If you got to do it all over again.......
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If it werent for the fact that my job supports my wife and daughter in the "style" they like I would quit in a minute. When I started out in computers I loved it, then I got into management and I still loved it, then I got this job and I HATE it. All BS and no accomplishments and the a-holes i work for are unbelievable.
If I could go back I would have gone to school to be a veterinarian but what the heck.
If I could go back I would have gone to school to be a veterinarian but what the heck.
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The only thing I would change is the location that I am in. I enjoy what I do to a certain point(CNC Machinest). I used to enjoy running the machines but now have been moved up a notch to where I have some responsability for other people. I am not a supervisor and hope to never be but I am nolonger just an operator either. I Dont realy get to run machines a lot anymore. I do however get to do a lot of setups and trouble shooting and programing. I also have to figure out how to get lazy people to work harder. Thats th part I dont enjoy any one little bit. When my wife and I got engaged I wanted to move west till we hit the mountains. Colorado in particular but realy where ever i could find a job that was in a mountanous area. Instead we stayed here in the middle of the cornfeilds of Iowa and 5 years after getting married are both SERIOUSLY wishing we had picked up and moved rite away. Now we have freinds and roots here.
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love & hate
well i am in the navy!
i have been in for 4 1/2 years. now at 25 i am still young!
i went to college for a couple years off and on before i joined, and had a few diffrent jobs that payed well. well enough when i first came in that i took a pay cut. but it was worth it. now after 4 1/2 years of a very rewarding job i can say i wouldnt have changed the rought i came. except for to finish college. witch i have been in the proses of doing. i have been to some very interesting places, met some interesting people, and have made freinds for life. and wouldnt trade it fore anything.
But now i have a baby on the way, and my priorities and views have changed some. its a hard life being away from your famialy alot. i have been lucky and had good duty stations and have only had to be gone a few times. but i know guys, and gals that have been gone twice as much as me over the same time frame. with the same basic pay.
i love my job now, but will i love it as much when i have to miss my kid, or kids growing up?
i wouldnt change the road i took, and what i have experienced, but a more famialy freindly job looks good right now. but the grass is not always greener on the other side!
Bob
IA_James, i hope your daughter gets better!
i have been in for 4 1/2 years. now at 25 i am still young!
i went to college for a couple years off and on before i joined, and had a few diffrent jobs that payed well. well enough when i first came in that i took a pay cut. but it was worth it. now after 4 1/2 years of a very rewarding job i can say i wouldnt have changed the rought i came. except for to finish college. witch i have been in the proses of doing. i have been to some very interesting places, met some interesting people, and have made freinds for life. and wouldnt trade it fore anything.
But now i have a baby on the way, and my priorities and views have changed some. its a hard life being away from your famialy alot. i have been lucky and had good duty stations and have only had to be gone a few times. but i know guys, and gals that have been gone twice as much as me over the same time frame. with the same basic pay.
i love my job now, but will i love it as much when i have to miss my kid, or kids growing up?
i wouldnt change the road i took, and what i have experienced, but a more famialy freindly job looks good right now. but the grass is not always greener on the other side!
Bob
IA_James, i hope your daughter gets better!
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If I got to do it all over again, I would spend more time with my dad. Never really appreciate what you have until its gone.
Other than that, I'd probably do what I'm doing, except I would have put ALL my money into Microsoft!!!!!!!!
Other than that, I'd probably do what I'm doing, except I would have put ALL my money into Microsoft!!!!!!!!
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I dotn know what I would change... I have had a varied and good life so far... gotten to travel...
been a soldier, sailor, cop, teacher, rodeo rider,and scuba instructor.
plus enough side and small jobs along the way to keep from getting too bored.
I think if anything, I would have done better in HS and gone to college....
I think I sold myself short in a way by skipping that.
But over all I cant think of anything I would want to give up to do something different.
IAJames............Great to hear shes doing good........
PJ....sounds like a kid to be proud of.. I always felt my job as a Dad was to try to help my kids be more than what I am...
been a soldier, sailor, cop, teacher, rodeo rider,and scuba instructor.
plus enough side and small jobs along the way to keep from getting too bored.
I think if anything, I would have done better in HS and gone to college....
I think I sold myself short in a way by skipping that.
But over all I cant think of anything I would want to give up to do something different.
IAJames............Great to hear shes doing good........
PJ....sounds like a kid to be proud of.. I always felt my job as a Dad was to try to help my kids be more than what I am...
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Originally Posted by Chrisreyn
I always felt my job as a Dad was to try to help my kids be more than what I am...
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Thats MR Hoss to you buddy!
Originally Posted by IA_James
I'm a conductor for the Union Pacific RR by the way.
There are a lot of things in my life that, looking back, I would do differently. But, since we're just talking about careers, I'll stick to that subject.
If I could go back and start college all over again, I'm not really sure what I'd do. I probably would have stuck with my degree program, but I think I would have gone to work for a custom home builder straight out of college rather than a commercial contractor. I would have also been smarter about the way I spent my money right after I got out of college, but I digress.
Another thing that I'd really enjoy doing is being a Game Warden in Texas, but it would be pretty hard to support my family on Game Warden salary.
Growing up I planned on becoming a veterinarian, but when I found out it took longer to become a vet than it does a doctor I sort of changed my mind about that.
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I would have still done the 4 years in the Army as I found that to be a valuable experience but I would have been attending classes while I was in there to be a large animal Vet. I grew up building houses for my Dad's construction business and I've done welding and electrical work also but I think I would enjoy being a large animal vet and I enjoy my 2nd job I have now of training horses and mules.
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Originally Posted by mcoleman
I would have still done the 4 years in the Army as I found that to be a valuable experience .
It's always fun thinking of "what if" and sharing it.
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Thats MR Hoss to you buddy!
I would have bought a CTD right out of college instead of working my way through two Fords to finally get my Dodge...and it would be paid off right now.