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Pic slightly related, I will begin with some background information before asking my question.
>be 18
>dad is a tradesman, works as a concrete finisher
>he's 3rd highest paid worker, and considered the best finisher
>takes me to work wtih him over summer and during breaks
>meant to teach me the value of hardwork + to stay in school so im not breaking my back
>the owner takes a liking...
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Do civil engineering
I'm an engineer myself, I'll say no discipline is going to be extremely practical toward what you want to do. At least civil is broad.
>>1027613
If he hasn't specified what type then I doubt the owner cares too much what degree you get. College educations are super broad in general and only give you the minimum toolset to get hired. You'll be learning most of the necessary skills on the job, during your summers and co-ops with this guy. The reason he would be interested in you becoming an eng in the first place is because that leads to a p.eng which can then let you approve and sign off on plans and shit. That being said, yeah civil is probably your...
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Get a Civil and an Architectural degree.
The two of them can be done together in 5 years.
One covers all the infrastructure one cover buildings
I'm a man who has a huge difference then the rest of his family. Some of you who know social science might judge me and tell me where I am going to end up, but, I'm a risk taker. I can do something other people cannot do during my generation. I can work, keep working, and save money without having much pleasure in the middle of it all, essentially for as long as I need, till I get the job done.
When you work without a direction, your blood pressure increases from stress and you end up trying to find new ways to deal with stress.
I don't have a girl...
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Work toward this.
>>1027554
I already know about how in the future, humanity becomes consciously entangled into one mind that people now, call god, and we change the nature of our desires to meet the needs of that god created by our conscious entanglement.
>>1027560
I disagree. I don't think there are any mechanics for this kind of thing occurring except in a transhumanist framework, and I find even that implausible. A pre-existing, supernatural first cause as God, though.
I don't want to derail your thread any further, but give it a thought later and come to your own conclusion. Bump.
I started watching stock tv channels today.
They've successfully convinced me that Activision, Macys, Sony, and Smith&Wesson are good to get into.
How can I tell if these are good stocks to get into?
>>1027546
If you have and friends that work for one of the companies, you should try asking them for some questions regarding moves that said company will make in the future.
Only suckers watch stock tv channels, all the pros make their move long before any information gets released to the common plebs
Don't be a sucker anon.
>>1027546
There's no way to "know" all you can do is control your risk.
there are two extremes. here. Warren Buffett went and met with leadership personally of his first major investments. There were many companies that he crossed off his list b/c the people sucked. Then he went Balls deep and put 70% of his money in Ben Graham's company.
He knew his Metrics and he knew the people and made the most educated bet possible on the best people with the best metrics.
if that's beyond you...
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>>1027546
S&W was good to get into... last week.
How to start a charity? Seems like a good way to help people and honestly make some money.
Best charity to start? Preferably locally doable stuff.
I knew a girl who started a dog adoption charity. its a bitch to do the 501c3 paperwork.
For most people its not worth it.
Best/Worst Charities/Non-profits I've seen are the Seed Churches. Get a bunch of folks to plant seeds of cash into the Church which is legally just you. Tax free gains.
>>1027551
I think the dog adoption thing could be interesting.
Not so down on the whole church thing. I'm not a piece of shit and I certainly don't want to incur God's wrath even if the people are willingly (naively) giving me money. That is televangelist tier and I'm not scum.
A fun run to help herpes victims or something like that. 5 or 10k is a good distance even better if there's a natural distance from Point A to B or loop around a park/top of a hill and back. . Roughly $30 entry fee, get other local charities or high schools to help with crowd control/finish line shit. Sell vendor stalls to food truck dicks at finish line. Print up finisher shirts for a couple of bucks. Enlist local businesses to donate/sponsor 'teams' of employees. Get on local media for free (tv/radio/newspaper) to pump your event. Get on TV showing you handing...
