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Greatest accomplishment in life

Which of the following do u feel is ur greatest accomplishment in life to date?

  • Receiving a driver's license

  • Allowing ur mom to make the down payment on ur home

  • Graduating from rehab/drug addiction program

  • Paying child support

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shimpster

shimpster

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Which of the following do u feel is ur greatest accomplishment in life to date?

Receiving a driver's license
Allowing ur mom to make the down payment on ur home
Graduating from rehab/drug addiction program
Paying child support
 
Got an engineering degree and a job that's in the field, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
I guess that counts?
 
Out of that list, getting a driver's license is the only thing I ever accomplished... now I feel like I have not accomplished much. 😛

On serious note my biggest accomplishment was probably graduating from college, getting a full time job and buying my house (I find they more or less go together as the first two are just the requirements and don't mean much on their own). It was something I had always dreamed of since I was a little kid, and I actually reached the point of being able to do it.
 
Jeff7 said:
Got an engineering degree and a job that's in the field, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
I guess that counts?
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Honestly, getting into a career that I like & not being stuck in fast food/retail anymore has been huge (no offense to anyone in those jobs). I'm really grateful that (1) I don't have to deal with the micro-management from no-pay jobs, (2) while I'm not rich by any means, I have a job I can live pretty well on, (3) I don't have the insane stress from those jobs (particularly the food industry & also the constant lack of budget = lack of sufficient workers to do the jobs required), and (4) don't have to deal with the public directly anymore (I got pretty cynical against humanity for awhile there haha). I get to show up to work, get paid decently, and get to do something I actually like, which is surprisingly rare these days.

Also, Lifer status.
 
Kaido said:
Honestly, getting into a career that I like & not being stuck in fast food/retail anymore has been huge (no offense to anyone in those jobs).
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Funny that post. I have been under so much stress in my engineering position recently I told my wife I was considering moving into the fast food industry until my retirement kicks in. Sort of the opposite of what you did.
 
shimpster said:
Which of the following do u feel is ur greatest accomplishment in life to date?

Receiving a driver's license
Allowing ur mom to make the down payment on ur home
Graduating from rehab/drug addiction program
Paying child support
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And the amateur troll rolls onward.

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I feel like this must be someone's old alt account or something.
Either way, the only one of these I've done is gotten a driver's license.
 
ControlD said:
Funny that post. I have been under so much stress in my engineering position recently I told my wife I was considering moving into the fast food industry until my retirement kicks in. Sort of the opposite of what you did.
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It depends on the company a lot.
GE in town: I hear the word "burnout" a lot when engineering jobs there are brought up. Long hours, weekend work, all that.
Where I work: Some days do get maddening with constant interruptions. I end up feeling like the entire day just vanished and I got nothing done. I actually did get things done, just not any of my own interesting projects I have to work on.
But we've also got low rates on health insurance, I've got a reasonable manager and good immediate coworkers, and a company philosophy that encourages things like continuous improvement and good incentives to implement them, profit sharing, and strong investment back into the company to allow long-term growth. (Example of the start of a short speech by the owner: "This year, I want to pay a minimum....minimum, of $X per quarter in profit sharing. That's what we're all going to have to work for." And it's not a meager little snippet of money like a $20 gift card. It's enough that everyone does feel genuine pressure to be efficient and truly help the company.
Or the occasional weekdays where everyone gets out 1-2hrs early with full pay.

So, they keep doing things to entice me to stay there.


I did do retail and warehouse work too. Those memories helped provide good motivation during college, and many weekends and evenings spent doing calculus, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, or advanced machine design homework.




CraKaJaX said:
This.

I even did it in 4 years!
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<bows>
My time is a bit muddy. I started at a community college in an unrelated tech field, and it was in my last semester when the tech bubble blew up and many jobs in the field promptly evaporated. Local companies were laying off by the thousands, so I couldn't do the required internship.
I eventually dropped that completely, worked retail a few years, then changed gears and went elsewhere for the engineering degree.

The luck almost continued: As I was getting ready to graduate, thanks in part to transferred credits from the community college, the 2009 recession was underway. The companies at the job fair for business and engineering students were telling engineering students that they only wanted sales reps because their revenues were down too much to hire anyone else. Fun, especially because of the student loan debt I was carrying by that time.
I at least had an internship by then, and squeaked into a full-time position there just about a month before the company announced a hiring freeze due to the recession's effects. 😵 Some months later, layoffs started. Fortunately, I was filling a job niche they didn't really have before, so I was able to stick around.


If I ever go back for a Masters or higher, I'll warn everyone here about a year before I graduate so that you can sell off all your investments before the imminent crash.



Greatest accomplishment? I guess the degree and job are what came to mind first.
I've been able to support myself living on my own; these days it seems like that's an accomplishment for someone my age or younger. It's kind of hard to get by on low-wage jobs, unless you move to China or India to follow them.
 
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-Completed 2 year degree in only 3 years.
-Defeated Shadow Link in Legend of Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link with my eyes closed.
-Worked up the courage to tell mother I intend to wear dresses for now on.
 
Jeff7 said:
If I ever go back for a Masters or higher, I'll warn everyone here about a year before I graduate so that you can sell off all your investments before the imminent crash.
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IMO, I Honestly don't think it's worth it unless 1) you know what you're being compensated at the end and 2) your company is footing the bill.

The cost of an education vs. what companies actually pay is certainly not linear. I'm currently studying for my PE in October .... after that, I'm tapped out. 😀
 
CraKaJaX said:
IMO, I Honestly don't think it's worth it unless 1) you know what you're being compensated at the end
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For sure. Good old opportunity cost at work again.


and 2) your company is footing the bill.

The cost of an education vs. what companies actually pay is certainly not linear. I'm currently studying for my PE in October .... after that, I'm tapped out. 😀
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I'd heard that as well, at least for this major: Don't do an MS unless your company pays for it.

I don't know how I'd even do a PE right now; don't you need to work under one for some years to get licensed? There are no PEs where I'm at; we have to rely on external PEs for any official sign-off requirements.

I took and passed the FE exam already. (I still love the simple "pass/fail" grade you get in the mail; no percentage or points ratio is given.)
 
Greatest accomplishment I actually use :

Learning to cook a perfect beef tenderloin on the bbq.

Meat baseball for the win !
 
Jeff7 said:
I don't know how I'd even do a PE right now; don't you need to work under one for some years to get licensed? There are no PEs where I'm at; we have to rely on external PEs for any official sign-off requirements.

I took and passed the FE exam already. (I still love the simple "pass/fail" grade you get in the mail; no percentage or points ratio is given.)
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Yep. Not to mention all the other BS paperwork that's involved (and studying!) It's a PITA really, but the industry I'm in (utility/generation) compensates well for having a PE. Not to mention if I ever get bored, I am employable wherever the hell I feel like being employed. :colbert:

And about the FE.... if you FAIL, you do get some feedback as to how you did +/- the average in that category. I actually failed it the first time I took it. I took it my senior year and basically didn't study for it (ie, too busy partying?) but the school paid for it so I said F it I'll sign up. I was hungover and it was a Saturday morning and it was miserable. It was like 10-12 weeks later when a buddy told me the emails were sent out. I logged in dreading what I basically knew I'd see .... "here's your assessment! PS you failed." If you passed it was just like "Pass." I believe it's still the same, though they have moved the FE to a computer-based exam now so results are provided within a couple of days.
 
Wow... sounds like the ol' Shimpster failed at life.

I guess that my greatest accomplishment would be my kid. Distant second would be the stuff I accomplished at work.
 
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