georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 17 minutes ago, newnative said: College degree, worked my career in the library of a community college in northern Virginia. Would love that job . Probably boring cataloguing books though I wonder if they still employ librarians nowadays I know the Transexual story time is popular in libraries now 💜 3
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 10 hours ago, sipi said: I did a trade a long time ago, then operated steam boilers. The ones that burn coal. We're a dying breed. Hard work & dirty?? 1
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 2 hours ago, Ralf001 said: Engineer. 😂love you Ralfy
KhunLA Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said: These are the guys driving furiously around on those mini cars on the airport runways with orange lights ,throwing your luggage ! Yep, part of the job sometimes. Every year we'd bid a job position & area to work at. What ever your seniority holds, and dictated what you did, where you worked, days off & vacation time. Then people would bid to work on your crew. 1
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 9 hours ago, fredwiggy said: Worked in a sporting goods chain, selling guns, hunting and camping equipment and fishing tackle. I used to love going into those stores They used to be called "disposal stores " Used to sell army uniforms ,hunting knives etc I think now they changed to camping stores Paddy Palin etc or BFC ,boating fishing camping, Anaconda That would be amazing job 1
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 2 hours ago, Burma Bill said: Same for me. I was retired when I moved to Thailand at the age of 56. As you said before you were with the UK police CSI division Must of seen some brutal murders but thankyou for your service 🙏 1 1
KannikaP Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 I moved to Thailand in 2009 to successfully continue my 40 year occupation as a guitarist/bassist/vocalist. People ask me whether I have been a musician all of my life. I answer 'not yet' ! 1 1
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Just now, KannikaP said: I moved to Thailand in 2009 to successfully continue my 40 year occupation as a guitarist/bassist/vocalist. People ask me whether I have been a musician all of my life. I answer 'not yet' ! Successfuly continue ?? Do you work in bars etc ? I used to love the old blues factory in Walking street many years ago
georgegeorgia Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 9 hours ago, gargamon said: I was retired when I came to Thailand. Now if the title was: What was your job (profession) BEFORE you moved to Thailand I might have told you Yes no need to tell ...you were a brain Surgeon right 🙄 2
Dan O Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 40 minutes ago, newnative said: College degree, worked my career in the library of a community college in northern Virginia. Did you work at NoVa?
Doctor Tom Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Among a few other things, I was the Part Time CEO of a UK Education Charity, BIG mistake. I found out very quickly that very many Charities, by no means just my own, are full of hang wringing liberals, who are without an ounce of common sense, judgement, business acumen, or even charitable feelings towards others. When I left, I cancelled all of my charitable giving, bar selected Military veteran ones, that I knew to be well managed. 2
Hellfire Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 14 hours ago, still kicking said: Started my own company sold it after about 25 years, moved to Thailand for a number of years and moved back to OZ after losing money in LOS. In some ways, Thailand resembles a giant casino, one where the house almost always wins. People all over the world earn their money only to come later to Thailand and lose it all here. 1
Hummin Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 My main profession is well service engineer, but have been all over the place working many different professions and also professional athlete, stunt and actor. A few companies I also started. Burned out I discovered Thailand, and started life 2,1 Now moved back home for life 3,1
Popular Post JGon Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 I was an Astrometrist (Like an Astronomer that builds celestial maps) at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona... then moved in 2012 to NASA John C Stennis Space Center (also traveled to Baltimore, Space Telescope Science Institute off and on) until 2022... then I came here to Thailand. If you have any Space questions or Science in general maybe I can help (Is not like that skill is useful here in Thailand haha). 2 2 1
KannikaP Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: Successfuly continue ?? Do you work in bars etc ? I used to love the old blues factory in Walking street many years ago I was good friends with Snowman and Mary. I did work at a bar in Pattaya for quite a few years. 1
fredwiggy Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 28 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: I used to love going into those stores They used to be called "disposal stores " Used to sell army uniforms ,hunting knives etc I think now they changed to camping stores Paddy Palin etc or BFC ,boating fishing camping, Anaconda That would be amazing job That's not sporting goods stores. They're called Army surplus stores. 2
OneMoreFarang Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Before I arrived in Thailand: IT After I arrived in Thailand: IT Now: IT 1 1
Eric Loh Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 21 minutes ago, Hellfire said: In some ways, Thailand resembles a giant casino, one where the house almost always wins. People all over the world earn their money only to come later to Thailand and lose it all here. MD for a corporation and resigned to start new specialized chemical company in Thailand. Being 18 years since and went through 2 coups, 1 financial crisis and a big flood that ravaged my warehouse. Didn't lose any money and still giving me a decent profit every year. 1
save the frogs Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 58 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: Hard work & dirty?? the peanut gallery of this thread? 1
