What do you do for a living - 2013
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Tue, 2013-05-28 17:11
Well its been a fair while since I did one of these and there's probably a few changes since last time. It was a very popular thread assisting some people to get into different careers so will see how we go.
I'll go first. I'm now a Health Safety Security advisor for Mermaid Marine up here in Dampier and run Fishwrecked on the side.
Cheers,
Adam
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/what-do-you-lot-do-earn-crust-2010
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/what-do-you-lot-do-earn-crust
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/whats-your-trade
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