OT: What do you do for a living?, are you happy? |
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OT: What do you do for a living?, are you happy? |
Aaron Cox |
Oct 31 2004, 02:05 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
hey guys, what do you all do for a living?
-what education did you go through? - do you enjoy your job? help me find a good career (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) by giving me info about yours (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
bondo |
Nov 1 2004, 03:47 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Man, this is an awesome thread! We're such a diverse group.
Education: Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly in SLO. I transferred from a couple community colleges.. took 9.5 effin years to finish! Job: Well, after getting the degree, I discovered that I don't really like most aspects of architecture. Lots of desk jobs, likelyhood of getting sued is high, etc. I got a halftime job at Cal Poly, as a technician (electro-mechanical) in the art department. The Cal Poly is the only non-architecture job I could get around here (I want to stay in the area, I've grown roots here) that paid ok, and it has great benefits. Unfortunately, I have been working there 2 years, with no raises and none in sight. Gas prices have gone way up, I now have to pay into my health plan, and parking permit fees have gone up... so now I effectively make less than I did when I started. As for the job istelf, I don't really like it, butI don't hate it either. There's more work for me to do than I can get done in the time I have. My to-do list is always growing, and only shrinks during breaks. I never fully catch up, which is a real drag. There is talk of making summer quarter full enrollment... if that happens I'll probably quit or implode. For a while I was also working half time at a glass tile company, but the commute (40 miles each way) was a killer, so I eventually quit. In the end I can only see myself being truly happy through self employment. This will be even more likely once we have kids.. I see too many families with both parents working.. they make plenty of money, but then have to spend it on daycare and babysitters. I would rather cut out the middleman and be able to raise my own kids instead of paying someone else to do it and rarely seeing them myself. This thread has been helpful to me as well because it's given me alot to think about. I'm done with school, but my position isn't that much different than Aaron's. I'm trying to find a long term self employment career that I can enjoy. I like design, troubleshooting, repair, and generally building things. I don't really want to get into construction because I'm only 29 and I already feel old. I have pins in my hip that randomly give me trouble, and I notice it happens more when I'm working hard. Here's a few things I've considered: 1. Furniture design (fun, but seems to be a difficult field to get into) 2. Handmade arts and crafts to sell at local farmers markets (hard to make profitable enough) 3. Real Estate investment (high initial cost) The third one is holding my interest today.. When I was a teenager and in my early 20s I made extra money by buying classic cars, fixing them up and selling them. I always made a profit.. I did it with several VW bugs, and a 68 Mustang. Unfortunately, to do it at a high enough volume I would need a shop and employees. By then it wouldn't be what I want to do anymore. The thought occured to me.. why not do that with houses? Buy a fixer-upper, fix and up it, and resell. Does anyone here do this? The real estate market here is growing, and shows no sign of slowing down in the near future. It could be a good opportunity, but I don't know that much about it. |
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