What is Your Job and Do You Like It?

[raidenjack]

I've always had no passions or interests in life. My dad suggested I go into architecture because I used to play with Legos all the time. Now that I'm studying architecture, I'm increasingly getting the feeling that if I get into this field I would just be overworked, underpaid, and hating it. I'm unsure about getting into anything else, because I don't like anything. What is your job, and do you like it?

[kongfunk]

I'm in school for architecture, right now I work as a draftperson at a very small place. I don't mind the career choice but I mind were I work at now.

[apokalipze2]

Male prostitute and I hate it :bomb::bomb::bomb:

[senorwoohoo]

Reporter for a weekly newspaper and it's not that bad.

[RAMSTORIA]

herbalism/alchemy

yeah its pretty good being a warlock and all...

[Strell]

Male prostitute and I hate it :bomb::bomb::bomb:

You hate it because only men solicit you.

[Sofa King Kool]

Dunkin' Donuts, but I'm only 18 so that's not too bad. It's alright I guess.

[neocisco]

Job? Circuit City

Do I like it? :rofl:

[klwillis45]

None of your business and It's okay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzBlx4VmNek);)

[Leavinhope]

Supervisor of the Tire and Battery Center at a Sam's Club. Love the fellas and ladies I work with. Starting to wonder why I've been there so long.

[munch]

More important question:

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

[klwillis45]

More important question:

Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

Too slow munch, too slow :rofl:But I like the way you think.

[mtxbass1]

Game Developer.

I love it.

[Warner1281]

Job #1: Research Associate at UCSD doing brain and tongue surgery on mice. Fun job, a little boring at times though. Definitely underpaid (but that's the down side of working in academia instead of industry).

Job #2: Manager at Blockbuster. Eh... it's got it's good days and it's bad days (bout a 50/50 ratio, even).

[sonderiaom]

Currently I'm an electronics guy at Costco. The guys I work with are awesome, pay is $11.75 after only working there about 2 years, and I love chatting to people about electronics and educating them.

Not the best job, but it works, and pays the bills, and there are certainly worse jobs within the company.

[Prepster]

Just working part time as a Grocery Store as well as working at the Hospital......kinda like an internship within the radiology department.

And I love both jobs, but I always always hate the drive to both.

[Graystone]

Male prostitute and I hate it :bomb::bomb::bomb:

Pimp, someone better change their attitude or they're going to get smacked.

[Maklershed]

I'm apokalipze2's pimp and I love it :D:D:D


Actually I'm just a lowly government auditor and I dont particularly care for it :cry:

[whoknows]

I do work study at my college in the IT Department.

It's pretty easy work. I don't hate it.

[magiic]

cashier @ Rona Home & Garden, quite enjoy it. Although starting monday I will once again be a labourer for a roofing company lol which will suck probably as much as it did last year.

[porieux]

I create interactive applications for remixing music for major artists working with wireless carriers to let fans remix (or mash) songs and send their version to their friends. Like BEP, Green Day, JT, and right now I'm working on one for the Projekt Revolution tour (LP, MCR, TBS, HIM) for both the web and at the events themselves. As well as a DDR-like game for the recent JT tour (which will be continuing soon). It's fun stuff, even if the bands aren't always my cup of java.

[munch]

Too slow munch, too slow :rofl:But I like the way you think.

:D I totally didn't see your post. Otherwise I would have quoted it. :applause:

[Illini Jeeper]

Station Operator for 4 small market radio stations (all owned by the same owner). Been there for about 3-4 weeks and love it. Before that when I was in high school, I worked as an assistant in the local public library in the reference department. It was ok, but my new job is much better.

[umcthomas]

I help urban students find community services (I've done this over 5 years at various places). I like it so much that I'm working on a school counseling certificate so I have some job security if I ever move.

[blackjaw]

Advertising sales. Really enjoy it. I love meeting people and of course the money is why you get into sales in the first place. ;)

[organicow]

Starting Monday, I work in the online department of the Weather Channel (weather.com).

My actual job will likely be pretty boring (deals with adserving) but the salary is good and the company is strong.

[dopa345]

I'm a doctor and notwithstanding the headaches with insurance companies, I love it.

[marten]

I deal cards at a local casino.

It definitely is a job that helps pass the time, and I don't feel like shooting myself daily going to/coming home from it. ;)

[Hex]

I'm in Electronic Engineering. When I was in High School, I was told that it was a great job with great money. Haw. Haw haw. How wrong I was. Electronics is shit, I hate it, and I'm trying to get into medicine.

[crowbb]

Currently I work in contracting for the US Army. It's definitely interesting. I deal with both ends (contractor and customer) and spend lots of the Government's money. But I will be coming up on my one year anniversary in the job next month and I still don't know if I like it or not. All the negotiating and such takes a lot of getting used to for me, not being much of a people person myself. I'm more of a numbers guy. Ah well it beats my old job, and I'm making more than I was then even as a lowly rookie intern and with far less stress on my body.

[rockhero]

I program video games (mostly AI) - and of course I love it.

