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XMark · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: Employment is awesome

So, I finally got a nice white-collar job at a computer desk doing php web programming stuff last week. It's pretty sweet, I freakin' work at an office building in downtown Vancouver! Feels kinda surreal considering that my last job was at a muffin shop :)
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biggerUniverse · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:14 am Post subject:

Wow. You're really green. You haven't even made it to disillusionment yet.
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Terry · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject:

It takes a while for the whole "grateful to even have a job, let alone a decent one" thing to wear off. I suggest we take bets on when it happens.

Congrats, btw :)
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RuneLancer · Mage Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 441

Congrats!

Enjoy that blissful moment after the "YAY HIRED!" phase and before the "Well... routine..." phase. ;) It's way too short-lived.
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carbon · Fluffy Bunny of Doom Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 16

I wish I could get a job doing something I enjoy (programming). However, though my knowledge is somewhere between acceptable and intermediate, my experience is nil. It'll be a while before I can do something like that.

Enjoy it while you can! :)
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BadMrBox · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, congrats. The first month and paycheck will be real sweet, then it'll go downhill.
Not meant to break you down or anything :).
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XMark · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

I really don't think it'll go downhill. First of all, I'm not in a big soulless cubicle farm. It's a small office with only two other people (occasionally three). And -this is the important part- they're actually really nice people. I mean, they expect me to get work done but they aren't jerks about it like some previous managers I've had... err... every previous manager I've had.

Nice to know I'll have my student loans paid off by the end of the year, too :)
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RuneLancer · Mage Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 441

By "going downhill", what I mean is that point where things become routine. Get up in the morning, go to work, work on some projects, oh noon, time for lunch, etc..

Settling in a routine like that is pretty crappy, and it's very easy to do. Work becomes second nature and you don't find yourself challenged as much as when you started. It's still fun (hell, it's still challenging!) but y'know... it's just "work" ;)

Definately not as boring as working retail though!! Not by a long shot!
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XMark · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:11 am Post subject:

Ah, yes. I could definitely see that happening, since it seems we do pretty much the same kind of work for all our clients (mostly making online payment forms, though occasional other miscellaneous web design stuff) As for now it's quite challenging getting into all the details of form/transaction processing though.

And yeah, fuck retail.
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BadMrBox · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

So XMark, how are things at work now? Say that it is very good and we'll swap ;).

XMark · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:50 am Post subject:

I took out $9000 student loans for my last year at BCIT, but only had to spend about half of it, plus for some reason the government spontaneously decided to forgive $2000 of debt off my loan a couple of months ago, so I'll be rid of 'em real soon.
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BadMrBox · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject:

Great for you, thats sweet!
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bay · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

it's all great until you realize you have to buy your muffins.

drats! foiled again!

.02$
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