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  1. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:39pm)

    I have 2 options rly for the upcoming school/work year.

    1. Go to school, work just to pay for insurance/gas/school. I would have 4 months (from after I paid off my second semester until may) to save up for a new car. put like 5K down, be in debt forevers, but have a degree insomething I MIGHT use.

    2. Work, at 17.20/hr plus crazy overtime. I would make easily 30-40k after taxes. Put most of that towards a brand new truck, have no debt, and have a truck that would last me atleast 100-200k km trouble free. Either take the following year off to work towards my appertinceship, or finish said degree. Have fun at work, get nice and strong (would work on semi tires etc.) and lots of what I would get paid for would be driving back and forth.

    A few things about me, I will not do good in school if I work. If I don't work, I can't go to school, heh.
    I will meet a ton of new people (read girls) ((read HOT girls)) at school. Not be dead tired everyday, as I will only work about 20-30 hours a week, but at only 12$/hr or so. Mostly because I am guessing that I would only be used for passenger tires.
    I love trucks. I need a truck. I hate HATE HATE driving a car that can almost fit under a truck. I love my car, but it sucks so much.
    I would actually enjoy driving to school(about 30minutes -1 hour drive each way, as apposed to a 5-15 minutes drive to work) mostly the reason I got a car, I hated having to take a bus to school.
    I could use this experience of working to move onto another store in the same company which pays more (maybe-20/25/hr, same amount of overtime)
    I AM NOT FUCKING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
    I am worried about "burning" out from work. I don't want it to be october and be like FUCK, I hate this job.
    This isn't a dead eng job... if the year goes good, I could move on to salary, 60-70k a year, then move on to a position with a possible 6 figure yearly bonus+good salary.
    If I don't go to school, I can't move onto another job... mostly because I don't want to work for 10-12/hr full time instead of going to school.
    P.S. I love trucks, and I love the feeling of pulling up in something that just screams : I have a truck, go fuck yourself
    I want a diesel truck though, meaning I would have to wait until 2010 to get a Dodge Ram 1500 Diesel (introduced) and I really don't know if I would be willing to give up my baby by then.

    SFlol at the length of this post.
  2. Diggity D Diggity D is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:41pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    Go to school...
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:41pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    Not going to school to pay for a truck is a retarded idea
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:42pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    you go to college to get jobs that pay 40k before taxes and 60-70k aftr one year. If you can get a job that pas that without college why not take it.
  5. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:43pm) in reply to threeven

    you live in Arizona, thats practically texas... how can you say that?
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  6. threeven threeven is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:44pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    Please never ever ever ever compare anywhere I live to Texas

    edit: unless its Texas, but I don't plan on ever living there
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  7. Earlybird893 Earlybird893 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:44pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    because they require working 70hrs/week and college is the shit

    go in debt, go to college.....and just get laid by a girl that is over 15
  8. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:46pm) in reply to Earlybird893

    it won't be 70 hours a week.

    It will be like 55 hours for 7 weeks, then 70+ hours for one week. repeat.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:48pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    you proved me wrong dumbfuck....just dont go to college

    work SIXTY hrs/week for the rest of your life....have fun fucking pre pubescent girls
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:49pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    17.50 canadien? I stay take a year off and work then go back
  11. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:49pm) in reply to Earlybird893

    please. read my post.

    I'm not doing this forever. for a year, maybe 2. Then I'm going to school to become a mechanic.
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  12. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:51pm) in reply to gillabong

    is that a joke? because it doesn't work anymore. esp since US dollar will soon be worth 10 canadian cents. biatch!
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:53pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    Go to school it's not even close
  14. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:54pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    someone angry because at 19 they were working for pennies?

    A year from now, I can be proud either way. Either have a degree in my hand, or be able to keep a semi on schudule.
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  15. Diggity D Diggity D is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:54pm) in reply to SluggerWV

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:55pm) in reply to SluggerWV

    School is cool.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:56pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    dude, make your own decision man...you know 100x better than any person posting here...jus go relax somwhere by yourself...and think it over...
  18. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 9:57pm) in reply to FoNZ87

    I know... its only a year, but it seems like a huge decision.

    I am hoping someone who had the same kind of thing happen, and what they did/would have rather did.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:04pm) in reply to LeFlyingRat

    octane i was in ur situation about 2 years ago. Had a shitty car that i fuckin hated. Wanted the big truck. Bought the truck. GG finances.

    worst decision i ever made. fuckin go 2 school
     
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:21pm) in reply to CeJeH

    GO TO SCHOOL. Trust me, it pays off. 45 years is a long time to spend humping tires onto trucks. a couple of years of poverty now may seem like forever, but it will pay off if you have half a brain. I'm in my 40's and semi-retired by working smart - not hard (obv brag). I would (and do) give the same advice to anyone your age who will listen. But it's your life, do what you want, you have to live with yourself.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:22pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    when i was 19 i was working 2 jobs to pay my families gas/electric bills....that is why i think everyone should go to school

    best of luck in whatever decision you make
  22. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:23pm) in reply to tieful

    see but thats the thing. It wouldn't be for a long time. Just a year doing this instead of finishing my degree which I wouldn't use most likely. After that, its back to school for something completely different. Either that, or the company I work with has great oppurtunitys for advancement into management with 300+ stores canada-wide.
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  23. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:26pm) in reply to Earlybird893

    mmhmm. obv one of your mod friends has your back.

    but thanks for the goodluck.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:27pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    SCHOOL
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:28pm) in reply to MissBecky

    F school. I have more fun working :(
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:29pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    trust me...you will have more fun working later if you go to school. =)
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:33pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    I didn't use my degree much either but it was great training in how think and analyse situations - and opened a lot of doors. If you like your company (don't remember which it was, but I know you've posted it before (fellow canadian here)) MAKE SURE you do the things that will give yourself the opportunity to get into management. Best of luck.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:38pm) in reply to tieful

    on a side note, I took 3 years off from school to work at one point, and then several other 1 and two year breaks allowed me to get a downpayment on a house, then went back to school part time and finished up. Graduated at the ripe old age of 30 with my management degree.

    On a side note though, by the time I was 30, I had run a retail video store, worked my way up to be Manager of IT Operations for a telemarketing company (which I now do internal development work for them). So, I was actually out there running businesses while I wasn't in school. Reguardless, I wouldn't change my life course, and I know it wasn't the normal one to take.

    I'd say "stay in school." Although, if you are capable of keeping a promise to yourself to graduate, I'd say, go and work.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:44pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    just kill yourself now, save us and yourself from the inescapable failure that will be your life.
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    Jul 24th, 2007 (7/24/2007 10:51pm) in reply to bmac

    I will if you will.
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