What do you do in a workday?

[duragezic]

1) Drink a couple cups of coffee when I get in at 8am.
2) While doing 1), sit on internet, mostly AT forums for a good 30-45 min
3) Take many cig breaks
4) Hustle
5) Talk to friends and coworkers about who's going out to the bar tonight
6) Wander around with coworker, "helping him"
7) Take care of whatever quick/simple wiring needs that someone comes in and requests
8) Help coworker/roommate fix/mod his bro's Xbox
9) Make/take too many calls on my cell phone to see what's up for later
10) Assist coworkers with their circuit board building

Title: EE intern/co-op


Yeah... it's been pretty slow this week. I normally work 7 hours or more out of the 8

 

[Eos]

1) Answer tech mail
2) help idiots type their username for their dialup connections
3) help idiots navigate a spam center
4) help idiots unplug their DSL modem and plug it back in
5) nef
6) admin a bt tracker
7) learn about web site provisioning
8) delete e-mail accounts from the server
9) add email accounts
10) reset e-mail account paswords

ISP tech support

 

[pontifex]

run reports
fix printer jam
install software onto new pc
install patches on pcs
install new software on pcs
answer some dumb questions
replace printer
give user access to certain folder
fix problem with software app
edit/add/delete dealer from dealer database

oh yeah, my title is network admin.

 

[azoomee]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
1. arrive to workplace
2. park the car
3. cross the road to the building
4. open the door with my keys because I know the reception girl hates to open it herself
5. I take the stairs to the second floor
6. say hi to my colleagues who tend to arrive early (while I mostly leave later in the evening)
7. shake their hands (I hate this but at this company it's customary)
8. I sit down to my desk and check on my mails
9. I start to solve colleagues' problems.
10. I go home

Is it a big company where its customary to do this once a day (shake hands)?

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
1. nef
2. nef
3. nef
4. nef
5. nef
6. nef
7. nef
8. nef
9. nef
10. TPS Report

Lifer

FIXED

 

[fLum0x]

1. get here and eat breakfast at the desk
2. talk to co-workers and gossip
3. check and respond to ~50 emails
4. fix problems after emails
5. take the browns to the super bowl
6. nef on ATOT if i have time before workout/lunch
7. work out
8. lunch at desk
9. more emails/problems
10. program a phone

product engineer at a cell phone distribution center

 

[notfred]

1) Come in two hours late.
2) Check email
3) Nef on forums
4) Go to lunch for two hours.
5) Respond to emails.
6) maybe write some code.
7) Get bored, nef more.
8) Screw it, 10 things takes too long, I'm going home early.

 

[Canun]

1. drive the 3mins to work
2. Log in to my computer
3. pick on my boss
4. pick on my coworkers
5. log into Outlook, get bombarded with emails daily
6. Respond to emails
7. Log into the phones
8. Answer clients tax questions
9. Still answering client tax questions
10. Go home.

 

[trmiv]

1)Arrive a little late
2)Drink my coffee and browse the web
3)Fix a few people's computer problems
4)Browse the web
5)Image a few computers for new hires
6)Browse the web
7)Eat lunch
8)Browse the web
9)Install some software
10)Browse the web

Desktop support tech.

 

[Night Blade]

1. Sleep in since it's the summer & 6 year old is on holidays & hell I work from home
2. Download tab-delimited price file, run macro in excel to convert to proper format
3. Check site & update pricing with said file
4. Check email
5. Nef
6. Check email
7. Nef
8. Answer/Troubleshoot any emails (yes check email)
9. Usual daily errands (snailmail, groceries)
10. Nef

Add a few more nefs for Fridays .

Owner/Operator Computer Company

 

[FoBoT]

work

 

[spaceghost21]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
work

Shens.

 

[turunturun]

1. Walk across street from high rise home to high rise work. Arrive 1.5hrs late nonetheless, due to oversleeping.
2. Logon, then get coffee, then review emails and organize inbox & calendar while coffee takes hold
3. Review project schedules and technicals, get updates on production drawing progress or issues
4. Walk home for lunch, play guitar, play with reason, reaktor, cubase, help wife with music production or web design, don't forget to eat
5. Get to the real work after lunch - create design options in sketchup or with pen/pencil on trace paper; create revisions, options and perspectives
6. Develop 3D models of design projects underway in sketchup, autocad, & 3dsMax
7. Output renderings, animations, colored plans & elevations, perspectives, etc for client and coworker consumption
8. Organize ideas for design presentation narratives, make bullet point lists of topics to cover, work up loose outline of presentation wording or scripting, take trip to wherever presentation, work session, or client meeting will occur - seems like never in my own town
9. Review and uncover marketing leads, develop proposals and proposal concept graphics, create/develop powerpoint presentations for RFPs or selection interviews
10. Go home 3 hours late.

