BiL Careers/Jobs/Shit we do for money

[F.F Woodycooks]

I work for in a publishing company's corporate library and archive. thats all I got. 

[Meat is Burger]

Feb 12, 2021 19:45:52 GMT -5 Worship said:

I hope one day to do a collabo IND/NDA, pat

I'm gonna need a brain transplant before I consider futzing around in anything related to pharma

[Osama Vinladen Jiménez López]

I get paid to post

[dork336]

I honestly don't know what I do but I keep showing up and they keep paying me.

[F.F Woodycooks]

Feb 12, 2021 19:58:21 GMT -5 dork336 said:

I honestly don't know what I do but I keep showing up and they keep paying me.

I relate to this so much and I wen't to grad school and put myself into massive debt to do what I do 

[Deleted]

I was a tour manager/production manager but now I'm unemployed. Hoping to never work a show ever again.

[squid]

Feb 12, 2021 15:15:08 GMT -5 BIL Security Team Alpha said:

Feb 12, 2021 15:14:32 GMT -5 squid said:

I sell cosmetics

They actually sell themselves.

Sorry, unfortunately none of our cosmetics have a cash log-in and it’s actually against policy to perform your own transactions! It sounds like this wouldn’t be the career for you but I wish you the best of luck in your future :)

[nocaveat]

Did op ever state what their craft was? No diss.

[Ⓝ𝒶𝓇匚𝐊ηĮ𝐟ᗴᖇ]

graduate student in philosophy because I hate work and this is something where I actually want to work at it, rather than despising my job and drinking constantly. Was working in admissions for a state school before that because I thought it'd help me get a part-time job doing something similar in grad school. Now, almost all my savings are gone except some emergency money and I had to take out more in loans than I planned, but everything is more or less okay. Currently looking for freelance work, trying to figure out how to get started doing that in my freetime. Probably temp agency stuff in the Summer. Bartended for a little while before I got the admissions job and kinda tempted to try and get back into that after Covid.

[Deleted]

Damn, I wanna go to grad school. Shit's expensive. Fuck.

[Deleted]

I would go back for something that would never end up paying the debt off, I'm sure.

[nocaveat]

Feb 12, 2021 15:12:41 GMT -5 wedealinlead said:

I work full-time in a group home. It's Sunday to Thursday. Pay's all right and for the most part it's pretty chill. It's when it's not chill that I earn my money.

Behavior plans, medications, payroll, finances, scheduling, running the house as it were my own etc.

The staff hierarchy is weird. If say hypothetically my agency has 500 employees, 450 out of them would be 24-hour staff. Then it's 40-hour full-time (that's me) and above me are the house supervisor and then the senior supervisor in charge of a few homes. They actually do the least amount of work but if something happens, it's their ass on the line. I've decided that I'll apply for a supervisory position once I see a posting I like and that being a senior is not anything I'd ever do. I've done contract supervisory positions (mat leaves, sick leaves) and there's not much difference between that and my responsibilities. It's worth it for extra vacation days and RRSP.



I've been doing this for 20 years.

I commend you! My brother lives in a group home. I’m beyond grateful for the people that care for him. God bless you.

[Deleted]

how do people going to grad school full time afford rent/bills on a part time gig

[Ⓝ𝒶𝓇匚𝐊ηĮ𝐟ᗴᖇ]

Oh, yeah, there's no way this is really the best possible financial decision I could make. I tried to find something else to do during a three-year break from school, but I couldn't. It's actually a pretty bad problem - I can't do job fairs cuz I just start to freak out. One of the only real shitty squabbles I got into with my ex is when she told me we HAD to go to this alumni event while we were in Chicago because we told my mom we would. I was completely miserable. It was bad. I'm in a program that's on the up-and-up and does well for the students (my advisor just threw me more funding out of nowhere, also getting some money from a pedagogical training project, etc.). I mean, I think I stand a decent chance, but it's not as if I'm going to be like "oh, geez I really wasted all that time" if the whole thing ends up going poorly (I drop out of a PhD or fail to get my career off the ground). I'll be like, "well, I hate doing anything else. Now I hate doing things and I'm in debt, but at least I tried to do what I wanted to do."

