[jake1720]

So far I am coming near the end of my 5.5 year career as a spoiled college student. It's been fun. Got sick and transferred. Transferring was a terrible idea.

[TopPanda]

Love my job as .NET geek. The London jobs market is booming at the moment and I am interviewing in some truly amazing companies. I feel like a rock star right now. On the downside all the hiring managers are on vacation so nothing is moving yet.

I hate project managers - they are usually ESTJ's but the top bosses tend to be ENTJ/INTJ/ENFJ and are great visionaries.

I did my CELTA earlier this year. Teaching is rewarding, but today I interviewed at a private equity company. Next week I'm going to the BBC. If I got a good idea in the private equity company, they'd give me a bonus with several 0's. In teaching I might get an apple if I'm lucky.

[Travesty]

^ Damn so .NET in London is booming, same in the rest of Europe?

[lowbudgetballer]

(08-04-2015 12:19 AM)Peregrine Wrote:  

(08-03-2015 10:29 PM)lowbudgetballer Wrote:  

Over the years, I've noticed that the better your working conditions are, the lower your tolerance for bullshit is.

Interesting. Could you expand?

What I meant was if you are in a really good position (I've been in a few), you can let small things bother you which don't even exist in a bad position. I literally worked in an office with a dessert cart, and we would get minorly pissed off if our favorite pastries were missing that day. You think anyone is bringing me dessert at my desk these days?

I can expand if you'd like. I'm going away for the weekend, and my response isn't fully fleshed out.

'baller

[Bon Scott]

Working 9-5 for a boss is soul destroying.

I haven't met one person who does this and likes their job.

[eatthishomie]

I do…. hate the hours (night shifts 5 days a week), but love the job.

[Sooth]

I work for a great place and my boss is scared that I'll leave.

He offered to start a second business with me but I don't think the idea is good enough and I don't want to be tied down.

I hate that I'm selling my time working for him but I realise that's just what you have to do to get a foot in the door. 5 years from now I'll be 30 and definitely don't want to be working for anyone other than myself.

[cycl0ne]

(08-07-2015 06:02 PM)TopPanda Wrote:  

Love my job as .NET geek. The London jobs market is booming at the moment and I am interviewing in some truly amazing companies. I feel like a rock star right now. On the downside all the hiring managers are on vacation so nothing is moving yet.

I hate project managers - they are usually ESTJ's but the top bosses tend to be ENTJ/INTJ/ENFJ and are great visionaries.

I did my CELTA earlier this year. Teaching is rewarding, but today I interviewed at a private equity company. Next week I'm going to the BBC. If I got a good idea in the private equity company, they'd give me a bonus with several 0's. In teaching I might get an apple if I'm lucky.

I'm currently teaching myself C#. Wanted to ask if you had any tips or direction I should take?

[Sooth]

(08-09-2015 06:03 AM)cycl0ne Wrote:  

I'm currently teaching myself C#. Wanted to ask if you had any tips or direction I should take?

Do you have any mechanical background?

I started off writing Java, C# and C++ then moved to writing software for microcontrollers.

As of this week I'm going to get myself into programmable logic controllers which are used in industrial automation.

There is definitely $$$$$ in this industry so that's where I'm going.

You want to have an endgame in mind when learning something substantial. Don't learn it for the sake of it.

[BlueOcean]

Firefighters seem to love what they do.

[Running Turtles]

I've posted in a thread about this before, but here goes: I'm an airline pilot and I enjoy the job. It's challenging and different every day, but mostly it's all about making sure you're taking the safest and most efficient option at all times. Food and drinks are provided by the company and every few minutes someone calls on the interphone asking if I want a cup of coffee.

I'd have to say that one of the best parts of it is coming to work at 6 in the morning, in dark, grey, and rainy weather, only to be above it all watching the sunrise about an hour later. It definitely makes long winters a lot more tolerable.

Some of the drawbacks include the high barrier to entry in the form of student loans and a ridiculously low employment rate, the low likelihood of spending important days with family (Christmas, weddings, birthdays, etc.), and the possible health effects of being in a dry, pressurized, vibrating, aluminum can for 12 hours a day, 4-5 days a week.

[cycl0ne]

I think people here haven't been through the experience of being jobless for extended periods of time. You can always aspire for more/better but at least count your blessings that you even have a job that puts food on the table.

[cycl0ne]

(08-09-2015 06:13 AM)Sooth Wrote:  

(08-09-2015 06:03 AM)cycl0ne Wrote:  

I'm currently teaching myself C#. Wanted to ask if you had any tips or direction I should take?

Do you have any mechanical background?

I started off writing Java, C# and C++ then moved to writing software for microcontrollers.

As of this week I'm going to get myself into programmable logic controllers which are used in industrial automation.

There is definitely $$$$$ in this industry so that's where I'm going.

You want to have an endgame in mind when learning something substantial. Don't learn it for the sake of it.

I come from a chemical engineering background so no mechanical background. My intent with c# was to create small desktop apps for windows then move to mobile apps. With some projects under my belt then hopefully moving to freelancing during my spare time outside work.

[Lechon]

(07-26-2015 05:13 PM)Lance Blastoff Wrote:  

I love my job and I can't imagine anything better. I also make a ton of money and work about 10 hours a week. But it took me 12-15 years to build my career after school and 7 of them were Hell on Earth.

So Lance, quit being such a tease and tell us what your job is. No need to be painfully specific, of course.

[ovo]

At the moment I'm 19 years and going to college in a few weeks. Been doing some web design on the side as a side hustle and made some money off of that. It looks good on your resume and it's always a nice skill to have, especially in the digital age we live in.

[Sonoma]

I do high school teaching and it's fine. There's time off and I don't have to be micromanaged. Starting pay is 50,000, which is enough.

[DJ-Matt]

I don't hate my job, what I HATE is spending 40 hours a week doing it. After spending a few months analyzing my spending I could easily live off wages from 30 hours or even less. Now the new goal is to downsize my lifestyle even further and enjoy more free time. You only get one life, why spend it working when you don't have to?