The Work Thread: How do you pay for your FG addiction?

Vhozite · May 12, 2023

Without doxxing yourselves I’m curious what other Megashockers do for work. What job/role, general pay, career paths, benefits talk, past jobs etc.

I draft plans for solar arrays in Autocad at a small office. I like my job and it’s fairly stress free, but pay (more than I’ve ever made) doesn’t go as far as it did pre-COVID.

J-ride · May 12, 2023

I'm a Hospital Pharmacist. I do part time ICU and also do quite a bit of IT work as far as fixing broken stuff in our EMAR software.

Edited May 12, 2023 by J-ride

iStu X · May 12, 2023

I work at a local table top gaming store. I work store front, plan/schedule events and manage their social media accounts

Darc_Requiem · May 12, 2023

I work in sales for an electrical distributor. I make decent money. I'd have more of it if I was as good with money as my younger brother.

axeman61 · May 12, 2023

Programmer for a grant management company. I make money that's good for a single guy, but I feel below average for my profession at my time out of college.

Edited May 12, 2023 by axeman61

Vhozite · May 12, 2023

2 hours ago, axeman61 said:

Programmer for a grant management company. I make money that's good for a single guy, but I feel below average for my profession at my time out of college.

If I was making the money I make now a couple years ago I would’ve agreed, but this inflation has made me feel like I have barely moved up. I make a little over $40k/yr with OT, and I feel like I been priced outta everything. It’s definitely more then the barely-above-min-wage I was making before, but it’s not as much as I thought lol.

I’m trying to stick it out at this place at least 3 years before getting something else since it’s my first job outta my 2 year school, but I’m feeling the pressure.

axeman61 · May 12, 2023

My time out of college (I went CC to Uni) is 12 years. I don't know for certain if you'll be doing better than me by that long out, but if you have drive I feel you'll make it.

My salary (72k) is good, but I feel I could have been making 6 figures for years by now if I had really applied myself and not made some key fuck ups.

Vhozite · May 13, 2023

I front loaded my fuck ups. Pissed away a full ride through community college then state school because I didn’t actually want to go to college, and even if I did I certainly wasn’t ready at 18. Changed majors like 3 times, and floated form dead end job to dead end job until I couldn’t finally hammer out a shitty associates in Solar lol.

Anyways, I’m on the job drafting now which makes me happy since it’s an actual skill, and as a bonus I’ve learned a lot about electrical stuff. Currently in the “apply yourself” phase but one thing I don’t like about my job it’s that I feel like I’m slowly approaching the ceiling of what I’m gonna learn here. I used to have a good mentor/manager who’s since moved on, and my new manager just doesn’t foster the same learning environment (he doesn’t know as much as the last guy). Nice guy and a hard worker but frankly just not a great leader.

Pair of Rooks · May 13, 2023

I'm a senior software developer at a genetics firm that specializes in detection of certain kinds of cancers. I'm in the six figures club as of a few years ago, but yeah if I had applied myself more I could've been there much sooner.

But the last time I got washed in Strive it was by a forklift certified tranny so who's really winning here.

Jurassic · May 13, 2023

I'm a graphic designer and marketing manager. I started out in advertising, but when I realized that was dying I moved on to printmaking and packaging design. I get to go to trade shows and work with an interesting variety of clients. Salary-wise it isn't great because the cost of living in my area is low, but it is much better than what I got from advertising.

I sometimes spend my free time making digital art, sketching or painting. Never, NEVER go into graphic design looking for creative fulfillment. Trust me, it isn't there.

Edited May 13, 2023 by Jurassic