ATTN: old people of the forum [Archive]

KevinTheOmnivore

Dec 20th, 2007, 09:38 PM

I'm writing and editing an online political site, and I recently got to be on one of the cable networks being a talking head and stuff. I get to work from home.

The pay sucks, but a year ago to the day I was in a job that was making me really depressed and ill. So, a year makes a difference.

Dr. Boogie

Dec 20th, 2007, 09:41 PM

I can't believe you haven't posted any Youtube links for that. That's the norm here for anyone with a TV appearance.

Dr. V

Dec 20th, 2007, 09:54 PM

Archduke Tips

Dec 20th, 2007, 11:50 PM

Doopa, thanks for asking.

I managed to finally land the job of my dreams. I don't like to talk about exactly what it is over the internet, I know that sort of thing is dangerous. However, I can tell you that I get to make people's lives better and use my engineering knowledge of electrical systems in the process. I didn't end up in the military like I thought I would, but I am glad about that.

The first of the products I worked on will release in 2008 (so soon now!!!) I am actually finishing my degree right now, but I switched between work and school several times. I already signed on for a permanent position, but I will finish school soon and start there. If you want to give me a call, I am willing to tell you over the phone what I worked on. You'd probably be surprised, and you can go check it out then and see what you think. I worked really hard to make a good product for everyone. :)

J. Tithonus Pednaud

Dec 20th, 2007, 11:53 PM

I'm 31, I guess that qualifies as being 'old'.

I've been fortunate. I've done everything I've ever wanted to do career-wise. I worked in the funeral business, joined the circus, and traveled the world. I then helped to revitalize the downtown of my hometown by establishing an arts district and managing an art gallery. I also implemented youth oriented art programs and was a member of the Downtown Metro revitalization board of directors.

Today, I still perform from time to time, my site garners international attention and I currently work in the local music and film industries. Come February, I am finally launching my own advertising/marketing firm, with full government support and funding.

Career-wise, life is good.

Protoclown

Dec 21st, 2007, 01:10 AM

i am working a soulless corporate job just like i always dreamed of

in my nightmares

Sethomas

Dec 21st, 2007, 02:07 AM

Hmm. I'm in the period where the image is crystallizing that I'm not at all where I'd like to be in my life, and it will furthermore require a fair amount of time before I might be able to get there.

Basically, the first concise mental image of myself at age 23 involved me being in an illustrious grad school program on track to becoming a professor of multiple subjects. However, I'm working a little bit over minimum wage trying to get back into a mediocre college experience that I might eventually return to a better college experience, and thenceforth proceed to an illustrious grad school program.

The recurring problem, however, is that academia has a strong aversion to crazies.

Cosmo Electrolux

Dec 21st, 2007, 08:11 AM

Nope, not yet....but I have every intention of making that dream a reality...as soon as I get my degree.

KevinTheOmnivore

Dec 21st, 2007, 12:07 PM

I can't believe you haven't posted any Youtube links for that. That's the norm here for anyone with a TV appearance.

Sadly, I did not catch it (I don't watch cable news much myself), and my buddy who tried messed it up. I do have a video that Fox had on their site, but it was protected so that i couldn't embed it anywhere.

Try this (http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?121807/121807_live_blogs&Live_Desk&Blog%20Buzz&acc&US&-1&News&290&&&exp) out.

And actually, if there's a way to catch this stuff without a TV, I'd be glad to know. I'll probably be on again.

mburbank

Dec 21st, 2007, 12:59 PM

Not that I don't love my museum job, but it doesn't pay anywhere near enough to support a family on and try as I might, I haven't been able to get them to give me a better paying, more serious job there. I am seriously looking at having to get a second job or a job in the private sector that I don't enjoy to keep my collective family head above water.

I want to be a writer, full time. Truthfully, I haven't gotten much closer in the last decade.

Geggy

Dec 21st, 2007, 01:21 PM

I do have a video that Fox had on their site.

BUT OF COURSE!

Cosmo Electrolux

Dec 21st, 2007, 01:33 PM

what do you do at the museum, Max?
if this dinosaur sounds thing is successful, will that give you a better shot at a more serious job?

KevinTheOmnivore

Dec 21st, 2007, 02:07 PM

BUT OF COURSE!

Hey, it's who wanted me. I'll clear my schedule for Keith Olbermann if he calls.

mburbank

Dec 21st, 2007, 02:34 PM

I'm a staff assistant for the exhibits department. I do PO's, invoices and payroll. I also freelance my writing and performing to them on the rare occasions a creative project comes that has some money attached to it. I love the people I work with, and all sorts of crazy opportunities come up that I get to be a part of, but my job grade is very low and the pay is beyond crap for a guy my age. If I could get a job as a content developer it would pay more (not that much, though) and I'd be doing more interesting stuff more of the time, but it's been years since one of those jobs opened up, and in the current financial climate, if someone left, they'd be just as inclined to close the position as open it up to applicants of which I'd be only one.