Popular Post xylophone Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 Did my electrical apprenticeship in England and qualified as an electrical technician with the appropriate certificates, and once that was done I travelled to work in the Sahara desert for an oil company, then Nigeria at the end of the Biafran war and after that on a few oil production platforms in the North Sea and offshore Norway. Completely changed tack after that and became a sales manager with Rank Xerox UK, and emigrated to New Zealand to take up a job in marketing in RX New Zealand, moving on to become Director/Vice President of Sales and Marketing for American Express for almost 6 years, and they were the best years of my working life. Was approached to join a major NZ bank to instil a "sales and service culture" in it, which was bloody hard work, but I did it' and also took courses on Managed Funds and Financial Planning so that I could take up a position in the bank, starting a new division, which I and a colleague did. We started with $100,000 seed capital and I eventually became Chief Manager Investments, and by the time I left/retired in 2005, I had built it to just under $2 billion and it was the second largest managed fund in NZ. Have been in Phuket for 17 years now. 2 1
Luuk Chaai Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Worked for a major Building Supply firm ( commercial work) in the US .. 36 years Director of Pricing,, responsible for all automated customer acct pricing set ups. 41 Branches from New Hampshire to Florida to Alabama .. the real $$ was in NYC
Popular Post ChrisKC Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 I studied Psychology but completed only half the course I am now qualified as just a Psycho! Actually, I never had a profession, Worked on the Railways for about 15 years from Messenger Boy to Senior Officer 1, that;s 6 promotions involving working in a few places around England, Went into Sales of Office equipment before going to College again, failing there again to complete my course in Anatomy and Physiology. This enabled me to get a much better job that a full qualification as an Occupational Therapist would have provided. 5 years in that helping disabled people learn to drive with hand controls and getting in and out of a car with specialised wheelchairs. Very rewarding job, I enjoyed so much Then for 15 years in my own business in greetings cards, half of which time employing 5 people in England and 8 more in Portugal where I covered the country. In my large Grade 2 listed building I also managed a bed and breakfast business -Yes I was very busy. At the same time my English wife was a Speech Therapist over almost all the time of my working life. 1 2 1
Keeps Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Exec Director for a Global Insurance Broker. Specialised in Property and Business Interruption insurance in Lloyd's and the London Insurance Market. Not the most exciting job but had some good times (plenty of corporate jollies) and made some lifelong friends. Enabled me to retire at the age of 49.
Popular Post Celsius Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 Very few people know this, but I am one of the creators of GoFundMe 1 2
save the frogs Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 7 minutes ago, Keeps said: Not the most exciting job not singling out your particular career, but how many people are willing to admit to themselves or to AN that they had to go through mountains and heaps of bs and drudgery in their careers? I know I did. Most careers suck. 1
Popular Post roo860 Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 Previous jobs before settling in Thailand were, installing reflective road studs during the week as a subcontractor, weekends had a silver jewellery business, selling at festivals, county shows etc, 27yrs spending 6 months in Thailand, 6 months in the UK bought all my jewellery in Thailand, permanently here now for 2yrs. No work, but once a year buy wholesale jewellery in Bangkok for the couple that bought my business. 1 1 1
chiang mai Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 Last job was Director of Strategy for a US telco in HK, before that, Head of Delivery for a global telco, mostly delivering mobile JV companies in Asia/FE. 1 1
Popular Post Keeps Posted September 9, 2024 Popular Post Posted September 9, 2024 3 minutes ago, save the frogs said: not singling out your particular career, but how many people are willing to admit to themselves or to AN that they had to go through mountains and heaps of bs and drudgery in their careers? I know I did. Most careers suck. I utterly despised the last decade of my career - particularly the last 4 years when I had a complete A-Hole for a boss. I took a 2 year sabbatical from my career in my early 30's when I lived in Thailand for the duration. I knew after that 2 year break that I eventually wanted to end up in Thailand. So, for the next 15 years I worked hard, crawled up the corporate ladder and saved every penny I could. Luckily, a few financial crashes along the way helped me immensely as there were good buying opportunities in the financial markets. The final slice of luck was when, in 2017, a previous American employer offered me a chunk of money that they would transfer to my SIPP to forgo a pension I had earned during my 6 years working for them in my 20's (made no contributions to the pension from my own salary, only the Company contributed). I was 49 at the time and that pension payment would not have become available until I was 65 years old. For those that do not know, a SIPP in the UK can be accessed at 55 years old. This transfer to my SIPP put me well over the pot of money that I was looking to achieve to pay for my retirement. Christmas Eve 2017 - one of the best days of my life. Had a few Christmas ales and then went and told the A-hole to poke his job up his A-hole and left on the spot. I'm not rich but I'm comfortable and have a wonderful Thai partner. I view myself as very lucky but I did put in the graft to get to the position in which I now find myself. 1 2 1
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