Hey, but it is okay, because if you bust your ass day in and day out, you will get recognized for it at the end of the year with a cushy promotion to "Senior" whatever the fvck your job title is and a fat 3% raise. Then your wife wants to upgrade her life to match your newfound status in the company and ups your monthly outlay by 5%.Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: gigapet
ok lets see......the first 3 months on the job you are full of energy and excitement about the outlook for your life. This quickly fades along with the novelty of being at a real world job....as the monotony of your day to day life begins to become overbearing...Waking up in the morning becomes harder, the paychecks become less ....ummm extravegant as they once seemed. The 2 weeks vacation is a grim reminder of what your life has been reduced to. You are now a corporate slave. Your only glimpse of happiness comes in small forms such as good buffalo wings.....a drunken friday night...getting to sleep in on a sunday. Soon you spiral into a depression when you realize that its been almost a year in the real world and your dating life sucks, your boss is pissed your projject is late, you cant remember what you wanted out of life and those goddamn bills never stop!
ok someone else take it from here this is all i know so far.
Best real world reply so far, IMO. True. Sad but true.
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: dquan97
what's G35?
a very desirable sports car
Yeah... It's an cheaper, superior:Q Asian equivalent of an Audi A4 or a BMW 3-series and other cars badge whores like to drive
<--- Audi driving corporate "wage slave"
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Well, I'm 29 and have been at my company almost 6 years now. I'm a desk jockey / paper pusher / whatever you wanna call it. Cubicle. My job combines a 'field' element too which is awesome and provides amazing percs in the better weather. It can take me up to 1 hour to get to the property I have to inspect, so on the way you basically sit back in the company car and crank some tunes. Very gravy - when I first got the job and began doing it - I was like, wow. This is where it's at. And it never really faded - I love that side of the job.
As for life... well... yeah I'm married to a great woman, have with a great new house. No kids yet though - we're in that very enjoyable phase where you just sit back and live life & work. I keep myself busy with golf in the summer and pickup hockey in the winter - I'm basically just a big kid. I do quite a bit of gaming too especially in the winter. btw I love the AT forums too - the community here reminds me of my old c=64 BBS scene although it's infinitely bigger & more complex. Still somewhat finding my way around.
I guess for me I've grown up in strictly in years - I wouldn't say I'm immature but I definitely hang on to my youth. I consider where I'm at right now to be the product of both hard work and luck. I dreamed of this lifestyle and now I'm living it - what can I say, I love it. You won't find many more optimistic people though, to the point where I might sound annoying. I just knock on wood and say hey, hopefully tomorrow is just as good as today. I had some tough times growing up - probably just your average dysfunctional family crap - but I think it makes me cherish the humdrum lifestyle I find myself in now. I hope that gives you some insight OP!
edit: oh and btw I have no idea what a G35 is. I drive a crappy 96 Grand Am.![]()
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Defining lifestyle with car != good method of achieving happiness.
Like I've told you before, keep your hobbies/interests, paycheck, and self-image seperate.
not what I'm talking about at all.... sorry for making the association. I could give a sh!t less about the car.... I'm curious what the people who are in those kinds of financial situations at our age deal with from a psychological standpoint when money isn't really their number one concern.