What is your actual career/career goal?
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Topic: What is your actual career/career goal?
Posted By: brihard
Subject: What is your actual career/career goal?
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:08pm
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The 'certifications test' thread got me wondering; there are a lot of people here doing some cool or weird stuff. I'm wondering if we could actually get an idea of who's all trying to go where in the next few years once school's done, or if you're out of school, what you're doing and what your next moves are? Currently a Cirminology and Criminal Justice student, concentration in sociology, minor in poli sci in third year with one more year to go. Police officer, preferably municipal here in Ottawa.
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:10pm
| ATM im thinking of going to a community college after I graduate and become an EMT, then eventually move on to become a firefighter. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:12pm
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I'm Getting ready to start my senior year of college. -I'm a double major in International Relations & Comparative Politcs and Pre-Law But, after school, I just can't see myself just jumping right back into school for 3 more years, especially grad school. So for now, I'm going to probably join the military. Probably Air Force, and go Pararescue. Though I haven't completely decided against the other branches. *Alternative* A couple of senior citizens that are long time members of the city council have told me I should legitimately consider putting my name on the ballot for Mayor in 2012. My last name has a pretty strong recognition factor in my town because of my dad, and everyone hates our current mayor. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:21pm
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I want to eventually become a multi-restaurant corporate chef. This would mean 9-5 monday through friday with 3-4 weeks of paid vacation every year and massive benefits. What does a corporate chef do? They run R&D for restaurant menus, travel around the world researching global cuisines, and check on the week-to-week operational factors of the restaurants they oversee. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:25pm
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Starting my senior year of college next semester as well. Graduating in May '11 with a BS in criminology and criminal justice. I'll be getting my 2nd lieutenant bar at that time as well. I will find out this fall sometime what branch I'll be in, my first choice is MP, second is Ordnance, third is MI. After my 8 years are up I will either finish out my career in the Army or do federal LE. ------------- 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:25pm
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I'm a freshman in college double majoring in Marketingand Economics with a Spanish minor.
Honestly, I want to go where I can get money. I'd love, love, LOVE to be a police officer, but it's not exactly a well-paid job. I've actually thought about running as a councilman in my city after I graduate. My family also has a great connection because my dad is a Reserve officer and he runs a lot of golf outings for the department and I usualy help, so a lot of people know the name positively. I figured I could get my Masters while being a councilman. ------------- 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:45pm
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What's a police officer get paid down your way? Most of the forces here in Ontario start $37-40k/year, and after three years you're up to $75-77k. I guess most Canadian forces decided some time ago that a good salary would be more like yo bring in the kind of people they want as officers. Getting into a police force here in very selective. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:53pm
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I graduate in May. 7 weeks left now, but who's keeping track. My degree is in medical technology, soon to be named medical laboratory science. basically, whenever you get blood drawn at a hospital, it goes to the lab. I'm the one that does whatever magic I have to do to get the lab results that the doctor needs. That could be as simple as loading it on a machine, or actually having to look at something underneath the microscope. The thing is, we had to go to school for 4 years to learn what the lab results we get mean, and how to interpret and how to diagnose certain disease states with what we see in the lab. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 2:57pm
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Eventually, I plan on getting into law school. But for now I'm a full time student and on the lookout for a better job that will work around my schedule. Sucks working 8 days a month. ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 3:51pm
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shipyard welder...
went to school to be a machinist, 2.5 years left in my apprenticeship and il either try to transfer into the machine shop or engineering... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 4:01pm
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Im graduating in may with a BS in Electrical/Mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. Got a job offer in florida working for a company called Arthrex which is a privately owned manufacturing firm in Naples that makes Orthopedic Surgical Tools and Implants. Ill be working as a manufacturing engineer down there starting in July.
