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Your work career, what would you have done differently?

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nanette1985

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I wouldn't have done anything differently - I made lots of mistakes but those mistakes were great learning experiences that contributed greatly to my ultimate success. Maybe I would have tried to make more mistakes?
 
I wouldn't have gone to university. I would have done the two year broadcast program in college. I'd probably be working in my field right now instead of jockeying cars for a living. I'm still floored by how few bottom level jobs there are for skilled/professional workers. Throw me into a control room and I can switch cameras, audio, and run VTR like a madman. I just won't suck anybody's dick to do it. Dignity doesn't count for much in this recession though.
 
My first internship was cake (repacking software for a huge org). I should have asked to change projects to get more diverse experience. By doing so, I'd be about a little further along in my career than where I am now (graduate studies, still an hourly paid intern).

Hoping to get a full time job at my current internship this year (hopefully this summer).
 
ThePresence said:
I should have left a position a lot earlier than I did. I would be further along now if I did.
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ditto.

I stayed in my old position way longer than I should have, turning down some lateral moves because I was the top guy in my department and comfortable with the benefits of seniority (eg: a cushy schedule + job that I could do in my sleep). I didn't want to go back to being at the bottom of the totem poll.

but then my old boss got promoted and the new guy they brought in was hellbent on getting all of the senior guys out of the department so he could replace them with his cronies... after having all the benefits of seniority stripped, I jumped at the first chance I had to leave the department, but because I wasn't really in a bargaining position, my new boss got me to accept a shit schedule that I've been stuck in for 2 years.
 
princess ida said:
I wouldn't have done anything differently - I made lots of mistakes but those mistakes were great learning experiences that contributed greatly to my ultimate success. Maybe I would have tried to make more mistakes?
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I would've chosen a different profession from the start.
 
highland145 said:
This, if I could have come up with the capital to go it by myself. And I would like to think I'd have studied in college, if I got a do over.
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Umm...you're a payday scammer(err...lender). 😛
You mean to tell me that you have problems raising capital?
 
lothar said:
Umm...you're a payday scammer(err...lender). 😛
You mean to tell me that you have problems raising capital?
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Sir, you cut me to the quick. Wounded, I tell you.


I only charge 1/10 of the rate the paydays do. Still 35% but not 390% :sneaky:
Yep, had to raise enough to lend and banks aren't interested. On the bright side, it only took me from 2/87 to 7/2005.😱
 
I would have picked a better profession that required less overtime.

One of the biggest mistakes I made was working so much overtime. I got lots of experience, and made good money for my age, but I missed a lot of time with my family. Before I knew it my kids were half grown.

On the flip side, the skills I learned are portable. I can go just about anywhere in the country (maybe even the world) and get a good paying job.

Instead of working with metal, or computers, maybe something in wildlife biology, or working with nature in some manner.
 
only thing i think i would have changed was i wouldnt have stayed at my first job out of school for more than 5 years like i did. i wasnt learning much there at all and always felt like a junior dev there. at my newer job i'm learning more here in a year than i did in 5 years at my old job, and i'm nowhere near feeling like a junior dev here.
 
picked an easier degree and banged it out/started working instead of mulling around for so many years as a student assistant
 
I probably would have studied something different in college. I look back at all of the time and money I've spent and I wonder if I would have been just as happy going to a state school, saving a ton of money, and picking a different major.
 
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