What do you do for a living?

I used to be in investment banking, until I moved to the UK. Now, I am unemployed.. Probably if things remain this way, will have to move back soon.
 

I think you may have quoted the wrong man, but to answer your questions.

Stoke on Trent.

Unfortunately not.


Ian
 
I'm a geologist.

I did a short stint in mining in Australia where I worked as a production geologist on a small mine site. The industry soiled itself mid 2012 and I found myself at home in the UK shortly after that.

I'm going back to school to do an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at the end of the year :/

Cheers,

Stu
 

You were probably second on the list for a forensics expert for the Pistorius trial with those qualifications! If you've not been following it that is probably lost on you!

I project manage clinical trials for pharma companies.
 
I run a couple of recycling companies - working on electronic wastes.

And I always wanted to be an astronaut - because as we all know - astronauts trump everything!
Ratty
 

 
Well, I've had a lot of career changes!

Started by working in a research lab for paper, Packaging and Printing, based in Leatherhead. Ended up being the senior Technician in the packaging testing dept. This was a fun and physically demanding job- drop testing fro
zen steel drums from 20feet, filled with antifreeze?
Noise? Oh yes!!

Whilst I was doing this I went to evening college in Londinium to study for prof exams to be a packaging technologist, which I did, so I have M.Inst,pkg.Dipl after my name- I think, haven't used it for years.

Went on to design own brand packaging for WH Smiths's in the early 70's, then Smith and Nephew Cosmetics in Chessington, designing packaging for Mary Quant ( lovely Lady as it happens)

After being made redundant when the company was sold I worked as a tech sales rep for a packaging manufacturing company, but that didn't work out.

So I turned my hobby (restoring Sunbeam Tigers) into a business, went into a partnership with a BMW tech, so we specialised in working on old sports cars and modern BMW's, resulting in us winning the Road Saloon Championship in a BMW 'Batmobile'. He drove, I helped with the spanners!

Bear in mind this was the Late 80's.

We eventually split (amicably) as he wanted to expand the racing side of the business, and I was head hunted to be the service and MOT manager of a local Hyundai garage (anyone remember the 'Stellar', based on the Cortina)

Head hunted again to be the service manager of a local fast fit company and started up from scratch a service and mot department. I was the MOT quality controller for some years, often being asked by the DOT to do reverse MOT's (don't ask- nasty business)

Due to the recession in the early '90's I was made redundant, but long story short, my neighbour owned a pro photo lab and I had been interested in Photography for many years (had a complete colour processing darkroom at home), I used to work in his darkrooms in my spare time, so one thing lead to another and we went into partnership to open a pro quality high street photo lab 20 years ago.

I'm still there, my partner resigned about 8 years ago and is now retired. I've diversified into anything digital as well as film processing ( that's making a comeback like Vinyl records etc) I work a lot with video and Cine films. Any moving or Still Image is grist to my Mill!

I reckon I'll have had enough in 5 years or so (I'm 62 at the moment)

Anyone want to buy me out?
 
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