 OT: What do you do for a living?, are you happy? |
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| Bruce Allert |
 Oct 31 2004, 06:11 PM
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Hellions asleep  Group: Members Posts: 3,289 Joined: 19-March 03 From: Eagle Creek, Orygun Member No.: 441 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
QUOTE Deano Posted on Oct 31 2004, 03:35 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce, Nice to see another photographer with 914 interests. I just checked out your website. Nice, I wish we had scenery worthy of photos around here! I spend most of my time in studio with the exception of a little architectural work. Sorry this has strayed from the original post, just wanted to say "nice job". Thanks Deano. I've wanted to get into studio stuff. Learn more about lighting too. Wished we were closer I'd come & bug ya. Your name sounds familiar. Were you ever featured in "Studio Photography & Design"? Like a couple months ago??? Welcome to the club (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) ....b |
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| VegasRacer |
Oct 31 2004, 06:19 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,501 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(acox914 @ Oct 31 2004, 01:05 PM) hey guys, what do you all do for a living? I'm a bartender. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) QUOTE what education did you go through? I spent 7 years and as much of my fathers money as I could and eventually graduated from Kansas State University with a BFA degree. I started bartending 16 years ago as a temporary NARJ. (not a real job) QUOTE do you enjoy your job? 90% of the time I like my job. 10% of the time I hate people. 50% of the time I hate my boss. QUOTE help me find a good career Be a fireman, be a race car driver, be what every your heart desires. Don't sell out, don't grow up and don't give in. |
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| Lou W |
Oct 31 2004, 06:25 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
QUOTE QUOTE Good Point!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)help me find a good career Be a fireman, be a race car driver, be what every your heart desires. Don't sell out, don't grow up and don't give in. |
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| Bleyseng |
Oct 31 2004, 06:35 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Oct 31 2004, 12:44 PM) Hey Andy, maybe I could put you to work! I run a couple of porn sites and I am always lookin for new studs! Geoff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| Robert21 |
Oct 31 2004, 06:46 PM
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ron21 Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Seal Beach Ca 90630 Orange co Member No.: 2,330 Region Association: None 
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: : (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) 39 years in the post office , got out in may , i do want i want now. i get money for doing nothing now. |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 31 2004, 06:49 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,622 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Oct 31 2004, 05:35 PM) Hey Andy, maybe I could put you to work! I run a couple of porn sites and I am always lookin for new studs! perfect! email me off-list ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Andy |
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| Deano |
Oct 31 2004, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Des Moines, Iowa Member No.: 2,942 |
QUOTE Your name sounds familiar. Were you ever featured in "Studio Photography & Design"? Like a couple months ago??? No, that would be cool, I love that magazine. Any time you're in Des Moines you are welcome to come by my studio. |
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| Zeke |
Oct 31 2004, 07:02 PM
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Never left, but not right.... Group: Members Posts: 381 Joined: 26-January 03 From: Long Beach CA Member No.: 197 Region Association: None |
Aaron, I can sum this up for you. Go to college, get at least a degree in something. It helps in everything you will do. If you end up in business for yourself, you will have been lucky to have studied accounting, business law, marketing, etc. and blah, blah, blah.
Now, to the work, If you work for yourself, you have total freedom to screw up or make it. You may work 100 hours a week or at least feel like you do. You may get it wired, as I have got it for now, anyway, and work about 30 hours a week. If you go to work for someone else, might as well make it a big company with potential for advancement and some decent salary. Advantages are many: Health ins, steady money, perhaps retirement. Drawbacks are many: As many assholes as you may encounter in the hallway, which will be just about everyone there. And rules, always rules. Bottom line is as simple as the old story about the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise worked for a big company or the gov't and ended up with the most money. The hare lived on the edge, was broke half the time and ended up with the most memories. You pick. I did when I met the first asshole in the hallway. I knocked his dick in the dirt and never went back. |
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| Howard |
Oct 31 2004, 07:04 PM
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Incontin(g)ent Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None
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Small Businessman (insurance broker). Did it for 22 years, sold out for a bundle, retired for 7, blew most of it, and started up again 9 years ago. Great business; makes $$, 95% of your customers stay with you, and I'll be able to retire again (but not sell) next year.
Best thing: The people you meet. Worst thing: The same. But you didn't say what you are trying to accomplish. Do great deeds to benefit mankind? Make lots of money? Just be happy and have time to play with your car(s)? Your answer should determine your career path. |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 31 2004, 07:06 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 |
heheh. there is no doubt in my mind about going to college. but its what i DO in college. i wanna work on cars all day LOL. someone wanna pay me 100k to do that? doubtful. so im undegoing engineer indoctrination....
