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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:19 pm
by TheMoose
I went to a temp agency for a while to try to help find me an office job. Well needless to say, they found me one at a local lumber company doing some inventory work regarding POs and incoming invoices, the works. Well they sat me down at this old, Old, OLD computer that was practically a 486 with basically only DOS style commands and interface to try to do inventory work. I had to memorize a list of about 30-40 commands that I would be using constantly. I quit after 2 days.
I also worked at Best Buy as a cashier in high school. Worked there for 9 months then quit because of the supervisors being hypocritical and enforcing "rules" that were utterly ridiculous. One of the main reasons I quit was I had gotten written up for not offering one of their notorious PRPs (product replacement plans) on a $20 portable CD player, and the PRP was $5. I was written up and actually sent home early for forgetting to offer it.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:01 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Nice. Aren't you glad you are a programmer now?
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:57 pm
by TheMoose
Everah wrote:Nice. Aren't you glad you are a programmer now?
Yes and no. It's not my ideal job currently as I get ADD sometimes when I'm coding (I'll code one aspect, and then like 3/4 the way through it, I'll have an idea and change over to a different aspect). I'm going to get an Associates in Science right now (I didn't go straight to college after HS), and transfer in to a 4year and get a bachelors, hopefully in Physics since that's what I think (as of yet) is my real passion. Although I've debated doing Psychology, I don't think I want to go to grad school to get a masters to be able to do anything in that field.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:15 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I can't stand school. I had to get out after only two years. I am just not a "sit down and learn" kind of person. Although I can say that I am totally thrilled that I am a professional developer. I wouldn't have it any other way (except maybe getting paid 10 times as much to do what I do).
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:41 pm
by Ollie Saunders
I did an IT support job for a while on the phones. I didn't know anything about the company network so I really couldn't help anyone who rang up. I remember this one particular moment when I was trying to eat a packet of crisps (chips to most of you) and I took a call - for the first half of the call I managed to get away with "uh huh" and "hmmm" but when I needed to actually talk I was indecipherable. A couple of people sat there watching me extract this soggy crisp from my mouth in order to speak clearly to the person on the other end. Slightly embarrassing, I was only young. The people were nice though.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:59 pm
by Benjamin
Well at least you don't have Mike Rowes jobs.

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:01 pm
by feyd
astions wrote:Well at least you don't have Mike Rowes jobs.

At least his are episodic. ... although often followed by medical treatment stints.
