i was the service mgr for express cc, we had 4 good sized dealerships. we processed about 200 cars per mo. plus warranty work thru my facility. i had 12- 16 techs to deal with ( no offense to techs- but what a pia ). it may look like an easy job, but it's full of headaches and bs. i would'nt reccomend to a friend.

Zacs!!! I understand ya!!!
I wouldn't want to buy and sell rotten fish either and farm raised with all them antibiotics that you say they do not have!!!! You never answered the last question on the other post!!!! I understand!!!! :yak6:

After 35 years of being self employed, I have just recently done a career change!!! not bad either!!!!!! I plan on doing my fishing and the job is secondary and lucrative!!!!

Stripper,
Nuff said!
Later,
Rick

It's full of headaches, BS, and often moving around and sheety management but if you get into the right place it is tolerable. Still a grind but tolerable.

Problem is starting over. I did it 10 years ago going from automotive to IT. I wasn't married, no kids, and no mortgage. Back then IT was a sheetload more promising than it is today. It's not bad, just not as good as it used to be or maybe that as good as we thought it was...

Unfortunately, we all can't fish for a living....

Careful what you wish for there Clammer. Ya might have to take the good with the bad. :err: :yak6:

Funny the paths you take in life. Coming so close but still so far away. I had it figured right when I was 5 years old...COWBOY!!

Career change
 

If I were 18 again,
coast guard!!!
or something else so I can be on the water all the time!!!

B/B I,d roll the dice /// on that one :usd:

Dream jobs
 

Honestly I think that this work thing is Highly Over rated!
I kinda like what IM doing now.........Which is nothing.

Yeah know what would be cool,If we could line up jobs for ourselfs"one's that we like to do & are qualified for" & we get to rotate them every three-five years & keep the same pay now that would be Awesome!!!!I think that we would all be less disgruntled & more focused on our jobs.
Now that might be something to look into for jobs of the Future.

It comes up saying Page Cannot Be Found?

Ill sell you
 

A limo franchise you can be my RI connection.

Funny topic, I have wanted to do something besides what I am doing now for quite awhile, mostly because I can't believe I have to do it for 24 more years when I am tired of it today!

Anyhow, a friend I ran into recently intoduced me to a friend of his, a VP in a major private company. He asked for my resume, so I sent it; who knows, but if he is for real with what it might pay for starters, I might hang it up in the locker and close it for the last time! :heybaby:

FULL timer whiner (instead of part time) :crying: :crying: :crying:

in reality ?

a jet fighter pilot

Fishing TV host comes to mind, top shutterbug for all the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit shoots would be nice, son of obseinly rich parents who were kind enough to leave it all to me without enough time left to even come close to spending it all, oh I can think of a million jobs or non-jobs I'd rather be doing.

Just give me 5 million and I'll get back to you:).

i would become a muay thai fighter if i have no wife, kids, and a normal life.

how about official supermodel bikini waxer? :uhuh:

now, that's nasty, afterhour. it doesnt pay that much.

Mike, lets talk. :faga:

You have no wife and kids and I imagine a semi-normal life, right? :hee: ...

UFC

Ill ask you a couple questions Dave.
 

If you can answer yes to all of them we can talk.
1 Are you willing to work mega hours for at least 3 years.
2 Are you ready to invest 40-70k for a vehicle financing will work.
3 Are you ready to give up everything dear to you to make your company work.
4. Are you willing to lay it all on the line financially and take a gamble that you believe in yourself to make things happen.
5. Are you ready to be an owner or are you just having an enterpeneaurl moment.
6. Do you have the 3 Ds Drive Determination and Dedication that it takes to own a company.
7 Are you teachable
8 And Are you willing to be taught.
9 When the $%it hits the fan and you are struggling are you gonna hang in there.
10 Can you let bull bounce off you because driving clients and dealing with the public is tourture!!!!!

If you answered yes to all of these then maybe you might be intrested in this business Ill tell you I started right behind September 11th air travel at an all time low and I have grown my company from 1 to 4 vehicles in just about a year and half I know what it takes to own I have lived this day in and day out while people sleep I drive and answer e mails any business on your own is going to be tuff to start hard work long hours but you know something I wouldnt give it up for the world Its MINE.

Yup, John. I will keep fighting until the right one comes along, I will quit and get a normal life. Man, my life totally sucks now. I haven't found the right girl. :scream2:


CAL:
UFC

Nah, i don't do groundfighting. Try K-1. They pay better than regular Muay Thai bouts.

