# I'm Employed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667 "2007-07-13T16:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/41 "2007-07-15T04:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Good luck paying for strippers and cocaine with no job. A guy in my friends shore house was like “I’m 28 and a bartender living with my parents and all I do is drink and party…I need to get a real job and start a real life”. My friend and I were like “we have real jobs and ‘real lives’ (kinda)..do we look happy about it?” [/QUOTE] So, stay at home, and start the cocaine-and-stripper phase promptly after getting some cash. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/42 "2007-07-15T05:23:41Z")
Way cool, LOUNE, glad to hear it\*. 26 is not too bad, my real & current career started at 25. Jim - Okay, glad to read it, give me a little poetic license. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/43 "2007-07-15T05:28:34Z")
Again, this is assuming it’s something I want to stay and do. I’m hoping I dig it. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/44 "2007-07-15T12:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Again, this is assuming it’s something I want to stay and do. I’m hoping I dig it. [/QUOTE] The naivety of youth! [chuckle] I’m seconding **gonzomax** and the others. If you don’t like financial advising at Block, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to find something you like. I’ve had a few resume stains, but moved onward to other, more enjoyable jobs. Most people do. Just make sure to learn something from each position. By the way, did any interviewer ever ask, “Where do you see yourself in 15 years?” I hated that question. I can tell you, 15 years ago when I was your age, about the last thing I’d have answered is a career that twisted and turned through 3 different industries in America, Europe and Africa before landing in a small town in northern Japan. I don’t think Ms Cleo could have foreseen that! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/45 "2007-07-15T15:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=Caractacus Pott] By the way, did any interviewer ever ask, “Where do you see yourself in 15 years?” I hated that question. I can tell you, 15 years ago when I was your age, about the last thing I’d have answered is a career that twisted and turned through 3 different industries in America, Europe and Africa before landing in a small town in northern Japan. I don’t think Ms Cleo could have foreseen that! [/QUOTE] 15 years? Thinking “thank god I’m halfway done with this bullshit!” Usually it’s 5 years anyway. It’s kind of like when I have to fill out my anual goals at work. What the fuck “goals”? Do you think if I had any goals I’d be HERE?! ---
**Author:** ![Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Most_Creative_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/46 "2007-07-15T22:54:41Z")
Congrats **LOUNE**!!! Wait, people are going to trust you with their money? Wow…your charming good looks must be helping you out there. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/47 "2007-07-15T22:57:30Z")
Me? Charming good looks? You must have the wrong Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Most_Creative_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/48 "2007-07-15T22:58:32Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Me? Charming good looks? You must have the wrong Doper. [/QUOTE] No I don’t…it’s you **LOUNE** … ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667/49 "2007-07-15T22:59:44Z")
You’re delirious. Go take a nap or drink some water, or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-employed/411667.md?page=2)