[Dead of Knight]

I'm a doctor and notwithstanding the headaches with insurance companies, I love it.
I thought you were a nurse. Now I feel like a butthead.

Sorry OP, I don't have a job to contribute to this thread. I am a college student and an accounting major, for what it's worth.

[Hex]

Currently I work in contracting for the US Army. It's definitely interesting. I deal with both ends (contractor and customer) and spend lots of the Government's money. But I will be coming up on my one year anniversary in the job next month and I still don't know if I like it or not. All the negotiating and such takes a lot of getting used to for me, not being much of a people person myself. I'm more of a numbers guy. Ah well it beats my old job, and I'm making more than I was then even as a lowly rookie intern and with far less stress on my body.

Blackwater? If not, your cool factor is in the negative.

[Seventh]

In school for biology right now, heading to become a Doctor... have the exact same feeling. But, I love what I do so work through the pain of crying at night ;-).

[sblymnlcrymnl]

"My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell."

[Fragonard]

Just graduated from college. I had an internship as a level designer/scripter at a game company my second year of college, which was awesome. It only lasted 5 months, but it was fun while I was there. Currently working on my portfolio so I can get a level design job in the game industry.

[PlumeNoir]

I'm the lead of the IT support at a customer location. Basically, I'm using this as just my middle-management stepping stone. I spend most of my time in meetings, on con calls and watching my department get cut and then having to explain to the client why we're behind and try to explain that they cut us.

I do some other things, but nothing that pays yet. I need to scratch that creative itch.

I just remind myself that they pay me to be there...

[crowbb]

Yep, I am the antithesis of cool! I work for the DoD directly. The horror! I'm not a contractor, though I technically could deal with them it would be extremely unlikely, considering the department I'm in. Though I COULD volunteer to go to Iraq and do my job there they can't make me go and despite the gigantic amount of pay to do that, the long hours, bad conditions, and chance of exploding aren't high on my to do list. I just sit at my desk, and try to keep from being "that guy on the news that bought the $50,000 toilet seats". Heh.

Blackwater? If not, your cool factor is in the negative.

[Reality's Fringe]

Blackwater? If not, your cool factor is in the negative.

^^ I'm trying to get an internship at Blackwater USA. Just an aside.

[Javery]

Law talking guy. Not for me.

[Hex]

^^ I'm trying to get an internship at Blackwater USA. Just an aside.

Oh you poor motherfucker. Don't do it.

[bmachine]

"My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell."

American Beauty, right? I love that freakin' movie.

To the OP: I'm a district manager for Hot Topic. I love it. Pay's great, company rocks, excellent benefits and perks.

[alongx]

Software architect for research systems on Wall St. I love it.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

American Beauty, right? I love that freakin' movie.

To the OP: I'm a district manager for Hot Topic. I love it. Pay's great, company rocks, excellent benefits and perks. Of course. 8-)

How great?



My job usually consists of listening to music and reading books. Too bad it doesn't pay better.

[captainfrizo]

Tech support for an ISP.

I like the company, the pay is alright, and the benefits/perks are pretty good.

Do I like what I actually do at my job? No, not really. You can only walk idiots through opening up Internet Explorer so many times before it becomes redundant. That and I'm reminded every day of how stupid people can be.

[LeviathynX]

English Teacher! High School! Going to start my PhD. in a year. Not sure where! Hell freakin yeah I love my job. I work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I get December and summers off! Oh and I shape lives and stuff!

[Halo05]

Professional student thanks to the GI Bill. Before that, Marine. It was fun sometimes but living in the barracks sucked at times.

[SlayerZ]

I design covers for audiobooks. For an entry level job, the pay is pretty decent, but there is little chance for promotion, and my bosses are two brain cells above riding the short bus. Overall I like my job, but hate my bosses.

[ryan838]

I'm a software developer and there isn't anything else I would rather be.

[sonderiaom]

For anyone who's a teacher and has regrets, or is thinking of being a teacher and is rethinking it, I found a video just for you (http://random.cellfish.com/multimedia/110451)!

[Final Starman]

I'm in my 2nd year of 6 for Pharmacy school, right now I'm working at Express in my local mall. The people are nice, job's pretty dull though.

[megashock5]

Graphic Designer - most of the time I like it.

[EXStrike]

Currently, I got three weeks left for an IT internship. IT Helpdesk shifts, toner changes, etc. Its a good experience, but it gets boring sometimes. Great people though.

FWIW, Computer Science major, Management minor. Don't know what the hell I want to do after I get out of college. MS CS maybe? Game design is appealing.

[Chacrana]

Right now, I'm just working part time at Deepdiscount.com's retail store. Which is boring beyond belief. Usually consists of pacing back and forth for hours since we rarely have any customers.

[Number83]

As/400 COBOL Programmer...Love it!!!

[sotb_96]

Probation officer and i fucking hate it.

[gamefan1686]

Just finished police academy, and it wasn't anything like the movies.

[AdvOfJet]

Investment Consultant / Financial Advisor

I would rather be working in a Chem lab somewhere, but the pay is good and the work is easy.

