Thanks buddy! :tucool: You a fan?

BIG TIME!!!!!!!:tucool: I miss the days of Spurrier.

Grassroots Sports Marketing.

It's my job to run PR and Marketing campaigns to encourage people to get involved in sport and physical activity.
Who do work for? The only group I can think of that would pay for that is the government. Sounds like a good program.

I'd like to do graphic/web designing... I think i am pretty good at it. I think i'll get better with formal training. Only thing that worries me is the pay/ income being low, either salaried or self employed.

Is there a limit to what one can (financially) achieve in this field? How is life as a graphic designer?

Tricky question... Depends on you. If you can find enough work and you are sought out enough by plenty of wealthy clients, then yeah you can make some good money. Ideally, you can seek full-time employment so you can get stable pay and benefits, then freelance on your off-time. Graphic design is one of those things where you don't necessarily need to be licensed to do it. You just need to know how to use the programs and efficiently get the employer/client from point A to point B. It's fun (or it can be) but it can also be stressful. It's a deadline oriented job and many clients don't know what's reasonably possible in the given time frame and what isn't. Ask friends in that field in your area. You'll get a good feel of salary range that way. Also, talk to instructors. Tell them you're interested in taking their class but want to know what the field is like.

At the very least you can meet some really creative people while learning some awsome programs...

I was hired as a geologist to perform environmental assessement but my work has primarily been that of a Industiral Hygienist. Most folks don't know what an IH is so here is a little blurb from the net about what I do.

IHs still work to prevent illness or injury from hazards in industrial settings. They may also be found working to prevent ergonomic injuries in the office; measuring noise levels at an airport; supervising the safe removal of lead, mold or asbestos; and in thousands of other settings. Industrial hygienists may sample air, soil or water to determine if there are harmful substances present. They may fit test a respirator to ensure that a worker is breathing cleaner air.

The fun days are when I don the full haz-mat suit and SCBA which is rare. Most of the time I'm breathing down the backs of corner cutting contractors. :rolleyes:

If that is you in your avatar and I was a contractor, I dont think I would mess with you...you are massive!

Tricky question... Depends on you. If you can find enough work and you are sought out enough by plenty of wealthy clients, then yeah you can make some good money. Ideally, you can seek full-time employment so you can get stable pay and benefits, then freelance on your off-time. Graphic design is one of those things where you don't necessarily need to be licensed to do it. You just need to know how to use the programs and efficiently get the employer/client from point A to point B. It's fun (or it can be) but it can also be stressful. It's a deadline oriented job and many clients don't know what's reasonably possible in the given time frame and what isn't. Ask friends in that field in your area. You'll get a good feel of salary range that way. Also, talk to instructors. Tell them you're interested in taking their class but want to know what the field is like.

At the very least you can meet some really creative people while learning some awsome programs...

Thanks for that... :)

BIG TIME!!!!!!!:tucool: I miss the days of Spurrier.

Yeah, you and every other Florida fan in the world! Those were the days though, loved seeing the blowouts by 30+ points over ranked teams. Though I have a feeling this Urban Meyer fellow is going to be just as good!!! :tu:

Come on down and see a game...there is no better place to be in the Fall than in The Swamp in the middle of 90,000+ crazy fans!

Who do work for? The only group I can think of that would pay for that is the government. Sounds like a good program.
Sport England. You're right, we're funded by the government/ national lottery. It's a great programme, and badly needed.

I am a student at the moment, but will be applying for the military in around 4-5 months for Infantry, then I will work my way through that for a couple years then try out for 4RAR Cdo under Special Operations Command Australia :cool:

But before that, I have to work on these and attain them.

80 Pushups
120 Situps
Run 2.4km in under 10 minutes
ATLEAST 10 Pullups (I would prefer about 20 lol)

Not too close yet though, but I should be within a few months :D

I'd like to do graphic/web designing... I think i am pretty good at it. I think i'll get better with formal training. Only thing that worries me is the pay/ income being low, either salaried or self employed.

Is there a limit to what one can (financially) achieve in this field? How is life as a graphic designer?
Life is good. I work at home and get to prepare meals and let the dog out whenever I want. :)

Training/education can be a big help in various situations. Some big time designers have zero education in this field though, you'd be surprised. I was just reading an interview with someone from Fantasy Interactive and he said he had zero college. Hillman Curtis (widely known as one of the best Flash animators) was in a rock band and one day decided to "do some movies." Of course these guys are probably exceptions (I just named guys from two of the biggest companies in the world).

