I blew my road test... badly.
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1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
It isn't that bad from what I see.
So is broiling in the back of a UPS truck when you've got 220 stops with 380 packages up to 150 pounds each, 5 days a week, for the rest of your working life.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
^^^^^^^one of mine above^^^^^^^
Driver FELL OUT. Circumstances were never adequately explained.
Driver FELL OUT. Circumstances were never adequately explained.
Johney
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You pretty much proved that theory true.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Oopsie. Lol.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
You undercover, Johney?
Johney
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So spend 4 years busting your ass in school to get a diploma and decide your now going to bust your ass for another ten years to make the same amount of money you'd likely start out in CS?
SMH.
Johney
Well-Known Member
This X 1,000. Enjoy the AC, time/holidays with the family and high demand for your skills.
Johney
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One of my fellow workers son graduated with his 4 year degree in CS and in less than 2 months(1 month to relax 1 month interviewing) is making $75,000 a year starting. 23 years old.
It's not uncommon to fail the first road test, I did. I went out in a converted P-600 that had bench seats installed in the back, this was about 1979-80. I was driving a '69 Vette with a Muncie 4-speed back then, so shifting wasn't a problem. On a six-lane highway intersection, I made an illegal left-hand turn. The instructor told me to pull over to change drivers after the turn, I merged into the wrong lane after going through the traffic light and got disqualified for that. I had simply misunderstood his directions at that moment. Back to the Midnight Sort I went to wait another year.
Hump dump and roll
Well-Known Member
Should have said you were just practicing for the future of our savior that is known only as ORION.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
ORION was not even a twinkle in the company's eye back in 1979-80.
There are rumors that corporate was inspired by the Emperor as first portrayed in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980). So Atlanta brought in an anonymous dark lord to brainstorm ideas that would make him proud. About a week later, a body of work codenamed "Project Hoth" (after the Battle of Hoth, a great victory of the Sith Empire) was born.
It soon became clear to corporate that while Project Hoth was by far the most evil thing they'd ever come up with, the technology needed to draw the number of zigzagging lines necessary to really make it a Star Destroyer caliber clusterbang wasn't yet available. So the project was shelved for a later time.
Fast forward to the 21st century. Project Hoth was dusted off and rolled out as ORION. Mission accomplished.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Wow, that was creative. 5 stars
BrownTruckWannabe
Active Member
Like I said, money isn't everything. Got my degree in 2013. Tried working a programming job and was pretty much instantly depressed. It made me start to hate programming and I didn't want that so I got out.
I still work on software independently and can eventually monetize that. The way I see it is now I have a part- time job with benefits, a workout, and home before noon. Leaves me plenty of time to work on my own projects that I enjoy working on and we can see where it goes from there.
I still work on software independently and can eventually monetize that. The way I see it is now I have a part- time job with benefits, a workout, and home before noon. Leaves me plenty of time to work on my own projects that I enjoy working on and we can see where it goes from there.
Now that's perfectly reasonable. Part timers with sweet side gigs have it made.
Going FT driver if you're one of those folks is a huge, huge, HUUUUUUUGE mistake.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
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