[Kuros]

Just finished police academy, and it wasn't anything like the movies.

I take it you didn't have Hightower to back you up?

Anyway, I work in the IT department at No Fear. It's pretty nice. Starting pay is pretty good and I get to work in my street clothes. Also, the guys I work with are pretty good guys and I get to learn while I work. Most of my job consists of helping corp and store employees. I don't have to deal with random customers. :)

I'm enjoying it.

[botticus]

Software developer/project manager of myself/general IT/tech support/customer support/etc for a human resources consulting firm. My first job, been here three years, shouldn't complain too much. Definitely has its ups and downs.

[rabidmonkeys]

I'm Sr. Art Director at one of the biggest Ad Agencies in the country. I love it, it is one my dream jobs and I couldn't be happier unless I was retired.

[ninju D]

Cog for an Insurance company. I get paid to be yelled at all day by people who are only being rude because we are not face to face. Its not the best job I've ever had, but the pay is decent and the benefits are ridiculous. Its a step up from my last job as a retail manager, but not by much.

[packerfan10]

Computer IT assistent at a high school. >_>. I like it when its not to busy or not to slow. Its a job I cant be sitting around and for the most part there is always something to do. However not always. Then sometimes there is to much to do and I should only stay tell 12 noon since I am part time, but if there is to much to I stay tell 8-10 at night.

[Jkmetal]

Lifeguard and I've had worse.

[The Mana Knight]

I'm in Electronic Engineering. When I was in High School, I was told that it was a great job with great money. Haw. Haw haw. How wrong I was. Electronics is shit, I hate it, and I'm trying to get into medicine.Yeah, I got into Electrical Engineering since my parents kind of made me, and I was told I can make a lot of money doing it. Well, despite switching colleges (which put me back a year), I'm currently in my 6th year of college. I just have two credits left, but those two credits are killing me. I have to design an electronic product, build it, and make it work. I use to love my major, but with all the problems I've had with senior design, I hate it badly and wish I never got into electronics in every way. Problem is, I can't change majors because it will take me another 3-4 years to finish college and I'm almost 25 years old. So, what do I do? Although I hate my major, I'm going to try to finish it so I can make lots of money and buy lots of video games I'll never have time to play. It's not like I really need much of a life anyway.

To an extent, I wish I majored in Computer Programming, because I absolutely love that stuff. I could program in C, C++, MATLAB, etc. all day and have fun (Heck, I enjoy programming as much as gaming). But oh well, looks like I'll be suffering my entire life with a job I hate. I've taken tons of programming classes, so I might be able to do it one day at a job.

Right now, I'm not working. I'm just spending my entire day on forums because I have nothing else better to do (all my old friends moved away, so I don't have anyone to do anything with). During the school year though, I worked for a Professor as his grader and other stuff. The pay sucked, $5.25-$6.25 an hour, but I had the money to buy a PS3 and lots of other stuff, so I'm not complaining.

[rendil]

Software engineer for a mobile media company (ringtones, wallpapers, newsfeeds and such).

Like any job, it has its highs and lows, but I can't imagine doing anything else.

[Chitown021]

"listen I already told you... I deal with the GODDAMN customers! What the hell is wrong with you people!"


I work for the State of MO Division of Labor. The job... well it pays the bills and has good benefits (we get all of the "bankers" holidays stuff like Truman's Birthday off!).

[neocisco]

Just finished police academy, and it wasn't anything like the movies.

No Sweetchuck or Tackleberry!?!?

[sonicfreak5]

Camp Counsler, i currently work with 10-12 yr. olds

[Kendro]

I'm in Electronic Engineering. When I was in High School, I was told that it was a great job with great money. Haw. Haw haw. How wrong I was. Electronics is shit, I hate it, and I'm trying to get into medicine.
From my friend's experience, it seems like a decent job with good money. He graduated college with a C+ average and is now getting paid $60,000 fresh out of school. His entire job consists of trying to overload and blow up power supplies so another team of engineers can analyze the data and design prevention and safety measures.

[Aberforth]

Assoc. Software Engineer at a company that manufactures equipment to treat semiconductors with PLASMA!! It's pretty fun and not too hard, but I've only been working there a few months.

[eldergamer]

Medical Technologist in a hospital setting. I look at blood smears, urine sediment and triglyceride levels all day

It has it's good days and I mostly enjoy it. But I could be replaced by a machine within 5-10 years.

[crowbb]

If you know you are going to hate it better to go back and do what you like. Or just do the job while you take classes on weekends/nights. It can be done and nothing is worse than doing a job you hate for 30+ years. I graduated high school in 1993. I got my bachelor's in late 2005. 12 YEARS. My majors ranged from Engineering, to Management, to Business Adminstration and finally Economics. I took night classes 2-3 nights a week from 7-10pm while getting up at 1:00 AM to be at my Post Office job 6-7 days a week. I am super lazy schoolwise but I managed to do it. Now I work in Contracting....which has nothing to do with any of those majors. Go figure. But I'm not complaining. I make excellent money as an intern and it goes up in very large chunks and I get good benefits. I can't say this is my dream job, but I could see myself doing it for 25 more years if I had to and it wouldn't crush my soul. But even if I change jobs as long as I stay in Government I don't lose any time or anything.

