Pro's: I'm self-employed
Con's: I'm self employed

Congrats! I hope it's challenging and stays that way for a while, but at the very least, in a couple of years you'll have that magical 2-3 years of experience that opens up many more opportunities.

Heh, I think it means "Gigolo" in Cody. :D Not a bad gig!

pros: lots of time off

cons: can be brutal during busy season
lots of time off = lots of time not making money

Pros: The money

Cons: No schedule, work every 10 hours and be gone for 36, no holidays or weekends off, don't get to spend much time at home, the rule book we follow is 4 inches thick with fire-able offenses, 10+ hour in hotels with nothing to do, most guys I work with are really stooopid, redundant, mind numbing, dangeous at times, and I don't get to get on the internet and read Chiefs forums except when during the 10-15 hours I'm home at a time.

GRRRRRRRRR...I knew there was a reason I hated that guy!:D

Dude, sounds like you were in my position 2 years ago before I got my MBA. Most people in my program were in the same position too. It's that position where you know you're doing work, but you're not paid or appreciated up to what you think you should be.

If you can get one, do it. If you can afford to go full-time, do it. You will probably struggle to get serious consideration for the kind of jobs you're qualified for unless you can put that MBA stamp on your resume. If you want to get out of accounting, you could probably move to Operations, which is a job that is always in high demand. From what most people in the field tell me, while the work can get monotonous at times, it's a position that has a high floor and usually reasonable work conditions.

I have an MBA.
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Sorry if I missed it, but what do you do?

Currently I do Internal Audit for Cabela's.
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Keep in mind, your current job could just be a stepping stone for bigger and better things. Keep your eyes peeled and mind open.

At age 26, if you were to ask me what I'd be doing 4 years later, I wouldn't have come close to what career I'm in now.

In that case, I do marketing at a services firm. I'm more of a creative, so it suits me. The benefit is that unlike a lot of marketing positions, services has a lot more flexibility for advancement. I'm also fascinated by people, and that's a big part of what marketing is. I also think marketing is one of the more exciting, rapidly evolving industries out there. If you're really lucky, you get a lot of exciting perks, like becoming really involved in a lot of sponsorship events, some at pro stadiums.

The downside is that there's a pretty low ceiling for most people in this world and, in my experience, I could swear that 75% of my time is spent in meetings. It might also frustrate someone who is a rapid mover and shaker--most marketing jobs I've seen have pretty limited hours and are really laid back, which might frustrate someone who's willing to work 80 hours a week for more pay.

Work in financial services on a team that manages a wrap product (fee based investment management account) and does due diligence on our retail funds (advisor sells them and is responsible for contacting the client for rebalancing and suitability).

Pros:
My company is really inefficient (so I look like a rockstar a lot of times)
I'm underutilized (can study for my CFA and dick around on CP all day)
I get to do what I love (read finance shit, invest, and have exposure to the best fund managers in the country during our due diligence process)


Cons:
Not much possibility for advancement here (more in the industry but financial services sucks right now)
Have to earn my stripes either by being in the industry for awhile or getting a top tier MBA if I want to move on to what I really want to do (I want to be a portfolio manager)

what are you, a gigolo?

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