What do you all do?

Just curious what everyone does here for a living? I work at Central Saint Martins College just around the corner from the Duke.

Software Programmer, I still wonder just how this came about. All my experience suggested I would be in the music industry forever, but then I managed to stumble free and land a job at BT writing web portals. Moved on to writing football sites and porn sites before settling into working for THE MAN.

On the side I have a server full of things I like, from music clubs, to music forums, to cycling forums. If I have to know the stuff I do, I might as well put it to use making myself and others happy.

As little as possible, unfortunatly that means seven days a week at the moment though.

over worked and under paid as a graphic designer at an independant magazine/design studio

stuff with this

when I'm not bogged down with "real" work, or riding, or messin with bikes and parts, or posting on internet forums

much like 1bhp, I too am a lowly graphic/web designer. Work in the marketing dept. of a hi-fi & home cinema/TV retailer.
Sucks ass but allows me to do things I really enjoy like riding, the odd bit of mixing (records, not cakes), and generally trying to make the most of this city we love to hate.

Put me down as another vote for computer geek. Snore.

oil industy exploration cartographer

(....or GIS wallah with a dangerous amount of time to spend on forums)

student, but only for a little bit more. then fuck knows.

London's 2nd most famous ex-messenger! Actually, getting fat, old, ugly and stupid in a courier company office telling people what to do.

who's London's 1st most famous ex messenger then?

surely not Nelly!

Michael Smiley. Played the messenger in 'spaced'. Does stand-up, and 'proper writing. Used to write for Moving Target many moons ago.

Maybe nelly is more famous than me, eh? Hadn't thought of that.

That would make me London's 3rd most famous ex-bicycle messenger...

:-(

What about Andy Cap then?

Anyway I'm a messenger aswell ,sigh yes envy me.......,and part time bike components importer nowadays.

Ducks and covers from the flak.

I'm a BMW technician ;)

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Fixedwheelnut:Ducks and covers from the flak. I'm a BMW technician ;)

http://www.bossbi.com/bike/bmw/bmwbikes.php

What's so bad about that? :-)

Andy can't be that famous, otherwise people wouldn't mis-spell his name: Capp not Cap. And he still works as a messenger. Unlike me.

:-)

Buffalo: you seem to be really missing being a courier. is there no way you'd get back to it?

Or start a firm of your own and drag all of the established guys over, and contract the service to all of the firms left gutted by the exodus.

Unfortunately, I get a lot more money sitting in here than out there.

Start-up? Yeah...

Currently trainee speech & language therapist (ie student) - and trainee dad (just got through the probationary period!).

Previously musician, writer, sales assistant, retail manager, builder, car-park attendant, factory packer, screen printer, customer service assistant, bike messenger, mobile bicycle mechanic, indoor go-karting marshall, waiter, kitchen porter, receptionist, English teacher, telephone fundraiser, producer, dealer, blah, blah, blah...

design student @ camberwell and messenger

Yet another software developer (aka geek) for a "noo meeja" agency. Yawn. Never meant to ride fixed but I was told to try it and never looked back.

architect in practice, teach architecture at UCL, dad to little 15month year old son (going to get him a fixed wheel 'like a bike' this summer) and husband to my lovely missus.

Photographer, studio still life, shiny things that look nice mostly plus bit of landscape/location stuff.

self employed so time off during the week for riding my mountain/road bike :-)