Talk about your typical day at work

Talk about your typical day at work

Neil Walker

Member #210

April 2000

This is my order of day at work, in no particular order as there is no order, apart from the obvious lunchtime/going home time stuff

Write code
Design systems
Talk to people
Do research
Do training
Check allegro.cc
Check mailing group

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nonnus29

Member #2,606

August 2002

SSC: sitting down all day is HORRIBLE, I hate it.

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So far nothing too intimidating for me though, but I'm sure as I learn more they'll throw more at me.

It's good to hear things are going well at your new job Steve!

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Richard Phipps

Member #1,632

November 2001

I try not to kill people. So far I've been quite successful.

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Samuel Henderson

Member #3,757

August 2003

1. Walk into a squalid cold building.
2. Find a cubicle with working Computer AND phone.
3. Log myself into 3 different databases
4. "Thanks for calling Dell On Call! My name is Sam. Can I have your name and order number"
5. Help americans with problems they could solved by simple Google searching.
6. LUNCH TIME!
7. Back to 4. and 5.
8. Log out of Databases
9. Smoke 1 cigar.
10. Go home.

[edit]
I did have a huge amount of backstory... but it seems to have disapeared. I'll post it in a bit... I need to get back to work

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Trumgottist

Member #95

April 2000

My work day today:
7.45 Get in car and drive to a school on the west side of the island.
8.45 Arrive there. Get bag and trumpet and unpack.
9.00 First student arrived for his 20 min trumpet lesson.
10.45 Get in car, drive to get some food, then to another school.
11.40 Trumpet student.
12.00 Recorder student.
12.20 Waiting for trumpet student that never showed. Why didn't he call me and say he wouldn't come? Note to self: Call him tomorrow. Waiting like this is boring, but at least I got to practise some piano playing.
12.45 Get in car. Drive to the city and the music school (home base).
13.45 Arrive there. Prepare for the rest of the day.
14.40 First student there.
18.40 Last student arrived for her trombone lesson.
19.10 Get in car. Drive home.
20.00 Home. Get food.

I like it, even though the driving gets a bit tedious. I think teaching music instruments suits me well.

(Richard: Keep up the good work!)

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imaxcs

Member #4,036

November 2003

I stand up at 6 in the morning, eat breakfast, shower, get pissed and go to work. I work as a paramedic, so I hop on a medic-car and drive to people who need medical assistance. Until 5 in the evening I get even more pissed, so I go home and start programming or watching TV.

X-G

Member #856

December 2000

See, that's what daunts me the most about having to work one day. I'm sure I could get used to doing whatever task I need to do. What I can't stand is the bloody nonsense where I have to wake up at 6 in the morning and drive or otherwise transport myself for three hours every day. It's insane.

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Richard Phipps

Member #1,632

November 2001

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Oh, the joys of British slang!

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What I can't stand is the bloody nonsense where I have to wake up at 6 in the morning and drive or otherwise transport myself for three hours every day. It's insane.

You do get used to it to some extent. But I'll not lie to you; it is sometimes extreemly difficult.

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nonnus29

Member #2,606

August 2002

Yeah, isn't 'pissed' getting drunk?

So far as commute time, that's why I live close to work.

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Derezo

Member #1,666

April 2001

I come in at exactly 5pm and login to my computer. Once everything is loaded I login to the phone system and check my email. Then I chat for 10-20 minutes with coworkers about what's going on, or if nothing is going on we chat about something else.

I check allegro.cc at around 5:30. Maybe order a pizza. Take phone calls and work on personal projects for the next 3 hours, occasionally jumping over to the work bench to run spyware/virus scans or do something else.

On bad days I spend 95% of my time on the phone telling customers that X service is (or was) experiencing problems.

[edit]My commute time is about 3 minutes from home to work, if I get a ride from my parents (which is usually the case). Walking is about 20 minutes, biking is about 7-10 minutes, weather permitting.

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wearetheborg

Queen of the Universe

June 2003

I work at an elementary school as an educational assistant (part time). On a typical day at work, I tell kids off, and I also get hugs.

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Eradicor

Member #2,992

December 2002

Here is my day @ Civil service

around 7:30 - 7:45 i wake up. If more near 7:30 i eat something quickly for breakfast.
7:45 i go out and start walking to the school where i am posted on. Sometimes i get car ride.
8:00 - 8:20: I arrive at the school. Check E-mails and some forums. (Work should start 8:00 exactly)
8:30 - 11:30: I'll hang around do some computer problem solving if there is any reported. Otherwise i just surf around and do my own stuff (search, conduct, create information about filming related to us or in general).
11:20 - 12:15: Having lunch break. I go to the schools mesh hall or what ever it is called. Eat if there is anything meaty.
12:15 - 16:00: Wait if someone reports computer problem (Printer, network or anything).
15:30 - 16:10: Have a dinner at the mesh hall and after it I'll walk home.
16:10 - 16:45: I am back at home. Have maybe something to eat (depending on whats cooking at the school) and sit at my computer and start doing all kinds of stuff (well the normal stuff i do).
18:00 - 19:00: Depending if i am hungry i cook something.
23:00 - 2:00: I brush my teeths, and go to sleep.

