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View Poll Results: Do you enjoy your chosen career? | |||
Yes, I do. | 109 | 45.23% | |
No, I do not. | 78 | 32.37% | |
I dont know, I dont consider Taco Bell a career. | 54 | 22.41% | |
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05-22-2008, 07:19 AM | #1 |
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Do you enjoy your chosen Career or Career Field?
Seems pretty self explanatory I think, but I'll try to elaborate.
Alot of people end up working in field they dislike or they grow to dislike. I am curious as to how common that really is. Reason being, I often think I missed my calling (so to speak) and would enjoy a different career. But, that said, I know the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. |
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05-22-2008, 07:57 AM | #2 |
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I'm a lead before and afterschool program counselor and D.O.E. assitant at a very succesful daycare in my area and when i started working i kinda hated it because it took so much of my time and involved alot of emotions but right now i'm in a place in my life where i'm very grateful for my job and the opportunitys that are becoming available to me. I mean i get paid to seriously have fun and make sure everyone else around me is having a good time. I really love my job although it gets tough because i'm working with familys and their problems everyday but it personally made me stronger and i know i could handle alot things most nineteen year olds will never imagine handling.
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05-22-2008, 08:21 AM | #3 |
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I don't necessarily hate my career (electrical designer) I just can't stand the engineering firm I work for now..they've made my life hell....
oh and the comment on Taco Bell...well I work there 20 or so hours a week too so I had to pick that, and there are people there who that is their whole life...as well as Pizza Hut when I worked there part time a few months back. Gray
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05-23-2008, 08:55 AM | #5 | |
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I work there on the side cause my main employer is a heartless asshole who doesn't care that one of his employees is struggling cause i've got a house to pay for, a kid to feed, and a wife to keep happy. He and his dumbass wife would rather donate money to the community and to their church so they look good, if only the people at their church knew they kicked a family out of a house to put it up for sale and its still for sale(a year later) Gray
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05-22-2008, 09:15 AM | #7 |
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Meh, i love my job, and would stay in it if it wasnt for the bullchit that comes along with it. And the fact that i can only do so much to put up with said bullchit..
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05-22-2008, 09:26 AM | #8 |
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Totally agree with cgtdream. I probably wouldn't be living in japan if it wasn't for my job. And I like what I do, I just can't stand the organization. Still deciding if I am going to stay with my current employer or leave at the end of my obligation. It'd be a cake walk to an early retirement, but I dont know if I can put up w/ the bullcrap for 20 years. Time will tell I guess.
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05-22-2008, 04:51 PM | #10 |
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Been here at MVP for a year this month and I must say it's the best job I've had yet. Get to travel all over on company money, great pay, actually having fun at work. Sometimes it gets stressful but I don't plan on leaving here anytime soon.
Robert
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05-22-2008, 07:27 PM | #11 |
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As some of you may know I Owned and Operated an Import Perfomance Shop.
Before that I did random Jobs and never stayed at one place for more than a year. Serving Tables is the last job I hope to never do again!! However, I did meet the guys that taught me Composite Fabrication. I even worked for them for FREE for over a year, just to learn everything.... they opted to start paying me very well, and when the time came that I wanted to venture into my own biz... they helped. I have Closed the shop but I still play. After doing Composites for about 5 years and working on several Millitary Contracts... its all starting to pay off!! Currently, I am building the Worlds Fastest (prop drive) Boat!!!! Miss Geico has nothing on this sucker!!!! With all this Background in Cars, Composites, Boats, Racing, and yes... Customer Service... What is my Goal in Life????? "to build one of the worlds fastest vehicles... then take it further..." -Drew |
05-28-2008, 09:50 PM | #12 |
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Im a medical assistant at Kaiser Permanente been doing that for about 8 yrs. I dont like it for a career but i do enjoy my job. It is a very stressful job... I deal with a lot of sick people and i have a lot responsibilities. The good thing about it is that ive learn so much about the human anatomy and all the illnesses out there and what not. But the best thing about my job is that im the only male in my department and i work with a lot of good looking young nurses and i mean these girls are very good looking.
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05-29-2008, 10:05 AM | #15 |
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united states marine corps... i work on trucks at work.. and go home and work on my cars after.... grease to grease.... cant say i hate my job cuz i like about 90% percent of it.. but for those of you out there who know....
"there's always that 10%"- and i hate that part -brandon |
06-01-2008, 08:42 AM | #16 | |
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Of course there are certain aspects of the job I don't like, but I love the major parts of my job. |
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06-01-2008, 10:45 AM | #18 |
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ive gotta go with number 3 too. in school to be a cook and bartender. but right now i work as a stock guy at American Eagle and The Children's Place
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06-02-2008, 06:58 PM | #19 |
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i work at ups as a preloader
i have come to the conclusion i hate the stupid shit people ship i keep getting boxes of LIVE LOBSTERS and onions someone even sent burned tires down to the steel bands WTF but its an allright job |
06-11-2008, 12:51 AM | #20 |
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i love my job...except the pay( nothing yet hahahaha i get paid when the job is done)
i ent to school for film/video and fell in love with drifting shortly after. so i wanted a career filming for race teams...i currently film for the super autobacs team at formula D...every round. i get free flights + hotel + food at every event
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06-11-2008, 02:56 AM | #21 |
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I dont like being the worker... i wanna be the man....so i went back to school for it....
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08-07-2008, 07:18 PM | #22 | |
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Realized that being the man for someone else wasn't worth it. If you are going to sacrifice and work yourself to death it might as well be your own damn self. |
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07-19-2008, 04:22 AM | #23 |
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I do IT for the local government (County) and I love it and love th e pay as well...Been here for a but over a year and it'll only get better from here on. Government jobs FTW!
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07-19-2008, 04:19 PM | #25 |
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I just cant stand customers that bug for no fucken reason, I mean they want their car to be the only one to be done asap, Even if parts are not there to continue to work on it. Fucken pricks
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07-19-2008, 06:06 PM | #26 |
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I love my job as a mechanical engineer designing support equipment for the aerospace industry. It's cool to watch a rocket or the shuttle go up and know that I have a hand in it. The hours can be hell, but it's all worth it in the end.
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08-28-2008, 01:07 PM | #27 |
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Im a cook outa need for a paycheck and its easy for me, i have a degree in auto collision but cant find a job anywhere...
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11-05-2008, 02:21 PM | #28 |
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Burnt out. I'm a graphic design and have been doing it for about 7 years. I should have picked a different path. I'm very good at what I do, but the pay is not worth the stress and constant bullshit. I know so many people who don't know shit about anything, yet still make more money then me because they got a generic IT degree. Worst part is that I have a BA but it's basically worthless in any professional field....yey!
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12-18-2008, 06:53 PM | #30 |
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Its a toss up
I love being a fabricator/welder but I hate the jobs that it leads to. Yea, if i had a job like Luke, building cars i would love that. I always end up doing a lot of structural stuff, like cell tower frames, stair stringers, and hand rails. Its ok but after building almost every cell tower frame in boston, yea it gets old. Wish i would have kept my awning job! Built frames for awnings. Sickest hours ever 5am-1:30pm.
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