Where's your life heading?

12-07-2012, 01:50 PM

Got the job! [pic] Will start my apartment search in another month [pic] Finally Salaried [pic] On the road to success and becoming a master DBA [pic]

12-07-2012, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by MemphBleek05

Got the job! [pic] Will start my apartment search in another month [pic] Finally Salaried [pic] On the road to success and becoming a master DBA [pic]

Good !! Memph. You going to be ballin out now [pic]. How much they end up giving up? Hope you negotiated on salary or vacation/sick days.

12-09-2012, 01:38 AM

heading to the top^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

we fly high

12-10-2012, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by egotistical

Good !! Memph. You going to be ballin out now [pic]. How much they end up giving up? Hope you negotiated on salary or vacation/sick days.

Truthfully, they took a high paying position and turned it into a group. So, as of now I'm at 50K. To me, that's still low for a DBA, but I'm cool. I'm going to get into this position, get my experience as a DBA. The benefits are pretty damn good, as are the vacation and sick pay.

12-10-2012, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Ed Bundy

na man ...thats not it

i dont want to find a job anywhere...very few jobs would make me happy.. i dont like the idea of being "imprisoned" period. even if its a better job than my current one, its the same thing ultimately.

theres very few jobs i would want and those are like impossible to get and unrealistic at this point. id like to start my own company or something or do something utilizing my creative talents but thats where it gets tricky.. its not that easy

start working towards it

12-11-2012, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by ReMiXed

Elaborate

It's a book about how to stop working so much but still make the same money or more. It explains some things you can do. I'm about 100 pages in outta 350 or so...good read. I def recommend it. Youtube it you'll see some reviews from people who did it

12-14-2012, 06:22 PM

i'm 29 and honestly no clue. I wasted alot of my life running the streets. Just now realizing that sh1t was corny.

Just trying to figure it all out now.

12-14-2012, 10:19 PM

Man... when they say money isn't everything--it really isn't.

Today I went to work, told my boss thank you for the opportunities you have given me but I've gone as far as I can go in this company.

No kind of benefits, sometimes I don't get my full 8, sometimes I struggle to get 5 and a half hours. I'm in school right now, so I will always have that to fall back on. But I told him, I'm done.

12-15-2012, 01:06 PM

I'm 23 currently living with my folks, just earned my second a#sociates degree in Career Counselling as of yesterday (my first one was in Hotel Management), I just got a job with a major airline, the pay isnt the craziest to start with but its bound to go up after probation with better positions up for grabs which I cant complain about. I'm looking to make a k#lling out of the perks that come with the job and fly as much as I can since I like travelling and seeing new things.

As far as life goes I'm trying to start building my finances as far as saving and investing goes and I'm also trying to get out of my parents house as I need my own space and freedom (biggest concern as I feel that its slowing my growth as a person but I need to plan and save before I go out on my own).

I'm ok with where I am in life at the moment but I definitely feel that I have alot of living and adventure to do in the future. I know money is important but I value freedom and happiness more,so I'm definitely more focused on that for the moment and eventually I'll build something long-term, I just want to enjoy my youth and prepare pieces by pieces as I go.

01:12 PM

same post as uptop, bx wont allow me to delete a post for some odd reason

12-16-2012, 05:51 PM

any one over 21 that stopped doing the whole going out/club scene shyt? If so why?

12-16-2012, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by TheCool

i'm 29 and honestly no clue. I wasted alot of my life running the streets. Just now realizing that sh1t was corny.

Just trying to figure it all out now.

My dude, I'm exactly your age. I know how you feel man. I never wasted time running around the streets, but I know people who have and it has affected them big time. You can never make up for lost time, so all you can do is move forward.

Start by this:
1. Where do you want to be in 10 years?
2. Mostly any kind of career that's well paying (100K+) requires a college education (so apply to college, you can start at a Community College first if you want)
3. Make long term goals and short term goals
4. Work your a#s off and don't let anything or anybody distract you from where you want to be.
5. Start on this plan tomorrow morning as time waits on no man.
6. Constantly re-evaluate yourself and make the necessary changes. Remember the right decision isn't always the easiest one to make.

12-17-2012, 07:47 AM

Trying to become more spiritual and conscious. More strategic. Manage my money and my health a lot better. Thinking about becoming vegan. Detoxifying my body and mind. I know now that all of my problems are because of mistakes I've made. I should atleast $50,000 or more in the bank now. I will eventually. Its okay that I don't though. Guess I'm one of the few who could care less about material possessions, school and money.

12-17-2012, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by MemphBleek05

Truthfully, they took a high paying position and turned it into a group. So, as of now I'm at 50K. To me, that's still low for a DBA, but I'm cool. I'm going to get into this position, get my experience as a DBA. The benefits are pretty damn good, as are the vacation and sick pay.