And when i am writing this its 9:15.

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manjula

Member #3,569

June 2003

get up at 6:45 am
get to work at 8:00 am
fart around til 8:45 am (bell rings)

teach students reading and writing; praise students; hug students; yell at them when their coats are unzipped; have students wipe their noses; teach math; teach science; give students homework ; give consequences to students; teach social studies; read with them; look at paper cuts and exclaim over booboos.

Bell rings at 3:15 pm - students go home
fart around till 4:30 pm, go home.

Moving Shadow

Member #5,973

July 2005

Get up at 7am.

Shower.

Make a cup of tea.

Get the train at 8:30.

Arrive at work at 9am, make more tea.

Write/Test/Debug code for 8 hours.

Come home, make tea.

An Ly

Member #185

April 2000

I am an optometrist. I deal with the eyes in terms of vision (spectacles, contact lenses) as well as health (eye diseases).

I work in a dispensing practice which means I also have spectacles and sunglasses to sell. This means I am in retail and so I get treated as such, so I know what you mean Chris.

Funny thing is, when I have my tie and "optometrist" badge on, I get much more respect and I do have to jump in and help out the people I work with when they get chewed on.

I work 6 days a week (I have Mondays off) from about 9am to 5:30pm. I also commute for about 3 hrs per day. I also work late Thursdays (until 9pm).

kazzmir

Member #1,786

December 2001

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I work 6 days a week (I have Mondays off) from about 9am to 5:30pm. I also commute for about 3 hrs per day. I also work late Thursdays (until 9pm).

Thats a pretty ridiculous schedule. I hope you get paid a lot of money..

Evert

Member #794

November 2000

Hmm... on average (numbers rounded to nearest half hour):

7:00 Get up, eat breakfast, shower, pack back
8:00 Cycle to the trainstation
8:30 Sit in the train, read a book
9:00 Get off the train, cycle to university
9:30 Unlock door, put away coat. Note who else made it in early today. Read e-mail and check for new papers.
10:30 Make tea, stop by the printer to collect printe papers (if any), stop by the coffee room.
11:00 Eat lunch at my desk; read some papers, prepare exercise classes or miscelaneous adminstrative tasks.
12:30 Join people downstairs for lunch break
13:00 Do some actual rearch
13:30 Group meeting (on wednesday)
15:30 Colloquium (on wednesday; sometimes on thursday or friday)
16:30 Post colloquium drinking (on wednesday), go home (on monday) or still working
18:00 Grab dinner, go home (cycle, train, cycle) or join some social activity.
19:30 Get home, cook dinner and relax (or go out)
23:30 Prepare for bed if not out; read a little
0:30 Get home if out, consider going to sleep if not
1:00 Put out light and put away book. Sleep.

ngiacomelli

Member #5,114

October 2004

I do Telemarketing (but don't hold it against me!) The job is okay. The hours are terribly anti-social, though. I go in for 12 and finish at 9. So it's usually close to 10 by the time I arrive home and get my dinner cooked.

The job can be a little rocky. I've only been there for two weeks and, in that time, I've trained for two days, been moved to a new campaign and then been sent for three more days of training.

Ah, the joys of a student job

miran

Member #2,407

June 2002

On most workdays:

5:30 Get up, do the usual morning stuff, sometimes even eat something.
6:00 Drive to work
6:30 Get there, check mail, forums, etc.
7:00 Start working
8:00 Really start working (coding mostly)
14:00 Stop working, check mail, forums again, etc.
14:45 Go home
15:10 Get home
15:15 Eat lunch
15:30 Walk the dog
16:00 Sit behind the computer and do random things
20:00 Watch TV
21:00 Do the usual evening stuff and go to bed

On weekends:

7:00 Get up, do the usual morning stuff, eat breakfast
8:00 Walk the dog
9:00 Sit behind the computer and do random things
14:00 Eat lunch
14:30 Walk the dog
15:30 Sit behind the computer some more and do more random things or watch TV
20:00 Walk the dog
20:30 Eat something and watch TV or sit behind the computer to do random things
21:00-23:00 Do the usual evening stuff and go to bed

It's depressing.... :'(