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Been at my current job for about a year and a half, got bored of it a long time ago. I work at an enterprise software (SaaS) company as a professional services engineer (implementations, custom development, face time with clients, data migrations, etc.), have been promoted once since I got hired.
I'd like to start applying for a new job with the intention of becoming a software developer. I know I have the skills and would do well in a job like this, but considering that my background isn't purely that of a traditional software developer but more that of a technical...
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>>1027526
I have some experience with this but it was not positive.
First off, I've only ever had two interviews where I had to do actual coding (most places will accept lies at face value).
One was stupid and basically judged on speed alone. It basically a how-fast-can-you-drag-shit-around-in-the-WebForms-designer test. Place really gave off a chop shop vibe (scattered laptops in a renovated apartment building full of hipsters) and they failed me because I knew how to do cross-browser compatible layout without the designer.
Other one I showed off a Windows application that I put together for my side business. Basically it combined inventory with financials and was written because I couldn't find anything out there that could do both. They just weren't impressed. Nagged about my table structure, nagged about my icons, nagged about using ADO, ignored custom controls, ignored plug-in architecture, etc.
I really wish it was different but I really haven't seen any evidence that development teams are looking for anybody with even a marginal level of skill. They've usually got a clusterfuck of a system that nobody is allowed to question any aspect of its design or do anything to really improve. Complete paralysis on the best days, a deluge of coping with the same bugs over and over on the worst. Truth be told, I left half the jobs I landed and the other half I was fired while interviewing elsewhere.
>>1027557
Thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid of this. Mainly I'm just trying to make myself more marketable as a pure dev guy coming from a half dev half client-facing half app maintenance/etc situation without getting any more education/credentials because in my opinion it just pales in comparison to the experience you can get on the job (or building your own thing), it's tough.
>>1027653
Absolutely. Some classes are worthwhile but necessity is the mother of invention. Shame that it's actively discouraged in many places.
I'm not saying not to do a demo project. I'm saying don't do it solely for job hunting's sake. Reaction to it might help screen out lousy jobs and it'll provide something interesting for to do if you find yourself in one anyway.
I'm thinking about applying to business school after completing my postgraduate degree in international political economy.
I'm an all-around competitive candidate (3.8 GPA, GMAT 700, four years of work experience, volunteering work, travel, multilingual, etc). I'm just concerned of age. I'm currently 27 and will be turning 28 during my application.
You think age will be a factor?
By the time I graduate, I will still be earning more than 90% of people in my demographic. So, I'm strongly leaning towards applying. What does /biz/ think?
Nothing?
>>1028687
Yes, you can totally do you MBA. Most b-schools would require around 5 years of work/post-graduate experience anyway, and I know MBA's in their mid-30s, so you're still on the youngish side.
Many companies allow their employees to get their MBA while still working / having guaranteed employment. If you feel as if you are close to peaking in terms of salary, go for it.
You should be fine. Average graduate student is around 33~, so you're well below that. From the looks of things you're an excellent candidate (good GPA, actual experience, multilingual and okay with traveling) so just pick out a good school that's not a joke.
It's time for me to get very serious about becoming immensely wealthy. From what I understand there are two fairly common ways people make a fortune, owning a bussiness and playing with markets. I plan to do both. What are some ways I can be sure to make?
inb4 kneepads
dude what is up with that picture. I like it.
There are actually 5 ways to get rich that I can see
1. found a business and take it to ipo or franchising
2. get lucky with stocks or other investments
3. develop real estate
4. invent something
5. become a celebrity
none of them are sure
Hi, I'm opening an LLC within the next couple weeks in illinois and am having trouble deciding if the name I want to take is a smart choice. Here's the scenario, a guy already in my state owns a company called JasonTheSmokeman. After hyping up the name I want with all my supporters, JacobTheSmokeman now I'm worried that he could possibly press some kind of charges towards me. What can I do trademark/patent-wise to keep myself out of trouble?
TLDR;
>new company next week w/ name "JacobTheSmokeMan"
>there...
