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Right now I work at Met-life and hate it. I start a new
job Monday. I'll be in sales. I got that job by posting
my resume on line. I think I will be happy I'm going to
be paid $600 a wk salary for 8 wks training. After
my salary drops to $400 a wk + comm, a $300 a month
car allowance, and there are all kinds of incentives.
There average sales man does about $3,000 - $5,000
a month. The guy who is training me has been in the
business for 30 years.
job Monday. I'll be in sales. I got that job by posting
my resume on line. I think I will be happy I'm going to
be paid $600 a wk salary for 8 wks training. After
my salary drops to $400 a wk + comm, a $300 a month
car allowance, and there are all kinds of incentives.
There average sales man does about $3,000 - $5,000
a month. The guy who is training me has been in the
business for 30 years.
Gilbyag
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lets see, Ive been a sophmore in college for 10 years now (havent been back since I was 22) Not certified in shit. But old job was a sys admin, and a damn fine one I might add. Now I do a little bit of everything, Novell, NT, Mainframe sys admin, but mainly desktop support. All of this self taught or ojt with one of the if not the worlds largest financial instatutions. Ive been here for 8 yrs 5 of which have been on the tech side. Its kinda backwards here, the sys admin and mainframe admin jobs here are more entry level positions and pay less than the desktop side. "Desktop support" REALLY does not describe what all we do. Any and ALL sys issues, mainframe or other, flow through us. The sys issue responsibilities were taken away from the sys admin, they now push paper and grant access, which you could train a monkey to do and set it all up on a script but then 4 people would loose their jobs. And yes, I love my job, Im very happy here, I get paid well, all male dept, fun, VERY flexable hrs, we have a gym, great benefits, 3 wks vaca, plus holidays and personal time, 2 more yrs and I get 4 wks vaca... cant complaine a damn bit.
I was VP of Operations for a telecommunication high speed connectivity company,ie fiber optics and high speed cabling. I had no life so requested that I move into sales or quit. They happily obliged, but I spend as much time in operations as I do sales. I make great money especially for my age, but I hate my job.
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rudedawg
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Insurance broker.....life, health, disability, etc..... don't do personal or commercial property tho.
After baseball career was over in 95 money was going out real fast and none was coming in....except wives salary......anyway answered an ad in the paper and got promised the world.....had to take a 2.5 day jam session class then take the test....got my license......4 brokerage houses later I said FUCK them why should I work for them and went on my own almost 3 years ago. Now I am the state mgr for a marketing firm out of Tulsa and they give me free reign to do what I want here in AZ and any other state that they are licensed to do business in which is about 30 at last count.
So I can sell any product I want and they don't care as long as I throw business their way.....which I do because the gave me a big ass contract and I give nice fat ass bonuses to my agents to write that product also.
Happy? Well like any other thing.....trials and tribulations but for the most part I am happy. I work when I want and how much I want. Usually take at least 6 weeks off per year, since that is what my wife gets....can't let her have off and me be stuck working right? Make great money and get to coach my kids baseball, basketball, and whatever else teams that they want to play and have yet to work on a weekend in 6 years.
After baseball career was over in 95 money was going out real fast and none was coming in....except wives salary......anyway answered an ad in the paper and got promised the world.....had to take a 2.5 day jam session class then take the test....got my license......4 brokerage houses later I said FUCK them why should I work for them and went on my own almost 3 years ago. Now I am the state mgr for a marketing firm out of Tulsa and they give me free reign to do what I want here in AZ and any other state that they are licensed to do business in which is about 30 at last count.
So I can sell any product I want and they don't care as long as I throw business their way.....which I do because the gave me a big ass contract and I give nice fat ass bonuses to my agents to write that product also.
Happy? Well like any other thing.....trials and tribulations but for the most part I am happy. I work when I want and how much I want. Usually take at least 6 weeks off per year, since that is what my wife gets....can't let her have off and me be stuck working right? Make great money and get to coach my kids baseball, basketball, and whatever else teams that they want to play and have yet to work on a weekend in 6 years.
HR Consultant for Motorola . I was working in Marketing at a leading IT firm before this. A fellow board member got me this job. They actually called me BEFORE I sent them my resume. It took a total of two days for them to hire me. I am VERY happy here. I get to do some traveling and five weeks vacation starting immediately, 5 personal days, very flexible time schedule, stock, the building has a rec room with video games, billiard tables, 4 cafeterias, two gyms, swimming pool. I will not be leaving here anytime soon.
