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- Goteki2097
- Goteki2097
I work in property management. I pretty much do almost everything in the office.
What does everyone here do for work?
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- 33,155
- Hammerhead Garage
I'm a teacher.
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- Matthew77258
- Matthew77258
Do you mind if I ask what you teach? I (hopefully) someday would love to become a history teacher.
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- Hammerhead Garage
I'm trained in English and (some) HSIE.Do you mind if I ask what you teach? I (hopefully) someday would love to become a history teacher.
But since I'm a casual, I tend to teach whatever I'm needed for. I've taught everything from geography to PE to technical drawing to music.
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- Matthew77258
- Matthew77258
Do you like being a casual, or would you prefer to be a permanent English teacher? (If you don't mind me asking again
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- 1,325
- Washington State
Like "rclark", I'm also a 'marketer'...which is nothing more than promoting/selling a variety of products/services through a wide range of retail channels!
- 33,155
- Hammerhead Garage
I'd like to be working full-time. Until that happens, I'll take whatever casual work I can get.Do you like being a casual, or would you prefer to be a permanent English teacher? (If you don't mind me asking again
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- Steele_obsidion
- LinksTriforce
Life!!!! I breathe life!!! I just got a new job so I wanted to post! I'm working now at Valvoline Instant Oil Change! I love the job, my coworkers are kick ass and I get to wrench on cars all day. Granted its just drain plugs and filters for now.
I start training for topside tomorrow. If anyone is in the Ann arbor Michigan area come see us on Lohr circle and say nick sent ya!
BTW I HATE Chevy cavilers! The oil filter is dumb and almost impossible to get to!
I start training for topside tomorrow. If anyone is in the Ann arbor Michigan area come see us on Lohr circle and say nick sent ya!
BTW I HATE Chevy cavilers! The oil filter is dumb and almost impossible to get to!
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- MiuraSV777
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- xXKingJoshXx
I got my first job recently. I was hired over a month ago but they didn't want me to start until after school started, but they were changing some things so I got another delay. My orientation was spread across 2 days, and my first actual day is tomorrow.
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- xXKingJoshXx
I thought you worked as a mechanic? Am I wrong or did something happen? (if you don't mind me asking)
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- slashfan7964
Yeah, I am a mechanic. I have my certification as an automotive technician. I want to get my ASE certifications later in life. Right now I am applying for my state vehicle inspectors license. I don't have a job at the moment but I have the credentials to get one. I'm waiting on my drivers license right now. I hate driving so it causes an issue.
You might be thinking of when I did my school required internship at a local shop owned by my friends family.
You might be thinking of when I did my school required internship at a local shop owned by my friends family.
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- Michigan US
- Steele_obsidion
- LinksTriforce
Im near to the ann arbor area. (canton, mi)
Well there is a Canton store, BUTTTTT the Ann Arbor store is much better, just dont bring in any Groupons. we hate those lol
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- oops_sorryy
Slot machine tech.
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- Buckeye Nation
If you do not posses a drivers license / or have the fear of driving .... then can you explain your signature please ? Or is this going to be you if and or when you do decide to get a license ?
You know that guy who drives a V8 with open headers, arm hanging out the window and heavy metal blasting out of the radio? Yeah, that's me.
2 and 2 are not adding up to 4.
*apologies for the off-topic*
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- slashfan7964
I have my certification for employment in New York. But to become a nationwide master technician you are required to take and pass at least 8 gruelling tests from ASE (Automotive Service Excellence).
More on that here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_Service_Excellence
https://www.ase.com/Home.aspx
If you do not posses a drivers license / or have the fear of driving .... then can you explain your signature please ? Or is this going to be you if and or when you do decide to get a license ?
2 and 2 are not adding up to 4.
*apologies for the off-topic*
Sorry for also being off topic, but yes that will be me when I acquire my license. I ride around with people that do that as well. I really do not like driving though. It's not that I have a fear of it, it's just something I don't like to do, ironically enough. I myself can't understand why. It's weird, I know.
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- GTP_sneakyboy62
Does this thread count a part-time toil as well?
