What do you do for a living?

JAN · Post by **JAN** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:27 pm

Have seen this on other single marque, and more generic car forums, is always quite interesting, thought may also be interesting for a perceived high end marque, do any of the stereotypes of classic and/or porsche owners hold true?

So what do you do for a living?

J.

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:31 pm

Spent years at uni doing a degree, masters, PhD and ended up restoring Porsches for a living

bullett · Post by **bullett** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:42 pm

I'm an IT consultant

I actually design call centres.

KS · Post by KS » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:44 pm

Did a degree in Architecture and then put it to good use by trying to write about cars...

sng45 · Post by **sng45** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:50 pm

Mortgage Broker/ property development

JAN · Post by **JAN** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:53 pm

Oh i forgot to answer my own question...

Masters in mechanical engineering then ran away to the city, im an interdealer derivatives broker.

Hendrik Moulds · Post by **Hendrik Moulds** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:24 am

Did two degrees (maths and german) then became a removal man!
Now own a storage company, storing documents, furniture....anything really.

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:30 am

I crash cars

Mr Pharmacist · Post by **Mr Pharmacist** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:19 am

I did a degree in civil engineering and now work for a lighting company designing domestic lights....

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:29 am

I'm between lifestyles

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:44 am

masters in mech engineering, have worked in sat-coms, aerospace, automotive, and hydraulic systems. now working on the dark (commercial marketing) side with small construction machines

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:53 am

I'm another who did a degree in Mechanical Engineering ( Design) .... did a couple of years in the oil industry specialising in design of pressure vessels / stress analysis ( FEA ) etc

Got bored after 2 years & have been working for the past 14 years in Agriculture

middlefour1 · Post by **middlefour1** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:04 am

Started a 6 year mechanical engineering apprentiship in 1966, moved over to the drawing board in '72. Spent 11 years designing special purpose fork lift trucks, then a couple of years working on submarines, 3 years on switchgear and finally in 1988 set up my own engineering design business. Decided in October 2008 enough was enough and took early (semi) retirement. Still doing a bit for some of my old customers, that and making model 914's and building a model railway.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:05 am

spent over 20 years as an estate agent or selling new homes (at one stage being sales and marketing manager for one of the largest building companies in the UK) but with Lazzas Job moved us every few years as he climbed the RR ladder.
I got fed up with continually re-building my own career so when we moved to the midlands i took a job working for Tescos.

i feel i have now earned the right to be a kept women.

and although sometimes i get bored and very lonely it's really not a bad life.

PhilGarner · Post by **PhilGarner** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:21 am

Spent a long time in education, BEng in Communication Engineering, then got a PhD in something not very useful (mobile payment and security) and now am a software developer for a startup making a new network monitoring product.