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Redstorm
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: thoughts]
#7675624 - 11/24/07 07:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I hated dealing with customers. Luckily I graduated from college last year and I'll never have to work in that field ever again.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675627 - 11/24/07 07:04 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have dreams of accomplishing that some day.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Rustifer]
#7675643 - 11/24/07 07:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Believe me, it's worth it. Your quality of life goes up infinitely b/c you get paid better for a job you (hopefully) enjoy.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675651 - 11/24/07 07:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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What do you do now?
I'm just going to school, for no reason as of now.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: thoughts]
#7675658 - 11/24/07 07:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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iwasaClown said: Yeah my job isnt that bad. i actually dont mind going to work. most of the people i work with are cool and ive met SO many hotties.;)
theres also some pretty hot co-workers there, this new verizon girl especially, i just havent had the time to talk to her. but yeah, its a lot better than my last job working with food.
edit: why are the girls that work in verizon all just straight up fucking beautiful? who handles that? thats what i want to do.
plus theres a gaytar hero to play whenever im not busy
All the hoes that work at my job are so ugly, and they are so annoying. And there's this gay kid that tells everybody how hot he thinks I am haha, it's so weird. He actually got arrested recently for helping somebody steal shit haha, so I don't have to deal with that anymore. Everyone cool quit so I hate going to work.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675672 - 11/24/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: Believe me, it's worth it. Your quality of life goes up infinitely b/c you get paid better for a job you (hopefully) enjoy.
i hope so. i just got a full time job working 4 10's that pays $12.50/hour and i went there from jobs that paid around $8/hour. on my first paycheck i was able to save $1000 and at my previous jobs it took me months to save up $1000.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: LayYouIn]
#7675679 - 11/24/07 07:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I want a job like that, working 4 days a week 10 hours a day.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: LayYouIn]
#7675717 - 11/24/07 07:29 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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LayYouIn said:
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Redstorm said: Believe me, it's worth it. Your quality of life goes up infinitely b/c you get paid better for a job you (hopefully) enjoy.
i hope so. i just got a full time job working 4 10's that pays $12.50/hour and i went there from jobs that paid around $8/hour. on my first paycheck i was able to save $1000 and at my previous jobs it took me months to save up $1000.
What do you do?
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Rustifer said: I want a job like that, working 4 days a week 10 hours a day.
it's my first job like that...they actually had me work 5 10's but now we're out of overtime, so it's to 4 10's unless i sign up for the over-time and i will. 
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Caribou_Lou said: What do you do?
Distribution...warehouse. exactly what i like to do.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Rustifer]
#7675735 - 11/24/07 07:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Rustifer said: What do you do now?
I'm just going to school, for no reason as of now.
I work in the corporate office of an offshore drilling company. I'm only going to be at this job for a year, though, b/c I going back for my Master's next year.
I graduated last year and after applying for this job, I was offered the position for about $45,000 a year. It's not a ton, but it's good considering it's my first full time job and I have no experience in the field.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675750 - 11/24/07 07:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Redstorm said:
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Rustifer said: What do you do now?
I'm just going to school, for no reason as of now.
I work in the corporate office of an offshore drilling company. I'm only going to be at this job for a year, though, b/c I going back for my Master's next year.
I graduated last year and after applying for this job, I was offered the position for about $45,000 a year. It's not a ton, but it's good considering it's my first full time job and I have no experience in the field.
describe a typical day at the office.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675788 - 11/24/07 07:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: I work in the corporate office of an offshore drilling company.
Is it Schlumberger?
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: LayYouIn]
#7675795 - 11/24/07 07:49 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Right now we're implementing Oracle, so most of my day is spent on the computer.
Get there between 8 and 8:30
Do Oracle stuff until 9. Grab a cup of tea and breakfast. Suppliers usually bring in complimentary breakfast, which is nice (but fattening).
More Oracle stuff from 9:30 or so until around noon. I either head off to lunch or eat at my desk if I brought my own lunch. We're only supposed to take an hour break, but usually I take an hour and a half or two hours if we go out for lunch.
2:00 until 5:00 is usually spent with more Oracle stuff or meeting with salespeople who want us to stock our vessels with their shit.
Overall, it's not bad and there is a lot of room for advancement, but it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life.
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RandalFlagg said:
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Redstorm said: I work in the corporate office of an offshore drilling company.
Is it Schlumberger?
Nah, we do have a working relationship with them, though.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675813 - 11/24/07 07:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Cool. My dad worked for Geco-Prakla for 15 years before they were acquired by Schlumberger. He was a Navigator on the geophysical ships that are out in the Gulf of Mexico. Then he became a Party Chief (in charge of the boats). Basically, the ships my dad was in charge of looked for underwater oil pockets in the Gulf.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675816 - 11/24/07 07:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: but it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life.
what do you want to do then?
how long did you go to college for? what for?
where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: LayYouIn]
#7675840 - 11/24/07 07:56 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I want to work in politics or political consulting.
I went to college for 4 years for my Bachelors in Political Science. Next year I'll be going back for my Masters in Public Policy.
In ten years I hope to be working either at a think tank doing research or a consulting firm helping to plan campaign strategy.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7675932 - 11/24/07 08:17 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: I want to work in politics or political consulting.
I went to college for 4 years for my Bachelors in Political Science. Next year I'll be going back for my Masters in Public Policy.
In ten years I hope to be working either at a think tank doing research or a consulting firm helping to plan campaign strategy.
sorry for my ignorance, but what kinds of thing did they teach you for political science? is it dealing with like mayors and the right wing party type things?
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: LayYouIn]
#7675945 - 11/24/07 08:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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A lot of it is political theory (philosophy), history, and research methods.
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Re: Black Friday. [Re: Redstorm]
#7676207 - 11/24/07 09:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You know how to make a lot of people like one certain person yes?
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