Majofo

Hope piss test was good Justn

cu2wagon

Some time back, I had been laid off for a little while and finally got a jerb offer. Had to take a piss test the next day but went out to celebrate. Ended up getting food poisoning, pissing out of my ass and forcefully vomiting from my mouff. Never simultaneously, but there were a couple close calls where I wasn't certain which end to point down at the toilet.

Managed to drag ass into the piss lab right before they closed. Must have looked like a sweaty junky that gives $3 handies behind the dumpster at the Best Western (Kurt).

I'm truly thankful I didn't need to keister a rubber bladder of someone else's urine because I'm pretty sure it would have ended poorly shitty.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

Thanks!
I tried, but most likely failed.

couldn't get it warm enough...I should have bought hand warmers.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

I was sad yesterday, cuz i went through all that trouble. and it didnt end up working.

on the very bright side, it was the type of work I lamented. reading magnetic tape to hard drive.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

I know I know, change lanes.
I just dont know if i could do school for 4 years, or spend $20k on a tech school. All of that just sounds poo poo.

cu2wagon

Dude. Community College - start taking one class at a time. Night school, online, whatever. Bang out the general BS requirements like English () and History and shit.

Eat the elephant (metaphor, not euphemism).

Majofo

You don't need 4 years of school breh
You could go in so many different lanes and be working in 1 to 2 years
Several bootcamps that are just as strong or stronger than a 4 year degree to many employers

Or if considering medical, associates programs with good clinicals
That one I sent you a while back was 1.5 year program, not bad
Even if you did 4 years school, where you going to be in 4 years?

You gon be 30 something making the same ass wage you making
All these dumb motherfuckers here making bank
You have it in you vato

Majofo

I'll tell you how pathetic it is to make money
My vatos son learned Python in HS along with Java and some other shit

He went to UT for a year in the ECE program
Dropped out to create a start-up.. it didn't float, but got a lot of buzz
Went back to school after 2 years.. but in that time he picked up a job doing Python

Python been around for a long ass time
But it's still widely used, no matter who says this is better..or it's being phased out.. it's not
I'm not trying to say you should learn Python.. but anyways..
The company paid him $60/ hr to code full-time.

He dropped the gig after a year because it was interfering with studies if you can believe that
Fucking kid is going places, but think about that.. a 20 year old.. making $60 / hr
From some shit he picked up in HS

If you want to get into programming / scripting.. you need to be all the way dedicated like it's a full-time job.
I can recommend some bootcamps near you with some clout, but you need to Goggins that shit.

Do some practice bootcamp shit, and maybe pick up a couple of udemy $9.99 specials just to get you started
There are so many lanes to get into that will elevate your game and blow up your pocket (Kurt)

Majofo

udemy not going to get you any jobs.. but it's a good start.

cu2wagon

I think Crabman needs to make a Vision Board for us to critique.

justnspace

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I think that's the problem, I have no real vision of where I want to be in the future

cu2wagon

You gotta figure that out first.

cu2wagon

Stupid HS guidance counselor question: What do you like to do? Do you like working with your hands? (Kurt), Do you like meating new people and oral communication? (ladiboi), Do you like fucking up everyone's day by applying caustic chemicals to painted surfaces? (MM), Are you a cuck? (J).

cu2wagon

Do you want to fake flex like you're a real badass but really just be a little pussy boy who gets fucked over by his girl who prefers the company of shrunken dick, juicing gorillas?

cu2wagon

Are you Kevin and can't stop nutting?

Majofo

I know where crabs at.. my coworker's husband is in the same place.. he's jumped from job to job.
Right now he's working at fb, he's been at apple, he worked for amazon, he's been in semicon..
He's even done a lot of non-tech jobs.

Now you may think.. oh he has the tools to be successful working at all these great places.
But in reality, he's jumping from ~20/ hr job to the next. He only works on shit that any monkey can do.
Just a seat filler essentially.

He has an associates in criminal justice I think
Doesn't have a big toolkit under his belt, no real tangible experience to get to the next level.
He 35.. has zero direction where to go. He looks at this or that, but doesn't commit.

I gave my coworker the same info so he can start somewhere.
But he won't bite. He's complacent. Not encouraged to get out there.
But not happy where he is.

You want to make more money, you want to have stability, well listen to us holmes.
We're giving you advice to get there. You can try coding for free, if you like it, make it a passion.
Find your passion.

Sometimes your passion is difficult to make a living from, either labor wise or a ceiling to the pay.
Either figure out how to grow or find a new passion. Not everything will make $$$.
You can't even make money succin dicc out here since Kurt moved here.

thoiboi

Fuck.. that's a pretty fucking accurate description of me

Majofo

You can also get into IT or databases.. shit..
My vato a Sr DBA at indeed.. he making bank bro +150k
He has a degree, but got into that shit the non-traditional way
He just made it a passion, started small, now he has a big ass house with land
Living that good good

My other vato works at Home Depot
Now get this.. he's a programmer, server side
He only 26 but making +100k.. programming for Home Depot
He also runs a bootcamp at UT

One of his programs at Home Depot is teaching employees how to code
Bro.. think about that.. you selling shovels and paint, but you want to go to the next level
Home Depot has a program to get you on.. get you off the floor making $15 / hr to in the office making double at least
Take that experience and grow, jump to the next company and make more.. learn more.. expand your toolkit

cu2wagon

There's making some scratch to keep the lights on and food in the fridge, and then there's a career.

