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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Knight Templar on November 03, 2002, 08:39:17 pm
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We all love money.
How do you aquire yours?
(prefebly the most legal way, i'm don't particularly car though)
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To put it simply "I leech off my parents" :p
I plan to take up a job in one of the following: graphics/programming/art/audio engineer/mechanical engineer/pure scientist/pure mathematician/philosopher :p
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Same thing as above, except that my choices are restricted to only the last two. :p :D
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Are those last two even jobs? don't you have to be like a Uni profesor or something to even make money?
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Do you mean what job you have now, or what you want it to be?
Cause for me those are really two different things
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Are those last two even jobs? don't you have to be like a Uni profesor or something to even make money?
Yes, I guess that would be my actual job then, but in one of those subjects, probably math. :D The pay sounds good enough (about $150k/year) although it cannot compare to what you would get in the corporate sector, but the work would not be work at all and you get much more freedom than with a corporate job. And of course, you get summers off to do what you please. :D
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I'm not employable, in the strictest sense. Once in a while, I manage to get an odd job doing landscaping work (of the construction, ****-hauling variety, more than the rake-yer-leaves-for-ten-bucks variety), or webpage design. I'm trying to get a good job as a 3D designer, but since I can't stand Lightwave and have no experience at all with Maya, it's tough.
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Do you mean what job you have now, or what you want it to be?
Cause for me those are really two different things
uh I originally was just thinking of Jobs now, but f\/ckit, the thread will most undoubtedly go its own way, something along the lines of "I really hate Avril Lavigne, that ugly wh0re" in 30 posts or so anyways.. :rolleyes:
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I really don't see what your source for this concern is considering it seems to be relatively on topic here... ah well, perhaps you can predict the future
Heh, oh yes I forgot one of my favorite jobs: "corporate freak" (which largely involves bribings, tricking, hauling pieces of green things representing odd concepts, and of course the occasional assasination) ;)
Pure mathematics sounds like somehting I'd like to do though, math just for the hell of it (for the advance of math that is) Fits with my loose set of belief-like-things. ;)
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I'm a full time university student, so.......
I basically live off of previously saved money. :)
And sort of off the scholarships I won at highschool.
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I've been "trying" (ie. not trying) to get a job since last Christmas. God bless student loans :)
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Currently rocking the manual labour market.
Previously done two and a half years at this (http://www.purmo.com/uk/) place. Thank **** for redundancy.
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Studying history at the uni.
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I take animal parts and grind them into a pulp then stuff them into there own intestines and sell them to people to eat.
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Actually, I could really go for a sausage sarny right about now :nod:
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I take animal parts and grind them into a pulp then stuff them into there own intestines and sell them to people to eat.
O, you work at Mickey Dee's.
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I worked at a Helldesk, then i said goodby to them, and now i work in a supermarket.
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no, I work for the people Mc' Donalds buys there food from, well not realy but it's the same type of place, only smaller
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I don't aquire my money, I loose it. Here's how.
I used to work for Llyods bank as a monkey typist type person (although I was the fastest they had - and they said as much ;)) However following the trouble with the big American corporations problems they decided to make a load of people redundant, including me.
Of course, they chose the worst possible time to do this- right after I'd almost emptied my bank account to splash out on a GeForce4 4600 and a BB Rifle.
So, I'm not almost broke.. however monkey working jobs are being searched for as we speak. I shall be rich again ;)
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Well I have a credit card of course, it's not my money on it but I think that I am runing out of it quite fast. Although I have enough money for a brand new PC, my mom won't let me use it. :mad2:
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studying art in Polytechnic
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I finish school in four years, then there's the military, then the university, so I got plenty of time to think about it.
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Studing right now but also making my way to the media world. I'm already writing stories about life and the nice people from television want to publish my book. "Queens of sunset" and I'm really proud of it. :D
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Originally posted by Bobboau
no, I work for the people Mc' Donalds buys there food from, well not realy but it's the same type of place, only smaller
I actually did work in a place where McDonalds (and Wendys, and Burger King, and Hardees, etc etc) bought some of their stuff including all those neat little sauce packets you get with your happy meal. I didn't work on the line though, but rather in the accounting department. Fun times.
Right now though, I'm a currently unemployed college student that needs money in the worse way. (some crap with my living arrangements came up, now I need $1800) Will you give me a job?
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Hey, so Dynamo does lurk around here, eh? Coolness. :yes: ;) :p
Back to topic, I work from home for Revolution Media (http://www.revolutionmedia.com/). Basically, I do all the web stuff - design, construction, maintinance, etc.
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i'm a waiter... part time... at a restaurant.
the wages are half of minimum wage (around $2.57 an hour... which in itself is horrible) but you get to keep all tips, which averages anywhere from $10.00 an hour to $30.00 an hour depending on the day and time of day.
i also get some money making webpages here and there, but i'm souping up my car in the next few days (i'm putting switches (hydraulics) in it) and so that's about $900.00 right there, then the system is going to be another $500-700. gah!
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I'm a parental leacher at the minute.
I throw down the gauntlet to anyone that works at Mc Donalds to start an effective and Millitant Union.
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"Leeching from parents" is good, but i feel i need a job these days to keep myself amused, so since i'm still at school i'm just looking for something part time... which is proving to be quite hard.
Eventual plans are leave school at end of this year -> Aerospace engineering at uni -> job in relevant field.
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Electronic Secuirty Tech. Usual install/repair on Alarm systems, CCTV, Access Control, ATMs, Bank Vaults, Drive Through units (Arrghhh those things are a pain) and just about anything else that the company decides they want to take on at the time.
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Originally posted by Darkage
now i work in a supermarket.
