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What are you doing with your life (career-wise) and are you happy?

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  1. MikeyRy MikeyRy is offline still fat

    Massapequa, NY
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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 1:55am)

    Just curious what you all do for a living/career and if you're happy with it so far.
    I have a BS in communications from SUNY and couldn't find a decent job. I'm currently in grad school for education. Not sure if I wanna be a teacher :-/
    You?
  2. smokerock247 smokerock247 is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 1:56am) in reply to MikeyRy

    fuck bitches, get money.

    yes.
  3. MikeyRy MikeyRy is offline still fat

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 1:57am) in reply to smokerock247

    I love you
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  4. Bonestein Bonestein is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 1:58am) in reply to MikeyRy

    Public accountant (called a Chartered Accountant in Canada). Just moved back to my hometown (where I wanted to move for the last 6 or 7 years) and opened my own firm where I'm the sole owner. Love it. Honestly couldn't be happier, I love what I do.
  5. Z-Fresh Z-Fresh is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:00am) in reply to Bonestein

    Business Development. Job I got about 5 months ago and I fucking love it. 100% full paid benefits, matching 401K, semi annual bonuses and equity stake in the company. Also the biggest salary I've ever had and I get it all while working from home.

    Of course I had many years of shit jobs before I got this one. I earned this bitch.
  6. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:01am) in reply to smokerock247

     
    Originally Posted by smokerock247 View Post

    fuck bitches, get money.

    yes.


    So you're calling your wife a bitch??

    What an asshole you are
  7. wantagolf wantagolf is online now Moderator

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:02am) in reply to dolphin13

    Retiring in 10 months and have to get a real job. Shit sucks.
     
  8. SoCalDrew SoCalDrew is offline Moderator

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:02am) in reply to wantagolf

    i'm pretending to be a fireman
     
  9. Bonestein Bonestein is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:02am) in reply to smokerock247

     
    Originally Posted by smokerock247 View Post

    fuck fat bitches, get very little money.

    yes.

    Whaaaaaaaaat?
  10. RichardHurtz RichardHurtz is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:03am) in reply to Z-Fresh

    High Speed Aluminum Tubing.
  11. Z-Fresh Z-Fresh is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:03am) in reply to wantagolf

     
    Originally Posted by wantagolf View Post

    Retiring in 10 months and have to get a real job. Shit sucks.

    How do you retire and look for a new job at the same time? :-)
  12. wantagolf wantagolf is online now Moderator

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:09am) in reply to Z-Fresh

     
    Originally Posted by Z-Fresh View Post

    How do you retire and look for a new job at the same time? :-)

    Okay, so i have fulfilled my contractual obligation from my current career field and i'm transitioning to a new endeavor. haha
     
  13. Stockage Stockage is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:15am) in reply to wantagolf

    sorry to hear you didn't get the bump.
  14. wantagolf wantagolf is online now Moderator

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:21am) in reply to Stockage

    Yeah sucks i couldnt pick up 8, but oh well its been a fun ride anyhow.
    Edited By: wantagolf Jan 15th, 2012 at 02:22 AM
     
  15. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:23am) in reply to wantagolf

     
    Originally Posted by wantagolf View Post

    Yeah sucks i couldnt pick up 8, but oh well its been a fun ride anyhow.


    Can't you stay in? Or does your dementia setting in prevent that gramps? :)
  16. Mkind16 Mkind16 is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:24am) in reply to dolphin13

    Posted about this last week (which many of you were helpful with): Starting (finally) my last semester of college on Tuesday, and starting a 3-month internship with the price settlements department of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange next week. My hope is to parlay it into a full-time job with the CME Group and eventually move into trading. 18 months ago I was a full-time poker player with an incomplete education, a blank resume, and had no idea what I wanted to do. Now I'm about to finish school, have a pretty clear idea of what I want to do, and have a foot in the door of a place that fits those interests. Hard to say whether I should be happy with my career yet since I technically have no future past May, but I think I've come a long way in the last few months.
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  17. wantagolf wantagolf is online now Moderator

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:28am) in reply to dolphin13

     
    Originally Posted by dolphin13 View Post

    Can't you stay in? Or does your dementia setting in prevent that gramps? :)

    haha. Yeah i could stay 2 more years but i'm done with this shit. Time to move on to bigger and better things, hopefully.
     
  18. Avon Barksdale Avon Barksdale is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:31am) in reply to AnonymousX

    Went to school at ASU but dropped out sophomore year.

    Got into the insurance industry and it sucked my soul away.

    Got into growing ganja with a few other friends, and now that it's legal in AZ, we're trying to get in on the boom while there is still a good profit to be made.

