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How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
I have been here for 10.5 years, and I am so done with this place. I really am tired of feeling comfortable in a niche because it's familiar and pays well.
How long have you all been at your jobs - BIRD33 - 01-07-2009
11 years.I'm not going anywhere and it gets easier every year in some respects.I'm one of the younger guys by far in my line of work.I tell people I've been doing this for a decade and they don't believe me.
Do you want out of your industry all together or just a new environment?
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:11 years.I'm not going anywhere and it gets easier every year in some respects.I'm one of the younger guys by far in my line of work.I tell people I've been doing this for a decade and they don't believe me.
Do you want out of your industry all together or just a new environment?
A bit of both. I consult in this industry on the side, which has given me a bit of new flavor, but there is a short life span on disability mangement. I just don't know what else I would want to do. Or coupd do. My background is in psychology, testing and vocational rehabiltation. Besides what I do now, I'm not sure what else I could do.
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
I've been at my job for a year and a half.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
What did you do before?
How long have you all been at your jobs - BIRD33 - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:A bit of both. I consult in this industry on the side, which has given me a bit of new flavor, but there is a short life span on disability mangement. I just don't know what else I would want to do. Or coupd do. My background is in psychology, testing and vocational rehabiltation. Besides what I do now, I'm not sure what else I could do.
It would be scary to look for a new job especially in this climate.
My sister and brother in law got degrees in Psychology and now work with me in the construction sales business so you don't have to stick with that.Sometime the degree in anything is all you need to get your foot in the door at any type of job.
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:What did you do before?
I worked in the legal field
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:It would be scary to look for a new job especially in this climate.
My sister and brother in law got degrees in Psychology and now work with me in the construction sales business so you don't have to stick with that.Sometime the degree in anything is all you need to get your foot in the door at any type of job.
He is completely right about the degree. As long as you have one, it doesn't really matter what it's for. Employers just see college and then get all excited.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
bam Wrote:He is completely right about the degree. As long as you have one, it doesn't really matter what it's for. Employers just see college and then get all excited.
There's a part of me that still has to get over working in a field unrelated to my degree, I guess. I wanted to be a psychologist since I was 14. It's a hard leaf to turn over, I think.
How long have you all been at your jobs - BIRD33 - 01-07-2009
Plus you're old now.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:Plus you're old now.
If you think I'm old, you'll be a sad state of affairs very shortly.
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:There's a part of me that still has to get over working in a field unrelated to my degree, I guess. I wanted to be a psychologist since I was 14. It's a hard leaf to turn over, I think.
I've been there. Growing up I wanted to be a lawyer or at least work in the legal field. And I did work in the field and I loved it for awhile and I got burnt out. So now I work in the auto industry and I like it. Eventually, I may go back to the legal field. Just because you decide to change scenery for awhile doesn't mean you can't go back at some other point.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Paddy - 01-07-2009
bam Wrote:I worked in the legal field
State or Federal lock-up?
How long have you all been at your jobs - BIRD33 - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:If you think I'm old, you'll be a sad state of affairs very shortly.
For real.My one sister is turning 40 soon.I was blown away somehow when she told me that.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
bam Wrote:I've been there. Growing up I wanted to be a lawyer or at least work in the legal field. And I did work in the field and I loved it for awhile and I got burnt out. So now I work in the auto industry and I like it. Eventually, I may go back to the legal field. Just because you decide to change scenery for awhile doesn't mean you can't go back at some other point.Which is the route I'll probably take. Course, who knows what economic climate I'll be facing when I decide to pursue a new line of work.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Banana - 01-07-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:For real.My one sister is turning 40 soon.I was blown away somehow when she told me that.
I'd like to know your definition of "soon".... I think for young folk (like my sister, not you), she thinks I'll be forty soon just because I'm closer to forty than she is to 30, but I'm still 7 years away.
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
Paddy Wrote:State or Federal lock-up?
Neither lol
How long have you all been at your jobs - bam - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:Which is the route I'll probably take. Course, who knows what economic climate I'll be facing when I decide to pursue a new line of work.
Just don't jump into anything- look into what you want to pursue before diving head first.
How long have you all been at your jobs - BIRD33 - 01-07-2009
Cucumber Wrote:I'd like to know your definition of "soon".... I think for young folk (like my sister, not you), she thinks I'll be forty soon just because I'm closer to forty than she is to 30, but I'm still 7 years away.
She's going on 39.She just got pregnant too.
at 20 years old 30 seemed like an old man.Its all relative.
How long have you all been at your jobs - Paddy - 01-07-2009
snarg?