The dino thing is a prototype for the idea of me video blogging for the Museum on a regular basis. A VERY hard sell, and in no way up to me.

Cosmo Electrolux

Dec 21st, 2007, 02:51 PM

One of my Son's friends is an amateur film maker, so I'll ask them to watch your video and upload some videos of their own...I"m sure they'd be hilarious...

AlliSabbah

Dec 21st, 2007, 03:36 PM

I am doing exactly what Ive always wanted to do.

Sitting at home and letting my wife work and pay the bills.

mburbank

Dec 21st, 2007, 03:56 PM

Thanks, Cosm o;

And Alisaba, that... is... AWESOME! How do I work out that deal?

doopa

Dec 21st, 2007, 04:14 PM

I do'nt understand why it's so hard to get a job doing what you want to do :(
Life is weird.

Congratulations to you bastards that do enjoy what you're doing

Dr. Boogie

Dec 21st, 2007, 04:54 PM

This is one of those threads where Re tries to bring herself down, but brings a lot of other people down with her. Thanks a lot, Re.:(

And this is a post where I try to make Re feel bad so she'll pester Rog for the entire weekend.:)

mburbank

Dec 21st, 2007, 05:17 PM

I agree with the Doopinator. Why the hell can't I get paid well to do what I do well?

WHERE'S MY FUCKING UTOPIA!?

Miss Modular

Dec 22nd, 2007, 12:22 AM

Not quite, but maybe?

Two and a half years later, I'm still at the job I thought I'd have for six months. I still hate the job itself, but at least for the line of work, it pays well and I have benefits now, which is why I've more or less stuck it out.

I'm still working on finding a new line of work, but for the most part, I like where my life is. Ever since I've starting making videos for YouTube, I've made a lot of connections that I would have never made otherwise.

As for new work, I'm leaning toward freelance or something that would allow me to make money and travel. I'm not even sure I want what I ultimately want to do for a living right now.

executioneer

Dec 22nd, 2007, 04:41 AM

at least for the line of work, it pays well and I have benefits

pretty much sums up my situation too- not great, but hey could be worse i guess :(

Zbu Manowar

Dec 22nd, 2007, 11:34 PM

The pay sucks, but a year ago to the day I was in a job that was making me really depressed and ill. So, a year makes a difference.

I've been there. I'm rapidly approaching the one year point with my job that I got to go back to school (Masters, baby!) and I'm glad my last job is over with. I thought I was getting ulcers dealing with the losers there, but after I dropped them like a bad habit I've been doing better.

I'm still not where I want to be in life, but I'm getting there. Slowly and surely.

Tadao

Dec 23rd, 2007, 03:26 AM

I had jobs wear I liked what I was doing, Ie: Baker, Electrition, Movie Theater Asst. Manager...
Then after awhile you just hate it. I can't stand the smell of fresh bread, I hate wiring shit, the smell of popcorn makes me ill.

It's better to have a job where your just alright doing it, and keep you favorite things to do as hobbies.

sspadowsky

Dec 23rd, 2007, 08:57 PM

I had to take a pay cut, but I'm now doing something I absolutely love. Sucks that it took 31 years to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, but I couldn't be happier.

It is super secret, so I can't tell you what it is. BUT IT'S BIG. >:

AChimp

Dec 24th, 2007, 11:14 AM

I'm doing pretty good, I think. The company I did my co-op terms with hired me before I had even finished my degree and I got a sweet corner office on the fourth floor with a bit of a view. :D

Is it the most exciting stuff in the world? No, not really, but it's challenging at times which is really all I could have hoped for from an entry level position in software development. I'd hate to be wasting my degree making websites or answering tech support calls for someone.

I've moved up the ladder a fair bit over the last two years (over 230 people in the company) and I get paid more than all my friends and my benefits are pretty sweet. The only way I could really get a better job is to move to a different city.

theapportioner

Dec 25th, 2007, 12:21 PM

Are you doing for a job what you always wanted to do? Or at least something you kinda wanted to do?

If you mean making a career out of being a student, then no.

I've never really had a stable, crystallized idea of what I want to do. I imagine I'll bounce around a bit before I die. I think it's better for me this way, honestly. I intend to be flexible.

That being said, what I'll do will most likely involve the arenas of medicine (most likely brain/mind-related disciplines), health policy, global health, ethics and philosophy, and research. This may seem to leave things wide open but I have some more specific ideas in mind. I'm pretty comfortable with this working plan.

mburbank

Dec 26th, 2007, 01:32 PM

Sspad, you totaly have to PM your secret job to me. Are you a hitman? I bet you're a hitman.

