Jobs

[OrangeVHStapes]

Jobs!? Never!

... That being said I'm a video editor. Sometimes it sucks sometimes it's not so bad. I am currently editing a documentary on Mark Spiegler who's some huge porn agent. The producer/director is some crazy fuck from Queens who's convinced that Chinese spies are infiltrating America and are going to hack the next election unless Donald Trump stops them.

[Sleazy]

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"A lifestyle business is a business set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle. Some types of enterprise are more accessible than others to the would-be lifestyle business person."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business

it's not considered a serious company by a lot of people. it basically means that you've got a company created that allows you to maintain a cool or fun lifestyle but that the business isn't growing and so it's not good for investment or great place for people to work as employees would obviously want to be able to have a career path which can only exist under growth.

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so is the idea that you (not you specifically but a lifestyle company in general) are staying stagnate as a company so you can be providing the "customer" with the "product" at better quality or better price just to get the company out there and taking pay cuts by doing so? or is it just simply to just pay your bills and thats where it ends?

if someone wanted to get more "product" would you be like "nahh we already made enough to pay rent this month so no more work for us, no more profits for now. see ya next month"

also that newman shirt is too good.

it basically means that you are making enough money to keep you happy but that there's not huge growth potential. like maybe you were waiting tables, saved up money and opened up a coffee shop. now you make more money than you used too, can set your own schedule, you are captain of the ship and all that so you've got a great lifestyle. but you're not going to be the next starbucks or creating generational wealth, you're good just having a chill alternative to a job.

i'm trying to figure out how to get out of lifestyle and into a growth situation but honestly if i stay with a sustainable lifestyle company, i'm cool with that. i definitely like it better than having a job and i really enjoy networking with others who are trying to hustle.

[iKobrakai]

I am a bit confused. Marketing morons like to describe even corpos as "life style brands". Am I missing something or are they, indeed, morons?

[Sleazy]

it's two separate things

life style brand = product

life style company = company

it just means that you aren't growing as a company and that you motivated to keep running the company because you like the lifestyle it provides you

[shitsandwich]

I do the inventory for food production warehouse. It’s super easy and I’m going to get a significant raise now that I have an associates degree in math.

I’m going to school for biochemistry and hope to be a pharmacist or at least get into the pharmaceutical industry.

[Mark Renton]

I relocated to the UK and I’m a waiter now while I get another master this time in structural and highway engineering. I enjoy it as it allows me to speak the language and I’m also getting some tips. Also the place is closed for 2 weeks over Christmas which is very nice.

[baustin]

I work two part time jobs. I'm an office assistant in the credit department of a lumber company where I basically lurk slap and scan paperwork all day, and a barista at a drive thru coffee shop some mornings. I'm about to graduate from college with an arbitrary bachelors degree that I probably wont really use. Don't really know what my next move is. If I can't find a good full time office job I might try to learn a trade or something, carpentry seems cool.

[expired]

I work as a research assistant at my university, I work in the dendrology (study of trees) lab I spend most days on a computer in photo shop, going back and forth between the computer and microscope filling in little cells in photoshop so then I can put it into another program and it measures their size and counts the amount of cells for each year.

[Grampa]

I just got an offer today for a mechanical engineering position and I am beyond stoked.

[happenstance]

I am a bit confused. Marketing morons like to describe even corpos as "life style brands". Am I missing something or are they, indeed, morons?

If I can jump in here real quick on this one...

"Lifestyle company" is a pejorative that investors use for a business that they don't think can make them filthy-richer-than-they-already-are. By "Lifestyle", they are referring to the company existing for the sole purpose of the founder living a nice cushy life rather than being a vassal they can sink their fangs into.

The term they like to use in contrast is "scalable business", meaning something that an investor sees as being able to make them filthy-richer-than-they-already-are. It really depends on the stage of investment, but, in general most are looking for a 10X (1000%) return on investment when putting money into a software company. It's a magic number that gets kicked around.

Edit: And since I posted in this thread last, I switched positions at my company and am now a Product Manager. It's something I could see myself doing long term, which I didn't exactly feel about my old position (Customer Support Director). I was employee number 7(?) at this company, and the team is about 50 now. We're on our 6th year and it's been fun to watch it grow.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

I'm addicted to work.

I've been a nutritional consultant practitioner, that one took 3 years of school to be accepted into the health organization.

Then I bounced and worked at this crazy fuckin automated sawmill for 3-4 years

Then of to school for engineering

Then mining engineer outside of Edmonton Alberta.

Bounced on that and became a safety consultant in the oilfield

Bounced on that and became associate engineer on a huge solar project. Called it quits for 2 years and called it retirement

Nope, back into engineering at another mine

Took more time of.

