BTW its great going out to resturants, sitting around with co- workers kicking around ideas.. smoking cigars and drinking and thinking "damn im getting paid for this"

 

ill be on the same boat soon, hopefully

going straight to *arts-n-animation*, i ART!!!

some inspiration linky, and these guys kick axx

concept art
deviant art
imagine fx

good luck,

just stay away from dead-end jobs, im currently in one, and every other ones are STUPID!

 

funny thing was that i kept saying "i wish this place would burn to the ground or shut down" and about a month later supervisor was like "were laying off alot of people and the plant is shutting down, sorry" i started to laugh literally but yea dell is such a shaddy place they are scum. I build computers and we get refurbished ones that get torn down if something fails so then the parts get stripped out and the system gets reused and you get a "new/used" system. only thing is that who ever happens to tear down the system if there not careful they can cause socket t damage or other internal damages that the burn rack may not catch the damage and later on the road you might skip the warranty and get a defaulty computer so my advice....stay away from dell just cuz its cheap, well it is cheap get a mac, I am!

 

woOOoww.., every job that i had. i was thinking the same, but never happened. the way some companies treat their employees is like garbage, even co-workers blows! i wish i worked with more brillant people.., GL on finding another job. you could work at dead-end jobs, they dont really laid people off j/k

 

Hey That's cool!They let old Dudes in.

 

I dont want to say im in a dead end job, but I feel very limited and know I should go to college.
Machine operator for medical packaging, I one of many that launched zyrtec from mid November to late January (straight, weekends and weekdays), and off and on since then. Im a level 1 making 13.24 and creeping up on level 2 status. Great benifits and good environment. I'm happy where im working. Time and half saturday and double time sunday (holidays are double time and a half)
I really plan to find a career that would ultimatly lead me to working and living in South Korea. However, I'm also looking for other ways to get there. Keep same job title and search months on end for a factory position I would be qualified for.

I've always thought about the military way, thats not a guarantee to get me there though. Plus I hear too many negative things about clashes between military individuals and Korean citizens.

 

Which is much worse than not being able to write English.

 

You're wrong.

Well, from my perspective (as an engineer), you're wrong.

My day consists of getting to work, checking my email, doing a quick run through of my favorite websites, then getting down to work for the morning, grabbing an hour lunch, then getting back down to work for the afternoon. In at 8, out at 5, pretty much every day. I take quick breaks every hour or so to surf, walk around a bit, chat with someone, or just get the kinks out.

In the past three weeks I've had to design completely new parts, travel to South America for eleven days, run FEA analyses, check drawings from drafters, review design changes, work on cost cutting measures, set up a test program for a new motor we're testing, and review design decisions on a new gearbox for which we're providing technical assistance to a large outside manufacturer.

My company NEVER calls me up in the middle of the night. I've worked overtime (while at home) less than ten times in over two years, and never more than two hours each time. When travelling away (like in South America), yes, the hours are much longer at times, but not always. One time when I went to South America, I was only working seven hours a day due to government energy regulations that required the building to be shut down by a certain time.

I love my job. I get to do just about everything an engineer could want - design parts and systems from scratch, run standard (and not-so-standard) calculations, do FEA analysis, build and test prototypes, troubleshoot systems already in the field, manage projects, and travel a few weeks of the year (except this year, since I'll have travelled nearly 20% of the time).

My dream job? Designing high performance car engines and engine modifications. I'd love to do what John Hennessey is doing (he has a school now that I'd love to attend) on a daily basis. Either that or a racing driver of some sort (competitor and/or instructor).

 

Then you could consider getting a Computer Science degree and do what I do. I'm not sure what my actual title would be: "Software Engineer", "Software Support Technician", "Software Analyst", etc. But basically, I debug software and write patches to fix bugs. I can't think of a job (for which I'm actually qualified) that I would enjoy more. Sure, I'd love to race cars for a living (or even be a factory test driver), but I don't think I'd be good enough to keep that job very long.

Anyway, debugging software doesn't sound that exciting, but it's actually very enjoyable to me. It keeps me mentally sharp and I never have to solve the same problem twice. And I've found that even when you've identified a problem, it may be challenging to design a solution that can be implemented as a patch. Additionally, I always challenge myself to design the most efficient solution, since the software that I support runs on real-time systems.

I dunno. I'm probably just a geek, but I like my job, and yes... there are days that I'd call it "fun". I get a great sense of enjoyment and accomplishment when I'm able to solve a difficult problem, especially when other people have been unable to solve it previously.

 

A big part of job enjoyment comes from surpassing a hurdle that others before you could not. That, or doing something faster/more efficiently than was previously possible.