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ddvmor


I am the Jammie King!




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So... following Halo's question in the spreadsheets thread, here's your opportunity to bore the other denizens of the Bored Board by telling what it is that you spend your day doing.  Who knows... one of us may actually have an interesting job!


For my own sins, I work in the fraud department of a major high street bank.  I'm part of the prevention and control funtion who's job it is to find clever ways to prevent and detect fraud by changing processes, doing analysis stuff, IT fixes to systems or building audit type doohickeys that spot high risk transactions/accounts.  Kind of the 'doing' part of a wider project management team.  Despite my best efforts, I seem to spend my days building or adminstering databases and providing new and inventive bits of management info to all and sundry.


In the past I've done proper fraud investigation, both internal and external for the bank and for the life assurance company that I worked for in Bournemouth and sundry admin jobs before that.


the pinnacle of my career, however was back in the mid 90's when I worked for a caravan park in the New Forest.  It included bar work, kitchen work and many other things, but most importnatly it launched my brief but glittering career as Sammy the Seahorse for the kids club they had going there.  I had a very tasteful furry green seahorse costume and I danced.  they wouldn't let me sing, though.



-- Edited by ddvmor at 10:04, 2005-07-22

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Copper


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Very brave!


 



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bonniepirateanne


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well, seeing you asked:

i'm a 'design consultant' of sorts for a new animated television show that shall be launched in the USA some time next year - Soap on the Range - it's going to be the world's first animated soap opera, sort of a spoof on dynasty and dallas and those type shows. our animation producer is phil roman (of the simpsons, king of the hill and garfield fame) and we're tied in loosely with the professional bull riders (from the point of view that the soap is set on a ranch in colorado and their shall be some bulls in it)

i (and kingbilly) do the brochures, the stationary, the leaflets, design dvd packages, write (and proof read) many letters, attend shows/conventions in random places in the world and our main job is the website - which i would point you towards if we actually had put it up yet - we're trying our hardest to design it now (particularly with the recent launch of the very spiffy family guy website which has raised the bar somewhat) but you know, what with artistic license and an artistic temper, we're not very far along with it yet.. but we shall be

we work from home so we can be in either country (being here or the usa)

and that's my job



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BrianS


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That sounds awesome Katie! Do you know what cable station has picked your show up? Or are you still in the Pre-Pilot stage?


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ddvmor


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And more to the point, will we be seeing it the UK?



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bonniepirateanne


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in theory there won't be a 'pilot episode' (if by pilot you mean a test episode of sorts) - we're self-funding (ie getting our own sponsors) so that when it launches it launches and you'll be stuck with the whole season .. hehe.. i believe the end of the summer next year will be when it hits a tv screen near you and as for which network - we don't know yet

i'm voting for fox

hahaha

and obviously there's a very strong voice within the company for getting it launched in the UK.. it'll probably be a while after it goes on air in the USA, i'm not quite sure how that works

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HaloBurn


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I work in the IT department of a national Newspaper, were are part of Gannett (who publish the USA Today).

I don’t do the same thing from day to day I am a Senior Technical Specialist which involves a lot of hands on and project management. Recently I spec’d and installed all the Infrastructure and publish systems for a New Newspaper Launch and currently I am building a Disister recovery server room. It’s pretty interesting but stressful at the same time.

I’ll stop boring you all now.

I think a cartoon based on this board would be fun.


-- Edited by HaloBurn at 20:28, 2005-07-22

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NateO


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I work on spreadsheets.


My job's changed a bit over the years, I mention it here:


http://www.puremis.net/excel/MastersText/text_Nate.shtml


Some days, buying a company, another, selling a company, another, forecasting, and I've done some expert witness work... Pretty much Financial and IT related, the IT business is more informal than it is formal.


Data recovery is cool, dude.



-- Edited by NateO at 00:20, 2005-07-23

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BrianS


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I work for a major metropolitan city in the Midwest USA in the IT department. My official title is Programmer/Analyst. Mainly my work involves databases ranging from MS Access, SQL Server, and Oracle. Most of my work has been with MS Access but now the city is moving toward more robust web solutions with Java and Oracle so I am presently trudging up the very steep learning curve.

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JonnyStead


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My job (which is kinda relatively new so we are still scoping it a bit) is as the supporting Manager to one of the Directors of the bank who has responsibility for overseeing risk in the UK. It basically means that I get to stick my nose into anything I dont like the look of and make people feel generally uncomfortable until they either prove it was ok all along or change it. Obviously I do this in a supportive and nurturing way. Usually along the lines of 'I dont like the look of this - either prove its ok or change it'.


I havent decided on a network for distributing myself in the UK yet either, but as JDK is strongly affiliated to the 'Womens Network' and is also, I believe a member of the Seahorses  Impersonators Association (based in Bournemouth)- I will probably be looking for an 'in' through one of those.


Nate - you are right Data is the best job - I enjoyed my 2 years with Excel.


  



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oooh, interesting stuff.


 


I am an enourmus cock!



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ddvmor


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What?  Like a big male chicken?

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Hee hee!  Really Santa?  Now what made you write that then, eh?




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bonniepirateanne


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santa?? feeling ok today?

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ddvmor


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Hmm.  Apparently he's feeling an enormous cock.


 


 


 


 


Ew...



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JonnyStead


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Maybe he is referring to his secondary career in porn?

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Er, Santa?




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Right, I have to save the good name of Santa and explain.  I think Mrs. Santa may have tampered with his post...




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ddvmor


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Santa had a good name?


I never noticed...



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Apologies for a weekend of board based profanity.


Indeed Copp is right, Mrs. Santa did tamper with my post (whilst i was on phone to Copp) and I thought I'd keave it up there all weekend for a bit of fun.


What I was, pre-tampering, trying to say, is that I am an energy consultant. I help big companies comply with/avoid/opportunise environmental legislation. 



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ddvmor


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I think it's fair to say, however that no matter how hard we try to glam up our respective jobs, none of 'em are going to be as cool as Katie's.


Katie:


 


 


p.s.  I'm sure no-one minded seeing your cock, Santa.  I, myself pointed and laughed.



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bonniepirateanne


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ddvmor wrote:
I think it's fair to say, however that no matter how hard we try to glam up our respective jobs, none of 'em are going to be as cool as Katie's.



yeah, you're right haha just kidding. but i do love my job. now.. has anyone got any inspiring ideas for a website for a animated soap opera

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ddvmor


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How about using pictures from the aforementioned animated series?  Off the wall, I know but...



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bonniepirateanne


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pure genius.. we will definately incorporate some pictures sire

www.familyguy.com raised the bar somewhat with their flash offerings so we're trying to be somewhat good ourselves

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ddvmor


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I'll have a think for ya!  So will my minions.  Hear that minions?  THINK!

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Susan


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You have minions?  Ew, sounds nasty.

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ddvmor


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Aye.  I'm seeing the doctor about them tomorrow.

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Susan


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I wish you luck.  I've heard that once you've acquired them, they're yours and they're very difficult to shake off.

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ddvmor


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Yes.  But more than two shakes and one is considered to be 'playing' with it.  So I try not to.

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I'd seriously advise against playing with your minions, Darren, could get you in to an awful lot of trouble, especially if you do it in public.

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