LegBreaker
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I work for a telephony company. Got the job after a year of school and I triained a guy on the rescue squad I worked for. Also helped him lift the hell out of his jeep ,so he said if I was ever looking for a job to let him know. So I did....
decibel
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i'm a graphic designer.
i graduated with a communication design degree.
i have always known i wanted to be in the design field, so it's my greatest passion. i love my job, however, i will be happier once i can move to europe and make the transition to start designing for the techno industry.
i graduated with a communication design degree.
i have always known i wanted to be in the design field, so it's my greatest passion. i love my job, however, i will be happier once i can move to europe and make the transition to start designing for the techno industry.
Delinquent
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Help desk
Way underpaid but hoping to get a job at a popular sw developing company.
Way underpaid but hoping to get a job at a popular sw developing company.
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rudedawg
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decibel said:
I always wanted to do that. I am not artistic at all.......if it ain't there already I can't picture it.
Imnotdutch
butler monkey
Research Biochemist......needed a good bachelor degree and a Ph.D (any moron can get a science Ph.D in this country). I've been working for close to 3 years now....not including my Ph.D.
I'm getting out at the end of October to train to be a teacher. The work is fine, although pay and hours arent spectacular, but the people are assholes. Everybody likes to think scientists are incredibly honest and truthful.....in reality they steal each others work and ideas and promotions come about only if you kiss ass....it very rarely has anything to do with ability. Did i mention that you have to pay your dues before getting good jobs? Science is run on numbers of publications. I have more than alot of people who run their own labs.....but apparently I am too young to have the baility to run a lab, even though my current boss openly admits that I am virtually runing his lab!
So like I said....I'm getting a proper job asap.
Sorry bout the rant!
I'm getting out at the end of October to train to be a teacher. The work is fine, although pay and hours arent spectacular, but the people are assholes. Everybody likes to think scientists are incredibly honest and truthful.....in reality they steal each others work and ideas and promotions come about only if you kiss ass....it very rarely has anything to do with ability. Did i mention that you have to pay your dues before getting good jobs? Science is run on numbers of publications. I have more than alot of people who run their own labs.....but apparently I am too young to have the baility to run a lab, even though my current boss openly admits that I am virtually runing his lab!
So like I said....I'm getting a proper job asap.
Sorry bout the rant!
slickdadd said:
decibel
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rudedawg -- yeah, it's an incredible profession and i'm totally in love with it. looking through a design magazine makes my heart rate go up like it's a playboy or something. lucky for me, i've always been very artistic (everyone in my family is) and i have a talent for it.
i think my greatest passions in life are -- sex, design and techno.
i think my greatest passions in life are -- sex, design and techno.
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velvett
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I'm an Interior Designer
(NOT a decorator -thankyouverymuch!)
I came upon it by accident - long story short, I wanted to learn to write like a draftsman (uh before the CAD rage) - as it happened a hidden talent was found and I went to college for it, have two degrees and debated going back to school for a Masters in Architecture but backed out at the last minute.
Our clientele consist on the NYC/Hampton business person which in itself is a job as to babysitting their idiosyncrasies. I have found that I have a big mouth when it comes to putting someone in their place so I've had to learn and re-learn how to continue to be more diplomatic. I enjoy it but I find that the business & contract side of myself contradicts the creative side.
The biggest misconception of the job is that I spend my entire day picking out pretty patterns, fabrics and art objects. I spend 75% of my time following up on orders, on job sites, doing drawings and invoicing. The remaining 25% of my time is with the client and in the Design Center or researching out new product.
The biggest thrill is to see the job through to completion, taking a step back and think wow, I DID THAT!
(NOT a decorator -thankyouverymuch!)
I came upon it by accident - long story short, I wanted to learn to write like a draftsman (uh before the CAD rage) - as it happened a hidden talent was found and I went to college for it, have two degrees and debated going back to school for a Masters in Architecture but backed out at the last minute.
Our clientele consist on the NYC/Hampton business person which in itself is a job as to babysitting their idiosyncrasies. I have found that I have a big mouth when it comes to putting someone in their place so I've had to learn and re-learn how to continue to be more diplomatic. I enjoy it but I find that the business & contract side of myself contradicts the creative side.