[Ⓝ𝒶𝓇匚𝐊ηĮ𝐟ᗴᖇ]

Feb 12, 2021 20:37:23 GMT -5 @spsp said:

how do people going to grad school full time afford rent/bills on a part time gig

Depends where you go. There's fellowships, etc. If you don't get money, you don't go to a PhD period (people who do this are dangerously stupid). It's also sometimes unwise to go immediately after undergrad, when (1) you don't have a credit history and (2) you don't really know if maybe something less difficult would be worth your time. I was on scholarship for undergrad and one of my siblings dropped out of school and the other wen't to a really cheap school, so I don't have gobs of debt already. I have no idea how people manage to do a PhD in the humanities in the bay area or NYC or in states where you can't get residency as a student (Texas). Really, the whole system is completely fucked but I'm not gonna go into it. If I end up not wanting to go further after the M.A., at least I'll have more knowledge of the field and some useful soft skills training and I'd probably do well on the LSAT. It's nice living somewhere far away from where I grew up.

I dunno, I have a 4.0, presented at a really cool conference, enjoy my assistantships. It's not bad at all for me right now if I just don't think about the future and how the post-Covid economy might wreck my life plans. It's cool the amount of online stuff there is now, but it is unfortunate that there aren't as many public lecture series or something of that sort that your average curious person could attend, but at the same time the hyperspecialization of fields that we're living in right now makes it incredibly difficult to present research to an interested intelligent person who is not already involved. Thus, people end up talking up really shitty internet intellectuals who make poor arguments and generally talk a lot of shit about things they have actually little to know familiarity with (fucktheory, most of patreon in general). I ate some dense nuggs of fat buds chocolate about an hour ago because tomorrow is my off day so I'm not really on topic anymore. 

[BadScene]

Do your grad assistantships not offer tuition reimbursement or a stipend?

I wen't to grad school for sociology and all that shit was paid for. I made 24k a year, but it was enough to eat and have a shitty basement apartment with a room mate. Maybe because it was a state school?

Also, I left early with a masters and it was the best decision of my life. If I have any advice fir grad students, it’s to find ANY marketable skill and use that as a back up if needed. It turned out academia wasn’t fit me and have a few stats courses made all the difference.

[F.F Woodycooks]

Feb 12, 2021 20:37:23 GMT -5 @spsp said:

how do people going to grad school full time afford rent/bills on a part time gig

I was living with my parents for most of grad school and when I eventually moved out I just over borrowed on loans. I'm not sure how I could have done it any other way. I'm not smart enough to get a fellowship where my tuition would be taken care of. 

[Deleted]

There's this photography master's program, tailored in such a way that it is very interesting to me. It'd take two years to complete, and it would be approximately $50,000. issa low-residency program so I would have to survive for two years off part time work, paying rent, travel expensives, art supplies, etc. There isn't really anything, "I want to do" that isn't related to this. I don't even mind if I end up becoming a teacher or something out of it, at least I'd have chased the dream. I just have a hard time seeing how the practical financial aspects of it work out in any real sense. I'd even be happy with the debt if I land said teaching job or whatever, it's just the journey of actually obtaining the degree that seems difficult. I guess what I'm saying is, even if I "fail" at making a career after school, I'd still be content that I tried. It's just how do I afford this shit?

[BadScene]

Feb 12, 2021 20:30:58 GMT -5 nocaveat said:

Did op ever state what their craft was? No diss.

Market research — on the second page of the thread.

[BadScene]

Feb 12, 2021 20:54:50 GMT -5 @spsp said:

There's this photography master's program, tailored in such a way that it is very interesting to me. It'd take two years to complete, and it would be approximately $50,000. issa low-residency program so I would have to survive for two years off part time work, paying rent, travel expensives, art supplies, etc. There isn't really anything, "I want to do" that isn't related to this. I don't even mind if I end up becoming a teacher or something out of it, at least I'd have chased the dream. I just have a hard time seeing how the practical financial aspects of it work out in any real sense. I'd even be happy with the debt if I land said teaching job or whatever, it's just the journey of actually obtaining the degree that seems difficult. I guess what I'm saying is, even if I "fail" at making a career after school, I'd still be content that I tried. It's just how do I afford this shit?

But you don’t really need the degree. It will help you learn technique and network with other artists, but you can do that on your own for less than 50k.

I mean, you def need it if you’re gonna teach, but if you want to be an artist? Just do that shit non stop. Maybe find a way to do some weddings/portraits to pay the bills and get experience. That will probably teach you more than some of the classes.

Sorry, grad school left a bad taste in my mouth. Some folks are made for it and excel, but I witnessed a lot of folks floundering unnecessarily.

[nocaveat]

Haha that page got a bunch of gold shlongs on it so it was easy to miss.

