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Jan 7, 2011, 2:48 pm

#106

cuto

Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: Ottawa (YOW)

Posts: 405

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shareholder

Producer of television series and specials...biographies, performance, wildlife programs.

woah, that's pretty darn cool.

sigh, not a whole lotta tech guys like me that get paid work travel. i think i need to switch into sales or something.

Jan 7, 2011, 2:56 pm

#107

MrCA

Join Date: Jun 2000

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posts: 393

Quote:

Originally Posted by Homerclees

CA in professional services

There seems to be a lot of CAs on this board!

Ah yes but I was the first to claim the handle.

Importer of frozen food from around the world.

Jan 7, 2011, 3:00 pm

#108

rehoult

Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: YYC

Posts: 4,035

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrCA

Ah yes but I was the first to claim the handle.

Importer of frozen food from around the world.

You sound like a 1K I met in the SFO RCC on a MR in December. He was a national sales guy for the world largest producer of carrots.

Jan 7, 2011, 3:21 pm

#109

2MM_Guy

Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: Earth

Programs: AC S100K (formerly AC*SE), AC 2MM, AMEX Plat, Marriott Platinum Elite

Posts: 1,469

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonC

Me Too! @:-)

Given your previous comments, they are probably made in the Valley!

Jan 7, 2011, 3:25 pm

#110

Scorecard

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: YEG

Programs: AC *E, PC Platinum, IC Platinum Ambassador, Hertz #1 GOLD, Avis First

Posts: 23

Regional Manager and Training Manager For 1 of Canada's finest QSR chains. 26

Jan 7, 2011, 3:55 pm

#111

tnkngn

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: SIN / FRA

Programs: UA MP - 1K

Posts: 666

Product manager/sales support for machinery manufacturer, 31 years young.
75% work related travel, rest leisure.
Travelled YYZ-Europe 5 times this year, probably more next year, plus some travel to Asia as well.
51k miles this year, maybe going for SE this year.....maybe.....

Jan 7, 2011, 4:07 pm

#112

Garbageman

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: YVR

Programs: TK*G

Posts: 312

International school teacher, 31.

70,000 miles or so last year, all on my own dime. It pays to have lots of vacation time

Jan 7, 2011, 4:13 pm

#113

yyzvoyageur

Join Date: Jul 2008

Posts: 1,849

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garbageman

It pays to have lots of vacation time

^ Plenty of time off (both paid and unpaid) is one of the main reasons I've chosen to remain in the employ of Her Majesty.

Jan 7, 2011, 4:24 pm

#114

Shareholder

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Sep 1999

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Programs: OWEmerald; STARGold; BonvoyPlat; IHGPlat/Amb; HiltonGold; A|ClubPat; AirMilesPlat

Posts: 38,186

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuto

woah, that's pretty darn cool.

sigh, not a whole lotta tech guys like me that get paid work travel. i think i need to switch into sales or something.

Thanks, but I know quite a few FTers who are tech guys and gals who fly all over the planet fixing high end equipment or patching up software glitches. One fixes light houses and another repairs elevators on cruise ships...talk about your cool/kewl jobs!

Jan 7, 2011, 4:29 pm

#115

tomh009

Join Date: Jul 2001

Location: YYZ

Programs: AC SE100K, HH G

Posts: 2,454

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlionw

I fly on my on dime, but:

Software developer, 27

A job that would allow me to travel would be great, if anyone has a good suggestion for a software developer.

You could be me ... in 20 years (well, sooner probably). 90% of my travel is related to software development, working with multiple remote teams worldwide. They don't let me write code any more, though.

Jan 7, 2011, 4:50 pm

#116

number10blade

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: YHZ

Programs: UA PREMIER GOLD, AC*E25K, Best Western Diamond, Marriott Gold, NEXUS/GE

Posts: 131

Surgeon / Health Admin. Age 47.

Jan 7, 2011, 5:01 pm

#117

Always@YVR

Join Date: Dec 2004

Location: YVR/YYZ/EWR/ATL/LHR/GLA

Programs: Air Canada Altitude S100k / Star Alliance Gold

Posts: 142

Yet another CA - CFO of a logistics company with operations across N. America. 105,064 status miles last year - mostly with work. Age 38.

Jan 7, 2011, 5:06 pm

#118

RCyyz

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: Body in Downtown YYZ, heart and mind elsewhere

Programs: UA 50K, refugee from AC E50K, Marriott Lifetime Plat

Posts: 5,132

I've been trying to think of how I'd describe what I do. I work at a large mutual fund company. Officially I'm in Sales Management (our sales gang starts in Halifax then goes out to Vancouver with offices in the usual places in between) but I'm most accurately classified as a business intelligence specialist / change agent / general sh*t-disturber at work.

Travel is almost 100% personal. I have a boss who's cool enough to pretend he doesn't notice that my vacation allotment is x but my vacation taken is x+y. ^

Jan 7, 2011, 6:13 pm

#119

VolcanoMan

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: By the sea...

Programs: BA/EC Silver

Posts: 564

Professor...

Jan 7, 2011, 6:14 pm

#120

YQMer

Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: YFC

Programs: AC*SE100K; Marriott Titanium; NEXUS

Posts: 1,523

Domestic man of simplicity (vs international man of mystery)... OK, well maybe domestic and some transborder

Work for a large organization; currently specialize in HR, have done many things (too many maybe) - finance, audit, management consulting, business venture analyst. CGA and 41

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