Was wondering what the qualifications are for data base administration position? I am not interested in the field but I have a buddy who was telling me he wanted to get this position and he talking about doing all sorts of certification. Is it about the degree or the certification? I always tell him to get a degree and then get experience but he was really hammering about the certifcations. How did you land the position?

12-19-2012, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Ed Bundy

na man ...thats not it

i dont want to find a job anywhere...very few jobs would make me happy.. i dont like the idea of being "imprisoned" period. even if its a better job than my current one, its the same thing ultimately.

theres very few jobs i would want and those are like impossible to get and unrealistic at this point. id like to start my own company or something or do something utilizing my creative talents but thats where it gets tricky.. its not that easy

owning your own company is harder work than a 9-5. It takes years and years to get est@blished. you sound liek you wanna be a stay at home dad without the kids and wife lol come on fam you can't not work at all

12-21-2012, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Darkdrone

Was wondering what the qualifications are for data base administration position? I am not interested in the field but I have a buddy who was telling me he wanted to get this position and he talking about doing all sorts of certification. Is it about the degree or the certification? I always tell him to get a degree and then get experience but he was really hammering about the certifcations. How did you land the position?

I stumbled into the position. An experience got me the job. Long story short, a DBA left the company. When he left, everything went to hell. Myself and another developer were called upon to fix the mess. With the little permissions we had (talking security permissions), we were able to reverse engineer and put a band aid on the situation. We could have fixed it, if we had more security access credientials, but either way, we impressed. The position came open, I was offered the job. Me and my coworker/the other developer are going to replace the DBA that left. So, the answer to your question was right place right time. I stepped up in their time of need and knocked it out the park.

I have no Certifications, of my 2 degrees only 1 is directly related to my positions under this company. I started out as a Data Analyst, developing MS Access applications for the company.

12-21-2012, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by TheCool

i'm 29 and honestly no clue. I wasted alot of my life running the streets. Just now realizing that sh1t was corny.

Just trying to figure it all out now.

This.

had it all until they stopped making oxycontin...

and nahhhhhh I wasnt addicted, I did occasionally snort a cpl lines

but was making like 4-5gs a month for 2+ years just sellin pills and lil herb [pic]

graduated HS may 06, was arrested 2 days later for DUI and some other !!, lost my license. No real oppurtunities where I live aside from slave work and a lil retail so I started gettin it in. hustlin hard but i was livin that sheen lifestyle, had a good friend who would hold !! down and id rent a car and just drive for a week or better at a time blowin hella money. My source was plentiful, I never was concerned about NOT making this money because we all know addicts are addicts and money will come. So I'll either be locked up or livin lavish just off some gd pain pills. so this is from 18-21 or 22ish, had a legit ID n everything so i was clubbin fresh outta high school smashin older broads.

then the they replace OC with that bull!! wax unbangable/cant snort !! OPs [pic]

but in the meantime i got DUI #2 so basically i was jus chillin at the crib all day xboxin it sellin pills..but they took my license for 2 years

so the pills are obsolete now, the herb just really aint enough $ when youre used to stackkkks

had no license, economy in my town had went to !!, fam never went to church, my dad side dont !! wit each other and moms side all live elsewhere aka no connections

started to get a lil better this year. license back had a whip was workin a lil factory job, wrecked the car (only liability) .. no way to get to work, so i quit instead of getting fired

25 years old, just got another whip so maybe i can make somethin shake in 2013..im thinking barber college my homey down to move away from this !! town and hes already a master so..find a decent sized town get a prime spot and hopefully my skills will get me paid

12-21-2012, 02:05 PM

thats for cats just turnin 20ish or thinking hustlin can last

hustlin can get you through rough spots but that record??? !! is so tarnishing..espc if you have no connections to get you. youre definitely looked at differently

i was naive as !! to think i could live my life selling those god damn pills and wasted soooo much of my life

12-24-2012, 10:27 PM

*I'm getting ready to enter my second year as an MBA student
*My two business partners and I are about to sign papers for cafe that we're buying out
*I'm segueing my art events into a business
*Telling my true friends how much I appreciate them

12-25-2012, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by riga89

My dude, I'm exactly your age. I know how you feel man. I never wasted time running around the streets, but I know people who have and it has affected them big time. You can never make up for lost time, so all you can do is move forward.

Start by this:
1. Where do you want to be in 10 years?
2. Mostly any kind of career that's well paying (100K+) requires a college education (so apply to college, you can start at a Community College first if you want)
3. Make long term goals and short term goals
4. Work your a#s off and don't let anything or anybody distract you from where you want to be.
5. Start on this plan tomorrow morning as time waits on no man.
6. Constantly re-evaluate yourself and make the necessary changes. Remember the right decision isn't always the easiest one to make.

I make over 100,000 a year now legally, with no degree (I have military experience though). And I'm a young black dude, still in my 20's, originally from Philly with an ethnic sounding name lol. It's more about your hustle and networking more than anything.

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