Being privately owned, we can do things that publicly traded companies cant. Whatever the owner says to work on, you get done and you get it done fast and you get rewarded for the extra effort. I had product go from a print handed to me that was 5 years old, to final prototypes being machined in 3 days. That is just not possible to do in most companies, its amazing. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 4:03pm
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Win the lottery. Retire. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 4:13pm
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Option 1: Fly for the Marines. If I can't fly, do something else for the Marines, possibly get a graduate degree and become an aerospace engineer for the Marines. Option 2: Build planes somewhere in the civilian world. Buy my own B-2, and never look back. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 4:50pm
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I don't know. 5 years ago I was dying to get into teaching, become a college professor of history somewhere. That went to hell when I realized NYS sucked hardcore for education, and my becoming disenchanted with the school system while working with computers. I've been a computer tech for 4 years, and I don't know what I aspire to do from here. At this point in my life, my only goal is to make enough money to get the bills paid- though I'll probably stay in the technology field for the remainder of my professional career. I like it, and its a dynamic job, things are always changing, and there's always something new to learn. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:02pm
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I just graduated from college with a degrees in biology and chemistry. I have 1 year in which I'm teaching microbiology at the community college, as well as teaching an intro biology course at Kent State. This is only temporary before I venture on into veterinary school. ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:06pm
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Im about to finish my 4th year at school studying Industrial Technology. I have an extra semester I need to take so I will graduate in December 2010. For this summer I have an internship in Indianapolis at the Pearson Education warehouse in their quality control department. Once I graduate I can go into a variety of different fields like quality, safety, distribution, preventative maintenance work, plant manager,..basically anything that makes people or a process safer, more efficient/more effective. I dont care what I go into as long as a I get a job somewhere...Once I get in somewhere and gain some experience, I can go into what I enjoy more. -------------  |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:13pm
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got one year left in my electrical engineering. I am specializing in power and distribution.
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:15pm
transfer into engineering from machinist? ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
merc wrote:Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:38pm
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Strangely enough I fell in to EMS and being a paramedic... I didn't even know the different between EMTs and Paramedics 2 years ago when I first started. I'm 1 short test away from having my certification, and 1 semester from having my degree in paramedicine.
Once I get my degree in Paramedicine, I'll be going back to finish my degree in criminal justice. I've always wanted to be a cop and now being a paramedic has opened a unique door to me: Department of Public Safety. A few cities around the US have a DPS style agency where their employees are tri-trained to be cops/firefighters/Paramedics, and you do all 3 in one shift, and make pretty good money doing it. tl;dr-- Tri-trained cop/firefighter/paramedic at a DPS agency. ------------- 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:40pm
That sounds pretty cool. Linky? ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:42pm
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One is actually here in Dallas: Highland Park
http://www.hptx.org/index.aspx?page=54 - http://www.hptx.org/index.aspx?page=54 Tri-trained personnel start at $69,000, while a FF/P or a cop usually start at $35-45 -------------
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:55pm
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That's a lot of bloody training required to qualify for that... Honestly I can't see how a tri-trained individual can maintain proficiency in all three disciplines. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 5:57pm
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Which is part of the argument against fire departments running EMS like some do here in the states... don't get me started on that crap :D
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 6:24pm