Now I'm starting back at the mine as an operator where nobody can fuckin bug me. Playing with huge equipment is fun. I'll probably last 2-3 years and retire to focus more on my cannabis grow and hopefully quit fuckin working for good

[Chris]

Set Dresser in the Set Decoration Department in film and am currently working on Lost in Space season 2. Its a pretty sick job that’s unionized and pays well and everyday is kind of different. Also I get to work inside fake space ships which is hilarious.

The work load is quite big at a regular 60 hours a week and then there’s weekend work here and there and sometimes unexpected overtime, etc.

I’ve worked a lot of shitty jobs before this so I’m definitely grateful and feel a bit of that imposter syndrome from time to time.

[HugeBodBoyle]

I'm a network engineer for a telecom company. I deal with supporting the retail and call center parts of the business- routers, switches, firewalls, and wifi for these locations. Sometimes I get pulled into data center stuff, which always sucks because any of that work has to be done in the maintenance window (between 1am - 5am EST), whereas for the retail and call center stuff it's a little less stringent.

I've been doing this for a little over a year. I had no background in it, but the hiring manager liked my personality and I guess I pick up on stuff pretty fast. I sit in a cube and listen to podcasts whilst hoping that no one discovers that I am a fraud.

[iKobrakai]

I'm addicted to work.

I've been a nutritional consultant practitioner, that one took 3 years of school to be accepted into the health organization.

Then I bounced and worked at this crazy fuckin automated sawmill for 3-4 years

Then of to school for engineering

Then mining engineer outside of Edmonton Alberta.

Bounced on that and became a safety consultant in the oilfield

Bounced on that and became associate engineer on a huge solar project. Called it quits for 2 years and called it retirement

Nope, back into engineering at another mine

Took more time of.

Now I'm starting back at the mine as an operator where nobody can fuckin bug me. Playing with huge equipment is fun. I'll probably last 2-3 years and retire to focus more on my cannabis grow and hopefully quit fuckin working for good

That's a fuck ton of math, bro...

[nopes]

I'm a network engineer for a telecom company. I deal with supporting the retail and call center parts of the business- routers, switches, firewalls, and wifi for these locations. Sometimes I get pulled into data center stuff, which always sucks because any of that work has to be done in the maintenance window (between 1am - 5am EST), whereas for the retail and call center stuff it's a little less stringent.

I've been doing this for a little over a year. I had no background in it, but the hiring manager liked my personality and I guess I pick up on stuff pretty fast. I sit in a cube and listen to podcasts whilst hoping that no one discovers that I am a fraud.

this is me even after 18 years

[busey]

i yell at birds at the airport to get off the runway.

you're welcome

[Thomas]

I just got an offer today for a mechanical engineering position and I am beyond stoked.

That's what I've been doing for 4 years now and it's quite cool.
I have a lot of free time to skate, lot of days off, and a decent salary.

[ungzilla]

i yell at birds at the airport to get off the runway.

you're welcome

it's amazing that slap has not one but two people whose job it is to yell at birds

[Baron Samedi]

never

[busey]

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i yell at birds at the airport to get off the runway.

you're welcome

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it's amazing that slap has not one but two people whose job it is to yell at birds

i'm pretty good at it tho

[ungzilla]

hey man, i believe you, but maybe you and VHS can have some kinda show down to see who can yell at birds harder

[Not Local]

I work two part time jobs. I'm an office assistant in the credit department of a lumber company where I basically lurk slap and scan paperwork all day, and a barista at a drive thru coffee shop some mornings. I'm about to graduate from college with an arbitrary bachelors degree that I probably wont really use. Don't really know what my next move is. If I can't find a good full time office job I might try to learn a trade or something, carpentry seems cool.

Get the trade. That's one thing I regret not doing after completing an 'arbitrary degree.' I didn't pay for my education so I don't regret it but in hindsight having a trade as a back up is very good idea. After hours plumber...

My job might be coming to an end soon. I've got about 17 years in social services, the last three in management... if it ends... I think I could be done... but trying to come up with a contingency plan at 43 is terrifying...

[99Pancakes]

Financial Analyst/Cube Monkey. Pays the bills enough for me to have my own backyard mini ramp, so I can't complain.

[Francis Xavier]

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I work two part time jobs. I'm an office assistant in the credit department of a lumber company where I basically lurk slap and scan paperwork all day, and a barista at a drive thru coffee shop some mornings. I'm about to graduate from college with an arbitrary bachelors degree that I probably wont really use. Don't really know what my next move is. If I can't find a good full time office job I might try to learn a trade or something, carpentry seems cool.

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Get the trade. That's one thing I regret not doing after completing an 'arbitrary degree.' I didn't pay for my education so I don't regret it but in hindsight having a trade as a back up is very good idea. After hours plumber...

