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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion

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Suairyu

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Thank you, everyone. Your well-wishing over the past couple of months has meant a lot to me!

TCRS said:
Nice, congrats suraiyu. I'm still waiting for a job in engineering :/
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Don't give up! It has been three years since I graduated, and June to November I worked a shitty job in retail management that crushed all my self belief, making me feel incompetent and unemployable. I bounced back and realised the first step of my dream.

It'll happen for you, too!
 
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Suairyu

Banned
Lirlond said:
oh! Where are you working and doing what, if you don't mind me being a nozy bastard.
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I'm going to be a production assistant for a major television producer of factual entertainment TV and internet shows (documentaries). My initial contract is simply for logging - creating transcripts of footage before it is all sent off to edit - but it's a place where you wear many hats, so it'll include research, maybe some writing etc. I'll be working on three different shows which will be broadcast on (I think) the BBC within the coming months.

I'll not outright name the employer, if you don't mind, but using the information in this thread I'm sure you could easily work them out if you really cared.
 
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Hot Coldman

Banned
I'm going to be different for the hell of it and say fuck you, Suairyu!

I'm super jealous and very happy for you. Kinda want to work with TV myself, although more on the "arseholes who deal with the business shite in TV" side of things. You give us all hope for the future! :p
 
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Meadows

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Suairyu said:
I'm going to be a production assistant for a major television producer of factual entertainment TV and internet shows (documentaries). My initial contract is simply for logging - creating transcripts of footage before it is all sent off to edit - but it's a place where you wear many hats, so it'll include research, maybe some writing etc. I'll be working on three different shows which will be broadcast on (I think) the BBC within the coming months.

I'll not outright name the employer, if you don't mind, but using the information in this thread I'm sure you could easily work them out if you really cared.
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Sounds great! You'll be in a fantastic position to network and work your way up the ladder from there! Stick with it for at least a year so you have a really solid foundation of media experience!
 
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Suairyu

Banned
Lirlond said:
You should wave it under the JCP's nose. You clearly needed their help haha
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You have no idea how much I'm going to relish the phone call tomorrow after the amount of hassle they gave me for arranging the work placement with this company in the first place.
 
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Little Old Man

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Nice one Suairyu! :)
Have fun networking with people too!

Got three packs of yum yums (doughnuts) in M&S, 50p each. Sorted out Easter eggs for people too.
 
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Kentpaul

When keepin it real goes wrong. Very, very wrong.
Suairyu said:
So I'm now employed in the television industry.

I GOT A FUCKING JOB doing something I enjoy in an industry I've always wanted to work in.

Thanks for being there for me during all this, guys.

edit - and The Last Story for Wii arrived from LoveFiLM while I was out. This is the best day ever. Going to be an amazing long weekend.
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High five bro! I have 2 hours left of my shift tonight and your succsess will be ringing through my head. Im working a more lower class job due to dropping out of school at 16. But it's always a good thing to see someone who worked hard for a qualification not packing shelfs! Buy bf3 and add me bro!
 
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killer_clank

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Suairyu said:
So I'm now employed in the television industry.

I GOT A FUCKING JOB doing something I enjoy in an industry I've always wanted to work in.

Thanks for being there for me during all this, guys.

edit - and The Last Story for Wii arrived from LoveFiLM while I was out. This is the best day ever. Going to be an amazing long weekend.
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Well done! That's great news!
 
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Jeff Albertson

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Jill Sandwich said:
I love Betty's. You can't beat it for pinky-out Englishness. I'd love to go to one of those piano evenings but I don't have a house to remortgage. Have you ever been to El Guacho, the Argentinian steakhouse? I hear mixed reports about it.
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I went to the one in Manchester years ago was really good, I ordered a fillet steak and they brought a tray of uncooked steaks out asking which one I wanted lol

Congrats Suairyu
 
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zomgbbqftw

Banned
Suairyu said:
I'm going to be a production assistant for a major television producer of factual entertainment TV and internet shows (documentaries). My initial contract is simply for logging - creating transcripts of footage before it is all sent off to edit - but it's a place where you wear many hats, so it'll include research, maybe some writing etc. I'll be working on three different shows which will be broadcast on (I think) the BBC within the coming months.