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About to start my Junior year in college, majoring in Electrical Engineering with a focus on VLSI design. Ideally, I'll be finding a job in VLSI and go on to design (super ideally) processors with Intel or AMD, or GPUs with Nvidia or AMD. Finding internships when your school's first VLSI classes are senior level, however, sucks the fat one. So this summer will be spent trying to teach myself the fundamentals. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 6:49pm
... to get my ass into a space-faring vessel. ------------- 
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 7:35pm
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I'll be entering my senior year next semester as well. I'm a Physician Assistant major with a Biology minor. After I graduate, I'll have a year of 6-week rotations in various disciplines (hands-on training). After that, I plan on moving around Pittsburgh to work for UPMC. I'm not sure what I want to specialize in, something surgical, Ear/Nose/Throat, or family medicine is looking good to me right now. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 7:40pm
I think the easiest path these days (although with NASA losing the Constellation program maybe this isn't true anymore) is to go as a payload specialist. Which means spending some time doing research which would benefit from being done in space. Oh, those nouns. Always forgetting 'em. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 8:09pm
Might wanna hold off on that decision for a couple days  ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 10:31pm
yes? the best engineers come from the floor... going to school for a few years is good (and i would get my engineering degree) but you learn a lot more working down stream. as a machinist you are given a dream and told to make it a reality. a piece of paper and a hunk of metal, all of the fixtures, tooling, and machining operations are up to the machinist to figure out. having actually done that i know what is easy to machine (cheaper) what is harder, and what is near impossible. if your about to get your degree in electrical engineering i recommend you get a job as a tradesman in the field for the summer, even if its just general labor. you will learn more in 3 months than school will teach you in 2 years. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 20 March 2010 at 10:40pm
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 12:00am
Any organization which actually has engineers communicating with people on the floor doesn't need its engineers to spend time running a machine. First of all, the amount of money an engineering education costs means that's uneconomical for both the worker and the company, and more importantly, there's a reason those jobs are separate. Engineers and machinists cannot do each others jobs in most companies, especially in defense companies. Both of them bring important skills to the job, the point is, those skills are different. I seriously doubt you will be able to apply most of your machine skills in a useful way as an engineer. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 1:45am
The bolded part is an understatement. Things change constantly in the computer world so IT guys are constantly kept on their toes, especially the ones working in the network security field. Have you considered going that direction? If you like the constant change, security is right up your ally as that is a constant struggle between those who want to break into a network/system and those who want to keep unauthorized people out. It's the kind of field that doesn't allow you to work for a few years and come up with a standard routine that always works until you retire; something that works one day may not work the next.. It's like a game of chess that never ends. Some people are frustrated by this and others love the challenge. As for me, I'm an information technology major with a minor in computer science. Towards the end of high school I aspired to be a programmer for a game development company but that industry is hard to get into, apparently. I currently have a web development internship for a company and will likely go full time when I graduate in May. I really like the work environment there and I don't mind the work but honestly, my heart is in working on games so I probably won't stay there forever. It's also a small company so I don't know that it will make sense economically to stay with them. I may end up starting my own business to remedy that situation, who knows. For now I will stay there and develop my skills while I work on games on the side and see where that takes me. I'm now A+ certified and will soon be a microsoft certified desktop support technician so I'll also be able to fall back on an IT support career if the programming stuff doesn't work out. I'd love to just make custom gaming computers for a living but, especially in this economy, I realize that probably won't be profitable enough to quit my current job. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 4:24am
I looked at doing this. Make sure you look at vision requirements, no matter what a recruiter tells you is fine.
