sishac Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Hi everyone....I'm an investment manager/financial planner for a large investment firm. I manage money for large endowments and foundations. I deal mostly with investment boards. It always surprises me that many of these big CEO types are wearing a cheap quartz watch (sometimes even digital) and not something more unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 I'm a bespoke tailor with my own practice on Savile Row and I'm also a modestly well known psychological entertainer Forget the psychological entertainment.... if i come into your 'practice' and flash my MBW (not that I have one) do I get a discount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 I run money at the big, mean US investment bank that was just 'bailed out' recently. To address my two most frequent questions as of late: No, I did not sell your mortgage to China...And no, I do not contribute to high oil prices (at least not directly...) Our team manages a global investment fund; I am portfolio manager/trader responsible for our currency and interest rate exposures. Wow!! And you still have a job with the new landlord!! Good luck and stop trading up them barrels!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slai Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Sales engineer for telecomm solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 After a 10 year stint in the military I went back to school for my masters in business. Yeah, I felt I needed more skills than killing people. Currently I work in the institutional/retial side of the investment banking industry. Boring really as they're not too keen on letting me blow things up now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetwins Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm in-house litigation counsel for one of the larger insurance companies on the planet. (And you thought pharma sales was evil!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 OK...Over the Sierras a couple weks ago...doesn't look that much different than over the Pacific Now THAT is a wrist shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Concierge to wayward women.................... Oh, and I play poker and dabble in Real Estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRasta Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Concierge to wayward women.................... Oh, and I play poker and dabble in Real Estate. j, we'll open a new thread for the pimps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 You're the new and improved jetmid. Post more pics of you in the "office", those are always awesome. i was thinking the same thing! - fyi, having flown private, its the only way to go - if a genie in a bottle asked me for 1 wish - i'd ask for a G5, with a pilot and unlimited fuel ! now that we have a Forum pilot - i say we start planning a real GTG - jetzeus, your boss actually keep track of the gas bill? FYI - Phoband = International man of mystery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor52 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I am the CFO of a seed company. Great topic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boncovi Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 ebay... for a living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Great to know who is doing what wearing those lovely watches... I'm a TV series director (mostly programs for people ages 15 - 30) made a film a few years ago - starting a new one soon (yes, there will be at least one watch close up in it!) Sounds awesome, might I have seen any of your projects here in the UK? (maybe on satelite?) I studied film-making at college, never took it further, but am still interested in the 'behind the scenes' aspects of the industry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete2528ca Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 morning everyone... I am a tax man...so I work for the Federales... (sometimes it feels like I get paid to be an @$$hole.) I really love my job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgegrasser Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 After five years of unemployment I can finally add myself to this list. I teach Chess. I am a USCF Certified Master and just booked my first student. I hope I get more clients, because if Rolex ever sells a Shackdweller, they will be able to name an edition after me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythingape Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 A lot of diversity! ..where are all gold-rolex-wearing used car salesmen? I am a sailor. I'm a ship's engineer on a fishing vessel, it's a 250 ft purse seiner/trawler plying its trade in and around the north sea. Forget all your visions of dirty grease monkeys and soot angels.. I sit in a well lit control room with my feet up, surfing the web and looking at a few monitors. It can get dirty (usually does), but it's very well paid and I love the ocean. A thread with a few pics from my job: Pics from the sea Oh.. and I am trying to get a small business going when I am at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvn Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I am a software engineer. I develop various software applications, web application... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I'm a senior key account manager for the biggest Electronics firm in the Netherlands. I didn't sell a single "light bulb " for 5 months now recovering from some health issues. Hope to start working again after the summer holidays. Carpe Diem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulone88 Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Marble Mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaunit Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Tool & Die maker, and maybe someday I will teach this trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubu Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Retired dentist/ Part time adjunct at university dental school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansenshukai Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 SOLDIER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansenshukai Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Tool & Die maker, and maybe someday I will teach this trade. When I was a young cadet in military school there was an older gentleman by the name of George Watson who ran our "shop" classes. He was a tool and die maker and that man could literally make anything from a wrench to a sound suppressor for any caliber firearm. He was an old WWII veteran who worked on artillery pieces. He told us that his was a dying art. I have not ever met a tool and die maker since then. Wow! You have to pass that down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pafre Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Ingenieur minier senior (senior mining engineer) for a gold mine in northern Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodwc Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 He told us that his was a dying art. I have not ever met a tool and die maker since then. Wow! You have to pass that down. It certainly is a dying art. In Australia, the federal government has neglected for over 15 years to secure manufacturing apprenticships. The outcome now , very little home manufacture and a major shortage of skilled labour. The result , go have it made in China. Pass it down, no, pass it over. Toolmakers worldwide, have never been in a protected industry and paid what they are worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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