I'll not outright name the employer, if you don't mind, but using the information in this thread I'm sure you could easily work them out if you really cared.
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Everyone starts at the bottom, as long as you are hungry and prove yourself to be a hard worker you will certainly progress. If Britain has proved anything to me it's that it is a meritocracy. I'm not from a privileged background and I work at one of London's most prestigious banks and so many people around me are from estates and working classes. If I can do it others can, and I hope it holds true for you as well. :D
 
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Gav47

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Charlie Brooker needs to do more gameswipe.

Congrats on the job Suairyu, I too got a job in the past few days... painting my neighbours house and farmyard. Those four years of college were well spent ._.
 
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Yen

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10 O'Clock Live is pretty crap. Laverne and Carr are shite in it. Brooker needs to quit that and stick to Wipe and drama.
 
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Hot Coldman

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Clegg said:
He really has. He used to lampoon all those quiz shows and the celebs who appeared on them. Now he has his own C4 show with other celebs, trying too hard to tell bad jokes.

He was much better in his Wipe days.
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Really? He was appearing on those as quickly as he could. Apart from making fun of Phil Jupitus the odd time I don't remember him ever being critical of that segment of TV. Reality shows were always his big target, never really panel shows.

Not that I disagree with the latter statement. 10 O'Clock live is a bunch of funny, talented dudes discovering that they have zero chemistry, episode by episode. And Brooker is by far the best bit, even if it's far removed from, say, this.
 
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Clegg

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Green Scar said:
Really? He was appearing on those as quickly as he could. Apart from making fun of Phil Jupitus the odd time I don't remember him ever being critical of that segment of TV. Reality shows were always his big target, never really panel shows.

Not that I disagree with the latter statement. 10 O'Clock live is a bunch of funny, talented dudes discovering that they have zero chemistry, episode by episode. And Brooker is by far the best bit, even if it's far removed from, say, this.
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Would you believe that I was literally watching this clip when you posted this?

So good.
 
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Songbird

Prodigal Son
Heartiest of congratulations, Suairyu. I'm looking into retraining or work placements so I could get somewhere as good as you. Supposedly nursing and paramedic training is funded by the NHS and I'm in a medical family.

In other news I've gotten a day's casual work at the KC Stadium, woo. Greet me with "believe" at the concessions stands and you might just make my day tomorrow. Short, fat, stupid hair.
 
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Meadows

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Sometimes I think that Brooker acts out his cynicism to appear more edgy than he is, especially in recent months, but the Black Mirror anthology is a classic of our time.

Simply fantastic television, especially the gameshow one.
 
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SteveWD40

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Meadows said:
Sometimes I think that Brooker acts out his cynicism to appear more edgy than he is, especially in recent months, but the Black Mirror anthology is a classic of our time.

Simply fantastic television, especially the gameshow one.
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The "recording eyes" one was my favourite, Toby Kebell's performance nails it,
 
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industrian

will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
It's my last day of work today.

Well, it's 15:30 and I've got about three hours left to work I suppose, but last day nonetheless.
 
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Kentpaul

When keepin it real goes wrong. Very, very wrong.
and snap the weekend lands! Work then a night on the town!

I look so fly in this seasons lyle and scott polo shirt, with my Gstar jeans.

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I don't start work till 2 but i set my alarm at 7 to wake up and play this.

Boss. game is the bee's knees
 
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J Tourettes

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Meadows said:
Sometimes I think that Brooker acts out his cynicism to appear more edgy than he is, especially in recent months, but the Black Mirror anthology is a classic of our time.

Simply fantastic television, especially the gameshow one.
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I thought the two eps Brooker wrote were subtle as a brick and laboured their point which ended up with me being bored shitless.
 
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Kentpaul

When keepin it real goes wrong. Very, very wrong.
Busy ass Friday shift is to busy for me to relax. Got my polo shirt and jeans packed to get changed into at 10pm then a cab into town! This is how I do it. (towns like a mile from my work but in to fly to walk) all Falkirk gaffers report in.
 
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Kentpaul

When keepin it real goes wrong. Very, very wrong.
It really tickles my balls knowing all my closest friends are out drinking right now and im in work! This is tough as fuck! Real radio club classics at 8 oclock will really improve shit. decided to take my Lunch exactly halfway through my shift to insure My day goes in mor evenly. Ice cold pint of Stella is on the cards for when I arrive at the bar (il be heading right To the bar before greeting my friends)
 
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