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Postby Chris369 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:20 pm

Just being a bit nosey really and I could do with some ideas because I don't really like what I'm doing! I'm a trainee accountant before anyone asks :P

Now your turn :)
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Postby MrJoe » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:35 pm

I'm a web programmer; it's not the most interesting profession, but it's certainly not the worst job in the world!
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Postby northswell » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:56 pm

As little as possible
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Postby isaluteyou » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:59 pm

freelance web designer + i help manage an apartment complex. Both jobs are working from home as the apartment complex also happens to be where i live :P
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Postby Ed McDead » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:02 pm

Corporate finance scum - horrendous job - but very lucrative. But not for too much longer . . .

Don't let me put you off being an accountant though - it's a good enough trade, indoor work and no heavy lifting. Its just I'm looking for something new after 20 years.
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Postby Hang11 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:19 pm

I'm an accountant too :roll:

But these days I run a chain of pubs.
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Postby RJD » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:27 pm

SW developer , luckily I dont rely on my job for stoke...
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Postby Ed McDead » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:30 pm

omygod

three accountants (one reformed) and two computer spotters. The credibility of this forum is plummeting!!
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Postby northswell » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:41 pm

I'll get the stoke back, real life surfer ish. Surf shop owner. See i do as little as possible.


My brother is an accountant tho.
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Postby Hang11 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:43 pm

Ed McDead wrote:omygod

three accountants (one reformed) and two computer spotters. The credibility of this forum is plummeting!!


My calculator finger is tougher than yours :wink:
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Postby Sar » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:02 pm

accountancy is a good line of work as far as I can see.....even those people who became self employed so that they could enjoy as much time surfing as possible need accountants!! get your own firm and you can work whenever you wish ? 8) always good to know how to 'work the system too' :wink:

I run a team in a large multinational bank trading in securities - yes....thats it! I make money for rich people. dont really enjoy it but Im good at it, it pays the bills and I have an exit plan.

I also run a youth centre (the exit plan)- this I love, and im good at it!! 8)
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Postby Chris369 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:40 am

Ed McDead wrote:omygod

three accountants (one reformed) and two computer spotters. The credibility of this forum is plummeting!!


I think that should be three as well! MrJoe, isaluteyou and RJD.

Hang11 wrote:I'm an accountant too :roll:

But these days I run a chain of pubs.


So you're not an accountant anymore then? Or do you do both? Did/do you work in practice or industry for accountancy?

Sar wrote:accountancy is a good line of work as far as I can see.....even those people who became self employed so that they could enjoy as much time surfing as possible need accountants!! get your own firm and you can work whenever you wish ? 8) always good to know how to 'work the system too' :wink:


Yeah I guess it is a good career really. I just find it so stressful at times :(

northswell wrote:I'll get the stoke back, real life surfer ish. Surf shop owner. See i do as little as possible.


I like this idea best :D Is it all online or do you have a real shop too? I looked into setting up an online shop but I don't think I have enough capital to get it going.
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Postby Hang11 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:36 am

Chris369 wrote:
So you're not an accountant anymore then? Or do you do both? Did/do you work in practice or industry for accountancy?


Trained in practice about 19 years ago for a few years, went to Uni, got qualified, worked in industry for a bit, bagged a job as a finance director for a big leisure co., then on to being CEO for a different co, working with VC's who invest in the leisure industry, in London and now in NZ.

Might just be about to change jobs again. Got a rather tasty offer from an Aussie Private Equity fund this week, which I'm having a think about.

I would rather work in McDonalds and chew my toenails off than work in practice. It's a waste of time IMO, you get crap money, the work's boring, and the environment is like a big production line.

Take the skills and the qualifications, and make them work for you in the big wide world. You can use it as a stepping stone to some really interesting careers.
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Postby Surfing-Innovation » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:54 am

Jeez - no wonder so many of you get to surf so often!!

Anyone lend me some money??? :wink:
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Postby WooD » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:03 am

Full time newspaper pressman, part time paid photographer.

I should have listened to my parents, and went to college. Their dreams were for me to be an attorney. They had everything set for me. As long as I kept my grades up they were going to pay for it all. I woodn't even had to work part time.
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Postby Johno » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:34 am

I'm a project engineer and I make Rubber Choppers!!!!!
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Postby northswell » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:15 am

Chris369 wrote:I like this idea best :D Is it all online or do you have a real shop too? I looked into setting up an online shop but I don't think I have enough capital to get it going.


I got both, gone surfing sign on the shop door later. 8)
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Postby pobbles » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:26 am

Full time mum of 3 - so summer hols means no surfing for me, though I have a 2 hour slot on my own later so going down to see if i can find a wave :)
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Postby Phil » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:43 am

i'm a profesional slacker otherwise known as a student
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Postby Clark » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:04 am

Im an architect been for just over a year loving it
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