Education and work

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msleeper
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#46853
Posted Jul 23, 2011
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I attend the Art Institute of Atlanta as a full-time (12 credit hour / 3 class per semester) student and I work a full-time 40 hour a week job. Additionally, in my spare time, I am working on a prototype for an RTS MMO. I also I run several websites (including this one) as well as manage about a dozen game servers.

I probably do about 70 to 80 hours of work in a week.

Mevious wrote:
Depends on your profession. I moved to Seattle and now have a full time position as a software developer for amazon.com. They are still looking to fill a ton of open positions.

Did you ever give them my resume like you said you would?

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Mevious
205 Posts
#46856
Posted Jul 23, 2011
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I did, but the review process is slow and they have a long queue of resumes at this time. I referred a few people and none of them have been contacted yet.
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Left4calvin
34 Posts
#47222
Posted Jul 25, 2011
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Rubrica wrote:
We'll just say that I'm not into my college years yet. :wink: Therefore, also, I of course have no job.

Me too :thumbup:

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The Irate Pirate
236 Posts
#47261
Posted Jul 25, 2011
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satchmo wrote:
I completed four years of university, four years of medical school, and three years of pediatric residency.

I am a full-time pediatrician specializing in AD/HD. I am also a pediatric hospitalist.

I wrote two books, one on general pediatric medicine and the other on immunization.

:kermit:

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satchmo
415 Posts
#47313
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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Green with envy?

Anyway, I have to say that I had tons of fun in college. It was not too challenging, and the social aspect was fabulous. Those were some of the best years of my life.

Medical school . . . not so much. It was quite brutal, actually.

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The Irate Pirate
236 Posts
#47319
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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I've got a couple of friends going for medicine, I keep trying to tell them how much of a overly competitive field it is but they won't listen to reason.
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satchmo
415 Posts
#47320
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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I don't think the gaming industry is any less competitive.

I do, nevertheless, thoroughly enjoy my job. I have no regret going into medicine. It's highly rewarding.

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Mek
459 Posts
#47375
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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I have finished my Master degree in Applied informatics last month and now I am a software engineer at a Dutch software company - they have a subsidiary here in Slovakia. We are quite a small team, my colleagues are friendly but the work is harder than I thought. I have to study existing code a lot to build on it and I am getting things done much slower than I imagined due to this fact. It will take some time until I get into it, I guess :snooze:

//400th post, yay :omg:

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satchmo
415 Posts
#47390
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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I was on-call in the hospital until midnight, but went home and mapped until 4 am. :razz:
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rellikpd
1,053 Posts
#47535
Posted Jul 27, 2011
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State Prison Correctional Officer.
I tell hard-asses what to do all day.

Been with the state since 1999 (quit for a year, but came back)
Before that I was in college for Computer Science, with the eventual plan to either work on video games, or for a general software company... Life + Bullshit leaded me to quitting and trying my hand in the real world... Once you make a few pay checks and get a few responsibilities... then you're <stuck>

Also; Instead of bitching about college, be happy that you have parents that actually can MAKE you go, in that you GET to go. Instead of digging ditches all day. Or, worse, someone that can't even get a ditch-digging job.

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Hober
1,180 Posts
#47538
Posted Jul 27, 2011
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rellikpd wrote:
Once you make a few pay checks and get a few responsibilities... then you're

Instead of bitching about college, be happy that you have parents that actually can MAKE you go, in that you GET to go.

[/thread]

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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
#47580
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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Hober wrote:
rellikpd wrote:

Once you make a few pay checks and get a few responsibilities... then you're

Instead of bitching about college, be happy that you have parents that actually can MAKE you go, in that you GET to go.

[/thread]

Agree. But me never went to college.

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satchmo
415 Posts
#47624
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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Quite right. A lot of people would love to get paid for digging ditches.
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rellikpd
1,053 Posts
#47665
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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no... but there are people out there that are willing to work; NEED to work; and can't EVEN get a ditch digging job. because of the job market, yadda yadda yadda [no politics]
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MasterLagger
1,695 Posts
#47799
Posted Jul 29, 2011
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True, but then again there are some people that are losing money to something they never wanted to get involved with in the first place. You can't just send someone to college and expect them to be grateful and successful. It's unreal. I'd rather have another clonic epileptic seizure than going to college and that's saying something.
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Brainstone
401 Posts
#49152
Posted Aug 11, 2011
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I don't have much to say here... ^^ I'm sixteen and will finish school in two years. In Germany children are splitted at age ten into three different kind of schools, depending of their performance. I'm in the highest of the three.
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ForbiddenDonut
142 Posts
#49257
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Currently at NYU for a BA in Computer Science (that's right, a BA. Hah). I would *like * to get into the video game industry, even if it means working on indie games (but hey, indie games are generally awesome), but I will just see what opportunities present themselves to me.

Although I'm getting a computer science degree, I have years of experience in many different art forms, ranging from sculpting to drawing/painting to, well, mapping! :lol:

EDIT: Just notice the double Homer avatars. Win.

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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
#49259
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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ForbiddenDonut wrote:
EDIT: Just notice the double Homer avatars. Win.

I noticed the double Homer avatars with one post count 66 and the other 99. Coincidence?

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Rubrica
305 Posts
#49261
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Oh god, it's the apocalypse! Seriously, though, I HATE the Simpsons. I don't know why, I just have this innate dislike for it.
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ForbiddenDonut
142 Posts
#49263
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Rofl. Nice catch.

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Oh god, it's the apocalypse! Seriously, though, I HATE the Simpsons. I don't know why, I just have this innate dislike for it.

I've always been a fan of the older seasons. I no longer watch the series, however, as it has reduced itself to a cesspool of pop culture jokes and no longer goes for any of the emotions besides blunt laughter.

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