oh that would be very fun if you had success i definately want to see your results
What do you do for a living?
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The county I live in is known as the "breadbasket" of the UK, so there is a lot of food production around where I live and not much else. I started my working life in a combined poultry abattoir and meat packing plant... I lasted two days, it was the second day they gave the full tour and I got to see the killing line and dismemberment areas... yeah...
Shortly after got a job in a dried food factory where if there was meat it was already dead and processed. Stayed there for 7 years, would still be there if a new line boss hadn't have been a gigantic anus. He was, and I left going back into further education more to prove to myself I wasn't a dullard than to get skillz to do stuff with.
Got my degree In Media Production (I'm aiming to get a Reliant Mako in game which I will call "De Umbra Machinae" after the title of my dissertation) and after completing got a job with a Temp agency in a call center/customer contact center over the holiday season to make some dough because you can't pay the bills with self respect.
I was kept on with the agency after the holiday season, and again, and again - after the peak seasons I'd be kept on while my Temp Agency brothers and sisters were let go. I can't deny I got some chronic survivor guilt during those times...
Anyway, temped for about 4 to 5 years, and finally got a permanent staff position. Have been in the Contact Center ever since, started in inbound Telesales (there are no outbound which is a total blessing, no cold calls), Customer Care, First Contact Complaints, email correspondence, got myself into the General Admin team that dealt with the issues the Tele staff didn't have time allocated to deal with including most notably Fraudulent Transactions, and finally got onto the eCommerce team dealing with Product.
And that's that, so far. Worked my way solidly sideways.
If you are going to work in a call center, my advice is try to find one that doesn't do Cold Calling.
Shortly after got a job in a dried food factory where if there was meat it was already dead and processed. Stayed there for 7 years, would still be there if a new line boss hadn't have been a gigantic anus. He was, and I left going back into further education more to prove to myself I wasn't a dullard than to get skillz to do stuff with.
Got my degree In Media Production (I'm aiming to get a Reliant Mako in game which I will call "De Umbra Machinae" after the title of my dissertation) and after completing got a job with a Temp agency in a call center/customer contact center over the holiday season to make some dough because you can't pay the bills with self respect.
I was kept on with the agency after the holiday season, and again, and again - after the peak seasons I'd be kept on while my Temp Agency brothers and sisters were let go. I can't deny I got some chronic survivor guilt during those times...
Anyway, temped for about 4 to 5 years, and finally got a permanent staff position. Have been in the Contact Center ever since, started in inbound Telesales (there are no outbound which is a total blessing, no cold calls), Customer Care, First Contact Complaints, email correspondence, got myself into the General Admin team that dealt with the issues the Tele staff didn't have time allocated to deal with including most notably Fraudulent Transactions, and finally got onto the eCommerce team dealing with Product.
And that's that, so far. Worked my way solidly sideways.
If you are going to work in a call center, my advice is try to find one that doesn't do Cold Calling.
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Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
WOOT!!! Nimitz class! Rock on, brother!
After reading through the replies I feel like the advice in this talk could help a fair few TESTies, I recommend it especially if you are in an IT or security field.
View: https://youtu.be/__lvS2pjuSg
I’m an architect, specializing in commercial architecture.
Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
Very cool. If we ever get to build our own digs at KSC, maybe you can design them for us! I'm hoping for a 100 year lease on all the lands West of the old Shuttle landing strip, so enough to put all operations at the same location, developing over decades.
It is extremely inefficient to have R&D, production, administration, etc. all at separate locations. That's one thing I want to get right from the start.
It is extremely inefficient to have R&D, production, administration, etc. all at separate locations. That's one thing I want to get right from the start.
shadow Ill take a job, lol, i can be the test dummy or whatever is needed
Got my training in HVAC after screwing around for a few years after high school.
Learned about load estimation and digital controls and was an operating engineer on centrifugal water chilled systems.
Became a stay at home dad during the day for eleven years and a line cook at night.
Went back to my trade after the kids went off to college.
Now I'm a facilities manger for a gaming software developer in Chicago.
Learned about load estimation and digital controls and was an operating engineer on centrifugal water chilled systems.
Became a stay at home dad during the day for eleven years and a line cook at night.
Went back to my trade after the kids went off to college.
Now I'm a facilities manger for a gaming software developer in Chicago.
Damn. You're back to work? Kudos my friend.
Full time At-Home Health Care giver and Lieutenant for my local fire department (11 years service)
I'm a full time student for Computer Science Cyber Security.
I'm also a full time IT guy who oversees the opetation of a call center. I'm the on site technician for when thimgs break. I also help do other projects remotely like our latest software project where I cataloged and googled all 4883 softwares we had installed on all 5600+ computers across the company.
If you haven't guessed it, Professional IT technician means Expert Googler.
I'm also a part time armchair developer for Star Citizen. I yell at people on Spectrum a lot. CAPSLOCK is my friend!
I'm also a full time IT guy who oversees the opetation of a call center. I'm the on site technician for when thimgs break. I also help do other projects remotely like our latest software project where I cataloged and googled all 4883 softwares we had installed on all 5600+ computers across the company.
If you haven't guessed it, Professional IT technician means Expert Googler.
I'm also a part time armchair developer for Star Citizen. I yell at people on Spectrum a lot. CAPSLOCK is my friend!
Hahaha, true story. I think by this time next year I'll have adulted enough that I can start to spend dollars on things I really want. How exciting!Gotta support my addiction to ships and ale somehow.