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1. Retail- The Gap (I just put in my 2 weeks)
2. Transcontinental Talent (E-Modeling company)
3. Construction
4. Webdesigner & Photographer
5. Producer for various instrumentals for hip hop & r&b music.
;)
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Well, I hold to the philosophy that if I'm going to spend 40-60 hrs/week doing something, I had #$@% well enjoy what I'm doing. So I play...err program video games. BIG video games in the flight sim genre. :D
I work for a company that builds FAA/CAA certified full flight simulators used to train pilots. I specifically program the propulsion simulations. I've worked on simulators for everything from a Falcon 50EX business jet to a Boeing 777. My favorites are the helicopter sims (Bell 412, Sikorsky S76 and Blackhawk). They're a PitA to program but a hoot to fly.
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I'm a full-time student,so I;
a/ work part time time at the local supermarket (till January, when it closes)
b/ do lab demonstrations at uni (technically a 'helper'.... £10 an hour for sitting on my arse! ;7 )
c/ leech of me student loan
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i'm a waiter... part time... at a restaurant.
the wages are half of minimum wage (around $2.57 an hour... which in itself is horrible) but you get to keep all tips, which averages anywhere from $10.00 an hour to $30.00 an hour depending on the day and time of day.
i also get some money making webpages here and there, but i'm souping up my car in the next few days (i'm putting switches (hydraulics) in it) and so that's about $900.00 right there, then the system is going to be another $500-700. gah!
Hydraulics? damn not you too.. I won't insult you publically but.. damn.
I thought minimum wage was.. minimum. But i guess that's good, although i have alittle thing against waiters.. those who suck in particular :)
It involves a little game that you might recognise if you watch a certain sitcom. You start off with say.. 5 dollars. Thats the most the waiter will get if they are excellent. Now everytime the waiter asks your 15 year old lil brother if he wants a child menu/ brings the wrong food/ spills/ is slow/doesn't have your dressing/ etc etc you take away money. Now if they prove themselves to you again, you give a little back.
It turns being at the sharp end of some waiter's (;)) clumsy ineptitude into great fun while waiting 20 minutes for your meal :)
To keep on topic, i have a chore system worked out with my father kinda.. I'm thinking of trying to get a job at the local family supermarket or perhaps video store. Something easy i can do on weekends i suppose. Suggestions?
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Hydraulics? damn not you too.. I won't insult you publically but.. damn.
I thought minimum wage was.. minimum. But i guess that's good, although i have alittle thing against waiters.. those who suck in particular :)
It involves a little game that you might recognise if you watch a certain sitcom. You start off with say.. 5 dollars. Thats the most the waiter will get if they are excellent. Now everytime the waiter asks your 15 year old lil brother if he wants a child menu/ brings the wrong food/ spills/ is slow/doesn't have your dressing/ etc etc you take away money. Now if they prove themselves to you again, you give a little back.
It turns being at the sharp end of some waiter's (;)) clumsy ineptitude into great fun while waiting 20 minutes for your meal :)
To keep on topic, i have a chore system worked out with my father kinda.. I'm thinking of trying to get a job at the local family supermarket or perhaps video store. Something easy i can do on weekends i suppose. Suggestions?
wow, a lot of stuff to reply to! It's federal law (i think) for every worker to get paid minimum wage (at least)... and in reality that's what i get... plus i get to keep a PERCENTAGE (note: a percentage) of my tips. i was just speculating, because overall i think the least i've ever made in a one-hour period was about $6.00, which is still above minimum wage.
so really, on my paycheck i'm given minimum wage, plus all tips, but when you deduct the total tips i made (the entire thing... remember i don't get to keep all of them) ... i dunno, i'm tired... don't worry about me though, i'm very happy with the money i get! :)
oh, and what's wrong with having hydraulics? you think that's bad? wait till i get nitrous ;7
just kidding... can you see a 1980 cadillac with NOS? :p :cool: ;)
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*warning* I only read the first post
Hmm, do what I tried to do, buy some things at a sh*t store(pawn shop) fix it up, dust it off and sell it on ebay, keep doing hat till you get a few bucks, then start buying and selling more on ebay
(still should of bought 10 copys of Vice City, it was only $2 each :( atleast igot 1 though :D )
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1/full time student
2/going to get a job of some description today, actually.
im also a contract 3D artist and PC engineer by trade :p
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I work for the Government. At least, I think I do because they keep paying me every fortnight....
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I also work for the government nowadays. I'm a teacher/support person at a media school, teaching video and film media. Aaah, the joys of bossing people around.... :D :drevil:
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Originally posted by Kazashi
I work for the Government. At least, I think I do because they keep paying me every fortnight....
Bah! Government work stinks. I am sabbotaging submarines and airplane carriers and other military and government stuff. And I never get caught. :p
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If the whole Airforce thing falls through for me, I think I'll become a beggar...
Buggrit! I tole 'em, I said! Buggrem! Millenium hand and shrimp!Buggrit!
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Haven't read all that you people are. I'm amazed that some of you acculy have lives. That, I think, contradicts much of what I thought. 'Cuz I don't have a life! I'm an outcast. Shunned by my fellow man. So I left and bought computer games. And I found FreeSpace. Now I'm with, what I thought were, no lifers. Now I must bid you farewell and leave because of that.
Oh and to earn the money needed for this lifestyle I am a paperboy :p. Good money, about $5-8 (day) for an hour or less of work in the morning. :nod: ;) ;7
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I'm leeching money from my parents.
Next year, I will start leeching from the state for about four years (education, yaknow).
then I might actually make money. or keep leeching of the state.
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I'm leeching money from my parents for the next, uh, 6 years (ya know, school!) though i'll do something here and there to buy a 5.1 sound system for my Ps2...