Architect & Lead Project Designer

 

[compuwiz1]

1. Process customer credit applications
2. Load customer data in computers
3. Write contracts for customers
4. Call banks to sell customer's loan packages
5. Sell warranties, gap insurance, and other finance products.
6. Write reports
7. Conduct training meetings
8. Call customers to follow up on pending financing issues
9. Handle incoming calls from customers
10. Make decisions about whether customer's get to take new car home
11. smoke
12. snack

Manager at car dealership

 

[SampSon]

1. drive 300 miles
2. call up lawyers, realtors and homeowners.
3. write reports.
4. drink.

 

[veggz]

Originally posted by: 3cho
1. read wsj
2. read dealbook
3-6. a lot of research
7. run comps
8. run transaction comps
9. run lbo
10. dcf

Which firm do you work at?

 

[mugs]

Software engineer

1. Write code
2. Compile code
3. Execute code
4. Fix bugs (in code written by other people of course)
5. Go to meetings
6. Investigate urgent problems on customer servers
7. Write documentation
8. Respond to e-mails
9. Post on Anandtech
10. Go to lunch

 

[xtknight]

1. Write code
2. Change code instructions till they work
3. Test it a billion times
4. Find something wrong
5. Fix bug
6. Find that I linked with 64-bit libraries !@$!@$. Install XP32.
7. Put program on USB key
8. Go demonstrate it at work
9. Eat
10. Sleep

Programmer (summer job)

 

[kt]

1. wake up
2. take shower
3. brush teeth
4. get dressed
5. put on my shoes
6. open garage
7. get into my car
8. drive to work
9. park my car
10. put out fires/solve problems

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: kt
1. wake up
2. take shower
3. brush teeth
4. get dressed
5. put on my shoes
6. open garage
7. get into my car
8. drive to work
9. park my car
10. put out fires/solve problems

So, you dont ever go home? You list every basic thing that most people do, yet you forget to go home. Loser

 

[PrinceofWands]

Position: IT Director (but don't believe the title, it's misleading)

maintain the office pc's
update the student government website
monitor & backup the student forums
answer emails
answer phones
work with the IT peeps on new content
scout new ideas and tech
work on training classes for IT related stuff
help other executive staff with the tech side of their duties
work with professors to update their side of the forums

 

[misle]

1. Drive to work, arrive ~10 min early
2. Talk with crews and supervisors, answer questions about jobs
3. Answer network requests aka job tickets (surf the web if it is a slow day)
4. Call customers, contractors, etc
5. Go to new job site and determine what is needed for customer (this happens several times per job)
6. Enter job into Management program
7. Import job to Design program
8. Design job and send it to Supervisors for Line Crew
9. Check on current jobs and finish paperwork on completed jobs
10. From 4-5 it's basically hangning around office and BSing with co-workers

Design Engineer (distribution) for a Power Company. So, if you build a new house and you want power, I'm the person who designs and coordinates that.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: duragezic
1) Drink a couple cups of coffee when I get in at 8am.
2) While doing 1), sit on internet, mostly AT forums for a good 30-45 min
3) Take many cig breaks
4) Hustle
5) Talk to friends and coworkers about who's going out to the bar tonight
6) Wander around with coworker, "helping him"
7) Take care of whatever quick/simple wiring needs that someone comes in and requests
8) Help coworker/roommate fix/mod his bro's Xbox
9) Make/take too many calls on my cell phone to see what's up for later
10) Assist coworkers with their circuit board building

Title: EE intern/co-op

Yeah... it's been pretty slow this week. I normally work 7 hours or more out of the 8

Hahaha

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: LadyBuggy
1. Use a backpack blower or Billygoat to make paths look pretty
2. Pick up garbage from the ground
3. Change full garbage cans
4. Collect garbage from buildings
5. Cut grass using a hand mower
6. Cut grass using a riding mower
7. Wheed whack
8. Ride in a big truck to help deliver animal food to buildings
9. Help operate the vac-all, sucking up animal poop from pits in the ground
10. Give directions


There are a lot of random jobs I do, too. These are just the most common ones.

"Zoo worker IV" - Grounds Department, Milwaukee County Zoo

Do you know YoyohowsdaJello?

He's my fiance. And he got me the job.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: LadyBuggy

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: LadyBuggy
1. Use a backpack blower or Billygoat to make paths look pretty
2. Pick up garbage from the ground
3. Change full garbage cans
4. Collect garbage from buildings
5. Cut grass using a hand mower
6. Cut grass using a riding mower
7. Wheed whack
8. Ride in a big truck to help deliver animal food to buildings
9. Help operate the vac-all, sucking up animal poop from pits in the ground
10. Give directions


There are a lot of random jobs I do, too. These are just the most common ones.

"Zoo worker IV" - Grounds Department, Milwaukee County Zoo

Do you know YoyohowsdaJello?

He's my fiance. And he got me the job.

OMGHI2U

Here, pick 10 things