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>>1027420
Yeah, sounds like it. Oh well, that's one failed business under your belt now.
how about you just think of a different name? because jacobthesmokeman sounds gay as fuck desu senpai
Ok, so I live in Texas. From what I read, you cannot have you wages garnished for debts(other than child support alimony, taxes or student loans). 401ks are impenetrable from what I read. I make $100k per year. I am being sued by my exwife over custody. Since I basically can't lose my aoftware engineering job, I am thinking about loading up about $50-80k in credit card and personal loan debt to fight her and stop paying. I want to pay on my car and house, but not on any unsecured debt. I also intend to to owe several companies a little money instead of few companies a lot....
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Gee.
That sounds like a legal question.
There are these guys you can find in the phonebook or online that answer legal questions and give advice.
They call them... law doctors. Something like that.
>>1027369
I'm more thinking along strategic lines than legal lines. I'm pretty confident that they can only sue me for known assets(like bank account balances, land, vehicles, etc)
>>1027375
Texas is a homestead state. Texas and Florida are the only ones. You can put your money into a house and it's untouchable. This is the reason lots of criminals from all over will move to Florida. Pretty sure OJ Simpson did this during his trial too.
Whats Biz's opinion? with some companies/recruiters you'll simply not be able to progress any further in the application without revealing salary/bonus data. On the other hand some articles argue for never revealing first as you're losing the upper hand in any future negotiation. What say you biz? do you reveal, decline to reveal, lie/exagerate?
>>1027210
I've always investigated what someone in my new job would be getting, as far as possible. Otherwise,my current salary +10-15% unless thee new job is significantly higher priced.
I ran into this once. The application left me no choice so I just revealed it. I was looking to change locations and would have been happy with the same salary anyway.
Unprofessional to ask even more unprofessional to give.
Is it unethical to test a reference?
If I had a buddy of mine pretend to be an employer and call my reference, would that be over the line? Have any of you done this?
>pic unrelated
>Not just getting your buddy to BE the reference
Jesus. step yo game up senpai
>>1027183
I don't see how it couldn't work but then again i've never had a job
>>1027183
Thats a fun idea.
Depends on the industry though. If its a corporate gig I suspect the friend calling would have to have some knowlege on how those discussions go, so as not to arise suspection. I feel like my HR drones and middle manager types would sniff out a fake pretty easy if they were not accustom to the particular faggotry of corporate hiring practices.
If it's a pizza shop or something then no problem.
What are the easiest/fastest ways to make money with a website? Affiliate links? Ads? Help me out senpai
>>1027172
sales
good luck out there
>>1027172
The same way you make money fast irl, find a market in demand and capitalize on it.
Even though ads can possibly net you a lot of money, you shouldn't bet on it since too many can clutter your website.
Not to mention that more and more people are using programs like Adblock.
>>1027172
suck dicks with a website
What kind of job could one get with a bachelors in economics?
>>1027107
dick sucker
>>1027109
does that pay well?
>>1027110
ask ur mom
Hey /biz/ what's the best way to learn excel (for small business management)?
Just use excel and when you can't figure out how to do something you want google it.
>>1027079
http://excelexposure.com/
You're welcome. Now get back to work.
Hi /biz/,
I'm at a crisis here. I'm inexperienced in office politics so was wondering if you guys can tell me what to prepare for.
My Timeline:
2 years in Marketing - had a decent role with lots of responsibilities.
6 months in Business Development - New department and job, but as the company couldn't sell our own brand products the department was dissolved and I was transferred to...
2 months OEM Business Development - I was transferred to support the main business development guy, and to utilise my language skills, but it's been...
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>>1027074
In any event, pre-emptively going part time sounds foolish. If you're risking loosing employment, put the effort in extra to start the side business, nights and weekends.
>>1027074
You should be looking for your next job. If you want to eventually switch over to doing photography full time do so without a gun to your head.