    Love what I do. Involved in all aspects of the industry from cultivation, setting up rooms, consulting, etc.

    I'm not sure I could ever go back into an office setting again. I kind of feel like how some of you online poker players probably felt when the boom hit. It's nice to be able to do pretty much whatever the fuck you want - go out late any night of the week, sleep in 'til noon. Just like poker, you get out what you put in.
  19. Tourney Tourney is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:32am) in reply to Avon Barksdale

     
    Originally Posted by Avon Barksdale View Post

    Went to school at ASU but dropped out sophomore year.

    Got into the insurance industry and it sucked my soul away.

    Got into growing ganja with a few other friends, and now that it's legal in AZ, we're trying to get in on the boom while there is still a good profit to be made.

    Love what I do. Involved in all aspects of the industry from cultivation, setting up rooms, consulting, etc.

    I'm not sure I could ever go back into an office setting again. I kind of feel like how some of you online poker players probably felt when the boom hit. It's nice to be able to do pretty much whatever the fuck you want - go out late any night of the week, sleep in 'til noon. Just like poker, you get out what you put in.


    thats awesome can you hire me?
  20. coachstove coachstove is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:33am) in reply to Tourney

    In my 18th year as a teacher myself, and I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I am teaching the exact classes that I want to teach, and I am the assistant cross-country and assistant track coach, which is also perfect. I will tell you that the first few years teaching can be very stressfull, but it gets better.
  21. Mkind16 Mkind16 is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:37am) in reply to Avon Barksdale

     
    Originally Posted by Avon Barksdale View Post

    Went to school at ASU but dropped out sophomore year.

    Got into the insurance industry and it sucked my soul away.

    Got into growing ganja with a few other friends, and now that it's legal in AZ, we're trying to get in on the boom while there is still a good profit to be made.

    Love what I do. Involved in all aspects of the industry from cultivation, setting up rooms, consulting, etc.

    I'm not sure I could ever go back into an office setting again. I kind of feel like how some of you online poker players probably felt when the boom hit. It's nice to be able to do pretty much whatever the fuck you want - go out late any night of the week, sleep in 'til noon. Just like poker, you get out what you put in.

    Funny, I would've thought you'd be controlling the drug trade in West Baltimore not Arizona.
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  22. saxman saxman is online now

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:37am) in reply to Mkind16

    purchasing / logistics / operations management for 25+ years - have about 10 more years before i can transition into music full time. Looking forward to it.
  23. Da Donkey Da Donkey is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:49am) in reply to TUGreenWave

    I freezer water, bitches.
  24. MikeyRy MikeyRy is offline still fat

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 2:50am) in reply to coachstove

     
    Originally Posted by coachstove View Post

    In my 18th year as a teacher myself, and I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I am teaching the exact classes that I want to teach, and I am the assistant cross-country and assistant track coach, which is also perfect. I will tell you that the first few years teaching can be very stressfull, but it gets better.

    Sounds like you teach middle school/HS? I'm currently tracked for elementary, possibly getting certified through 8th grade. I'd rather teach the subjects/content of HS but not the kids. I remember everyone in HS being pretty miserable and not wanting to be there at all. I dn man. I just feel like a pretty big loser these days. Also still live at home.

    Mkind, that was pretty inspiring, good luck brother.

    Also, Avon, that sounds like a dream. I live in NY though :-( Could always check out VT?
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  25. TheWhitePele TheWhitePele is online now

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 3:12am) in reply to MikeyRy

    Standard office job. Decent money. Dont like it nor hate it too much. Recently been moved to a new team and its all 1 to 1's, team meetings, quarter yearly updates with awards etc

    I really hate all that shit but job itself is just meh
  26. MikeyRy MikeyRy is offline still fat

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 3:44am) in reply to TheWhitePele

    I ripped this thread from the roganboard. Their responses were generally a lot more negative in terms of their level of happiness. I don't know why. Interesting though.
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  27. nutbreaker nutbreaker is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 3:56am) in reply to MikeyRy

    I work in advertising as a studio manager. I took a year off last year and this year I am on a one year contract that will end in Dec. I really like the place I am working at now and would snap take a full time position. It is more the way a place is ran and the people that work at it that make a company a great place to work.
  28. kasey_gcp kasey_gcp is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 4:00am) in reply to nutbreaker

    Poker. Ecstatic.
  29. Stockage Stockage is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 4:12am) in reply to kasey_gcp

    .
    Edited By: Stockage Jan 15th, 2012 at 01:44 PM
    Reason: oops
  30. jhesser jhesser is offline

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    Jan 15th, 2012 (1/15/2012 4:26am) in reply to Stockage

    Just started a new Medical MRI/CT service company with a couple of business partner's. This should be an exciting next few years.
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