Well, for me at the minute I'm still an university student and thence I don't have my own steady job yet. To express improperly or not if anything, I'm solely a weekly hireling as a waiter working alongside my aunt who's currently at the helm of a french restaurant.
Well, for me at the minute I'm still an university student and thence I don't have my own steady job yet. To express improperly or not if anything, I'm solely a weekly hireling as a waiter working alongside my aunt who's currently at the helm of a french restaurant.
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I might just fit this post in here without creating any new thread..
So I'm a high school senior, and for the longest time I have debated what to do, from engineer, to journalist.. After a lot of time of thinking I decided that I should just do architecture, a lot of friends and relatives are all studying it. I got optimistic and decided that that was what I was going to follow. A close friend of mine just finished her last year of Uni studying architecture and all she had to say was negatives. She told me that it was an incredibly demanding job and you were always overloaded with work and due dates. She told me you had to be an expert on everything - a jack of all trades, from design, to sketching, computer knowledge, mathematics, physics, writing and on, she kept on adding skills you needed... She told me I might as well give up on any social life as architecture consumes your life. And I feel that if anything my social life begins now as I graduate.
I decided to read about it and kept hearing the same thing. Now I'm seriously worried, I really want to pin point what the hell I want to do and I thought I did. Any thoughts? Recommendations from people in the business?
I'm purely lost.
So I'm a high school senior, and for the longest time I have debated what to do, from engineer, to journalist.. After a lot of time of thinking I decided that I should just do architecture, a lot of friends and relatives are all studying it. I got optimistic and decided that that was what I was going to follow. A close friend of mine just finished her last year of Uni studying architecture and all she had to say was negatives. She told me that it was an incredibly demanding job and you were always overloaded with work and due dates. She told me you had to be an expert on everything - a jack of all trades, from design, to sketching, computer knowledge, mathematics, physics, writing and on, she kept on adding skills you needed... She told me I might as well give up on any social life as architecture consumes your life. And I feel that if anything my social life begins now as I graduate.
I decided to read about it and kept hearing the same thing. Now I'm seriously worried, I really want to pin point what the hell I want to do and I thought I did. Any thoughts? Recommendations from people in the business?
I'm purely lost.
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terminator363
Some thoughts:
1) Every professional job has deadlines. So do many non-professional ones. Nearly every job requires adaptability, problem solving, and being a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. A lot of those things you'll just pick up with experience (which is usually the return on making/seeing mistakes along the way - a vicious cycle).
2) Every job wants you to multitask (i.e. stop whatever you're doing and do this too, and both are of "utmost importance"). Even fast food places have multitasking employees!
3) The folks who are constantly "social" in school are probably those who are either taking the easiest possible courses (easy is completely relative) or they're going to be college dropouts. If you're partying on a Tuesday night, you're probably doing something wrong with your folks money...
4) Do what you like to do, and it won't feel like work. If it happens to pay well, that's the bonus to it. Unless you really feel unconscionable about a job or career, don't let a few people's bad experiences bring you down. In a field like architecture, there's many different private firms to choose from.
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- Antarctica
What I meant was, I'm afraid architecture is one of those jobs that goes past your working hours. It's something you can't put down. From what I heard it's not a job you only do when you're at work, you have to always be doing it, even in the comfort of your own home - that's what I'm afraid of, the fact the work will follow me around wherever I go.
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- Crash852
You can keep dreaming.
Virtually every salary professional job out there is not purely a 9-5 day and that's it. They may start out that way, but as your responsibilities grow, your rank increases, and your pay goes up, you'll be expected to deal with problems and finish projects on time, even if that means working at night or on the weekends. I don't think you should be afraid of going into architecture just because of that, especially if you love that subject. You'll have to find the right work/life balance for yourself.
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- Antarctica
So, from what my friend told me is it's not just once your promoted etc, it's just that the work requires your attention all the time (from the moment you begin), please don't get me wrong I'm not disagreeing with what you said but the way she described it was like an endless spiral of work that can never be finished and consumes you 24/7. I'm really curious to hear what an actual person who does this for a living thinks.
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- MoLieG
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