MEisGQ

hahah... some people make 25/hour 'tossing salad' but flippin burgers??? unless you mean 'flipping burgers'

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s14 checker seats = comfy butt
Dent on driver-side door = aerodynamics
Clear bumper lights = 10hp
Cheap ass tint = 5hp
American Racing rims = 10hp
Stock non-US spoiler = 20hp
Removed intake resonator = 40hp
Loud sound resulting from removal = 50hp
MR Coilovers = 10hp
Stock hp = 155
TOTAL = 300hp!!!!!!!!

BayS13

no i mean..i wake up, dont take a shower, go to a burger place, work and get a big paycheck that says pay rate per hour 25$
みんな　しんじわれないてる　やん。。。。

anyways lets not talk about my highly paid simple ass job....help this poor chap out

Phlip

Do it like I did:
8am - 2pm - classes
2:30pm - 9:30pm worked fulltime(-ish) in a clothing store in the mall, made connections, sold weed and got at bitches in the mall.
9:40 - 4am(-ish) - sold crack, more weed, a little dust, some X and God knows what else I could get off for cash, all in time to get home (usually only a few blocks away) and in the bed ASAP.
... rinse and repeat.

I paid moms as best I could the whole way through the first time, and being an "adult" I beckoned her to not ask questions. I learned that what I was doing was extra dirty, fell in love and ditched the narcotics for a job and some common fucking sense, graduated and still (7.5 years later) have yet to do sheeit with the degree, since I REFUSE to teach highschoolers english. I recently accepted a job with a 3-5k/year payCUT, still more than a newly starting high school English teacher and I am still less than angry with my choice of direction, given potential for incentive and/or advancement.


... being 3.5 months short of my 27th birthday, I ask you to PLEASE think of the long term. I left summer 2001-2003 from my story

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kazuo

If you're concerned about benefits, work for a company that provides them to part-time employees.

Like Starbucks.

Of course, the issue here really isnt benefits as much as it is you earning enough to get by.

I strongly suggest beginning a search for a better paying job.

jobestudios

Apart from Rent/Food/Auto Insurance/Gas/Phone what else is a major expenditure?

ALTRNTV

Nothing really after what you mentioned. A big part is "spending" money, but it seems that you have that under control.

Good luck man.

jobestudios

$1100 Per Month After Taxes
+$300 ($150 mom, $150 dad hopefully, i think that should work out tho)
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$1400 for each month
-$500 Rent
-$300 Food
-$100 Insurance
-$100 Gasoline
-$50 Phone
=$350 leftover for "rainy day" fund

As far as spending money, my only problem I forsee is the desire to buy 1$ sodas out of the machine, but I can conquer that. Apart from that, I wouldn't nessecarily say no to maybe going to a movie on saturday night or going and hanging out with freinds, because it is only one day and I would need some recreation to keep myself sane. But I'm sure for the first few weeks at least, all I will be able to do is sleep until I break myself into this schedule. The cool part about this, is Fall quarter will hopefully be a paid internship, meaning I will be getting paid for school. BUT, I heard something mentioned about how I can't recieve student loans if I'm on a paid internship... something like that.

silvia_s14

throw away phone and that gets u . 50+350=400 four hundred dollars left over for "rainy day" fund.might even find a finger in ur 1.00 chili

jobestudios

Yeah, the 300 for food is just precautionary. I understand that I can eat cheaper, and I will, but I cant budget too little because I dont want to be on the 27th and have no money for food.

Delano

this guy sucks cock for a living, hes lying!

DoriftoPnoy

So this is the kind of thread I find if I enter the keyword security. Anyways, what I did to find me a job was post my resume on Monster.com. People WILL call/email/mail you based on your resume. I only had one job workin at baskin robbins (i really miss eatin the ice cream) and an agency called me up to work at Countrywide and I get $15/hr. Hell I already go promoted. And from what i've been hearing summer is gunna be crazy (supposedly the time when people actually start buyin homes and loans). So we're required to work over time.... so that's time and a half which is $22.50/hr. Well I can't wait. But yea check out monster.com or some other website like that which you have people look for you instead of the other way around. And living at home does help.... a lot.

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lowviscosity

Trust me at 18 right after graduation I moved out... Went to a technical school. Lived every bit on my own with a room mate getting paid $10 an hour doing technical support for a Tax Firm for IBM. Move to a bigger city you get paid more cost of living is just a little bit higher but you have more oppurtunities in the long run. Right now I am in my profession without a degree just 20 and graduate tech school this year. I am a CAD Operator for and Electrical Engineering company doing CAD for the Engineers. Now I am going back to school and working a full time job (only 40 hrs a week but pulling in a lot more money) I have lots of play money and don't plan on quitting college until I get my electrical engineering degree (another 4 years) Although I will already have an Associates in CDD.