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| TimT |
Oct 31 2004, 07:12 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
Aaron isnt there a school in Michigan that has a BS/MS degree program in Automotive engineering? Im cant remember the name of the school...
get you feet wet in the school you're at now then transfer..Youll get your schooling in engineering disciplines, regarding cars.. look into it |
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| type11969 |
Oct 31 2004, 07:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
ME/EE from Lehigh University, now working for a small company trying to harness the energy stored in ocean waves and turn it into electricity. I just started there under the title ME designer, doing a lot of CAD work (solidworks rocks) but can be tedious at times. It is cool though, because I did just start there, but what I am doing already makes a big difference in the company. Small companies rule!
Plus it is rewarding to work on an alternative energy source. |
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| lapuwali |
Oct 31 2004, 07:22 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
What you study in school frequently has little to do with what you end up doing. What you start doing when you get out of school frequently doesn't end up being a lifetime career. You can always change your mind later, so don't sweat trying to find a career you're happy with the first time. I know many people that feel locked into their lives because they felt they HAD to get a job that was related to what they learned in school, and can't seem to think past that. No need to be one of those people (many of whom are very unhappy).
If you can turn what you love doing when you're NOT working into a money-maker, you'll be very happy, even if that job seems crazy from time to time. If you can't do that, but you can find a job that you never take home with you, pays for your hobbies, and leaves time for them, you can also be happy. And if you find you've made a bad choice, you can always make another. btw, I went to film school, and I've written software for the last 20 years, none of which was ever film related. I've never done anything with film since leaving school, other than watching way too many of them. I'm now working on a side business that has little to do with software (and nothing with film). |
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| Rusty |
Oct 31 2004, 07:29 PM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(Deano @ Oct 31 2004, 07:10 PM) Lawrence Yep that was me. Thanks again for stopping. I think since you moved I've seen maybe two 914s in Des Moines. Pam I hadn't noticed that you are in DSM. Let me know if anything is ever happening around our area. What part of town are you in? I'm in Clive. I'm glad. 914 folks should help each other out. You had a nice looking car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I still get up and around DSM from time-to-time. Pam lives on the east side, near Altoona. -Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) |
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| Alison Baker |
Oct 31 2004, 07:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 8-June 04 Member No.: 2,178 Region Association: None |
Come June 2005 I will be a Forensic Sceintist .......for the State of California ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alfred.gif)
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| scotty914 |
Oct 31 2004, 07:41 PM
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suby torque rules Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924 |
master electrician, who is currently laid off, on purpose,
to start up my own company scott t |
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| URY914 |
Oct 31 2004, 07:44 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,389 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I'm a Senior Project Manager for a large (+/-400 million$/year) construction company
I build/add on to/remodel hospitals. Right now I'm managing a $18.5 mill, ORs, ERs, ICU, MRI, addition and remodel of an existing hospital. In my line of work we do sweat the details and don't just throw it together like a spec house. I'd like it a lot better if people would just do what they said they were going to do. And it would also help if Architects had some small clue what is needed to build a building. I have a BS degree in construction management and AS in marine engineering. Would I like to do something else? Where do I sign? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Paul |
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| ClayPerrine |
Oct 31 2004, 08:13 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,436 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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Worked for Uncle Sam for a while. After that, I started fixing cars for a living. Did that for 10 years. ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician including Advanced Drivability and Diagonstics. German Car specialist. MB, BMW Porsche, AUDI, VW. Worked for a VW dealer for 3 years, the rest for independents.
I got so tired of working on other peoples cars for money that I didn't want to work on my own. Plus it sucks having to go to work in an unheated, un-airconditioned building. So I traded my hobby and my profession. In 95 I quit fixing cars, took a cut in pay and started fixing computers. Worked for a few places in the process. Now I work for the "Evil Empire", Microsoft. I spend my days telling people how they broke their Active Directory, and how to fix it. Love my work. I spend all day in an office with heat and AC, and come home to my garage with all my tools from my years of fixing cars, and work on MY cars. Plus I make more money talking on the phone than I did fixing cars. The only drawback is that I have gained weight since I have had a desk job. 5 years now with Microsoft, and I wouldn't trade the job for anything. |
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| Alison Baker |
Oct 31 2004, 08:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 8-June 04 Member No.: 2,178 Region Association: None |
Watch out 914 's owners ...I'm ready come June........JOKE (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)
Martin is retired USAF.afer 20 yr.. I am very proud he stood for his country....Although I do know he miss'es Deutschland. |
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| carreraguy |
Oct 31 2004, 08:40 PM
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It's not your dad's 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 17-October 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,256 Region Association: Northern California |
Earned BA in Psychology from San Jose State and commission in the US Navy. Liked the Navy/flying enough to stick around and retired after 20 yrs served and after earning a MBA at night school. Took over the family retail business and eventually became a property manager (looong story). Went to paralegal school to learn real estate contracts and eventually ended up working fully time at a law firm as a corporate/securities paralegal during the IPO boom (another long story). Now semi-retired and occasional employee stock benefits consultant.
Bottom line, get that college education, it will open a lot of doors. |
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