Yeah, I got into Electrical Engineering since my parents kind of made me, and I was told I can make a lot of money doing it. Well, despite switching colleges (which put me back a year), I'm currently in my 6th year of college. I just have two credits left, but those two credits are killing me. I have to design an electronic product, build it, and make it work. I use to love my major, but with all the problems I've had with senior design, I hate it badly and wish I never got into electronics in every way. Problem is, I can't change majors because it will take me another 3-4 years to finish college and I'm almost 25 years old. So, what do I do? Although I hate my major, I'm going to try to finish it so I can make lots of money and buy lots of video games I'll never have time to play. It's not like I really need much of a life anyway.

To an extent, I wish I majored in Computer Programming, because I absolutely love that stuff. I could program in C, C++, MATLAB, etc. all day and have fun (Heck, I enjoy programming as much as gaming). But oh well, looks like I'll be suffering my entire life with a job I hate. I've taken tons of programming classes, so I might be able to do it one day at a job.

Right now, I'm not working. I'm just spending my entire day on forums because I have nothing else better to do (all my old friends moved away, so I don't have anyone to do anything with). During the school year though, I worked for a Professor as his grader and other stuff. The pay sucked, $5.25-$6.25 an hour, but I had the money to buy a PS3 and lots of other stuff, so I'm not complaining.

[Magus8472]

Right now I'm looking to finish my Bachelor's in English this coming fall. Pretty simple but enjoyable course of study, as evidenced by the fact that I somehow managed to finish in three years.

As far as paid labor goes, I'm unemployed for the moment, but the last job I was in had me working for a subcontractor that got hired out to perform physical inventories of retailers and warehouses. Was monotonous as all hell, but decent for a part-time gig, though the hours were bizarre (10am-1pm one day, 6pm-8am the next).

Next step for me will be blowing about $700 on LSAT prep and Law school applications. Whee!

[kube00]

Well I graduated in 2006 with a BA in history and by then I realized I didn't want to do that, after too extremly boring internships and discovering that all the good jobs require tons of boring research. Actually I hada no idea what I wanted to do...I just know I didn't want to come home to Vancouver, WA.

Anyways the following fall I went back to school and decided I'm either going to grad school or getting another, BA, the BA won. So here I am, about to graduate in December of 2007 with a BA in Creative Writing. Now ideally I would like to write for a gaming or tech magazine. But we will see. I can also see myself working in management or sales dealing with electrronics.

Currently, I work as one of the summer recruiters for my fraternity. It's an okay job, just selling an idea and I get free rent next year. Get to make my own hours and sleep in. I also write for the 2 websites in my sig...but I haven't been doing much writing as of late.

During the school year I do IT tech support for the chemistry department. It's an easy job and the pay is decent. So I guess I like my jobs they could be a lot worse.

[koreamanloves24]

English undergrad at U.C. Davis

Do I like it?

...sure, Berkeley would be nice though lol

[Brak]

http://videodetective.com/photos/033/001393_35.jpg

WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO!?

[ananag112]

I have an internship at NASA. Hopefully I can get a job there once I graduate.

[daria19]

Investment Consultant / Financial Advisor

I would rather be working in a Chem lab somewhere, but the pay is good and the work is easy.

I have heard of several chemists who ended up going into finance for a better life. Chemistry is a hard life. There are alot of foreigners who tend to work insane hours and are very cutthroat in an attempt to get ahead. They seem to have defined what is being expected of everyone now. The threat of moving operations to China or India is pretty much constant, plus the threat of mergers eliminating jobs (laid off from my first job for this reason). Job stability is highly questionable at times.

I work around 11-12 hours a day, 5 days a week, plus at least one day (4-8h, depending on what I need to do) of the weekend. This does not leave time to have much of a life, and I have yet to find a man patient enough to deal with this schedule. Pay is ok, but as a MS I have very little chance of being promoted more than once for the rest of my career if I stay in chemistry. (I am in my early 30's.) It is really not all that glamourous, and I would have chosen something else if I had to do this over again. If you are considering this field, please talk with some others as well and get a realistic idea of what you are getting into. As a group, we probably tend towards cynicism, but there are good reasons for this.

[Ub3rChief]

Interesting posts. As for me, "student" is my current job.


I have heard of several chemists who ended up going into finance for a better life. Chemistry is a hard life. There are alot of foreigners who tend to work insane hours and are very cutthroat in an attempt to get ahead. They seem to have defined what is being expected of everyone now. The threat of moving operations to China or India is pretty much constant, plus the threat of mergers eliminating jobs (laid off from my first job for this reason). Job stability is highly questionable at times.