Pay of course depends on a number of things. If you're that good, pay is not low. I don't think there is a limit to what anyone can achieve financially in any field to be honest with you, it depends on too many things, how creative you are being a big one. Some would say teachers don't make any money, but Robert Kyosaki (sp) wanted to be a teacher, and he wanted to be rich, so he figured out a way to become rich by teaching.

As for me?

"I guess it depends on how good you are, I guess."

"How good are you?"

"I make the league minimum."

:lol:

hah, yea i had to look through every post to see if i was already in here.

i type all day for a living. i used to love software engineering, but now that i'm forced to do it all day, i kinda lost the taste for it.

Edit: here is where i work: http://www.cognex.com/

I'm looking for internships. I'm going to apply to Cognex :nod: :nod:


I'm an engineering student.

I manage an IT division at a small company that is a subsidiary of a much larger company. I've been working in IT since I graduated from college with a CS degree 8 years ago.

Working in a small company is a great way to be exposed to a lot of different areas of IT without being pigeonholed into one.

-L

Currently I wear three hats.

Clinical Specialist: Specialize in Hyperbaric Medicine and run the hospitals HBO program. Sub specialty in chronic wound management.

Medic: Medic for the local fire department here one night a week and one 24 hour weekend shift per month.

Tissue Recovery: I am part of a team that harvests tissues from donors. Tough job as you never know just when you will get a case. Each case tends to take about 8 hours in the OR. I am on call almost every weekend. My record so far is staying up for 51 hours doing cases. (Donors are time sensitive. 24 hours after death we cannot harvest. We seem to always be pressed for time. )

With all of this I am also a student completing my prerequisite courses to apply for Physician Assistant in the fall of 09’.

US Army Active Duty, working with computers, soon to be over on the other side of the planet in Korea. :)

Systems analyst for a county in California.

Currently I wear three hats.

Clinical Specialist: Specialize in Hyperbaric Medicine and run the hospitals HBO program. Sub specialty in chronic wound management.

Medic: Medic for the local fire department here one night a week and one 24 hour weekend shift per month.

Tissue Recovery: I am part of a team that harvests tissues from donors. Tough job as you never know just when you will get a case. Each case tends to take about 8 hours in the OR. I am on call almost every weekend. My record so far is staying up for 51 hours doing cases. (Donors are time sensitive. 24 hours after death we cannot harvest. We seem to always be pressed for time. )

With all of this I am also a student completing my prerequisite courses to apply for Physician Assistant in the fall of 09’.


Tissue recovery sounds so awesome (to know the end product would be saving a life) bet thats rewarding and demanding, since you are on call. Are you in the OR assisting the doc's? Are you the person that 1st on the scene doing the intake and history on the deceased.

Trade power 'real-time' [buy/sell electricity]. Have worked in power plants and 'dispatching' plants for the local electric company in the past.

Jerry

US Army Active Duty, working with computers, soon to be over on the other side of the planet in Korea. :)

Thanks for your service.
Jerry

Right now I go to a community college, and work at Golds Gym. I plan on getting my degree in exercise science and working in that field.

Tissue recovery sounds so awesome (to know the end product would be saving a life) bet thats rewarding and demanding, since you are on call. Are you in the OR assisting the doc's? Are you the person that 1st on the scene doing the intake and history on the deceased.

The job is very rewarding in that respect. Interestingly enough I use several of the products that are developed from recovered tissue in my job at the hospital dealing with chronic and traumatic wounds. Skin and bone grafts are the most common.

The recovery team I work with does not do “live recovery”. That is left to a very specialized surgical team, as the organs are time sensitive and match specific, among other things. My team recovers other tissues such as skin; all of the long bones of the limbs, Heart, Pericardium, Ilium and various tendons after the patients have expired.

For our part of the recovery there are no physicians involved. However, most of the team is comprised of medical students and medics. Usually we will have 4 people in the team and we all cut.

For those who are not involved in medicine there is a serious “ick” factor with this kind of work. But personally I see the benefits first hand of these tissues. Every time we skin graft a child’s burn, fuse a problematic spine or build a new lower jaw for a cancer patient. That is what I focus on when I recover. Usually when people ask I just tell them I work for a recycling company and leave it at that. Much like making hotdogs, its better if you don’t know the details.
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