You can do it, I financed myself through college, filled out all my own paperwork, taxes are a reward to me being a full time student on my own. My parents weren't aware of me moving out although they knew I wanted to be in Dallas (its one of the fastest growing cities with many suburbs that are growing even faster) this means more work for me in the job field I am in since we work on many buildings. Just stay in school your job comes second...think of it this way. Stay in school this means more modding for you in a few years... your a young kid just like me no need for tons of mods on a car. In a few years you will triple your money if you stay in school thus making it easier on you to get a house, afford all the mods you want, and puts you on a concrete stable slab for your life.

rabid_monkey

Just to let you know... taxes are closer to 25% maybe even 30% of your paycheck if you start making $12-14 an hour.

Also, I dunno about over there, but in MD, if you are a full time student and on your own, you get a ridiculous tax return back. So it may hurt you month to month, but expect like half your tuition back for the year come tax time. I knew guys getting like $5000 tax returns cause they go to Univ of MD full time and work like part time at Lens Crafters and shit.

One thing lots of people are not telling you. DO NOT, I REPEAT... DO NOT GET LOANS IF YOU CAN AVOID THEM. CC Debt and Loans are the worst things wrong with American education today. You will be in debt forever and end up paying 3x the amount you initially charged up. Get grants or scholarships wherever you can, anything that doesn't have to be paid back. Half my girlfriend's tuition is grants, half is loans, so her actual debt is pretty low. Unless you are gonna be a doctor or lawyer, and even then its not a sure bet, having $80k-120k of student loans take a lifetime to pay off. It's like having another car each month for the next 20 years, even tho interest on student loans is usually low. Credit Card debt is definately the worst debt to have ever. Stay away best you can, pay off your card balance every month.

I was fortunate to have my parents pay my school, for that I was grateful because I have no debt as of now... car is paid off, no CC debt, etc... but I had expensive habits and tastes and got no spending money from parents, so I went to school full time and worked like 20 hours a week. Its all about not wasting time and managing your time well. I still went out a bunch, and went drifting at events and shit all the time, but I would only sleep like 3 hours a night then crash all weekend. You do what you gotta do. I am footing the bill for Grad School this fall myself, but then I make up for those loans by not moving out just yet, and saving on rent. Just gotta work the angles how ever you can. Good luck man. No Credit Cards.

ranisron

I agree on the part not getting credit cards... well, CC are EVIL! I was stupid enough to spend the money which I didn't have, so... the end results - I am still recovering from stupid things I have done 4 years ago. STUPID STUPID!

As far as the student loan story. If you can manage your money well, student loan is a great alternative to pay for your education. you can actually use your loan to do things outside of school (well, as long as the interest rate is low enough. Worst case scenario, consolidate those loans). My good friend uses his student loan as cash flows to support his family's business every once and while. He makes positive investments and returns from student loan money. It is in the hand of your, whether you could use this money appropriately.

Public education... forget about out of state tuition / private school.

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<3MyRiceRocKet

that is sooo true, homework at workk...hahaha 30 miles to work, 8.25 a hour..full time school...good thing i didnt try living on my own. GOOD LUCK! I give you A LOT of props for doin it.

CaoBoY

why not live with your dad? im assuming your parents are divorced, since they are each giving you 150 per month. that sucks. you dont have a granparent/aunt/uncle, or girlfriend/friend to live with? honestly, you cant live on minimum wage. its pretty much damned near impossible.

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dannyboi

No.. he still flips burgers.... WHILE sucking cock.

I keed, I keed.

Anyhoo (to original poster), for your second job is there a way you can find a work study job? I don't know about techinical schools but i know university work study jobs you do nothing and collect a paycheck.

As for food: don't eat out (unless there is a great sale) and buy knock off food (forget "Fruit Loops"... its all about "Fruit Rounds".
Rent: you could save money rooming with someone, but they may be a dick.
Clothes: Hanes 3 packs to the rescue!
Insurance: find some ghetto insurance=save money

If all else fails: become a man-whore.

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ALTRNTV

http://www.craigslist.org

They have alot of job listings, alot are "off-the-wall" jobs, which you won't find at the mall, or any typical place you would normally look for a job.

theicecreamdan

I have 2 roommates and a pretty cheap san diego apartment, I make almost 1200 a month after taxes and get another 600ish from my parents for help, I work fulltime at honda and there is room to fit another class in to make my current 9 units a "full time" 12, you can do it, but you will NEED roommates.

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Silverbullet

how are you making so little at the dealership? anyways, yea like everyone else said, get another job. You kno certain banks pay for tuition right? You should look into benafits of certain jobs. They will do you good. I even know a couple ppl that buy a couple extra text books and sell them and sign up for a couple extra classes, then drop out to get a little more money from their benafit

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theicecreamdan

I'm a lot attendant in an area flooded with cheap labor.

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