What do you do for a living?
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I'm not sure I see the logic in you telling me you're sorry that I have a job where I sit in a recording studio reading books all day, as opposed to, say, flipping burgers at McDonald's.
Unless you happen to hate reading books. Then I'd understand.
Well, it's kind of complicated.
First of all, I am a PhD candidate. So, I don't have a normal job and I spending 10 hours a day and more at the University does not leave time for one. I am supposed to be getting a scholarship (which money-wise is like a normal salary) but due to various reasons it has delayed a lot. Which means that at some point in future I will get that money but I don't have it available right now to actually live with it.
Also, I had passed a nation-wide examination two years ago to become a secondary education teacher. I was supposed to be one by now but due to various state/economic reasons this has also delayed. So, no money from there (and no real prospect to become a teacher anytime soon).
My money income right now comes from part-time teaching at a technological institution in a smaller nearby town. I teach 10 hours a week. The money is not much and since I also have to pay for the gas to get there (whose price has almost doubled this year!) there is not much left.
So, the bottom line is that I still have to live with my parents. I make enough money for my personal expenses and keeping my car around but not enough to pay for a house.
First of all, I am a PhD candidate. So, I don't have a normal job and I spending 10 hours a day and more at the University does not leave time for one. I am supposed to be getting a scholarship (which money-wise is like a normal salary) but due to various reasons it has delayed a lot. Which means that at some point in future I will get that money but I don't have it available right now to actually live with it.
Also, I had passed a nation-wide examination two years ago to become a secondary education teacher. I was supposed to be one by now but due to various state/economic reasons this has also delayed. So, no money from there (and no real prospect to become a teacher anytime soon).
My money income right now comes from part-time teaching at a technological institution in a smaller nearby town. I teach 10 hours a week. The money is not much and since I also have to pay for the gas to get there (whose price has almost doubled this year!) there is not much left.
So, the bottom line is that I still have to live with my parents. I make enough money for my personal expenses and keeping my car around but not enough to pay for a house.
Also decreasing social mobility - there are an increasing number of professions that it's impossible to get into unless* you have some wealthy behind you to support you while you do unpaid internships for a year or even two.
* > You might also need a degree from Oxford to get past the old boys club.
Some law firms want interns working 40 hours a week, unpaid. Of course, people at those law firms might be working 80 hours a week.
Ah, gotcha. Luckily, it didn't have any effect on my job.
That sounds like a cool job - did you have to get any training for it?
Do you do different accents and voices?
I'm a UNIX Sysadmin; been doing that for, damn, fifteen years now I guess. I had the good fortune to get TUPE'd (don't ask what that acronym stands for - European employment law which means I get to keep my job when a service contract gets taken over by another company) into a Scottish company based near Glasgow. Basically it's my dream job after living here for nigh on ten years.
Life has been veddy veddy good to me!
Life has been veddy veddy good to me!
I had a friend who did an internship for 80 hours a week and still tried to work part-time to pay the bills. She quit the internship after 2 weeks.
Yikes! Probably a good decision on her part.
When I had an internship I was allowed to work 20 hours while school was in session (the internship required full-time college student status), and 40 hours while school was out. I earned about $11 an hour and I often jumped at the opportunity to work more hours, because I desired the extra money and because I really loved the job I was doing. Even when I was working full-time there were no benefits involved, but I didn't expect there to be. I guess I should mention that when I was only allowed to work 20 hours a week, I was also working at least 15 hours at another job where I earned a similar amount of money. So really I always worked about 40 hours a week.
I'd like to think that, if I were supposed to work 80 hours a week, I'd quit, but, let's face it, I don't really have a choice in the current legal market but to build experience any way I can.
I have a bachelors degree in computer engineering, but right now I am attending the Royal Military Academy in Breda.
I finished basic training in january last year, but due to a sustained injury (a fractured ankle) I can't continue with officer training until june this year.
If all goes as planned I get my officer commission sometime next year.
Meanwhile Ive been working on my skills and drills, organising battlefield tours and Im designing a software tool for upper management.
I finished basic training in january last year, but due to a sustained injury (a fractured ankle) I can't continue with officer training until june this year.
If all goes as planned I get my officer commission sometime next year.
Meanwhile Ive been working on my skills and drills, organising battlefield tours and Im designing a software tool for upper management.
Yes, something like that.
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