I'm not sure where PA's stand on UPMC, but just about every physician I've met in the PGH area hates UPMC, including ones that work there. |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 6:23am
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Rock the faces off a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 9:40am
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Stay at the top of the food chain and maybe help fire on Ft Sumter a second time. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 10:05am
you think what you want but ive been there and ive done that. i have worked along side engineers in the prototyping stage and its machinists that end up solving many of the design flaws... il also say that i know of a few defense contractors that require their engineers to work on the floor for several months before they go up to the office. in school you learn theory, thats great but it doesnt always work or work best. ask anyone that has left school and gone into their field of study, you learn more the first year on the job than you do in 4 years of school. engineering gives you a good base to start from but when your working as a machinist you spend time designing fixtures, tooling, and machine set up. as a welder i need to know my job, the fitters job, quality assurances job, and engineerings job. if a fitter puts something up wrong its my fault to welding it, if an engineer sends down paperwork that calls out the wrong type of material or joint design i need to question it or its my fault, when i finish a product i need to inspect it and make sure it is up to quality standards or it is my fault. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 11:08am
The whole point of school is to eliminate the people who shouldn't be engineers. The reason most engineers learn more on the job in their first year than their four years of school is because their four years of school train them to do dozens of different jobs, while they only end up doing one. One of my teachers who worked in a company that worked heavily in defense says "The difference between engineers and machinists is that you know how to take an integral". What he means is that engineers have the analytical tools to ensure that a product makes efficient use of resources. Without some serious math and science education, you simply won't have the capability. That's the difference between machinists and engineers. As I said, the process doesn't work without both, and that's why communication between the shop floor and engineers is so important in companies that stress performance. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 11:27am
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Currently a junior working on a BS in Aerospace Engineering concentration in astronautics and minor in computational math. Graduate / post-graduate will be in Mechanical Engineering unless my employer dictates otherwise. I'd also like to get a PE license, but those aren't too common in the aerospace industry. I'd prefer to work in aerospace, specifically astronautics. However, I'd be happy with any vehicular engineering. But, you take what you get I guess... |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 11:45am
Max Waiver numbers are 20/100 both eyes corrected to 20/20, or 20/200 worse eye-20/70 better eye, corrected to 20/20 both eyes. I'm about 20/100 in my worst eye, 20/40 in the better one. PRK is also waivable after 1 year, so I may get that done this summer, depending on what the recruiters say. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 12:52pm
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Planning on finishing college, getting a few years older, then becoming a Wal-Mart greeter so I can tell people to get their own <darn> cart.
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 1:22pm
There is very little related between an electrician and an electrical engineer. I have many years experience and I am already an electrical technologist. At my previous job I worked constantly with electricians who knew so little about electrical theory it was almost dangerous to let them design anything. There is a reason why engineers are have to sign off on designs and are liable if something goes wrong. Also what do you mean by transfer, I very much doubt you would get any credit for have that job experiance toward your degree unless your school has a co-op program. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 1:27pm
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I currently go to the same school as Mod98, and im majoring in Technology Education/Pre Engineering. My goal when I graduate is to become a technology teacher in highschool. With a job like that, I can teach technology courses from engineering to woodshop and everything inbetween. Id prefer either autoshop/metalshop though.
My backup is engineering. Id have the credentials to become an engineer, but ill be happier teaching kids how to not kill themselves under a car. ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 1:45pm
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my company likes to take people who go through their apprenticeship and send them to school for other positions in the field. such as engineering or management...
so if i want to be an engineer i just put in the paperwork and i go work as an engineer during the day and go to school at night... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 3:29pm
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I'm assuming you work for Northrop Grumman? I dunno what they're like, they're one of the few aerospace companies I've yet to look at, and don't know anyone who works there. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 4:16pm
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Most of the engineers at the company im going to work for are former machinists. It really does help a lot, especially in the manufacturing field. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:29pm
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Currently going to Uni to get a BA in some undetermined field. But I am really, really unsure of what I want to do. Sometimes I think I would like to teach english in foreign countries, maybe write a book or two and make love to exotic women. If all else fails, I'll become a beekeeper since my father has already built a well established brand that currently outsells all the other options on the supermarket shelves. Beekeeping is hard work in the spring/summer/fall, but it has lots of downtime in the winter for my possible writing and adventures. ------------- |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:33pm
nope, from what i hear there shipbuilding/trades is torture. you will learn your trade well but they will kill you for low pay... not sure about their engineering stuff... check out lockheed martin, i have a few friends that work there and love it ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Mr.Sam98C
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:46pm
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As soon as I graduate i plan on getting into the military, preferably the Marines, after that, I would like to head to Boise State and be a high school history teacher...but the way teaching has been lately, especially in this area, i might have to make a change... ------------- In the broad spectrum of bad ideas I think this would have to rate somewhere between running with scissors and sticking your pecker in the toaster. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 8:00pm
