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louie.miragsas a veteran I recommend joining the military as a last resort. The Air force and the military in general is not as glamorous as the commercials make it out to be. Especially if you already have a college degree
JAHpowI have a good idea what it's actually like. I have a history of military service in my family and relatives. Along with many friends in different branches. I won't join as a last resort but rather out of a sense of duty. What I'm looking at is either intelligence (geospatial) or space operations.
ICaryHahaha. I'm a server at a Carrabba's in Pennsylvania. They make us do all the tests and BBI shit in store and what not. It's ridiculous.
MNSkiersIts a pretty nice place to work. 10% discount. They are very flexible with your hours. Cashier sucks be on sales floor or back room. (When you start out you will be a cashier for a little bit)
Other wise great pay and not too shabby
MinggThey're starting me on sales floor! I kinda fucked up though. I thought they said "a formal interview" but they really said "phone interview" so I wasn't supposed to come in today haha. But it all worked out and awkward enough my first interviewer was a guy I hooked up with last year. But t in my second one I actually talked to my interviewer for like 20 minutes about skiing and shit. He was really rad. I'm pretty stoked to start!
louie.miragsI just want to point out that "sense of duty" has been instilled on you via commercials, hollywood, recruiters in your high school and people glamorizing military service (they glamourize it because that is what they're taught to do). It is not until you're knee deep in a 4-8 contract that you realize that you're not feeling the same "sense of duty" they told you you would. You realize that you're fighting big government's battles and they do not give a shit about you.
1000s of Americans and countless (as much as a million) civilians in the middle east have died as a result of this "military action" since 2003. For what???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I say this again, thousands of Americans like you and me, who thought they were doing their noble duty are DEAD. Killed. Before their prime. Before they got a chance to live life.
For what?
MinggThey're starting me on sales floor! I kinda fucked up though. I thought they said "a formal interview" but they really said "phone interview" so I wasn't supposed to come in today haha. But it all worked out and awkward enough my first interviewer was a guy I hooked up with last year. But t in my second one I actually talked to my interviewer for like 20 minutes about skiing and shit. He was really rad. I'm pretty stoked to start!
louie.miragsI just want to point out that "sense of duty" has been instilled on you via commercials, hollywood, recruiters in your high school and people glamorizing military service (they glamourize it because that is what they're taught to do). It is not until you're knee deep in a 4-8 contract that you realize that you're not feeling the same "sense of duty" they told you you would. You realize that you're fighting big government's battles and they do not give a shit about you.
1000s of Americans and countless (as much as a million) civilians in the middle east have died as a result of this "military action" since 2003. For what???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I say this again, thousands of Americans like you and me, who thought they were doing their noble duty are DEAD. Killed. Before their prime. Before they got a chance to live life.
For what?
SterlingArcheris it lonely up there on your pedestal?
Those men and women made a conscious decision to enlist for whatever their motives were. who are YOU to validate the honor of those service members. They believed in something, just as some people believe in religion. They knew the risk when they signed just as I did. I was ready to die just as they were, and that is OUR decision to make, not yours. You may not agree with the war, but honestly... who the fuck are you to tell me what I did was not noble or meaningful. What have you done that makes you so damn entitled to tell me if my service was for nothing or my colleagues lives were wasted? It's not your choice to make and don't even get started on that it was"propaganda/ you are brainwashed bullshit". But as I said.. who the fuck are you and what makes you so special to decide the validity, honor, motives, or selflessness of my or others service?
JakeSmithI was a bagger at a grocery store for 2 years. Loved it for a few days then hated it for 1.5 years, then loved it again because my supervisors loved me and I always was the first one they would ask to take overtime.
But now I'm a jobless, broke, college freshman. I need a job bad but already struggle with staying on top of studying and I'm only like 3 weeks in, I kinda suck really bad at time management.
louie.miragsJust because I share different opinions than you does not mean I feel "special". My point is I thought I was making an honorable, conscious decision. However, I realized that I just drank the kool-aid like everybody else. The problem is we're in a war that we have no idea why we're fighting. Foxnews and CNN report some bullshit propaganda and the masses buy into that shit. "Jealous of our freedoms" is how they sold it to us. Not true. Then it was "weapons of mass destruction" which was never proven. Now it is terrorist organizations. But we've killed 100,000+ people since 2003. So who is right? Is it really honorable to fight this blind war? What if the war was really about making sure those countries will keep providing us natural resources? What if this was really a war about oil? Those thousands of dead Americans didn't really know what they were in for. And that's not including the tens of thousands who are now disabled and/or PTSD. And since you avoided the question, you have no idea why we're in war either.
