What’s your profession?

I’m a telecommunications tech. Have been for about 20 yrs.

Hey JohnB, the message I got from Telstra (no I don’t work for them) yesterday was better – An SMS to say I’d won 2 tickets to a Rugby World Cup game.

Rod.

My husband and I run a country based building company and I have gone from almost finishing a law degree to stay at home Mum (spina bifida baby) to full time office manager as we have grown and Government paperwork increased. I hate it but have no choice. We have built and sold many times and are now renovating and selling. One day the wedding presents will finally be unpacked []

Hi everyone
I am a network administrator by day, a Dad for two great sons, at night a USANA Distributor and on the weekend I am looking for Positive geared homes.

And its great to be alive []

But most of all I am on the road to time freedom because I know that to suceed you must be 100% comitted to anything that you do.

I am thankful for this web site because as an old chinese proverb says:

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.

Regards
Cameron

this is my last day at work, got my redundancy payment (yeehaaa!!), so now mortgage on PPOR is almost paid off and 1 IP. i was in IT (yep, lots of us around) and management consulting, was not bored, just exhausted, too many buzzwords and long, soul-less hours. have been toying with running my own business in something totally different, got involved in trying to set up a cafe with a “friend”, believe me – it’s true, think twice before you enter a partnership with family or friends…still trying to sort that one out. have plenty of ideas, just gotta focus. love to get more IPs and love this forum.

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Hey everyone,

First time I have done this I am a uni student studying Chemical Engineering at the finest university in Australia RMIT. []

I have always had an interest in investing and have recently find Steve’s book, I was throughly impressed with it. []

Chantell

I was self employed tradesman for 12yrs then changed careers to IT working for large university as a network administrator.

A lot of safe “IT” jobs are with goverment departments and to me that is where most ppls problem lie. Most of thier peers in these jobs will bring you down to there level of thinking, which in goverment departments can be very low, hey “but the super is good” type mentallity. (ppl in gov dep’s will know what i mean).

With basically an IT collapse and “outside” jobs scarse I retrained myself in trading derivatives and shares. They didnt know they were actually paying me to trade . After about 6 months trading and making more then the whole yrs IT wage I knew then that it was time to move on and leave the politics and negativity of this sorry place behind.

I now love what I do but its not easy and i think most people will fail as traders. The best thing that came out of IT for me was being non- emotional and thinking logically about problems, which are both essential for trading and business in general.

I was an employee for many years. I worked as a programmer, system analyst/designer, accountant and banker. I was then self-employed as a finacial consultant and then trained as a financial planner. Currently, I own a home based international business, which offers me choices – have the freedom to do what I like, work with people I like and have a better lifestyle. Right now I can type this reply without looking over my shoulders for the boss because I am the boss. I wake up every morning at 10am and start doing my business after lunch! This business not only gives me time freedom, it offers me financial freedom and excellent residual income when my business is built up in the longer term. The start-up cost is low – less than $500 which can be recouped within 2 months. There are other benefits like generous income subsidies and free holidays to reward people who are committed in doing this business. It always rewards people for making effort in building their businesses. We have strategic partnerships with premium corporations.If you like to know more about the business, please email me on [email protected] and use IP as your email subject.

I’m a GRANDMA with 7 kids to look after. X-Industrial Chemist & IT Manager. I enjoy & value everything I have & everything I do. I may be the most senior member in this forum but look younger than Michael(of Kay) [] (He once wrote he looked 50+ in the shade!).

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Huey

I am currently unemployed but still looking for work as a means of earning some money so i can put more into investments assumign its not an apprenticeship or trainee ship that involves a byo wage! just put in for seasonal fire crew member today, bring on the money and great work locations! That said if i can earn enough from investments to spend time on the things that i love ( ie music, youth work and the carlton football club[ who should be premiers next year, go blues]) then i would be happy to not have to deal with a bully boss again! there is something positive to be said about working because you want to, not because you have to!

I’m also studying real estate representative
Just making note of the fact that there are so many IT people on this forum…Lots of boredom + unlimited internet access? []

J