls when his developed app isn't working, or if he needs help using/programming/deploying.maintaining the app or software.

(was that long winded enough? )

 

[ArkAoss]

oh boy optimus, ever wish you could be.. something else? that didn't require human interaction? say a carpenter. or maybe something even more away like the guy who makes the lights blink in a vcr?

 

Is there a name to that company?
Or just the selling line?

 

[Optimus]

YEP! Sometimes people can be very difficult... still, I love my job because it is always different. Programmers can create anything, and they do - and then they call me b/c it isn't working!
The new problem everyday keeps me learning and interested - and the environment and company are fantastic too!

Still, it is stressful - programmers are a tempermental lot and rarely are willing to acknoledge that the problme might be in their code! Stress managment is important and to be honest, OT is excellent for that. I work about 30 min, then refresh, read, and maybe post here for 5 min, then back to work - it really helps to take those mental breaks and refresh my brain before diving back into it!

 

[Optimus]

Sammy - there is indeed a name, but I'm not sure I want to post it here. We've had a bunch of folks let people know that they worked for, say, Intel, and they got pestered quite a bit. Still - I'm debating whether it matters if I post it or not. I'm just not sure I want to right now.

 

[Isla]

Housewife/Mother:

Cook
Nutritionist
Maid
Taxi
Gardener/Lawn Service
Teacher
Sex Slave
Laundress
Nurse
Psychotherapist
Personal Shopper
Secretary
Mediator
Dog Groomer

Oh, I'm sure I am leaving out some things... but you get the picture....

 

[js1973]

Inspect for dimensional conformance on medical/automotive/aerospace parts. And raid the vending machines alot.

 

[Missus]

I listen to people who call me on the phone call me names and complain about thier credit card bill...


Why can't I charge on my account???

Well, you are behind 5 months on your payments, sir...

What... I have to pay on this???

Yes sir..

What good is that!!!! Let me speak to your <Bleep> manager!!!!

Okay... Do you mind holding while I get one for you?

Yeah right now!!!

Alright... Be right with you...

<<while customer is on hold he decides to hang up>>>

 

[UN1Xnut]

Systems Administrator for Iowa State University.

Work with UNIX and NT boxes all day. Get to manage fun stuff like a 50 node Beowolf cluster, a room full of SGIs, and so on.

-nut

 

[Gatsby]

Its either in a lecutre hall listening to a teacher..
or pipetting supernatants of Infectious disease.

Gatsby - 786