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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: ananus on August 02, 2007, 05:58:42 PM

Title: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: ananus on August 02, 2007, 05:58:42 PM
i'm not sure what area to specialize into. my teachers either pimp they own areas or tell us to get into one of the labs, study our asses until we get a phd and then earn money lol. i like the idea of getting rich and all but i'm really lazy, so the idea of studying even more once i get out of college scares me. ;/
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 02, 2007, 06:01:18 PM
jesus told me there was money in computers
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 02, 2007, 06:02:11 PM
I dunno, I like my current job a lot so I guess that decided it lol
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 02, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
what do you do maf?

Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Gay Boy on August 02, 2007, 06:15:09 PM
what do you do maf?


I think he works at microsoft
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 02, 2007, 06:17:26 PM
with TVC? damn no wonder he pimps xbox and msn
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: border on August 02, 2007, 06:20:49 PM
Stopped trying to find something I loved, just settled on something I was good at. 

:(
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Robo on August 02, 2007, 06:24:32 PM
I tell you this, it took a great deal of indifference.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 02, 2007, 06:40:30 PM
Phoenix: I pimp X360 on its strengths. Ill openly admit issues with the BC, and even attempt to see both sides of the issue with the hardware problems, but the internet is so chock full of hyperbole when it comes to stances on consoles that I do tend to fight people on the issues. I refuse to validate myself online by saying things about certain products that I dont actually believe.

Also, I find MSN and MSNBC a nice one stop shop for all the news and dumb stories I wanna read.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on August 02, 2007, 06:42:06 PM
Just been doing what I like since I was 8. I remember making little movies with my star wars action figures when I was in 5th grade.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 02, 2007, 07:08:46 PM
It sounds cheesy, but I wanted to make a difference in the lives of children in the community that I grew up in. That's how I ended up being a School Psychologist.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Gay Boy on August 02, 2007, 07:09:56 PM
edit: oops
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: hyp on August 02, 2007, 07:10:28 PM
Cheebs was from a made up word called Cheebo I made in like fucking elementary school for some story I had to write. I changed it to Cheebs when a pizza chain called cheebo came about and was all over and I didnt want my name to be the same as that.

wait, is this the right thread? 
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 02, 2007, 07:11:18 PM
Phoenix: I pimp X360 on its strengths. Ill openly admit issues with the BC, and even attempt to see both sides of the issue with the hardware problems, but the internet is so chock full of hyperbole when it comes to stances on consoles that I do tend to fight people on the issues. I refuse to validate myself online by saying things about certain products that I dont actually believe.

Also, I find MSN and MSNBC a nice one stop shop for all the news and dumb stories I wanna read.

lies!
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Gay Boy on August 02, 2007, 07:12:03 PM
Cheebs was from a made up word called Cheebo I made in like fucking elementary school for some story I had to write. I changed it to Cheebs when a pizza chain called cheebo came about and was all over and I didnt want my name to be the same as that.

wait, is this the right thread? 
hush
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: hyp on August 02, 2007, 07:15:40 PM
 :duh
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Rman on August 02, 2007, 07:28:33 PM
I'm actually undergoing a career change right now, moving from the tech world to become a chef.  I lot of people think its a dumb move.  I mean the pay sucks, especially as you earn your chops on your way of becoming a chef, long hours, working on nights and weekends, dealing with lowlifes, thieves, and drug abusers on a daily basis, being in a hot, cramped kitchen with sharp objects all over the place, all the while cooking for people who would laugh if saw a cook's weekly take home pay.  But the air-conditioned, gray, 9-5 life does not interest me.  I prefer the frenetic pace and sitting in front a computer all day is not were I want to spend most of my life.

Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Mupepe on August 02, 2007, 07:29:16 PM
got a part time job and got promotions and God hates me.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: demi on August 02, 2007, 08:35:32 PM
I don't have a career, which rocks. btw.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: tiesto on August 02, 2007, 11:03:38 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Mupepe on August 02, 2007, 11:10:41 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.
YOU'RE JUST FUELING THE WAR MACHINE AND YOU WORK FOR A WAR PROFITEER

LOL
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 02, 2007, 11:11:56 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.

do you like doing what you do? 
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Ichirou on August 02, 2007, 11:13:18 PM
Everyone in my family is involved in education in one form or another, it seemed only natural.  Of course, my current job's only temporary but I'll be involved in education in other ways once I go back home.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: tiesto on August 02, 2007, 11:13:58 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.

do you like doing what you do? 

I like the benefits/salary, and most especially the people I work with, but the actual work can be sometimes pretty boring. And they have a bad habit of not giving enough work so I'm usually bored, luckily NeoGAF and EB aren't blocked at work.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: tiesto on August 02, 2007, 11:14:37 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.
YOU'RE JUST FUELING THE WAR MACHINE AND YOU WORK FOR A WAR PROFITEER

LOL

I take solace in the fact that we're not quite as evil as Lockheed Martin :)
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: ananus on August 03, 2007, 01:51:13 PM
going by my luck i'm probably gonna end up as a hobo, a hippie or a mix of the two. dammit :maf
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: hyp on August 03, 2007, 02:18:48 PM
started editing videos as a hobby during/after college... people liked what i was doing, so i ended up making a career of it and going back to school for a 2nd degree.  now i do motion graphics and video production for a living. 
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: Mupepe on August 03, 2007, 02:47:29 PM
Used to (still do!) design little computer games for fun, learned some basic programming concepts, decided to go to school to become a programmer, ending up getting hired to work in simulation/wargaming for one of the country's largest defense contractors. I don't think I would have ever expected this growing up, when funny enough I even had a poster of an F-14 on the wall of my bedroom.
YOU'RE JUST FUELING THE WAR MACHINE AND YOU WORK FOR A WAR PROFITEER

LOL

I take solace in the fact that we're not quite as evil as Lockheed Martin :)
:o  Few are
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: bud on August 03, 2007, 02:59:49 PM
i wasn't bad at math but i just didn't like that much to do something with it. economics didn't interest me either so i settled for lawschool. i like it so far.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on August 03, 2007, 03:01:11 PM
How is Law School? I always enjoyed studying Law and it would be  my fallback. I hada  lawyer friend who said that getting into UT law school was the hardest part of LAw school. After that it wasnt so bad.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: bud on August 03, 2007, 03:04:51 PM
i like it so far. you have to do lots of reading and research stuff, but i like that.

my presentation skills have gotten better, too  8) since i have to give them quite often.
Title: Re: how did you guys decide on your careers?
Post by: drozmight on August 04, 2007, 03:55:13 AM
I've always been fascinated as fuck by IP... now I'm one of five that does exclusive on-site network support / implementation for the biggest corporate campus evvveeeeeeerrrrrrr (the death star)!





and stuff...