This does a good job of nailing the feelings of gen Y.

MrMiracle26 · 15 days

I'm part of gen Y, on the older side of it and I used to beat myself up for not going to college. Looking at the job market now and looking at my situation now; I'm glad I didn't go to college. Looking at my career, which I enjoy, even if I went to college, I would doing what I do now (I'm in IT in the financial sector) and making the same money I make now (maybe less because I have more work experience now than if I went to college). So why would I spend all that money on college? Maybe I wouldn't had to have worked harder to get where I am if I went to college; I don't know.

I know the current climate isn't typical, and that my situation isn't typical, and I feel blessed for that, but these past two years, college just doesn't seen that important anymore. I just did what I enjoyed and miraculously it worked out for me. I guess groomed myself for doing what I want to do, but I know that's not typical.

argentinoloco87 · 15 days

Yes, and it's delicious.

el_tonio · 16 days

I'm a simple man; Irish breakfast tea with a bit of Baileys.

ReverendVerse · 19 days

It was mainly the fact they run all their test plans, updates and general analysis on a series of tables stored on a SQL server database but with no front end. So everything they do is via scripts. I asked them if they used MS Access to make their updates... it's like working in a spreadsheet and it wouldn't be very hard to make a front end using Access, at least a basic one.

ReverendVerse · 19 days

Because they used to work at the company I was previously employed at, but they were laid off back in December and I knew all three of them.

ReverendVerse · 19 days

They wouldn't have hired me if they didn't like me. Plain and simple. My sister had zero say in the hiring process. The only thing she did was pass my resume on. Did it help that she was my sister? Yes it did, she's highly respected there and her opinion is valued. They would have listened to her opinion if it was me or not. It all started when they asked her "We need to clone you" and she said, "Well, I have a brother who is in the same business and does what I do."

Even in my current job, I have a position that requires a Bachelor's degree and at least five years relative work experience and I only had a total of four years work experience when I was hired on (she didn't help me get this job). I've been recognized, at a global level (nearly 5,000 employees in the US and just 100k worldwide), by my company for the work I've done. Four people out of the entire global corporation receive these awards a year and I've received it twice. Why? I solved problems, I helped the company earn more money, I helped implemented a derisking policy that saved them just over a million dollars in a single year.

I'm sorry that I'm surrounded by people with degrees, who have been working for 10, 15 or more years and they're just now at the level I am. If they wanted to move quicker, they needed to work harder, instead of being satisfied pushing the same button for 10+ years. I've been there nearly five years and I've been promoted three times. I know people whose last promotion was 9 years ago. I've busted my ass to get where I am. My resume speaks for itself. If you guys don't understanding networking and getting your foot in the door, it's no wonder this subreddit is full people bitching they can't find a job. mikeyouse seems to be the only who understands that.

Biomortis · 21 days

Is that The Judge?

LasciviousUruguayan · 26 days

30, Middleburg Florida, Male
I smoked cigarettes first. Started about eight years ago. It was a way to handle stress at my job. I quit after about two years. I began to smoke a pipe about five years ago.
I average about a bowl every other day or so.
No health problems from pipe smoking, that I know of. I only smoked cigs for two years, so I think I was able to stop before any long term effects.
14
Sillem's Black and Shortcut to Mushrooms
My family and most of my friends know I smoke them. A couple of my friends think it's interesting and others think it's strange and it's just me 'trying to be different'
Pipe smoking, golfing, gaming (video games and table top), stenciling.

LucyRose21 · 1 month

It was a silver 2001 Hyundai Accent.

y0umadbr0o · 1 month

I can echo this.

I never went to college, but I'm in a position that requires an MBA in it's description and I recently turned 30. Although OP's career goals are much different than mine, I'll explain how I got where I am.

I know my career has given me a warped view of how the corporate world works. Currently, I'm the youngest on my team and the only one without a college degree, the least work experience, and yet I'm also the highest performer (and the highest paid). How Twilight can warp the image of what a woman should be for young teenage girls, this has given me the impression that college means nothing. Unless you want to be a doctor, researcher in some field of science or what have you. Especially in this economy, with so many people with graduate degrees who do not have jobs and struggle to find them , yet, here I am. If this sounds arrogant, I don't mean for it to be. A lot about where I am has been based on luck and I know that more than anyone.