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Currently working as a grill cook for Sodexo at Bristol Myers-Squibb Devens. Monday-Friday 7-2:30. Pretty sweet schedule but the pay is meh, and it is wicked slow. By wicked slow I mean there is only 175 people in building and 80 people for lunch and like 20 for breakfast. We serve 100 people in a 6 hour day. I have to actually try going slow so I can keep busy enough. Also working Saturday and Sunday 6-5 baking. I have no idea what I want to do after. I was thinking of trying to find a job doing pastry in a hotel or restaurant(looking for a job as I go), but I enjoy cooking too. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 8:09pm
I may have an internship with their Space Systems business this summer, although it's pretty unlikely. A good friend works there and is trying to swing it for me. Certainly Lockheed is a good place for aerospace engineers these days. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 8:40pm
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cant hurt anything, where is their space stuff located? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 8:43pm
| Many locations...Texas, California, Alabama mostly. I applied for over 20 internships with Lockheed Martin, ranging from space system to ship building. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 9:11pm
| I should be getting my contract to be a CTN in the Navy the first week of April (New thread when I do!). Then after that, I am undecided where to go next. I have decided that making long term plans never pan out, so I shall live month by month. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 9:51pm
My friend works in their Newtown, PA location. I don't really know what they do there, to be honest. Well, I know they do satellite stuff. But that's the limit of my information. I don't think I'll get the job (my GPA is not exactly competitive), but there are so many things up in the air about this summer I don't know where to start, so I'm not gonna do any worrying.
That is actually pretty cool. Cryptology has always fascinated me, although I don't honestly know too much about it. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 10:20pm
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west virginia state trooper hopefully
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 21 March 2010 at 10:39pm
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Realistic: I'd like to work for a news publication, specifically in a coordinator/editor position working with online content management. Unrealistic: Cover college football / college football analysis. |
Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 11:20am
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in grad school now for School Psychology to be a school psychologist.
now: working retail :(, been looking to get into something field related for a while and hoping for an assistantship next year. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 10:45pm
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Finish undergraduate then make it into a good law school are my only definite goals. Past law school I think I'd like to do corporate law, but I really will have no idea what law I like until I make it through law school. I'm very seriously considering joining the Navy and attempting BUD/S training to be a SEAL in between law school and graduation, though. Still lots more thinking before I commit to that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 9:09am
I wish we had this problem here. Salaries for Police officers here don't even make it into the taxable bracket. They start at around R3000 per month. I spend more than that on a car payment. Honestly, my house playments are aorund R12000 per month. A friend who is a Detective Inspector,the highest non desk rating, with 11 years was earning less than I was as a 2 year Tower only controller. KBK |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 10:15am
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finish off working doing sales in the oilpatch here, and retire in (hopefully) 5 years, retire from full time work anyways.
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 12:45pm
I would suggest looking up the PST and trying to complete it one day. If you can't then spend a month or so really training for it. This will be a decent judge of whether or not it is something you want to do. Also, not the PST requirements but the recommended. Keeping in mind I am not an awfully strong guy after a couple weeks of training I could pass all the requirements but the swimming(I wasn't doing the technique right). I only suggest this because if you are even just considering SEAL then it is best to start working out and doing specific workouts now. |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 1:44pm
| When i'm done with my LPN training, I want to go back to school to become a full Registered Nurse. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 4:07pm
I have, and as long as I have two months to prepare I should be able to survive. One of the biggest problems I see (with the PST) is that I won't be able to swim as fast as I'm comfortable with because they only allow breaststroke and sidestroke; both of which are painstakingly slow and harder for me because I'll be swimming for a longer time than if I was to do freestyle. -------------
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 4:11pm
| Have you tried the Combat Sidestroke? I felt that it was faster than the regular sidestroke, and it is what they are going to require after pre-BUD/s. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 4:16pm
Are you sure freestyle isn't allowed? I know for pararescue, the PAST allows it. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 4:43pm
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Freestyle would be loud (disturb the water more) and does not let you maintain any awareness of your surroundings. It is also harder to lift wet junk out of the water when bringing your arms over the top than with breast stroke. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:09pm
I agree with the above statement. I do have trouble lifting my wet junk out of the water, I feel the title of the novel "The Things They Carried" is an accurate reflection of the burden that my junk has on me. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:12pm
Right, but the PST/PAST is just the entrance pft and is about your fitness, not tactical advantage. For all I know though, it has been disallowed. I know the standards were raised for this year , so it's quite possible. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:17pm
| For the PST to get your contract I believe you can. But your PST before and after pre-BUD/s, you will need to use BS, SS, or CSS. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:25pm
I would just like to point out I hate they book. I don't care about the title, but is it really necessary to actually list what was carried for the whole first chapter? ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 6:30pm
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^^^ You're missing the point.