What Mac said is true, with liability up 30% this year vs no claims, chasing money, bids, paperwork.....It's still work, Bill, but a hell of a lifestyle change from managing money. FWW and I have discussed this before. I was there during the true bull market. Divorce brought my world down and I left the business as I couldn't focus enough until I squared things up enough to be comfortable in my own skin. It was during that time that I truly became passionate for striper fishing, which I often did alone. I will never make the same money again, but I truly enjoy what I do and seeing a quality finished project that has my name on it.

Well theres no money in it but I always dreamed of being a farmer, you know with the vegetable stand, fresh fruit and homemade pies like momma used to make......

At the beginning of the year I started my own Plumbing Co.
by the end of Feb. I ended the idea and got a job. I was
working 80 hrs. to get paid for 30. I got a regular job again
and now I am playing catch up with all the bills working 60
hrs. a week but my free time is my own. and when I leave
work work stay's there.

But in five years I would like to become a teacher so I can
have summers off and fish everyday/ night

Any job that you have to go to everyday will suck eventually.

porn star

A top freelance feature writer/photographer for the national media. (Still working on it.)
You can't make it as an outdoor writer who does not boatfish, so I sell tackle in order to pay the bills. Now, I'm a tackle dealer who does a little writing on the side....oh well.
Its a boring job and I don't make a lot of money but at least I don't have to look at and listen to the d-bags all day like I did when I worked in the printing industry.
The first thing you realize after working for yourself for a while is just how badly the people you used to work for were screwing you.

I'm getting a degree in fisheries this May. But I'm working for a construction company now and will be for a while. Reading all this is kinda making me think twice about not going into what I love. But I need the cash, not to mention the perks, like the view of all the shirtless men up on the wall. Anybody wanna borrow my degree for a while? :rtfm:

I'd go back into commercial fishing - I wouldn't make anything close to what I do now but I wuld be a hell of a lot happier.

Money isn't everything - do what makes you happy - (unless you have a family to support)

hey dave,
just made the transition, quit dodge, full time at the tattoo shop. had to leave before eric got back from vacation, things would have been ugly. he is the biggest scum bag back stabbing little weasel that i have ever met. :hang: :behead: :lossinit:

Good Daryl, I'm glad for you.
Yes, I know what you mean, it has always been a cut throat business.

Been a software saleman for 30+ years. Now an Internet Cop working with the Feds finding bad guys (Phishers, Spammers, Virus spreaders and some DHS stuff)
There are no GOOD jobs....just ways to make a living and go fishing. Be happy with what you have and make the best of every day.

Let me know if you are hiring :hee:

I have half a mind to set up my own quant trading shop.

I might call it The Wee Wee Fund, L.P.

Getting up at 4:30 every morning, trudging home after 10 p.m., and then being somebody else's bitch-on-call 24/7 is getting tiresome.

Passion is a big driver. I've witnessed people who are not that good at something but push hard and get themselves noticed and as a result are successful.
As corny as it sounds, Joe Jackson said it all, "You cant get what you want until you know what you want"
I wish I had a career I was passionate about. Since I have had kids, I have been so impressed by our peditricians. Sometimes we go to them so distressed and desperate and they make everything all right. That must be a very rewarding career. I'm sure there are plenty of very depressing issues they deal with that I do not see. I wish I could go home at the end of teh day feeling like I made a differnce. I feel like I spend all day digging a hole and at night someone comes by and fills it up.

Passion is indeed very important.

I once had a chat with a career counselor on the train home.

I asked her if she could summarize in one sentence how one could go about finding the perfect job for oneself.

Her answer was brief but profound.

"Find out where your INTERESTS overlap with your ABILITIES."

Sounds easy, but it takes a lot of introspection and maybe some feedback from others about what you like to do and what you are good at doing. And even then, these might not mesh with any current opportunities.

Where can I find one of them???

i'm actually very happy doing what i do now, and considering the money to be made, i would call it a GOOD job. :uhuh:

They're often listed in the yellow pages.

If not, try calling a professional recruiter/recruiter - they can refer you. If you work in a company with an HR department, try discreetly asking around there (preferably with a person you trust).

It's worth the time and money to go speak with one, be it an outplacement counselor or career coach. It's for everyone - not just white collar types.

They do lots of things like do diagnostic skill and personality tests, and give personalized advice as to what might be good for you.