Every single job I have gotten has been purely through networking and plain ol' hard work. The first 'real' job I ever had, a friend referred me and I joined at the ground floor (the owner would later tell me that hiring me was a gamble, because I had nil work experience). That's how I got my foot in the door. I worked hard, learned fast, and took on every task that would help me grow professionally. The owner of the company (which was small, about 30 employees, but highly lucrative) took me under her wing and taught me everything she knew about business; from negotiating, to networking, and even things like what colors to wear for specific occasions (conference, business dinner, etc) and that a Rolex is an important business investment (some of these things you don't learn in college). In the four years I was there, I tripled my salary, I was exposed to every aspect of that business and it padded the hell out of my resume (a VP job title does wonders for a resume). The owner had said that she was grooming me for the future of the company. All of this came with a price. The company was plagued by micromanagement and I was doing the work of at least four people, on top of flying around the US on business about 20 times a year. There was some slight sexual harassment going on. It was the owner who was harassing me (it was a complicated situation, but it's another story). It consumed my life and I finally decided that it wasn't worth the stress and resigned.

My older sister is a rock star at the company she is in. A spot had opened up and someone had asked her "We need a copy of you" and she suggested me and I was hired. It's a much larger company, but I have again been fortunate enough to be offered opportunities to grow professionally and prove myself. They like to promote from within and they really only use your track record within your experience inside the company. My current manager didn't even know I never went to college until we were talking about stupid things people do while in college. My sister has since moved on, and again, her new company is looking for a new employee and from her recommendation, they have been begging for my resume (it's more money, but I think I have better opportunities in my current job).

I know my story is probably unique, but networking has been the only way I have gotten a job. I have never been hired from submitting my resume to random companies via the internet or in person. On top of that, I do think I work much harder than most people. I feel because I don't have a college education, I'm gimped and I have to make up for it, so I bring the pain onto myself. I don't have much of a social life, no girlfriend, no kids, etc. Now that I've been in the work force for nearly nine years, I think my work experience finally can speak for itself instead of that piece of paper speaking for me. It has been only in the past year that I finally realized that the cost of my work life has been too great and that I can finally slow down and enjoy life a little.

Victorious666 · 1 month

If you live in Florida, I think it's possible to have something like that expunged, but at a cost. I seem to recall hearing that you can essentially pay the state to do that, but it does cost a load of cash.

I could be TOTALLY wrong... so you might want to get legal advice.

mauxfaux · 1 month

1) Anywhere near the beaches or in the southside of town is preferable. As long as you're south of downtown and east of the river, you're doing good. I personally live in Middleburg, which is in Clay county, south of Orange Park. I haven't lived in Jacksonville (although I work and play in Jax) since the housing market tanked, so I can't speak to rent/mortgage pricing.

2) It's about half way down the middle. Areas outside of the northside (Moncrief yo!) and Riverside, it's fairly conservative. You do have your shitkicking rednecks who hold on conservative values they don't understand out in the westside, but east of the river is mostly the young professionals who are conservatives. There is a LARGE portion of the Jax population that are ignorant of politics and just have bumper stickers of whoever the popular candidate is, without really knowing anything about the candidate.

3) The weather sucks. We get a total of three to five weeks a year, when the weather is awesome. You just missed out on the great weather, just about two or three weeks ago. Other than that, it's 100 degree weather, with 135 heat index, you sweat from just existing and massive electric bills. Summer starts in April and ends in November, with a week long spring and fall. Then we get mild winters, which are bearable.

4) It depends where you're at. If you're in the urban core, expect to drive, at least 30 minutes, to the good biking trails or marinas. The St. Johns River is very friendly for boaters and it's nice to just take your boat out, go downtown via the river and park your boat at the Landing. There are a lot of tributaries to the St. Johns, which offer great fishing and activities.

5) Jacksonville is a city of transplants. With a strong naval presence, we have people from all over the place calling Jax home. So you're in good company.

Overall, just from my personal life here. I hate Jacksonville. I hate north Florida in general. I've lived in multiple places in the world (in the US and abroad) and this has been one of my least favorite places. Still, I know people who have lived here their whole life and love it. Take it as you will. So, I tried to be as optimistic as possible.