The major problem here is that we're taught from the time we're born to blindly support the war machine. That way people like you get pissed off at people like me. I am here trying to think outside the box and find ways that we don't have to murder anymore innocent civilians and you assume I put myself on a pedestal. Well, I don't. We're in this together and I don't want any more men or women (American citizens or not idgaf) to die for this cause. It is fucked up. This is some barbaric shit
1337Full time job: Marketing Content Manager at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. Staff photog, run social media and blogs, snow report when the FT reporter has their days off, get to do lots of cool stuff and see how all the different parts of the resort are run. Going on my third winter there.
(BTW: We're hiring a FT snow reporter. It's a fucking sick job and you'd work with me and a good team >> http://sugarloaf.com/corporate/employment)
Part time: Photo Editor for Newschoolers. Manage photo program, shoot photos for NS when I can. Party.
Other: Contributor to Powder Magazine, Freeskier Magazine, and a few other outlets. Freelance photog. Adventurer. Ok maybe I don't get paid for the last one, but one day :)
MNSkiersStarting out on the sales floor? Thats actually so nice! Congrats! Welcome to the fam
JustGoWithItJust one piece of advice. Be really clear about your scheduled to your Sr TL's or ETLs because they will not think twice about giving you really shitty hours. And don't be a stranger, the better they know you the more human they will treat you.
timmiSubway is my only source of vegetables without it I would have fucking scurvy by this point.
WordupVTI repel off the sides of building in Burlington and clean the windows. I do a little ground work and interior office/houses stuff also but the roof work is the most fun. We have a crew of about 5 guys and we have a lot of fun.
If anyone in the Burlington area sees this and is looking for a job we're looking to expand the crew in the spring.
boarder_15I work at a golf course then groom trails at Keystone in the winter!
SterlingArcheroil. american greed. because we are bored. certainly not because of the WTC
is that what you wanted me to say to give you satisfaction?
for the record.. i know plenty of people including myself who served that didn't join because we saw or heard something on Fox/CNN. But enjoy your american government is bloodthirsty rant. I'd probably listen a little more to you if you've actually experienced any of the politics first hand and not over tv, radio, internet, or whatever other secret squirrel underground sources you have
Krotchs_BrotherWait so you admit that the war was illegitimate but still think joining that war and fighting in it isn't?
I'm all for a little discipline but I think it was overkill when your dad beat you over the head with a baseball bat at the age of 5.
SterlingArcherapparently you couldn't pick up my sarcasm.
my dad was a good man, that's more than can be said about yours because you'll never be half the man your mother is
Krotchs_Brothermy mother is a man.
ps. you're in denial about your government and are delusional. Not surprised that you're in law enforcement.
SterlingArcherI'm glad you agree with me.
You must be pretty bored across the border if you gotta worry about our government considering you own government in teaming bribery and fraud scandals. the Ontario Liberal governments serious and high profile corruption cases including eHealth Scandal, and the Ornge scandal just to name a few. Also, pretty sure your mayor was a crack smoker as well, but he seemed like a stand up guy right? oh okay it all makes sense now with your last comment. Your preconceived notions make a lot more sense knowing you get all your information through more than likely one sided sources and have deep political conversations with your hippie drum circle friends while braiding each others girlfriends armpit hairs. Not surprised your anti law enforcement either.. I know the stores are selling guy fawkes masks to save you the trouble for halloween. I feel you man #FUCKTHAPOLICE
Krotchs_Brotherlol who says I support anything Harper, or the liberals, or any Canadian politician has done?
You blatantly admitted to being sarcastic about the very real reasons your country went to war, yet you are just assuming all of those things about me.
Also, you're not making a very good case for the general intelligence of those in law enforcement.
KravtZRecently have made the jump over to the buyside from investment banking role. Now kind of a sales / analyst hybrid role for one of the top 20 investment management companies.
Awesome role and I love it. Hours are great as well now. Only major downside for me is that NYC absolutely sucks. Hate it here. One of the worst places I have ever lived. But I guess its a tradeoff for me between high paying job and location.
KravtZRecently have made the jump over to the buyside from investment banking role. .
twin-tip-heroCurrently an E-5 in the U.S. Air Force as a generator mechanic stationed in Florida.
twin-tip-heroCurrently an E-5 in the U.S. Air Force as a generator mechanic stationed in Florida.
