- Oct 18, 2004
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Well let me give a couple of facts about myself,
I'm 22, i pretty much messed up high school because i really didn't care much, hung with older crowd and well they could afford to be missing school and i didn't. I grad with a sub 2.0 GPA so no college would take me ideally. I had a strong passion for cars, i went to UTI ( automotive school) spent 30k got a diploma there which is somewhat equal to a associate degree in automotive technology. I worked at a dealership for a year and after i found out what it was really like in the auto bushiness i didn't like it. I rather work on cars as a hobby then a career. I left and moved back home and picked up a 3rd shift job at a bank.
The bank gig was ideally only temp. I was trying to get something better but nothing went good for me. So i stayed became full time there. I've been with them roughly 2 years now. With the whole lasalle and bank of america merger. It isn't a nice area to be right now. I started to go back to school about a year ago, 2 classes a semester while doing a 40 hour 3rd shift job. I wanted to attempt a career in the criminal justice field, not looking exactly to be a police officer but something along the lines.
So here i am right now. With a somewhat shakey job like a lot of people. A very good friend of mines mentioned he had a opening at his place. It was a computer tech support, they have their own programs and they just assist the customer use it. They recently hired a guy with a degree and turns out he knew nothing so they had to teach from EVERYTHING. He said if that was the case i would be an ideal candidate with his referral i should be a a shoe-in.
here is the my problem, my bank job is 10 mins away from me, i can attend school in the morning freely and the other days i have time to do everything that i need/want. There is no chance of moving up or anything similiar. the computer gig, would be a 1.5 hour commute I THINK, it normally takes me 30-45 mins to drive without morning traffic. But either way its a normal 9-5 job which i dont mind, it pays about 33% more then my bank job. But problem is i doubt i would be able to attend school.
As of right now i have a couple of people telling me to stay with the bank, but i would need to stay with them for about 5 years till i'm done with school at my rate. So with that in mind and possibly having a solid career and a chance of advancement, i'm seriously considering going after the computer gig.
I'm 22, i pretty much messed up high school because i really didn't care much, hung with older crowd and well they could afford to be missing school and i didn't. I grad with a sub 2.0 GPA so no college would take me ideally. I had a strong passion for cars, i went to UTI ( automotive school) spent 30k got a diploma there which is somewhat equal to a associate degree in automotive technology. I worked at a dealership for a year and after i found out what it was really like in the auto bushiness i didn't like it. I rather work on cars as a hobby then a career. I left and moved back home and picked up a 3rd shift job at a bank.
The bank gig was ideally only temp. I was trying to get something better but nothing went good for me. So i stayed became full time there. I've been with them roughly 2 years now. With the whole lasalle and bank of america merger. It isn't a nice area to be right now. I started to go back to school about a year ago, 2 classes a semester while doing a 40 hour 3rd shift job. I wanted to attempt a career in the criminal justice field, not looking exactly to be a police officer but something along the lines.
So here i am right now. With a somewhat shakey job like a lot of people. A very good friend of mines mentioned he had a opening at his place. It was a computer tech support, they have their own programs and they just assist the customer use it. They recently hired a guy with a degree and turns out he knew nothing so they had to teach from EVERYTHING. He said if that was the case i would be an ideal candidate with his referral i should be a a shoe-in.
here is the my problem, my bank job is 10 mins away from me, i can attend school in the morning freely and the other days i have time to do everything that i need/want. There is no chance of moving up or anything similiar. the computer gig, would be a 1.5 hour commute I THINK, it normally takes me 30-45 mins to drive without morning traffic. But either way its a normal 9-5 job which i dont mind, it pays about 33% more then my bank job. But problem is i doubt i would be able to attend school.
As of right now i have a couple of people telling me to stay with the bank, but i would need to stay with them for about 5 years till i'm done with school at my rate. So with that in mind and possibly having a solid career and a chance of advancement, i'm seriously considering going after the computer gig.
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