AChimp

Dec 27th, 2007, 10:36 AM

I bet he's a gigolo now. :eek

sspadowsky

Dec 27th, 2007, 09:58 PM

Sspad, you totaly have to PM your secret job to me. Are you a hitman? I bet you're a hitman.

Done. And, no comment. Winking emoticon.

Blackjack

Dec 30th, 2007, 10:30 AM

I worked for a couple of years in an architect's office which was cool but the pay wasn't great, as it is now I'm 25 and taking my Diploma which will put me that little bit closer to being a fully qualified architect.

It's been a real shock losing a steady income and going back to counting the pennies, but there's plenty of time for work in the future and I know I'd regret it if I didn't return to study.

SO did things turn out as I expected - not quite but pretty close. Plenty of my friends have been working for 4-5 years and have a lot more ready cash than me but whether they enjoy it is another question altogether.

My philospohy is we have such little time on this rock that if something isn't enjoyable, it simply isn't worth doing.

doopa

Dec 31st, 2007, 07:35 PM

hmnnn. I've been thinking some more and I think I might know what to do. thnx kids

theapportioner

Dec 31st, 2007, 08:04 PM

What is it?

Dr. Boogie

Dec 31st, 2007, 08:11 PM

Yeah, quit teasing.

soundtest

Jan 1st, 2008, 01:42 PM

I work as a QA manager at a software company and it is quite boring. The pay is alright though, and I get to travel a lot. I live in Shanghai now and have the opportunity of working remotely, which is also great. This is definitely not what I want to do with my life career-wise (any kind of office work is hell to me), but it affords me the chance to do some of the things I do want to do.

Chojin

Jan 1st, 2008, 02:19 PM

Shanghai, Michigan?

soundtest

Jan 1st, 2008, 04:40 PM

The other one. ;)

doopa

Jan 1st, 2008, 07:57 PM

What is it?

I'm going to make job decisions based on whether or not it allows me more time to work on my art, and not on anything else

Eyelobe

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:07 AM

I struggled for ten years in jobs I hated, simply to maintain a life I was not satisfied with. A few years ago I quit my job and spent two years traveling. I too realized that my art (god that sounds cheesy) was what I wanted to focus my energy on. It took some time, but I am now able to support myself and play music full-time. In fact, I have finally achieved a modicum of success with my "art." I encourage everyone to follow their creative impulses. I felt incomplete until I fulfilled that desire.

doopa

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:20 AM

Eyelobe

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:33 AM

Oh, I meant that music is my art. Shitty wording there, sorry.

I work (very) part-time at a guitar shop, and I make money playing the local bars...both in a regular rock cover band and my personal projects. Of course, I have other random sources of income, too...

Believe me, I don't make much, but I am able to pay my rent, feed myself and my cat, and have some fun. I went to college and have had my share of good jobs, but I'm happier now. My band is currently recording, and I'm actually excited about the future, even if I have to live on Kraft Dinner and tuna for sometimes...

AlliSabbah

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:35 AM

Thanks, Cosm o;

And Alisaba, that... is... AWESOME! How do I work out that deal?

You keep getting married till you find a woman that will agree to it.

It took me three.

doopa

Jan 2nd, 2008, 12:35 AM

ah cool

theapportioner

Jan 7th, 2008, 12:23 AM

I wish you all the best with your goals, Re :)

george

Jan 18th, 2008, 02:14 PM

i make decent money, and my job is really weird--but for all that i hate my day job.

but i work part time as a waiter at Outback, and i love it. it is really fun, i have made a lot of nice friends, and make a lot of money. max if there is an outback near you give it a try for part time. i usually make about 100.00 per four hour shift, not bad cheese for part time.

these two jobs are funding my soon to be started movie company. my movies will suck and it will take years till they get good, but i got nothing but time.

Pentegarn

Jan 18th, 2008, 06:28 PM

I think I like my job.

I am a fire extinguisher tech. I go to different places and inspect, maintain, and repair fire extinguishers.

The upside is that I get to see places that I would never get to see or that I would never think to bother seeing. Crematoriums, country clubs, homeless shelters, various skyscrapers. Just today I did a well known armored car business. If you want a reason to piss yourself, try doing your job with three security guards (not the silly mall guards, actual licensed conceal/carry guards) with guns out all ready to shoot you if they think you are trying anything funny.

Some of it sucks, especially on really hot and really cold days, but it is all life experience, and I am always ready to enjoy life experiences.

glowbelly

Jan 22nd, 2008, 08:31 AM

hi.

i'm in a boring office job right now but i am going to school to be a nurse (HOTNESS BITCHES) and i will continue and i'm debating whether to be a surgeon (CUTCHA CUTCHA) or a midwife (OH BABY BABY).