One isn't necessarily right for different people. I know plenty of folks that just bounce from odd job to odd job all the time and it suits some people just fine.

Not me though, I need longevity and some stability. So I made a plan and executed.

But the thing is to have a plan. Some people can just visualize and work big picture, but I've found that others need to go through the exercise of actually writing it down and taping it to the bathroom mirror or something so you see it every day.

I was half joking about the vision board. But that may actually work.

Do the stupid shit exercise. Grab a piece of paper, or yesterday's pizza box, or whatever, and write something down. Then start expanding on it. To do ____, in ____ years, I need to _____ and then _____ and then _____ so that I can _____. That sort of thing.

justnspace

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at 23, I did make a vision board...well it was just goals...for the next 10 years.
i'm about to hit 33 and Completed ALL of those goals, I set at 23.

I think the vision board is a great Idea.

Majofo

The trick is to adjust those goals every couple of years, keep going
Even when you have a career or where you want to be, there's still growth where you are

cu2wagon

Hell, We can start a thread of "Acurazime Rambling Assholes Challenge Guidance to Making Career Changes and the School of Tough Love (Fuck Off Taco)" and work thorough it like some online college discussion board.

Give little tasks like, "Today your job is to list out five things you're passionate about and five things you don't like doing".

Then we'll force you to do degrading things before offering a next helpful tidbit.

Step through the process to end at a successful business plan.

Majofo

Taco be in there talking about teh art of the handshake

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

I think the key is to accept that if work was something you wanted to do it wouldn't be called that.
Get a good schedule, something you can do and make fun in your head without too much traffic to get to it...
grind from 7 to 330 and then go feel fulfilled with your hobbies and passions after hours.

That's how I feel...I think if you chase fulfillment a la "you'll never work a day in your life" you'll be chasing
waterfalls and feel disappointed and just keep changing jobs because you don't feel like you've nailed it
ever.

Who knows...happiness is within no matter what you do and who you're around.

Majofo

Majofo

Crabs: Make 1M CAD / yr within 5 years without having to succ dicc
3GR:

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

don't forget date black chix.

thoiboi

Lesson 1: Do not use brake fluid on your car's paint

thoiboi

Since everyone is providing feedback, i'll do it as well. School isn't for everyone. I honestly hated collage.. I learned so much more of my practical day-to-day working skillset on the job. I also like working with my hands .


My exit strategy believe it or not, would be to switch gears and get out of the white collar job and go blue collar. Study and become a licensed GC, electrician, or plumber. Make dough. Too many millennials out there today that don't know how to do jack so the trades are dying...

cu2wagon

I could see you becoming a jack off all trades.

cu2wagon

I accidentally fucked around so long that I'm giving serious consideration to becoming a teacher for real.

cu2wagon

Just need to get this ankle monitor removed.

thoiboi

master baitor of one

thoiboi

Your probation should be lifted soon right?

Majofo

You don't know about the apprentice life..
My vato was an electrician apprentice.. went back to driving trucks (CDL) after two years
The money wasn't good, and it wasn't guaranteed pay, almost day to day
So you can't guarantee your hours or your money

There's several levels to it.. but a wireman takes 4k hours, journeyman takes 8k hours, and master electrician takes 12k hours.
Even if you had a regular grind that's consistent.. that's at least 2 years for wireman, +4 years to journeyman, and +6 years for master
Pay is $20-30 on average from wireman to master electrician

That's decent pay, but it's a grind.
Need to really do your own thing and find your own niche / market where you can make a lot more or unlimited hours

Master plumbers is about the same grind.. need 8k hours for journeyman and the additional shit for master's license
All this needs to be signed off and under the supervision of another master tradesman
You don't need shit to be an apprentice, but they'll give you the shit jobs because they know you need the hours

Now if you love the work, do it.. you'll get there.. and at the end have a good source of income.
But it's back breaking.. on fucking ladders all day.. roofs.. in hot humid quarters.. attics, etc.
Deep cleaning peoples shit out pipes.. etc

Need to love it. Some locales.. you can make 100-200k.. or if you have your own business and get good leads
You can be very successful. But saturated locales is limited. Need to be flexible to get what you want pay wise.

Majofo

FJ isn't a teacher

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

i'ma get me a tow truck and repo all these defaulted loans

Midnight Mystery

It's awesome that you would say that!


I know a lot of trade workers, and let me say, they are all doing/did well in life!

thoiboi

We've been fed lies?!


what else are we going to find out today? Taco isn't an asshole after all?!

cu2wagon

I mean, I *do* teach lessons. I'm just not recognized by any licensing organization.