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Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:59 am 2019 is looking like a great year for DFD!

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for a select few. :eeyore:

I got offered a position in the :dillerman: world. :notsure: I could make that kind of career jump.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:56 am
Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:59 am 2019 is looking like a great year for DFD!

:fuckyeah:
for a select few. :eeyore:

I got offered a position in the :dillerman: world. :notsure: I could make that kind of career jump.
Are you actively looking for something else :doe: ? Things don't just happen on their own.

:dillerman: would be a rough move IMO.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:59 am
dubshow wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:56 am

for a select few. :eeyore:

I got offered a position in the :dillerman: world. :notsure: I could make that kind of career jump.
Are you actively looking for something else :doe: ? Things don't just happen on their own.

:dillerman: would be a rough move IMO.
"actively" no. I talk to people. I've always had an assured position well before even doing a job application. I've never had the feeling of really waiting on a call back from a cold application.

There are some opportunities to go chase money over happiness, for sure. I just wish I had warmer feelings for current gig.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:25 am
Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:59 am
Are you actively looking for something else :doe: ? Things don't just happen on their own.

:dillerman: would be a rough move IMO.
"actively" no. I talk to people. I've always had an assured position well before even doing a job application. I've never had the feeling of really waiting on a call back from a cold application.

There are some opportunities to go chase money over happiness, for sure. I just wish I had warmer feelings for current gig.
Interesting. You don't really have any excuse to :eeyore: then. When things aren't going the way you want, time to look for something else.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:27 am
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"actively" no. I talk to people. I've always had an assured position well before even doing a job application. I've never had the feeling of really waiting on a call back from a cold application.

There are some opportunities to go chase money over happiness, for sure. I just wish I had warmer feelings for current gig.
Interesting. You don't really have any excuse to :eeyore: then. When things aren't going the way you want, time to look for something else.
I don't feel things are ever "going the way i want". Thats my problem man. I don't mind working but I don't think I will EVER get job satisfaction and be able to make a decent wage. Maybe I put too much emphasis on money now because I dont want to work til 80. I don't want to be someone that hops jobs but I dont feel the sense of security in my current role/company.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:41 am
Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:27 am
Interesting. You don't really have any excuse to :eeyore: then. When things aren't going the way you want, time to look for something else.
I don't feel things are ever "going the way i want". Thats my problem man. I don't mind working but I don't think I will EVER get job satisfaction and be able to make a decent wage. Maybe I put too much emphasis on money now because I dont want to work til 80. I don't want to be someone that hops jobs but I dont feel the sense of security in my current role/company.
There's no value in loyalty to a company anymore...so why stick around? If you can get paid more elsewhere, go do it. Obviously, you don't want to move companies every 6 months, but after a few years, I don't think that's the end of the world.

I too am realizing that I'll never be fully fullfilled in a job, so I just chase money and sock it away with plans of retiring earlier...or a "soft" retirement where I just work part time at Ace hardware or something.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:15 pm Approved for formal WFH. Wednesdays and Fridays when I'm not traveling. Fuck yeah
Happy hour starts at 4.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:30 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:28 pm

Happy hour starts at 4.
:dat:

Also works out to like 2k in annual commuting costs avoided. That's several bottles of whiskey.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:15 pm Approved for formal WFH. Wednesdays and Fridays when I'm not traveling. Fuck yeah
Wow, that's fantastic.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote:If this works, I might try and flip the script with me being fully remote and flexing in a day or two every few weeks. My boss is fully remote so it seems like it should be possible.
:alpo:
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troyguitar wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:23 pm
[user not found] wrote:If this works, I might try and flip the script with me being fully remote and flexing in a day or two every few weeks. My boss is fully remote so it seems like it should be possible.
:alpo:
Yea, seriously.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:15 pm Approved for formal WFH. Wednesdays and Fridays when I'm not traveling. Fuck yeah
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:51 pm
troyguitar wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:23 pm :alpo:
Don't count your :alpo: before you :jizz: - it's a long shot.

That said, two days a week is fantastic as it is.
Two days a week is :mindblown:

BUT, you do a shitload of travelling, so it's all a trade-off.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:54 pm
Detroit wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:53 pm
Two days a week is :mindblown:

BUT, you do a shitload of travelling, so it's all a trade-off.
Yup, and I picked those days because when I travel those are days I'm DEFINITELY on the road. I don't want it to seem like I'm gone more than I am.
Oh :notbad:
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troyguitar wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:23 pm
[user not found] wrote:If this works, I might try and flip the script with me being fully remote and flexing in a day or two every few weeks. My boss is fully remote so it seems like it should be possible.
:alpo:
:dat:
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:ohmy: doll hairs hit my mark. :excited:
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:58 pm :ohmy: doll hairs hit my mark. :excited:
Decent percentage increase over your current gig?
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:58 pm :ohmy: doll hairs hit my mark. :excited:
Decent percentage increase over your current gig?
~50%
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:15 pm Approved for formal WFH. Wednesdays and Fridays when I'm not traveling. Fuck yeah
That's fantastic! :like:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:28 pm
[user not found] wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:15 pm Approved for formal WFH. Wednesdays and Fridays when I'm not traveling. Fuck yeah
Happy hour starts at noon.
:dat:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:13 pm
SAWCE wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:12 pm

Decent percentage increase over your current gig?
~50%
:mindblown: :fuckyeah:
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:13 pm
SAWCE wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:12 pm

Decent percentage increase over your current gig?
~50%
DUDE YES!

This is fantastic. Congrats man!

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Gracias amigos! Super stoked for this.
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:48 pm Gracias amigos! Super stoked for this.
As you should be! That's a great increase.
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Apex wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:13 pm
SAWCE wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:12 pm

Decent percentage increase over your current gig?
~50%
Hell yeah.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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