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18 Feb 2009, 8:20 pm

I work in a drafting/design position for a large home builder. I have been there for 9 years out of pure luck. Mostly it seems all I do is estimate materials, which is something at which I make far too many mistakes. But hey, I didn't pick it!! I chose to be a draftsman and designer, not a fricking estimator.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:21 pm

sbcmetroguy wrote:

I took AutoCAD in high school, and it was fun.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:27 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

sbcmetroguy wrote:

I took AutoCAD in high school, and it was fun.

I rather enjoyed AutoCAD, though I hate the program I use now. I much prefer drafting by hand, but that takes far too long for today's fast-paced society. It's a shame, though, as it truly is a lost art. My favorite part of drafting class was drafting by hand.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:38 pm

I design and build things, mostly homes, furniture, cars, boats and motorcycles.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:56 pm

Good question. :scratch: :lol:

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18 Feb 2009, 8:59 pm

I'm a domestic goddess. :wink:

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18 Feb 2009, 9:04 pm

Farmhand.

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19 Feb 2009, 12:05 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

sbcmetroguy wrote:

I took AutoCAD in high school, and it was fun.

Does it show my age to suggest that I was quite good at AutoCAD for DOS but disliked the Windows version of the app.

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19 Feb 2009, 1:19 am

Currently going through the medical system. I spend my off time moderating messageboards.

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19 Feb 2009, 2:12 am

Janitor or floor technician, whichever they need me to be that day, sometimes both.

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19 Feb 2009, 3:36 am

I fix and build PCs. Today I was working mostly on laptops. Pure heaven.

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19 Feb 2009, 5:35 am

TheNeil wrote:

Software developer. I'd like to say that I make the company run smoothly...sadly that never seems to be the case

Cool

I want to be a computer scientist or a entrepreneur. I could do both, I guess, make a business which requires computer science... I'll be mega rich and I'll have great fun doing it!

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19 Feb 2009, 3:05 pm

anna-banana wrote:

^^why don't you hurry up a bit with my UK tax return then? :p

Hey, the workload at my office has dried up to little more than a trickle, so I'm sure (if other offices are in the same situation as mine) that your return has been processed by now. Believe it or not, there are times when we have an insane amount of work, and others when we have to scrabble for stuff to occupy ourselves. Right now, we're in one of the "not a lot of work" situations

Of course, I'm fine personally, because I'm the designated go-to guy for finding stuff for people in other offices - which means I get to go off and hide in the filing area for virtually the whole of the afternoon, listening to the radio and enjoying not having to interact with people :cool:

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21 Feb 2009, 1:35 am

Dog groomer. I also do cats- same tasks, more blood loss :wink: . But I still love it.

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21 Feb 2009, 1:41 am

I am a full-time slacker

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21 Feb 2009, 3:19 am

Xelebes wrote:

Currently going through the medical system. I spend my off time moderating messageboards.

I know what you mean! I am an insurance fraud investigator to keep body together and all my spare time is moderating a message board for my soul's benefit.

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