Before you worked in IT what did you do?

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  1. Juelz

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    I got a job in retail, was my first proper job after leaving formal education (I did crap at school), after I got bored of that decided I would like to get into IT.. been almost two years now.
     
  2. dmarsh
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    I did part time jobs, mostly in retail while at college, then straight into programming.
     
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    I was a barman, a data inputter and for those that remember Tandy, I was a sales assistant. I loved that job
     
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    Tandy? Happy days! :)
     
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    I was a Croupier.
     
  6. Kopite_21

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    I used to be a bookie for 8 years before moving into IT.
     
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    Warehouse, accounts(mostly data entry)

    I also did poorly in school, mostly out of lack of interest.
     
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    Kitchen staff in Pizza Hut then data entry in a GP Surgery!
     
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    Used to work in the Videos Games Industry as an QA Manager / Associate Producer.
    Good fun, but needed a grownup job :)

    Only regret, I didn't do it sooner!
     
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    I had a variety of jobs before entering IT...

    1. Senior Healthcare Assistant (Carer, support worker, etc) depending on the organisation - different titles.
    2. Office Admin/Adminstrator
    3. Warehouse operative
    4. Hotel Porter/Guest Services
    5. Server/Waiter, Cook and Baker (rolling rota within this one organisation)
    6. Crochetier and knitter (while I was in high school)
    7. Helping out in a Fruit & Veg shop (while I was in primary/elementary school) on Saturdays
     
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    Not chopping troublemakers in half with your bare hands as doorman at a club called 'Road House' ?
     
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    Clerical work for a law firm. Worked for 6 months right out of university. Thank the Lord it only lasted 6 months, was bored out of my mind.
     
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    I worked in a Warehouse taking photographs of new products for the marketing team to use for their catalogue... it was spare parts for brown and white goods and was on £4.25 an hour until I fluked my way into a Web Developer position!
     
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    Ha ha ha with a necklace of ears
     
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