how did you guys decide on your careers?

[ananus]

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. ;/

[Van Cruncheon]

jesus told me there was money in computers

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno, I like my current job a lot so I guess that decided it lol

[Phoenix Dark]

what do you do maf?

[Gay Boy]

what do you do maf?

I think he works at microsoft

[Phoenix Dark]

with TVC? damn no wonder he pimps xbox and msn

[border]

Stopped trying to find something I loved, just settled on something I was good at. 

[Robo]

I tell you this, it took a great deal of indifference.

[MrAngryFace]

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.

[FlameOfCallandor]

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.

[Mr. Gundam]

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.

[Gay Boy]

edit: oops

[hyp]

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? 

[Phoenix Dark]

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!

[Gay Boy]

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

[hyp]

 

[Rman]

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.

[Mupepe]

got a part time job and got promotions and God hates me.

[demi]

I don't have a career, which rocks. btw.

[tiesto]

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.

[Mupepe]

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

[Madrun Badrun]

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? 

[Ichirou]

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.

[tiesto]

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.

[tiesto]

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

[ananus]

going by my luck i'm probably gonna end up as a hobo, a hippie or a mix of the two. dammit

[hyp]

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. 

[Mupepe]

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

  Few are

[bud]

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.

[FlameOfCallandor]

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.

[bud]

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  since i have to give them quite often.

[drozmight]

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)!





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