[Ⓝ𝒶𝓇匚𝐊ηĮ𝐟ᗴᖇ]

My girlfriend is pretty damn smart, good work ethic, did a lot of nonprofit, etc work and so on, but she's not sure she'd be able to pull it off. She's an art history person. Shit's tough, not particularly fair, should be organized in a very, very different way. Higher Ed has some serious issues.

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2021 21:02:10 GMT -5 BadScene said:

Feb 12, 2021 20:54:50 GMT -5 @spsp said:

There's this photography master's program, tailored in such a way that it is very interesting to me. It'd take two years to complete, and it would be approximately $50,000. issa low-residency program so I would have to survive for two years off part time work, paying rent, travel expensives, art supplies, etc. There isn't really anything, "I want to do" that isn't related to this. I don't even mind if I end up becoming a teacher or something out of it, at least I'd have chased the dream. I just have a hard time seeing how the practical financial aspects of it work out in any real sense. I'd even be happy with the debt if I land said teaching job or whatever, it's just the journey of actually obtaining the degree that seems difficult. I guess what I'm saying is, even if I "fail" at making a career after school, I'd still be content that I tried. It's just how do I afford this shit?

But you don’t really need the degree. It will help you learn technique and network with other artists, but you can do that on your own for less than 50k.

I mean, you def need it if you’re gonna teach, but if you want to be an artist? Just do that shit non stop. Maybe find a way to do some weddings/portraits to pay the bills and get experience. That will probably teach you more than some of the classes.

Sorry, grad school left a bad taste in my mouth. Some folks are made for it and excel, but I witnessed a lot of folks floundering unnecessarily.

It's more about the people involved with the program. I would absolutely love to work with them.

[BadScene]

Feb 12, 2021 21:07:38 GMT -5 @spsp said:

Feb 12, 2021 21:02:10 GMT -5 BadScene said:

But you don’t really need the degree. It will help you learn technique and network with other artists, but you can do that on your own for less than 50k.

I mean, you def need it if you’re gonna teach, but if you want to be an artist? Just do that shit non stop. Maybe find a way to do some weddings/portraits to pay the bills and get experience. That will probably teach you more than some of the classes.

Sorry, grad school left a bad taste in my mouth. Some folks are made for it and excel, but I witnessed a lot of folks floundering unnecessarily.

It's more about the people involved with the program. I would absolutely love to work with them.

Yes, that makes total sense. That’s where the networking is key. Good luck!

[Deleted]

Currently in IT and despise it. Looking at switching gears to do GEO Intelligence/ GIS. Starting a new career is terrifying.

[nocaveat]

So honest answer to op. I’m currently working for a commercial generator company. Travel all over the state and meet new people every day. Originally got my electrical license to be self employed as a contractor. The stress and financial roller coaster wasn’t worth it to me so I gave it up. It was a blessing in disguise cuz now I moonlight and take on side projects to finance shit around the house that makes the family happy. Release the stress and let success come to you is the best advice I’ve heard.

[pbcookies]

I legit don't understand > half the jobs in this thread, which is probably why I'm an auto mechanic

[nocaveat]

Same here but I know modern day auto mechanics can make a good living!

[Remain Sedate]

Seems like a good time to be real about a job and get subsequently shit upon and have my integrity questioned, so here goes. I spent 20 years working in political non-profits, fighting Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump (among others). This was great but paid shit. Did enable me to live in the Bay Area for that time, so that's a life victory in my mind. Anyway, the day covid hit, like literally the day CA Gov. Newsom did the 1st shelter-in-place, was day one for me as a Life Insurance Agent. It's been interesting because I've seen so many families this year get devastated by covid, but have the permanent insurance benefits in place, and thus avoid and/or minimize financial crisis. This was why I posted in the politics thread recently about Barbara Lee and AOC getting $2 billion to FEMA to pay anyone up to $7,000 for a covid-related funeral, dating back to Jan 2020. It's close to the work I do, and paying for those funerals is ridiculous. Yes, I'm aware that everyone would just let themselves rot, etc., but it turns out in the non-board world, people want funerals or cremations. Unionized job, work from home. Editing to say POST 666!

[Frederik]

Feb 12, 2021 19:18:29 GMT -5 devion tart said:

Feb 12, 2021 15:11:21 GMT -5 Frederik said:

learning and development specialist i.e. a corporate trainer.

this is my title but I wouldn’t say I’m a corporate trainer, more instructional design and consulting. I hate it but hard to walk away from a month of PTO

Honestly, design and consulting is where I want to eventually do.