The biggest misconception of the job is that I spend my entire day picking out pretty patterns, fabrics and art objects. I spend 75% of my time following up on orders, on job sites, doing drawings and invoicing. The remaining 25% of my time is with the client and in the Design Center or researching out new product.
The biggest thrill is to see the job through to completion, taking a step back and think wow, I DID THAT!
Laserdudes Bro here, I tried posting under my own handle but the sysadmin hasn't cleared my handle and password yet. I am a laser service/applications engineer
by trade. I quit my job with the major manufacturer of the lasers I work with and started my own service company. I make three times what I did at my former employer, they wouldn't give me the raise I deserved. One year later they are so strapped for service techs they instantly gave a contract when I asked for it.
My soon to be incorporated company will pay for my health insurance, car lease and auto insurance, disability insurance, part of my house rent as I have a home office and a whole lot of other good things and I get to have a really nice tax write off for my company too. I will only work 36 weeks a year, and I will make 100 k in my first year. Sweet stuff. It's all good... Nice vacations to scuba dive to boot as well.
by trade. I quit my job with the major manufacturer of the lasers I work with and started my own service company. I make three times what I did at my former employer, they wouldn't give me the raise I deserved. One year later they are so strapped for service techs they instantly gave a contract when I asked for it.
My soon to be incorporated company will pay for my health insurance, car lease and auto insurance, disability insurance, part of my house rent as I have a home office and a whole lot of other good things and I get to have a really nice tax write off for my company too. I will only work 36 weeks a year, and I will make 100 k in my first year. Sweet stuff. It's all good... Nice vacations to scuba dive to boot as well.
I grow pot
I bought some seeds www.emeryseeds.com or www.hempqc.com
then I bought some lights at www.alternativegarden.com
then the rest of the shit came from Home Depot
Just cut down this harvest yesterday should be around 3lbs which sells for $4000 wholesale each.
Next one is done august 25th.
I bought some seeds www.emeryseeds.com or www.hempqc.com
then I bought some lights at www.alternativegarden.com
then the rest of the shit came from Home Depot
Just cut down this harvest yesterday should be around 3lbs which sells for $4000 wholesale each.
Next one is done august 25th.
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manny78
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I'm a pig .. ye member of a tactical squad somewhere in Canada. I was first suppose to become a lawyer but then realized this sucked... so I just finished the bar school and decided to switch to something a bit more interesting. I still cant believe i waisted 3 years of my life at the law school...anyway.
Why a pig ? Dunno i wasnt really thinking about it till I saw an add looking for new members. Perfect timing cause lawyers and all these wannabe big attitudes were pissing me off.
Why a pig ? Dunno i wasnt really thinking about it till I saw an add looking for new members. Perfect timing cause lawyers and all these wannabe big attitudes were pissing me off.
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Slice of Peach2
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WODIN said:I'm a data / systems manger. I crash servers and write code and bitch about stuff that deals with a 1 and a 0.
Computer nerds are hot!
I am a geotech/training to be ofc. manager of an oil well log library. *yawn*
However, I am studying web design and either plan on working for a company doing that or working on my own.
TxCollegeguy
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I'm working in a collections dept for a sub. of citigroup
I call people who have accounts with Gordons, Zales, and Baily Banks and Biddle. More importantly I get to call people who haven't paid in 5+ months, I have the power to really help someone out or send their accounts to be charged off and handed to collections agencies if they are assholes
I dont care for the job, but it pays better then any other college job in my town, and my coworkers kickass. I'm studying Economics/Mgt and will be looking into a job in Sales hopefully in Telecomm.
I call people who have accounts with Gordons, Zales, and Baily Banks and Biddle. More importantly I get to call people who haven't paid in 5+ months, I have the power to really help someone out or send their accounts to be charged off and handed to collections agencies if they are assholes
I dont care for the job, but it pays better then any other college job in my town, and my coworkers kickass. I'm studying Economics/Mgt and will be looking into a job in Sales hopefully in Telecomm.
FrankRizzo
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Project Engineer for a large general contractor. Also do a lot of estimating. I carry out what Velvet creates. I went to College at Colorado State and graduated with a degree in Construction Management. Pay is OK for starting, but I would rather not have such an "office" oriented job as this one. Sales in any arena seems to pay well as well as turns you loose from the office. I hate this fucking salt mine at times.
strongchick
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e-commerce java programmer for voice-over-ip company.
I code software, lift hardware.
I code software, lift hardware.
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