How long did you hold your first "real" job? - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 03-19-2006, 02:25 PM

After you entered the working world for good, and got your first "real" job, how long did you last at that specific employer? Did you plan to work there indefinitely, or did you view it as a "practice job" coming in?

I made it for almost five years at mine. I definitely viewed it as a career job when I went in, but after about three years I realized that I wasn't going to make it for another 30.

ct · 03-20-2006, 02:15 PM

Less than 6 months, although it was in fact exactly 6 months from start to finish. The company was sold, and was informed about 4 months in that our project was cancelled, you're all gonna be laid off. At least I had plenty of time to find a new gig, which wasn't easy with all of 4 months "real world" experience.

jspchief · 03-20-2006, 02:16 PM

Just under 5 years, with several miraculously timed raises and promotions that kept me from leaving earlier.

Then I took my knowledge and the connections I made from that job and started my own business in the same field.

**ChiTown** · 03-20-2006, 02:24 PM

10 years, 3 months. It was like trying to rid yourself of that first girlfriend. The sex was great, but I knew it could get better elsewhere. I just had to convince myself to make the jump

Since then, I've worked for 4 different companies, including self-employment, in the last 8+ years. I like the nomadic job style. Staying in one place for too long just doesn't do it for me any more.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 03-20-2006, 02:31 PM

I started my first real job in Kansa City working at a ROCKYARD. I still work there going on 8 years. GOD we have to put up with the stupidest people. This one man came in here just the other day pointing at a rock asking me how much it weighs. Geez, if I knew that then I wouldn't be selling rocks to idiots. I just told him something like 700 pounds knowing damn good and well it would probably weigh a hell of a lot more. And his hysterical wife was over in the car yelling it's too big, it's too big. I thought she was point at my penis or something. But any way I ruined his day before it was all over with so I'm happy. We dumped his marbles in his back yard and left laughing.

**Rain Man** · 03-20-2006, 02:34 PM

Oh, great. My wife just told me last night that she wants to buy some pigs for the back yard.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 03-20-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Oh, great. My wife just told me last night that she wants to buy some pigs for the back yard.

I would not advise that on my worst enemy!

Duck Dog · 03-20-2006, 03:09 PM

I was in the Army for 10 years 7 months and have been at my current job for 7 years and 7 months.

MOhillbilly · 03-20-2006, 04:01 PM

three years. it was more like one big party than a job.

58-4ever · 03-20-2006, 04:05 PM

I'm graduating in May...Is there anyone out there hiring?

58-4ever · 03-20-2006, 04:05 PM

I'm graduating in May...Is anyone out there hiring?

58-4ever · 03-20-2006, 04:06 PM

300 posts! Yes!

bogie · 03-20-2006, 04:17 PM

My first "real" job was in the entertainment dept. at Silver Dollar City. Worked there for about 11 years (1976 - 1986), but it was so much fun that I never really considered it a "real" job. Going on 13 years at my current job and it's not so much fun, but it's stable and pays the bills.

MOhillbilly · 03-20-2006, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bogie

My first "real" job was in the entertainment dept. at Silver Dollar City. Worked there for about 11 years (1976 - 1986), but it was so much fun that I never really considered it a "real" job. Going on 13 years at my current job and it's not so much fun, but it's stable and pays the bills.

i bet you know my uncle richard. Played piano in the river rats.

bogie · 03-20-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

i bet you know my uncle richard. Played piano in the river rats.

I certainly do. Not only extremely talented, but also a very, very nice guy. The River Rats were GREAT...DA, Dennis, Marty, Bob and Richard.

MOhillbilly · 03-20-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bogie

I certainly do. Not only extremely talented, but also a very, very nice guy. The River Rats were GREAT...DA, Dennis, Marty, Bob and Richard.

cool. small world.

View Poll Results: How long did you last at your first "real" job?
Less than six months. It wasn't for me.	4	7.84%
6 months to a year. Long enough to figure out I should move on.	5	9.80%
1.01 to 2.5 years. I gave 'em their money's worth.	10	19.61%
2.51 to 5 years. I gave it a pretty good run.	12	23.53%
5.01 to 10 years. It really was a career, or at least a reasonable facsimile of one.	11	21.57%
10.01 to 20 years. I took a licking and kept on ticking.	6	11.76%
20.01 years or more. I'm a lifer.	1	1.96%
I haven't found my first "real" job yet, though I'm looking.	1	1.96%
I'm not old enough to look for a "real job" yet.	0	0%
I pretty much just drift from place to place.	1	1.96%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

03-19-2006, 02:25 PM
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03-20-2006, 02:15 PM	#16
ct u b illian Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: DooDah Casino cash: $10009436	Less than 6 months, although it was in fact exactly 6 months from start to finish. The company was sold, and was informed about 4 months in that our project was cancelled, you're all gonna be laid off. At least I had plenty of time to find a new gig, which wasn't easy with all of 4 months "real world" experience.
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03-20-2006, 02:16 PM	#17
jspchief BAMF Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Your Face Casino cash: $9998710	Just under 5 years, with several miraculously timed raises and promotions that kept me from leaving earlier. Then I took my knowledge and the connections I made from that job and started my own business in the same field. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
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03-20-2006, 02:24 PM	#18
ChiTown Stroking to the SB Champs! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Flatlands of Kansas Casino cash: $2753962	10 years, 3 months. It was like trying to rid yourself of that first girlfriend. The sex was great, but I knew it could get better elsewhere. I just had to convince myself to make the jump Since then, I've worked for 4 different companies, including self-employment, in the last 8+ years. I like the nomadic job style. Staying in one place for too long just doesn't do it for me any more. __________________
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03-20-2006, 02:31 PM	#19
Hog's Gone Fishin Fish are scared of me Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $1150477	I started my first real job in Kansa City working at a ROCKYARD. I still work there going on 8 years. GOD we have to put up with the stupidest people. This one man came in here just the other day pointing at a rock asking me how much it weighs. Geez, if I knew that then I wouldn't be selling rocks to idiots. I just told him something like 700 pounds knowing damn good and well it would probably weigh a hell of a lot more. And his hysterical wife was over in the car yelling it's too big, it's too big. I thought she was point at my penis or something. But any way I ruined his day before it was all over with so I'm happy. We dumped his marbles in his back yard and left laughing.
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03-20-2006, 02:34 PM	#20
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2748491 VARSITY	Oh, great. My wife just told me last night that she wants to buy some pigs for the back yard. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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03-20-2006, 03:09 PM	#22
Duck Dog Reap the whirlwind Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Olathe Casino cash: $10004900	I was in the Army for 10 years 7 months and have been at my current job for 7 years and 7 months.
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03-20-2006, 04:01 PM	#23
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	three years. it was more like one big party than a job. __________________ True Son of Liberty
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03-20-2006, 04:05 PM	#24
58-4ever The Collective Unconscious Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The OP Casino cash: $9520422	I'm graduating in May...Is there anyone out there hiring?
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03-20-2006, 04:06 PM	#26
58-4ever The Collective Unconscious Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The OP Casino cash: $9520422	300 posts! Yes!
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03-20-2006, 04:17 PM	#27
bogie West Coast Chief Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: california Casino cash: $10004900	My first "real" job was in the entertainment dept. at Silver Dollar City. Worked there for about 11 years (1976 - 1986), but it was so much fun that I never really considered it a "real" job. Going on 13 years at my current job and it's not so much fun, but it's stable and pays the bills.
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