I work around 11-12 hours a day, 5 days a week, plus at least one day (4-8h, depending on what I need to do) of the weekend. This does not leave time to have much of a life, and I have yet to find a man patient enough to deal with this schedule. Pay is ok, but as a MS I have very little chance of being promoted more than once for the rest of my career if I stay in chemistry. (I am in my early 30's.) It is really not all that glamourous, and I would have chosen something else if I had to do this over again. If you are considering this field, please talk with some others as well and get a realistic idea of what you are getting into. As a group, we probably tend towards cynicism, but there are good reasons for this.

Oh, I have to cringe at that. Chemistry was the worst course I've ever taken, hands down. When I get to college next year I'm going to make sure to stay far, far away from that.

[eldergamer]

Going back to college and getting my bachelors in hospital management is one of my goals in the next few years. I like what I'm doing but really don't want to be doing it for 20 some years just for a measely 3-4% raise each year.

[The Mana Knight]

If you know you are going to hate it better to go back and do what you like. Or just do the job while you take classes on weekends/nights. It can be done and nothing is worse than doing a job you hate for 30+ years. I graduated high school in 1993. I got my bachelor's in late 2005. 12 YEARS. My majors ranged from Engineering, to Management, to Business Adminstration and finally Economics. I took night classes 2-3 nights a week from 7-10pm while getting up at 1:00 AM to be at my Post Office job 6-7 days a week. I am super lazy schoolwise but I managed to do it. Now I work in Contracting....which has nothing to do with any of those majors. Go figure. But I'm not complaining. I make excellent money as an intern and it goes up in very large chunks and I get good benefits. I can't say this is my dream job, but I could see myself doing it for 25 more years if I had to and it wouldn't crush my soul. But even if I change jobs as long as I stay in Government I don't lose any time or anything.Ah, kind of interesting. I was feeling bad because I felt 6 years is too long to be in college. My other problem is that while I'm in college, I'm away and gotta pay for expensive housing, which is why I'm unsure if I ever want to change. I'm still hoping I end up gaining interests in my major again, so I can finish and move on with my life (I'm already behind, being 24 years old and all). I don't really work right now unfortunately, so it's not like I have a steady flow of money to continue paying for college right now. :(

[martin8me]

Well since its summertime I thought to myself: "Hey I should get my first job, wouldn't it be great to work Cashier at Chuck E. Cheese? I went there all the time when I was small and employees where always happy!"

Boy, was I fucking wrong. One would think that the kids would be the annoying/frustrating part of the job. But its the fuckin parents. With there constant complaints like: " (x) tickets for this small toy!". Yes ma'am/sir (Well WTF do you expect, this is a bussness afterall.) Theres alot more factors that contribute to my awful work experience...
/end Emplyee rant.

Well at least dressing up as Chuck is fun.
*For those wondering, I'm 17, not a poor sap who didn't go to college.;)

[Pootie Thang]

Circuit City for 4 months... its okay, I sell TV's... or "CFA 1"

And then I've been at American Eagle Outfitters for 3 years.
It's really nice, I get to see some good looking college women.

[Surferflames]

Currently unemployed because apparently nobody wants an employee who isn't half retarded(or completely for that matter). Thus I am officially a student actively seeking employment.

I worked at Disney for a year and a half. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster operations/training. Was a blast for the most part, but the way management is handled by the company causes problems and I didn't feel safe with some of the people I worked with anymore (I had times where a manager would do something that in theory could have potentially killed people). Plus the pay, bad scheduling, and travel time sucked so I left.

edit: I realized I implied that they didn't want to hire me because I was half retarded, which I'm not. That's what I get for 3am posting without proofreading..

[crazytalkx]

Just started my first job last week. I'm a consultant at my university's computer lab. Good so far, the only problem was the two looong workdays for my second and third workdays (12 hour shifts+the commute), but we were busy setting up the new computer lab. Pays $8.39.

I'm also a full-time student (on vacation till late August) majoring in English and I'm involved in the high school teaching credential program. Second year, I'm planning on graduating in 2010.

[Monsta Mack]

Wal-Mart associate going on closer to 6 years.

Do I love it? No. Do I like it? eh... It's money, when you have a 40 hour + job a week and your getting paid it doesn't matter too much. The wife gets paid to, so we are really reeling in the dough. Could I be making more money? Probably, but how hard is a Wal-Mart job? Not very.

[JohnnyDrama]

I work overnight at Target, been there a little over 3 years. It's not bad, pays alright.

[Javery]

I work overnight at Target, been there a little over 3 years. It's not bad, pays alright.

I thought you were currently starring on "Five Towns".

[klwillis45]

I thought you were currently starring on "Five Towns".

Nope, he's clearly studying up for the remake of "Career Opportunities" ;)

[AlbinoNinja]

I'm working at a dairy queen (I'm only 17). It's got its good days and bad days, pay is lousy, and you get sick of ice cream within the first week (all you can eat)

Job #2: Manager at Blockbuster. Eh... it's got it's good days and it's bad days (bout a 50/50 ratio, even).
I've actually been considering applying at blockbuster. I'm not too concerned about the pay, considering right now i'm making a little over minimum with no chance of a raise, I just want to get the hell out of food preparation.

Has anyone around here worked at blockbuster? Should I apply, or stay the hell away?