Another personal note... Jacksonville is FUCKING huge with the worst drivers in the US. Expect to spend at least 30 minutes to an hour getting anywhere. This image sums it up (especially the I-295 description... for some reason all the drivers are assholes). http://i.imgur.com/AjfB2.jpg

b0red · 1 month

Considering the height of the Japanese people, that wall probably only comes waist high to us 'mericans.

mtnagel · 1 month

I'll take the Hopslam off your hands and any Two-Hearted you may have as well.

nico87 · 1 month

Where I work, we have a similar policy as the OP. Although we don't have a funny sign (or any sign for that matter), it's part of the of employee handbook for work place security. Not like physical security, but data security (I work in pension, so our building is full of SSNs, bank info, etc for millions of people).

mattrox217 · 1 month

Still no [+] from the first trade :(

trbonigro · 1 month

Black Rope XX...

Pyrofusion · 1 month

Middleburg, Florida

Chobeat · 1 month

Nobody has asked what is the subject of his thesis?

cfaris · 1 month

What you talk about is definitely a two way street and I don't claim otherwise and I think people in both camps need to chill out. I personally think they're 'laying it on too thick', in terms of professing their belief system and forcing it on others, does much more damage than good. I don't know if atheists feel the need to 'convert' Christians away from their beliefs in the same ways that Christians feel that they need to preach the Word and convert others to Christianity. Regardless of the end goal, bashing on Christians or preaching fire and brimstone will get no one anywhere. I think both atheists and Christians loose sight of the base concept of their belief systems… a "can't see the forest through the trees" analogy.

I digress though; I think the OP is referring to is the nature of atheism on Reddit specifically and that is where my observation came from. This subreddit only has just under 30k subscribers and r/atheism has nearly 700k. A large portion of threads in r/atheism is simply religion bashing. The few times I have been there, maybe 2 or 3 out of 10 threads actual present a valid debate or try to engage the atheist base. It's just pics of "fundies" on Facebook or people posting horror stories about a run in with a Christian in the wild and how traumatic it was to their logical sensibilities, which just turns into a self serving situation of atheists pointing and mocking Christians (or circlejerking as ThisIsMyRedditLogin referred to it somewhere else in this thread).

If you do a similar comparison to the r/Christianity subreddit, it's a different story. The threads are much more civil and not out-right aggressive. We try to help each other out when we have moments when our faith are tested or discuss different views of various topics relating to the Christian faith. Sure, some could say we're 'circlejerking' as well, but at least it isn't at the expense of anyone. Now, does that mean we don't have our share of ignorant posters? Sure we do, but I think the overall atmosphere in this subreddit is a much more positive one. I do have to add, I haven't been in this subreddit long (or Reddit as a whole), so I can't speak for it's entire history. I can only speak for what I have seen. So, this entire opinion can only be taken at it's face value.

Now, one could say that the r/Atheism subreddit, with so many subscribers, has suffered the curse of any subreddit with a lot of subscribers; that it becomes a flood of pointless posts and memes (the Dwarf Fortress subreddit is currently fighting that war) and the water is polluted. I still get the feeling, that even if this subreddit had 600k subscribers, the atmosphere would still remain mostly positive. Of course, I have no way of backing up that claim or nothing in front me that allows me to predict that, but I think ultimately Christianity is an ethos, all of the time, but it seems that to atheists, atheism is an ethos when it's convenient for them, in the arguments similar to "No one has gone to war in the name of atheism!" (although genocide has been committed in the name of atheism, but that's another discussion). I think that is what keeps r/Christianity from derailment, as opposed to r/Atheism, which I feel it's has totally derailed from it's original intention and the overall vibe has turn into more of an anti-authoritarianism being acted out by young adults that want to 'stick it to the man', 'be different' or simply 'my parents are lame, so I'm going to do the opposite of what they are' as opposed to real philosophical discussion of atheism.

EDIT: I apologize for my verbosity.

cfaris · 1 month

Unfortunately, a majority of atheists give the impression that if you believe in God that you're a mindless sheep, part of the 'opiate of the masses' and they seem much more interested in bashing you and telling you how wrong you are as opposed to actually listening to why I have chosen my path and my faith.

thadeoushasselpuss · 1 month

Koningshoeven La Trappe Quadrupel
Bell's HopSlam
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Magic Hat Encore
Bell's Expedition Stout
Terrapin Hopsecutioner
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Sam Adams Double Bock
Intuition Ale Works The Face
Abita Andygator

gwabble · 1 month

"I am the liquor"

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