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Slumber Party!!!

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I'll bring the Pokemon cards!

Anyone? No?

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Still job hunting...so in the meantime, can I sustain a writing project?
http://notanotherbeerreview.blogspot.com/

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I got an interview tomorrow with Perry Ellis International for a job, and hopefully another interview for a specialist position at Royal Caribbean soon.

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Finally started my (first) job. Very excited, and it's going really well :)

Haven't moved to my house yet, staying at a hotel :(

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How'd it go?

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I interviewed with about five different people, not including the company recruiter. They were all very nice and receptive to me, and I didn't bullshit them about what I wanted to do. I didn't want to waste their time or my time by giving me a job that I didn't want. They were appreciative of that. The only real opening they had that was suitable for my interest was a help desk analyst position, but the problem is I have one class this semester that interferes with the times they'd need me for the shift. I can take the class in the Spring semester however, so I have no problem with adjusting to put myself in a better company with better pay where I'll have room to grow.

They all seemed to think I was perfectly capable of working there, and my recommendation there was from the CIO of the company, which I don't imagine they'll take lightly.

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Excellent.

You should review Chateau Jiahu next. Err when you get the time and can find it.

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Once I have a salary I can order stuff online and the sky becomes the limit. :p

The Chateau Jiahu sounds interesting. I did have the Dogfish Head Midas Touch, which was pretty interesting. Dogfish Head has so-so availability out here. You see their beer in stores sporadically, with the exception of their 60 Minute which is always in stock.

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I started a 'real' job in May. It's only 2 days a week and it probably ends in December... but at least it pays well and it's what I've studied for.

2 weeks ago I got back from Norway, where I had a great vacation. Such an awesome country. Oh, except for the killings. :(

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I have a job interview for an exciting advising position at an Illinois college...I'm excited but don't want to get too hopeful. Hopefully I'll be on. I already did well enough to pass the phone interview, the post-phone-interview application process (including a couple of online tests)...so I interpret that as a positive thing.

Also, SHITTY BEER TUESDAY:

http://notanotherbeerreview.blogspot...budweiser.html

Where I review shitty beer. Stay tuned, next week we go to Australia and throw down some kangaroo piss.

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Hey guys! I got a job at Perry Ellis! They had an opening for a retail systems specialist and not only are they gonna be flexible with my hours, but they're gonna have me starting almost double what I make now!

I'm so glad I got the opportunity.

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Congrats dude. You should celebrate. :p

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Considering how long I've been at this job I've had now, when I put in my two weeks notice we'll probably do a party at someone's place or something.

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I'm giving my two weeks notice today. Commence slowly getting shit out of my desk and moving it home (if it's mine).

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Congrats man. I feel like you were probably underpaid at your current job.

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Yeah man. I told my boss and he was pretty happy for me. He's my bud so we talked numbers and stuff and he says that I'll be making close to what he does now, and that's without a degree.

I was severely underpaid, considering I could make 11 dollars serving drinks at a Starbucks. Mind you, the workload is different, but if I could consider that as an alternative to make more money, you know something's wrong with the job I'm at now.

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I start my new job today, yaaaaay

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Tell us how it went!

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It was a first day at a real job. I don't really know how else to put it.

There was the corporate orientation, I spent lunch with my supervisor, I got all my stuff setup...and then tomorrow I start shadowing. My internet access is pretty much limited to the corporate website and intranet...that's about it. Most everything is blocked, which I understand. It's just different after being able to do and see pretty much anything over the past four years.

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Just got promoted! Not a huge raise in pay, but in this economy anything is welcome. Going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

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Yay gz!
Next week I'm having a evaluation talk with my boss. Hopefully I'll hear that I get another contract... I'm really liking my job and these days it's so hard to find work.

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Congratulations!

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Congrats.

I do however like the fact of going out and spending money to celebrate a small raise in a poor economy.


What's the new position?

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Trickle down, trickle down :D

Really the same one with a different title. I work for a not for profit association, so its difficult to defend any raise more than "cost of living" to our governing board unless it comes with a title change.

Technically, "Account Executive Manager".

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Does this mean you are going to get more lead roles in Youtube videos?

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No more masturbating at work. Unless you have access to the corporate directory. Man that HR chick is a cutie. What do you mean she is only 15 years old? Who let's their daughter work at their company! Man the CEO was a jerk when he called the police on me. And they say it isn't a tough economy.

/it works if you pace it like Daniel Tosh.

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Funny you should say that. I have a new video coming out soon!

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Some good news to report. I think I mentioned a while back that Triton Container, the container leasing company I do consulting for (I work for Dell Services), was thinking about in sourcing their IT department.

Well, they made the official announcement Monday, and I got my job offer to go work for them today.

Offer includes an 8% raise, and a targeted annual bonus of 10% of my salary. Also, the health insurance benefits are out of this world. It's completely free (nothing out of my paycheck), and the deductible is only $100. Also, they put $1000 a year in an HSA, which rolls over. I can use that to pay the deductible...so basically no matter what happens to me I'm not out anything.

In addition they match $1.20 for every $1 I put into my 401k, up to $6,000.

On top of that I'm going from 10 vacation days to 12, and they reimburse $50 a month towards a gym membership, which will make a big dent in what I spend on CrossFit every month.

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It's a good feeling, isn't it? ;)

Congrats, though.

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I found a new house!! It's an appartment in the village next to mine. I already had plans to move to some temporary thing farther away, but I had a bad feeling about it.

This new one came totally unexpected. I still have to visit it and decide whether I want it or not, but I'm pretty sure I do. :D

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Congrats angrist!!

I know I've popped in and out of here over the past few years, but I figured I might as well just make my "coming back" post in here.

Finishing up last semester of UofT undergraduate degree in poli sci/sociology/international development... currently waiting on all the law schools I applied to to get back to me. fingers crossed (tight enough to break a diamond).

Of all the things that brought me back to this forum is that I remembered some pretty vivid political debates back in the day, so when the SOPA and PIPA debacle started, I found myself wondering what this forum was saying....

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Nice Gimpy! Where did you apply?

I'm at UCLA Law right now, second semester of 1L, and am avoiding putting the finishing touches on a research project due tomorrow. I'm currently looking for jobs for the summer, hoping to land a large or midsize firm position (did well enough first semester to have a realistic shot at it). If not, will do research with one of the Intellectual Property profs.

Also, yesterday I officiated my first wedding. It was for one of my best friends and was on a boat...so I got to wear a captain's hat! :-D

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Well I'm staying within Canada, at least for my first BAR..... i might take it elsewhere later, but I haven't thought that far ahead just yet. Applied to all the schools in Ontario sans UofT. If i don't get in this year, I'm taking a year off to go teach in Korea, and then trying again next year.

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McGill?

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nah, you need to speak french for their law program, also its civil law.... western, osgoode, queens, windsor, and ottawa...

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Nice. Ace and I have exchanged some good info concerning the application process and whatnot if you're ever curious... also www.top-law-schools.com if you haven't been there yet.

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thats a lot of good info.... unfortunately I already went through the bulk of it....now i'm just waiting on responses