[TheBlueWizard]

Ah, kind of interesting. I was feeling bad because I felt 6 years is too long to be in college. My other problem is that while I'm in college, I'm away and gotta pay for expensive housing, which is why I'm unsure if I ever want to change. I'm still hoping I end up gaining interests in my major again, so I can finish and move on with my life (I'm already behind, being 24 years old and all). I don't really work right now unfortunately, so it's not like I have a steady flow of money to continue paying for college right now. :(

It took me six years to get my engineering degree and I don't regret it for one minute. I also hated senior design (mine wasn't as bad as yours), but I can tell you that 90% of engineering students don't do anything remotely similar to what they study for design.

I'm currently an applications engineer for a bearing company. I deal with stupid customers only rarely (that's what sales engineers are for), have more work than I can typically do and get paid a lot of money to do it. If we could just get some more staff, life would be good.

Two credits to go, keep it up and see if you can find something that has nothing to do with your design. If you are an EE, then this shouldn't be a problem.

TBW

[Mr. Beef]

I'm a lowly maggot at GS. How happy do you think I am?

[eldergamer]

It took me almost 6 years (on and off) to finally decide on getting a 2 year associates degree. Although to really be making anything more than I am now a bachelors is definately needed. And with the high prices of homes these days you really need to make $50-$60k to even get started looking for a home.

[mlettich]

I'm in my last year of law school and I'm working part-time for a small law firm that specializes in immigration.

[Rodimus]

I work as a Studio Technician at a FOX affialate in Miami. I mainly work camera during news casts and one of the few that use "the jib." Pretty much a camera at the end of a crane. Infact my video game skills helped me out. The camera uses a joystick to pan & tilt the camera, almost like moving a camera in a video game, but you also have to boom the crane, zoom, and focus.

[Halo05]

I'm in my last year of law school and I'm working part-time for a small law firm that specializes in immigration.

Que pasa?

[Ranger Rick]

Work for a local company who sets up shows at festivals, picnics, post-proms, post-proms, safe-grads, and stuff like that. Basically drive to the location, set - up all the events (moon bounce, rock climbing walls, lazer tag arenas... etc) After it's all set-up basically just have to sit around and tell kids to take off their shoes as they go down the big blow up slide or go into the moon bounce. Sometimes I'll get a break inbetween and I'll get to go watch the magician or a hypnotist. Also I almost always get free food and drinks because they have plenty of them to go around. After the shows all over, anywhere from 4-6 hours, we take it down and drive home. Get payed $100 a show or more depending on how far the drive is. Works out to about $10-11 an hour. Only part that is a pain is taking down and setting up the events... but I'd take it over doing the same thing at the same place each day I go to work. Also if it's a post prom or something like that I might not get home till like 5 in the morning, but no big deal it's a summer job anyway. Also, I get to meet alot of different people and talk to people from all over the area so it's a great high school / college job.

[mlettich]

Que pasa?
Nada. Y tu?

Actually, we deal mostly with Koreans because the attorney is Korean. They're usually coming over on work visas. We deal with a lot of computer experts and a lot of experienced business people.

We've also got a work visa program just about up and running where we're going to be bringing in about 200 Jamaicans to work in a fish processing plant for 6-12 months in an area where the plant owners have been unable to hire enough Americans.

[Javery]

I'm in my last year of law school and I'm working part-time for a small law firm that specializes in immigration.

I'm so sorry.

Tomorrow I'm going back to work for the first time since July 3 and I'm not happy about it... time for bed!

[jlarlee]

Military Journalist at Air Force News. This position has been great because I get to travel a ton and the jobs decently exciting. Mainly a writer but just about done in a 2 month photo class so I will be taking more pics. previously did my job at a base for 6 years which was a lot more bland.

[jer7583]

Just finished an Internship (and College) and will be looking for a graphic design job. My internship was at a local paper making classified ads and other ads for local businesses. They had really old software (Quark 4 or something, and Photoshop 9) that I did pick up quickly, and graphic design is really fun. Good people to work with there. They offered me a part time job and sounded like they were interested in having me do some reporting for them too. Would be a great variety of tasks everyday.

It's great to be involved in something where you feel completely confident and capable in what you're doing day to day.

[Liquid 2]

Tutoring/grading at a Kumon center.

[Rodimus]

Military Journalist at Air Force News. This position has been great because I get to travel a ton and the jobs decently exciting. Mainly a writer but just about done in a 2 month photo class so I will be taking more pics. previously did my job at a base for 6 years which was a lot more bland.

Planing on going into news for a network or anything down the road? Possibly as a reporter or writer. I also work in the field (not military, just local news) so I was just curious.

[mlettich]

I'm so sorry.


I'm guessing from that statement and your title of Drug-Dealer-Keeper-Awayer, you yourself are an attorney?

And don't feel sorry for me. I'm enjoying immigration. It's a fairly specialized field, there's always business, I'm proud of my work, and I didn't want to be a litigator anyway.

[senorwoohoo]

Planing on going into news for a network or anything down the road? Possibly as a reporter or writer. I also work in the field (not military, just local news) so I was just curious.

