The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102702 Message #2083815
Posted By: George Papavgeris
22-Jun-07 - 05:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: How long have you been on the job?
Subject: RE: BS: How long have you been on the job?
As a student: - 1 summer picking hops in Kent - 1 summer putting up marquees - 1 summer digging holes in roads for the council - 6 months as trainee programmer with Comshare - 9 months as trainee systems programmer with Birmingham University Then, once I got my degrees: - 2 years as systems programmer with a cement company in Greece# - 6 years as analyst/programmer & project leader with BP in Greece - 4 years as junior IT consultant with BP in London - 7 years as IT Manager with BP in the Netherlands, and later covering all BeNeLux - 2 years as Area IT Mgr with BP in East Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Italy) - 3 years as Regional IT Mgr with BP first in the Middle East & Med, then in Eastern Europe (but based in the UK) - 2 years as senior project manager with BP in the UK - just over 1 year as professional singer/songwriter - 6 months as Strategic IT Director with Christie+Co (UK)
In total, some 28 years in IT, 24 of them with BP. Almost every job was great. Sometimes because of the challenges, that helped me grow; other times because of the friendships, the companionship, the chance to travel. And I love my current job best -it's the cushiest, and it allows me time for the music, travelling for gigs etc. I only really disliked one job - putting up marquees - because is was bloody hard physical work for this softie...