My job might be coming to an end soon. I've got about 17 years in social services, the last three in management... if it ends... I think I could be done... but trying to come up with a contingency plan at 43 is terrifying...

Yea man learning a trade is a good thing,always a job around and you can do side work too. Carpentry,welding,electrical etc pay up

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

I'm already contemplating going back to school for psychology.

Get back into a field I love.

At 39 I feel like an idiot going back to school for four years but there is huge demand for professionals in this area where I live.

An office job sounds about right.

Plus school would be a breeze since I've studied half the shit already.

Not stoked on living on OSAP though if I make that call. Only pays $1800 a month but that's enough for the shit i need in my life.

My wife currently went back to school for addictions studies too so that's a good complimentary partnership professionally

I'd have to make that call real quick though to enroll for January

Hmmmm

[SUPREMENECKPROTECTOR]

My official title is software technician(acquired through a german "Ausbildung") and I am mostly working on test-automation for the software my company is developing. The main focus of the company I am currently working for is charging of electric vehicles and powerline communication. So basically I am sitting in front of a PC with headphones and watch the work of my colleagues burn.

[suprisebuttsex]

I'm a construction worker

[El Chupacabra]

I'm at art department monkey in the film industry. I help make the commercials you see during sporting events.
Actively taking away from culture here.
The cool thing is a lot of film guys skate (or used to skate) so that helps a lot.

And I run a tiny skateboard company. Thats fun. Not very lucrative though.

[suprisebuttsex]

I'm at art department monkey in the film industry. I help make the commercials you see during sporting events.
Actively taking away from culture here.
The cool thing is a lot of film guys skate (or used to skate) so that helps a lot.

And I run a tiny skateboard company. Thats fun. Not very lucrative though.

Can i get a box?

[Sleazy]

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I am a bit confused. Marketing morons like to describe even corpos as "life style brands". Am I missing something or are they, indeed, morons?

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If I can jump in here real quick on this one...

"Lifestyle company" is a pejorative that investors use for a business that they don't think can make them filthy-richer-than-they-already-are. By "Lifestyle", they are referring to the company existing for the sole purpose of the founder living a nice cushy life rather than being a vassal they can sink their fangs into.

The term they like to use in contrast is "scalable business", meaning something that an investor sees as being able to make them filthy-richer-than-they-already-are. It really depends on the stage of investment, but, in general most are looking for a 10X (1000%) return on investment when putting money into a software company. It's a magic number that gets kicked around.

Edit: And since I posted in this thread last, I switched positions at my company and am now a Product Manager. It's something I could see myself doing long term, which I didn't exactly feel about my old position (Customer Support Director). I was employee number 7(?) at this company, and the team is about 50 now. We're on our 6th year and it's been fun to watch it grow.

thanks happenstance, i was having a really hard time summing it but yeah, that's exactly it. it's a vibe like saying "he's just shop flow"

i love product side of things, congratulations on your new gig. one of the hats i wear for my clients is product owner and doing product design. it's definitely a really fun and rewarding thing to do. i love the creativity of it and just the stoke that people get when you design a good solution for them is so rewarding. i know with larger teams the design side of it can get smaller but you still own the design for the most part IMHO.


sorry to spam here but i've had a few milestones land the past few weeks which all hit bucket list items for me and figured i'd share. note that about a month ago i thought we were going out of business so we are far from stable but having some great experiences.

interviewed
a bucket list thing for me was to get interviewed for something i've done by someone reputable, just implying you did something was meaningful on some level. definitely never happened for skateboarding but i was interviewed on my recent san diego trip about my company for the 7cto podcast: https://7ctos.com/category/the-cto-studio/. it's kind of like nine club for start ups.



featured on a show
this wasn't something i was focusing on as a goal but i was invited to participate in a well known tv personalities newest show which gives big surprise gifts to people who help out others. one of our clients has been trying to get us to build a software system for them to help vets with ptsd through fitness. the show wanted to surprise our client and the producers worked with me to get the software ready and we surprised him with it at a gym that he currently works at. it was a pretty cool experience getting to be the big reveal in one of these kind of shows and my client was super stoked and emotional about it. it was an amazing experience all around.



new product venture
it's been a goal of mine to get a product offering and not just be slanging services and that happened this week. we are taking on a 50+% equity project for a local founder who got screwed by another firm. we are building a platform that allows you to reverse engineer your competitors online marketing, we've got rock star from the local incubator community as an equity advisor (similar to PROD backing your skate brand) and i'm stepping in as "fractional CTO" aka partime cto which just means that they can point to me as a vested, local CTO and i can help them do funding pitches and things like that.