Are you in print or broadcast?

I'll either love or hate you depending on your answer. :lol:

[Javery]

I'm guessing from that statement and your title of Drug-Dealer-Keeper-Awayer, you yourself are an attorney?

Yup. I got really soured on the whole thing working for a huge NY firm.

[Callandor]

Currently a shift manager at a KFC. Pay is decent, but I've been doing this job for far FAR too long and I hate it now. Leaving at the end of next month.

Also working on a masters in mathematics right now. I'm taking this next school year to finish my last few classes I want/need to take, and get my paper finished by the end of the spring semester. Looking for a community/tech college teaching job once I'm finished.

I"ll be student teaching two sections of college algebra this fall (my fifth and final semester with an assistantship), and need a new job starting in December. Any other math people able to recommend something?

[red flare graf]

Technical support for a retail chain, I deal with employees only.. I think I'd have to shoot myself if I worked with customers. Otherwise though, I work evenings, so I get hardly any calls. Best chill job I've ever had. Unsupervised, too.

[Hex]

From my friend's experience, it seems like a decent job with good money. He graduated college with a C+ average and is now getting paid $60,000 fresh out of school. His entire job consists of trying to overload and blow up power supplies so another team of engineers can analyze the data and design prevention and safety measures.

Depends on what part of the field you get into. He's a lucky one. The rest of us are doomed.

Well, I'm not, when I get out of this crap. :D Hell, even if I enjoyed electronics, making money in it would erode my humanity. I don't want to end up like my boss, even though he makes $20K a month- all he does is get rich and make other people richer, despite the fact that everyone who is rich seems unhappy.

I'd rather be in medicine and help people heal while being poor and know I'm doing some good in the world rather than just earning a paycheck.

[triforcer]

i'm a graphic design major, during the school year i worked as a lab tech for the art building.

[Rodimus]

Are you in print or broadcast?

I'll either love or hate you depending on your answer. :lol:

Broadcast, I know, we're whores 8-)

[eldergamer]

One of my major worries when I go back to college (after being out for 3 years) is what to really get a degree in. Alot of my credits from my early 20's are so scattered around (half in psych, about half in biological sciences) that I don't really have a clear path to a four year degree.

My two year degree is in Medical Technology which is so specialized it doesn't apply to much else. I know I -need- a four year degree, I just don't want to have to start all over. Figuring out how to quickly (2 years or less) my 2 year degree into a four year one will be a major hurdle. College counselors have been little to no help I've found.

[jlarlee]

Planing on going into news for a network or anything down the road? Possibly as a reporter or writer. I also work in the field (not military, just local news) so I was just curious.

Working at a base we do a lot of public relations work and I really enjoy that part of the job. It seems to be an in demand career field and the pays decent on the civilian side. I will probably get a degree in that while I'm in and do that when i get out. I may still do a bit of free lance writing since I enjoy it.

[alison]

I'm a structural design engineer, working primarily on towers. Good pay, flexible hours, real casual environment, and minimal travel, so when it comes down to it, yes, I do like my job.

[JJSP]

Formerly employed at Smartpunk.com/Fearless Records (merch guy extraordinaire) , currently The UPS Store. Had to leave SP/Fearless because I went back to school full-time last semester, working on a commercial music degree.

[Rags]

I'm an order filler at a Walmart DC....

all the crap you see at the stores I go around and collect it, throw it on a pallet, shrink wrap it, and it ships out.

I work full time 3 days a week...and I fucking hate those 3 days. I get paid rather good, and they have good benefits though, as well as get a 10% discount on anything at the store. I'm holding off for a transfer to another DC in another state in the Transportation office(which is what I did at another place before I worked at walmart) or systems operations room but I have to wait until February. Most likely if I stick around till then I will get an opening in there. I have an Info Systems degree, and 8 or so years experience from my previous job. I just hate it a lot......


seriously though... with some of the dumbass people and decisions that go on in there I'm amazed that Walmart is as big as they are.

[Rocko]

I work at Kind of a Lot O' Comics. It pays the bills.

[Layd Dly]

Support Technician (Information Technology) for the Orlando Magic NBA Team, support technology for the Organization, Game Night Support, Event Support, and support all Magic related equipment at the Arena, Intranet Administrator, etc. i am a jack of all trades. :-)

Also I love my job, its exciting, rewarding and keeps me on my toes. Im into something different almost everyday.

[Ranger Rick]

I work at Kind of a Lot O' Comics. It pays the bills.

lol!

[senorwoohoo]

Broadcast, I know, we're whores 8-)

Ha, damn right you are!

Most of the people in the broadcast program at my college were...well, whores as you put it.

[expane]

I do reporting , systems support, systems coordination, user support, project support, testing, configurations, QA, inspection support and a few other things... for a company that makes anti cancer drugs (as well as many other drugs I wont reveal)

Ive always been a jack of all trades so I tend to find jobs that allow me to keep busy on different projects...

[Rodimus]

Ha, damn right you are!

