I mean honestly, if you only care about your career, 5 years out of college you should be making mid 150s/year easy. There are so many avenues there its not funny.
Tight glad to get a fourth opinion from a fine medical professional such as yourself Do I need to amputate? I took a hockey puck to the right medial malleolus. Spoiler: Warning feet
Let me preface this by saying that I pretty much have no idea what I'm doing and am completely green in this whole thing, so make fun at will: I've never been super career oriented, I've been content working close to home, with some great hours in a position that didn't pay very well at all but I was capable of paying bills. Anyways, in December I had a "getting closer to 30" crisis and decided I needed to actually get a career instead of a job. I made a nice little resume, sent it out to just about every position I was qualified for and interviewed at a shit ton of places... ultimately I received like 6 offers that I would call solid career building positions. One company, a Fortune 500 company (top 60) contacted me about a position, they brought me in to interview and the day after my interview they called me up and offered me the position. This motherfucking company blew all of my other offers out of the water, offered a nice job title that is solidly up the chain of command and I negotiated my base salary up several thousand dollars and the opportunity to renegotiate after 6 months. I start tomorrow in their regional offices and will be making over 2x what I was making at my past job... shit is just unbelievable to me. I've got a shitty hour commute to work each morning, but other than that I'm just on cloud nine over here. Aside from "don't fuck it up" does anybody have any broad tips about what the fuck to do in an actual career? I'm so damn lost about what the path forward is from here, but motherfucker, I'll kill the now. As for this whole job search/interview thing, this was like the easiest shit I've ever done in my life. Just drop some numbers, a few personal anecdotes and be able to anticipate job specific questions (which you can pretty much find online for any position) and you knock this shit out of the water. Lets fucking go
The further you get in you career the more you'll learn "fake it till you make it" is very, very true, imo. Just arrived in Seattle, 2 interviews at 2 different law firms tomorrow, and one more on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
you know what ? I listen to a lot of shit out of your faces . election thred on and on and on . I don't understand why we even agrue ? considering we are all the same . I mean I like you but how much more is more? like stupidity .
It's true. No one knows shit. At least 50% of a job interview is to make sure you're not an insufferable asshole since these people have to sit by you every day, and it is an annoying process to fire someone. For my position I have now, I think I spoke at a high level about my technical experience and ability for about 30-60 minutes out of a 4 hour interview. Being able to schmooze and fit in is a really important trait that people sometimes overlook. Also if your company is in the top 60 you can say it is a Fortune 100 company. Congrats on the new job. Find some good podcasts or audiobooks for that commute.
Having a career is not much better than not having a career. You have more money to spend in much less free time. After a certain point, your time becomes more valuable than more money. I feel like I'm already atthat point in my career so I'm starting to look for something else.
My wife works for Deloitte Tax and works 40 hrs half the year and 75 hrs the other half, and fucking loves it. Its insane.
People get brainwashed at Big 4 to think that is normal. I got out and love life infinitely more. I just laugh at the poor saps who stick around for years and somehow convince themselves that what they are doing is 1) meaningful in any way and 2) an acceptable way of life.
Yeah. I like to think shes only half delusional. She just made manager and is going to ride it out for one more season and then grab a kushy director role in industry. May pop out the first baby while at Deloitte because their leave policies are so good.
my bro there is nothing wrong with being good with numbers and being through . retirement comes up on you all to quick . sometimes I wish I was not retired then again I no-longer have to answer to a single person except two . my wife and myself .
you must understand . you do not own your life anymore. insurance owns you . you cant have a car . a home . a child. a job ( I cant hire you if I cant insure you). nothing in our lives moves without insurance .
50s 60s 70s maybe you did . I guess then we still had a private life ? not now . nobody has any privacy anymore . you cant even piss in your own backyard ya know? how did you know I pissed in the backyard ? I saw you . no privacy ever . complaine about more shit you already have us so awfull messed up .( zero lot lines ) .
fuck dude. and the bitch is ugly to boot . like what the fuck are you watching me for ? get lost . now I just hang it out and don't even piss just to see if the uga mug is watching . ya know ?
As the other poster stated, fake it til you make it. When you get there, act like you belong. I got a trip last weekend for an interview. Went and partied my dick off afterwards. It was great. I have no idea how much the job pays but it's in a great area and ten times less volatile than the job I'm currently in. They are severely behind the times and I would essentially be bringing all of their new ideas in with me.... for shit I've already done. And I have a job offer in South Florida right now doubling my currently salary... but I don't want anything to do with South Florida.
What was supposed to be a 15-20 min conversation with the Managing Partner of a massive law firm in Seattle turned into a 2 1/2 hour interview/meet & greet with about 5 different lawyers. It really could not have gone better. And to top it off, everybody mentioned how jealous they were of my 2 month sabbatical---and they want to set up a video/skype conference while I'm in India. Fuck. Yes.
An unpopular take: pooping at work is the absolute worst, and I avoid it at nearly all costs (minus shitting my pants).
Negative, it's reciprocal if you've been practice for more than 3 years. Actually finishing lunch and going to get sworn in by a judge after I finish lunch.