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 Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:19 pm
Reikon de Maltas College. GRad from Ohio State, then went back for my firefighting and paramedic certs. Now Im stuck inna hole like you Mister Rabbit. sad No jobs in OHIO! OH B-Lows! Id rather be back in HS too...sometimes? I'm in California, a place thats supposed to have plenty of jobs... and there's practically no jobs (plenty of s**t min wage ones but that's it T.T)
On top of that, housing and rent in cali is astronomical : D
But, if I want to continue my career in game design (interning is as far as I've gotten and still am at the moment) I have to live here.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:46 pm
Thank God I'm applying to Law Schools - means I get to avoid crappy job market for a few more years. Hopefully a degree from Pepperdine will mean something to these people. I really wanna go! sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:58 pm
Go Shard! I live with a lwayer from hell. He finished school from Case Western in 3 years. Pretty smart.
Actually DBL, I was considering Cali next year, February-ish. Wildland firefighting seems to be calling my name. I mean I can't complain about the job I have...wait yea I can. Waiting tables BLOWS. Although I do admit, I average around 15-25 an hour. Monday I worked 12 hours and made 250...so that was nice.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:05 pm
wow, waiting tables at 15-25 an hour...man. Most of the jobs where I'm at barely pay the min and they try to only get part time workers so they don't have to pay for insurance and stuff like that.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:08 pm
lol, I'm only in the middle of applying. I'll feel a lot better about it all when I finally get to know where I'm going. Until then I get to hang out with all my super smart friends that did amazing on the LSAT and won't have any problems getting into the schools they want. I should hang out with stupider people....
And at least you're good at waiting tables and making the bucks. I can only work on campus 10 hours a week since I'm taking 18 credit hours...yay overcommitment!
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:43 pm
Well I don't get paid min. wage, only 3.25 an hour. I never get paychecks. That's what I average in tips though. biggrin
18 credit hours! Eghhhhhhhhhh. I did that my freshman year and never did it again. Oh the agony.....
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:46 pm
I've taken 18 hours every semester since I started....does that make me crazy? >>''
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:50 pm
Pssh, thats WAY better than I get paid.
Here min wage is higher, 8.00 /hr, though no one tips where I work and hours are next to nothing everywhere since everyone's digging the bottom of hte barrel for jobs making the few that are available generally having s**t hours on top of s**t pay = super s**t pay.
Seriously, in 2 weeks of my job I'll be lucky to rake in $350, if it weren't for my parents being understanding and helping out (or my internship boss paying me for my work rather than making me a free intern like most are) I'd be on the streets.
I'm already skipping health insurance (can't afford it) and struggeling to keep up with my car insurance let alone gas and food.
I would KILL to get paid that much at a time like this, not that it's amazing of course but it's far better than the situation many of us find ourselves in over here.
I've been chain spamming portfolio's to game design studio's over the past year, alas it seems no one cares what you can actually do but rather if your a friend of someone that works there -.-
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:30 am
Blizzard is hiring in a lot of their fields right now. Not sure if you tried sending stuff to them or not DBL
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:09 am
Cyrogenetics Blizzard is hiring in a lot of their fields right now. Not sure if you tried sending stuff to them or not DBL I have, had a few interviews to, alas they usually require 2-3 years of experience for most of the positions and for you to have published titles with your name on them (aka you having worked on them).
I only have 1 year of experience from my internship and 0 published titles.
I've been birdshotting them though with portfolio's so hoping to get some more interviews and land something (hell anything as long as I get there I can network and worm my way in).
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:30 am
Dark Bunny Lord
I've been chain spamming portfolio's to game design studio's over the past year, alas it seems no one cares what you can actually do but rather if your a friend of someone that works there -.-
YEa I guess I haven't realized how semigood I have it here. Even if it is waiting tables.. Yea, it's become who you know, not what you know nowadays. It's lame. It's like that in the Fire/Medic industry too. It's pathetic to see some nobody with almost zero experience, btoh school and tech, and be this total dead beat overweight slob get a spot over someone like my self who is completely opposite. Pisses me off. Im running into the same issue though Rabbit, "2-3yrs exp" It's a double edged sword. They want exp but arent willing to give it...nobody is. A college degree is like a highschool degree 20 yeares ago, everyone has one now.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:25 pm
[Of course Arrow is always welcome!]
So now you people have made me scared of life! As if I wasn't worried to hell about paying for a good education [$45,000 at the University of PA! Fack!] plus med school.... s**t, man...
And all that guidance counselor "you're smart, you'll make it!" is doing nothing for me...
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:58 pm
Just so you know guidance counselors get paid to tell EVERY student that. On a scale of 1 - worthless, you're better off not even dealing with them. RL blows...most of the time.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:58 pm
And is sucks that now a days, even if you do what you're "supposed" to (go to school, get a degree, and keep a clean record) your not guaranteed a job because of how bad the economy really is - especially in some areas.
From what I heard, 50/40/30-ish years ago...if you finished school with good grades (even just high school) then you could more than likely going to get a good job soon after you try to.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:33 pm
That WAS how it was back in the day Mari...
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