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 6:32pm
On occasion too, I have to hump my junk. Times are rough. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 6:34pm
Of the book or what Dave said? ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: I_KEEL_YOU
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 7:11pm
| My career goal? Start classes at Embry Riddle finally, and get out of the military in 2.5 more years. |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 4:39pm
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Career currently is a Licensed 310T Truck mechanic. Career goal is a Diesel heavy truck Instructor at the college level (figure i work on the floor for 20-30years and then i try getting into a college as a teacher). Got 10 years so far and one of the things i find myself enjoying is helping the apprentices in our shop and passing along the tricks of the trade i have learned from others and some i picked up on myself. Career i wish i could do is Equipment mechanic for the military. But i cant pass the physical tests to get in YET as base camp is still required. I just feel i should do my part and since i good with my hands i wanted to join up an put my skills to good use BUT i am a fat dude and although i in decent shape chin ups are NOT happening till i can shed some weight.
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 12:19pm
| Make it to 30 then panic and figure it out from there. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 1:07pm
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Posted By: fishsticks
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 8:38pm
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currently a residential journyemen wireman.
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 10:41pm
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Senior next year for my BS in Information Technology Management, with a minor in Computer Science. Currently have my CCNA and considering finishing my CCNP but I don't know if it is worth it quite yet. At the moment I have an internship for Unix Server Administration that will most likely turn into a future job. It is kind of opposite of what I am doing right now (I am studying the computer networking side of things, which is opposite of what my internship is). In the long run I may go back to school for my MS, depending on how bored I get with being tethered to a desk and a computer for 40+ hours a week.
For security have you looked at becoming a "Certified Ethical Hacker"? There are a lot of requirements for that but getting that cert would be awesome. http://www.eccouncil.org/certification/certified_ethical_hacker.aspx - http://www.eccouncil.org/certification/certified_ethical_hacker.aspx I will admit I've done the desktop support/IT support and after awhile it drives you crazy, you get really annoyed with what an end user does to a computer. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 2:50am
Haven't been on here in forever and just thought I'd drop by and check the forum out. If I remember correctly, you live in Evansville IN right? Just wondering cause if you do, do you go to USI for Crim? I'm also in Criminal Justice right now..First year. ------------- 
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 9:50am
I have thought about that, partially because it's very interesting and also because it sounds badass. I'm working on getting my MCDST and Network+ certifications (just got A+ last month) but I'm not sure I'm going to go beyond that at this point. I wanted to get Security+ too originally but I have a programming job and I don't see that cert helping me there at all. If for some reason I feel compelled to change careers to security then I'll definitely look into getting Security+, etc. to boost my chances. I've never had an actual IT/support job but I have done it freelance over the last 5 years or so and I know exactly what you mean about frustration with the users. People are mind-numbingly stupid when it comes to computers and it does get frustrating but they're paying me to fix the results of their foolishness so that makes it easier to deal with. I try to teach people a little bit when I fix their stuff but it usually just goes in one ear and out the other. I think I'd get tired of programming (at least on things I don't want to work on) sooner than IT work to be honest, mostly because it just takes more effort. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |