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My job is something IT/computer related

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Job: Computational neural engineer. Our lab is working on a detailed realistic model of the hippocampus, the part of our brain involved in turning short term memories to long term ones. Our lab have also used preliminary versions of the model to make memory implants.
 
Tractor Trailer driver working for FedEx. Some one had to move this stuff around. From paper to big server racks. I've seen it all. Including pandas too.
 
yhelothar said:
Job: Computational neural engineer. Our lab is working on a detailed realistic model of the hippocampus, the part of our brain involved in turning short term memories to long term ones. Our lab have also used preliminary versions of the model to make memory implants.
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please find out how to make a replacement hippocampus, i had to have one of mine removed D:
 
Computer programmer for the Air Force working under a DoD agency. Going to be medically retired soon at which point I'll either be unemployed, student, or bum (doubt I can hold down a job with my current medical situation).
 
kg4icg said:
Tractor Trailer driver working for FedEx. Some one had to move this stuff around. From paper to big server racks. I've seen it all. Including pandas too.
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as a software developer, about half of the time i wish i could just be a truck driver instead. mostly when i get way over my tolerated bullcrap level.
 
Mixolydian said:
Not enough money in the world to make me work in computers/tech.
there's a lot more out there than sitting in front of a computer.
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Not if you want to make good money. Most high-paying jobs have considerable interaction with computers -- engineers, lawyers, doctors, etc. The list goes on and on. Heck, even in the NFL, football playbooks are increasingly being given to players on iPads.
 
Phantomaniac said:
I do tech support in the tier 2/3 range for a small software company. Some of what I do is also in the systems administration and software QA realm so its fairly interesting.
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My job description is pretty much the same. You're right that it's enjoyable because it's not the same thing every day. I always enjoy trips over to QA as well, though I don't make it over there as often as I'd like.
 
xeemzor said:
How can a company big enough to be on NADAQ have one person to run Accounting, IT, and Legal? Hope you have a crazy amount of stock or delegate most of the work.
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I hope you realize that there are senior managers that run the functions and report to me. It is not like I am directing the support techs on whose computer to fix first or directing each journal entry as it is being made.

If IT does not report directly to the CEO, it almost always reports to the CFO.

The company I work for is quite large and international.

Michael
 
PenguinPower said:
Nope. See above. Functional centralization.
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It still is very, very common for admin functions to report to the CFO. IT and HR routinely reports to the CFO. There are good arguments why they should report to the CEO, especially at certain size and scale of companies or where IT is a core part of delivering value to the customer. However, you also can have too many direct reports to the CEO which dilutes their ability to set strategy as they end up managing too much.

It is more unusual to have Legal report to the CFO if there is a Legal department. Our GC left a while ago and my boss asked me to run it while we looked for replacement and that is still the case today.

I'm not sure how senior you are and experienced, but I have over a decade of "C" level positions in public companies now, I sit on a Board and I have presented to Boards for quite a while.

Michael
 
Michael said:
I hope you realize that there are senior managers that run the functions and report to me. It is not like I am directing the support techs on whose computer to fix first or directing each journal entry as it is being made.

If IT does not report directly to the CEO, it almost always reports to the CFO.

The company I work for is quite large and international.

Michael
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Correct. I report to the VP of IT who reports to the CFO. It's been like this for my last three compaines and before that the CIO reported to the CFO as did legal.
 
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