Job(s)/Career Talk...

Absolutely nothing. . .

. . . just waiting for the latest swell to clean up, and of course the monthly check via direct deposit. Nothing beats it.

 

i just graduated hs and im working as a full time cust service rep. 55 hour weeks but i get the dp sessions every day theres surf

 

full time freshman student-athlete at the pennsylvania state university...if i can find time to make it to the beach (5 hour drive) on a sunday then i can surf. but that would mean leavin saturday, and if you know anything about college football, you know penn state football is the **** especially if youre a student (#1 student section in the country), so i would have to leave late saturday after the game and return sunday night. plus that would mean missin partying saturday night as well...


hail to the lion

 

Awesome. Good luck and stick with it.

Cool idea for a thread, it's interesting to see how diverse we are. Lot of students. My advice to you all is to stick with it because it's a constant struggle without a college degree, or a solid trade that you commit to. I'm speaking from experience, I'm really starting to have regrets (I'm 27). Be grateful and take full advantage because once you get into the work world, and the way our economy is going, it becomes all about getting by. Which sucks.

As far as I go, I work whatever job will pay my next month of rent & bills. Only thing I could really call myself is a cook, which ironically I'm not doing now. I catered and cooked in Baltimore in my late teens and early twenties and made nice money, but I've found that noone is really willing to pay you around here (ocmd) for hard work. Cooks are a dime a dozen in this town, and with the influx of foreigners that are willing to work for minimum wage (or less), well, it doesn't leave much of a reason to pay for hard work when you can get it for damn near free.

I'm lucky enough to have found a cheap place to live oceanside in ocmd. The glory of taking your coffee mug out to the dawn surf check is priceless...

 

Business Developer

I have my own business, recession proof, not tied into wall street and all the other B.S. I am a Plan "B" consultant. I am also a wellness coach, and help people Go Green!

I am a father of 1, planning on more, and I surf when ever I can, dp's seem to be the best for me it is a great way to start off the day. I make my own schedule and plan my day around my business, my family, and waves.

http://www.happy2beworkingfromhome.com

http://www.goinggoinggonegreen.org

http://www.happymomsworkingfromhome.com

 

Hate to be a kill joy but in this economy as things get worse the last thing most people are going to be worried about is going green.

 

Thanks a lot! This is the best opportunity I have ever found.

 

Hah you are wrong there my friend knowledge is everything, Would you ever think that going green could save you money? Going green can save you money in places you would least expect it, all the while protecting your health and our fragile environment. I don't like surfing dirty waves, Do you?

 

I'm a Custom Cabinet Maker, That's my Real job. And my second Job is restoring classic VW's to their 60's and 70's luster, gotta say I'd rather be doing that instead of cabinet making, soooooo. If anybody knows people with classic VW's send them my way

 

got your own shop or work for somebody else. cabinets

 

I work with somebody else, under his business name.

 

Did archaeology for 4 years out of school with no money and little time to surf. Moved into technology about 8 years ago and am now the Chief technology officer for a medium sized law firm in DC. Have six year old twins, 6 weeks of vacation and a wife that knows my ONLY mistress is the Ocean! Only time i take the wedding ring off!
Great thread!

 

carpenter here. where the hell the rest of you!!! fortunately i am college educated, but i enjoy doing what i do.

 

I'm an industrial hygiene technician. Basically I run air samples at different places for different contaminants, asbestos, lead, heavy metals, etc. I work on a lot of asbestos projects doing inspections, making sure companies are going by the law. I have a B.S. in Environmental Science from UD. I worked in restaurants for many years, it took me like 8 years to get my degree. I lived it up, moved out to San Diego and worked in restaurants out there and surfed more than i worked. My advice to young people is put off the real world as long as possible, get that surfing in!!!!

 

I surfed just about every day for as long as i can remember. Then last year i started college in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. You can say it cuts into my surfing life a little. I get to snowboard everyday, but nothing compares to a good day of surf. Take it from me, if you are thinking of going somewhere far from the ocean, you better have another passion, cause if i didn't have snowboarding or skating or DJing to occupy my time i would go insane. I can't even watch surf video's. I just freak out and start looking up ticket prices to Cali, which are to expensive. Oh well, after this year its gonna be a life of surf for me, I'm moving somwhere with good consistant surf. Snowboarding good snow everyday is one thing, but surfing good waves all the time is about a thousand times better in my opinion. Every time i look at the swell charts and see the outer banks firing i wonder what the hell i am doing with my life, being literally thousands of miles away from any form of breaking wave. But all good things come with time i guess.