Most of the people in the broadcast program at my college were...well, whores as you put it.

Actually I wouldn't say I'm in broadcast but rather video production. I'm behind the camera, not in front of it.

[senorwoohoo]

Actually I wouldn't say I'm in broadcast but rather video production. I'm behind the camera, not in front of it.

Then you're alright with me. :lol:

[onetrackmind]

Graphic Designer - 3 years in so far... used to really enjoy it, now not so much.

[kal123]

I'm an elite member of the CAG brotherhood. User 16/100,000

It has its perks

[Kuros]

I take it you didn't have Hightower to back you up?

Anyway, I work in the IT department at No Fear. It's pretty nice. Starting pay is pretty good and I get to work in my street clothes. Also, the guys I work with are pretty good guys and I get to learn while I work. Most of my job consists of helping corp and store employees. I don't have to deal with random customers. :)

I'm enjoying it.

Quoting myself because I don't work in the IT department at No Fear. I got laid off.

[Riyonuk]

I work at a restraunt, washing dishes, and preparing all of the non cooked food. I pretty much just starte out the back door, waiting to go home. I work 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. I get $100 a week, cash. I'm hoping to get all 3 consoles soon.

I like it, well its one of those situations where you've never had it better, so you couldnt really say if you hated it. I can eat/drink anything I want, and at the end of the day, whatever the days special is, I get a plate of that. So free lunch everyday.

I also freelance in webdesign, and make maybe $300 each client. So thats fun too.

[squeezymeat]

I happen to work in the washroom of an environmental lab (official title "Support Technician") and a retail hair salon where I recommend beauty products to people. Not quite what I had in mind career wise. These are just bs jobs to keep me fed and clothed until I get my BS in Electrical Engineering Technology.

I'm actually happier washing beakers than the other job (I'm only in it for the free shampoo) but both jobs still suck compared to what I want to do (small electronic repair).

[macdude22]

I work as an Information Technology Support Specialist at a small private college. The pay is decent, the bennies are hawt, and I don't have to live in the city. Always doing something different everyday, the man with many masks. A/V, Windows, Linux, Mac, networking you name it. Sorta fell into it many years ago.

My degree is a BA in Social Sciences Comprehensive emphasis in History, with a good smattering of Communication, Business, Philosophy classes. Hung around school for a while, took me 5.5 years to graduate. Don't rush yourselves in college.

I fell into my line of work, and while it's fine now Tech changes so fast and and can be very stressful. 20 Years from now might want to switch it up, a good liberal arts degree while not particularly specialized shows employers that you have a grasp of things like reading and writing. Writing skills are very important, too many people can not handle simple grammar.

[deathweasel]

English Teacher! High School! Going to start my PhD. in a year. Not sure where! Hell freakin yeah I love my job. I work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I get December and summers off! Oh and I shape lives and stuff!

Awesome! I'm an English teacher, too! '06-'07 was my first year teaching... it was simultaneously the best and worst year of my life. I'm going to grad school next year and teaching at the same time, so yeah... looking forward to that. High five!

For anyone who's a teacher and has regrets, or is thinking of being a teacher and is rethinking it, I found a video just for you (http://random.cellfish.com/multimedia/110451)!

That was a GOOD video. So true, too. (little emoticon that claps a lot)

[DarkNessBear]

THQ Quality Assurance.

And no, it isnt that fun.

[DeathDealer]

I work at a lan center. I think its awesome. I get paid to hang out, talk about games, and every other thing I would do without getting paid.

[DarkNessBear]

I work at a lan center. I think its awesome. I get paid to hang out, talk about games, and every other thing I would do without getting paid.

Hmm, that sounded exactly like Beatrice Kiddo's description of her job at the Record store...

You an assassin? I know you are...

[DeathDealer]

Im lost

[sailorchrono]

KILL BILL! <3

Anyways...GA at Gamestop and CSR at an internet company... good and bad days at both. It evens out =)

[hopesfall]

I'm a research intern for a hedge fund in Chicago. I love my job - the work itself is easy, I get to learn a ton of things, and the bosses spoil the employees like you wouldn't believe.

Amazing job. 8-)

[joshingit]

Formerly a NFO. Now I'm a product designer/manager.

[ryanbph]

I work in a small family business, doing graphic design, catalog layout, and sales. Love the job, get to bring my 2 dogs to work, and work the hours that I want...A lot better then the corporate job I had a few years back working in the financial banking world.

[buffdrew84]

auto claims adjustor for progressive. I like it, thanks for asking.

[anadune]

Awesome! I'm an English teacher, too! '06-'07 was my first year teaching... it was simultaneously the best and worst year of my life. I'm going to grad school next year and teaching at the same time, so yeah... looking forward to that. High five!



That was a GOOD video. So true, too. (little emoticon that claps a lot)

First year math teacher here! This coming year is my first year and I'm finishing up my M.Ed. right now in Oregon. Excited and nervous! :D

[Dead of Knight]

THQ Quality Assurance.

And no, it isnt that fun.
That would be because nearly all of THQ's library is pure shit. :lol: