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East_ski
Posts: 67 - Karma: 233
What are your favorite jobs or your worst job. Maybe you have a dream Job that you really want to have. I Found out I got my dream job today. Right now I am a Ski instructor at my local mountain. :)

The pros of being an instructor is...
getting free ski waxing
Ski pass
9% off on food
additional 10% off on the gift shop so that like 20%
Skiing
Nov 24 2015 8:13AM
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ModMommy
Posts: 10815 - Karma: 57,158
I hated washing dishes, I'll say that much.
Right now I work in a ski shop. It's pretty cool- I get cheap passes to the resort, a free discount card that includes skiing, and discounted gear. It can be kinda annoying though, the people who come in can be so obnoxious, and sometimes there's stupid drama.
Nov 24 2015 8:59AM
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yelsel
Posts: 12967 - Karma: 3,451
My dream job would be not working, at all. Ever. Again.
Nov 24 2015 9:09AM
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Mingg
Posts: 13975 - Karma: 49,271
Worst Job: Food. Specifically a Pizza place.

Best Job would have to be my current job as a Marketing Director.

Perks:
-Free skiing at 5 mountains(hills though lol)
-Free trips to Vermont, Whistler, and Europe
-Proforms for everything
-Free passes to events such as iF3, trade shows, etc.
-Never pay for beer
-The job description is basically to spread stoke on skiing. And to go skiing as much as possible

Cons:
-It's stressful as fuck at times.
-Corporate dinners...ugh
-Corporate is very difficult to work with.
-Shop owners are very difficult to work with.
-NO ONE CALLS YOU BACK, EVER. UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
-Firing people
-Interviewing people
Nov 24 2015 12:00PM
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Cyanicenine
Posts: 966 - Karma: 2,294
Working as an Usher is the best job I ever held, too bad the pay is crap. You spend about 30 minutes helping people find their seats then you spend the duration of the play or concert getting paid to read in the hallway and occasionally show a wayward soul where the bathroom is.

Great college job though, I never missed a reading assignment.
Nov 24 2015 4:32PM
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neutralzombie
Posts: 8629 - Karma: 606
worst job i ever had was retail. getting paid nothing to work too hard and never be appreciated. minus the time i won an incentive trip to california all included. those days have come and gone.

my current job is decent, but i miss being a seamstress. ultimate dream job is tattoo artist, and owning my own clothing company. oh the elbow grease.

i kind of vote for the never working too. hahah
Nov 24 2015 10:34PM
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steezelord420
Posts: 141 - Karma: 1,009
Right now I nanny for a family that has all three kids going to school from 9-3 every day. Pretty much all I do is ski in the morning then go hang out with some chill ass kids untill they fall alseep or their mom gets home. I'd really like to get a job in a ski shop or something like that when I'm done racing.
Nov 25 2015 4:05PM
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kiaya.luekenga
Posts: 8 - Karma: 33
I work up on the hill and all I do is help little kid get on the lift and ride up with them. I ski all day and I get two season passes and 50 percent off everything, legit the easiest job ever.
Nov 25 2015 5:47PM
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skiara.
Posts: 670 - Karma: 1,710
Welp, im a florist. haha

I love it. I actually wouldn't mind if thats all I did for the rest of my life. Its so relaxing and you get to make pretty things and make people really happy while doing so.
Nov 25 2015 10:07PM
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Daph
Posts: 5978 - Karma: 5,006
I'm a lift mechanic and I absolutely love it.

Pros: winter is our chill time of year where most days we get paid to shred
No off season which is rare in the ski industry
All other departments are scared of us
Get to work on giant badass machines
Driving remote work roads in the summer and seeing incredible flora and fauna
Can fix anything on my car in the shop
Snowmobiling

Cons: lifts do break down and then it's panic time
Climbing on super sketchy shit in blizzards
Working outside during all manner of bad weather scenarios
Super early mornings
Grease on everything
Nov 27 2015 9:55AM
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SkiPartyCanada
Posts: 9 - Karma: 29
Right now, I'm working as a ski instructor for my home hill which is super sweet!

Love being able to ski to work, work to ski and spend time with great clients and improving my own skiing! I went through the Ski Resort Management program which helped a ton!


Also spend my fall in a ski shop sellin' ski stuff which is cool! Too bad our winter hasn't started off too well, but I get to talk to people about snow every single day which is pretty sweet.

Also just started working with a Ski/SNB tour operator working to sell snow trips from Alberta/Sask/Prairies to the mountains! Big learning experience but it's a cool job.

If anyone's interested, let me know, PM me!
Dec 7 2015 1:19PM
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skurian
Posts: 58 - Karma: 170
I work as a vet tech! So I get to play with puppies, kitties and bunnies all day. I get to help make them feel better:) its so much fun, and doesnt make me feel too bad about missing out on pow days.
Dec 8 2015 2:59PM
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Fluffysnowkitty
Posts: 117 - Karma: 323
MinggWorst Job: Food. Specifically a Pizza place.

Best Job would have to be my current job as a Marketing Director.

Perks:
-Free skiing at 5 mountains(hills though lol)
-Free trips to Vermont, Whistler, and Europe
-Proforms for everything
-Free passes to events such as iF3, trade shows, etc.
-Never pay for beer
-The job description is basically to spread stoke on skiing. And to go skiing as much as possible

Cons:
-It's stressful as fuck at times.
-Corporate dinners...ugh
-Corporate is very difficult to work with.
-Shop owners are very difficult to work with.
-NO ONE CALLS YOU BACK, EVER. UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
-Firing people
-Interviewing people


do you have a marketing degree? did you have any prior experience going into your position ?
Dec 10 2015 6:17PM
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Mingg
Posts: 13975 - Karma: 49,271
Fluffysnowkittydo you have a marketing degree? did you have any prior experience going into your position ?


Nope, not at all. I'm in my second year of marketing/finance right now. I applied to be the Social director(event planning & communication person) but they thought I would do well in marketing instead haha.
Dec 10 2015 6:20PM
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B.Aussie
Posts: 5852 - Karma: 4,531
Current: Marketing Manager of one of Australia's largest Ski/ Snowboard Shops.

Pros:
Great Experience.
Cool customers
Great discounts
Get to work in a great industry

Cons:
Don't get to work on the floor very much
My office is still 'being built'
Stressful as fuck
Hard to balance with Uni & Social Life

Best: Motivational Speaking at Disadvantaged Schools

Worst: Staff Trainer for a Snowsports Industry Brand
Dec 10 2015 8:33PM
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creaturelo
Posts: 607 - Karma: 11,833
Ski instructed, but I'm not able to ski this season because my ACL is a lil bitch, so I'm working in a ski shop instead, which I'm super stoked about.
SKI SHOP-
Pros:
Making connections and learning from various reps
Better understanding of the product field
Discounts
Free pass
Folding stuff

Cons:
Retail customers
Folding stuff

INSTRUCTING-

Pros:
TIPS ON TIPS ON TIPS
Requested privates
You learn by teaching
Free pass
New friends
Kids can be hilarious
Ski Bus kids sneak you hot chocolate

Cons:
the tears and snot
groms that hit jumps without permission
rubber knees
energy draining
being asked why chair 69 is so important
Dec 14 2015 7:43PM
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Cyanicenine
Posts: 966 - Karma: 2,294
The best job is not needing to work. This video is relevant here: https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/770369/Humans-Need-Not-Apply

Hoping to see Universal Basic Income in our near future or at the very least a 20 hour work week. It's been the 40 hour work week for almost 100 years now, we are overdue for a change.
Dec 15 2015 6:58PM
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erica
Posts: 3450 - Karma: 24,083
All my jobs haven't been too terrible actually. TGR, NS, Bootfitter, Barista, Nanny, Landscape.

I've been working at Corbets Cabin (restaurant at top of Jackson Hole's Tram) this past summer and now again that winter's here. I get to make and eat waffles, chill at the top of a mountain, and ski everyday. This and writing for NS are pretty damn rad.
Dec 15 2015 8:43PM
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