Desk Jobs

[InuFaye]

I do IT work and sit at a desk all day.

It has its ups and downs, mostly downs.

[anabolice30]

I work behind a counter and ocassionally make deliveries. I'm not too busy, but I only work three hour shifts..I need to learn something useful that can b learned from a book. Suggestions?

[matthugie]

I work behind a counter and ocassionally make deliveries. I'm not too busy, but I only work three hour shifts..I need to learn something useful that can b learned from a book. Suggestions?

English. Seriously. Effective communication is incredibly important no matter what you do. Also, many people higher up in companies are older and/or highly educated and appreciate people who communicate well. They are usually very busy and want information quickly and concisely.

[Swanny]

I really do not like my job.

Slinging parts at an Indie shop. Sit at a desk all day. Inventory. Returns. Deal with stupid fucking people.

I love it when I started, but I'm over it. I'm over the automotive industry. Been looking on Clist daily to find something local and interesting.

I'm telling

[slammin.e28]

I'm telling

[ZoomZoomBoom]

When I graduated from college I thought that having a nice office job would be awesome, make good money, and all that crap. I worked hard at first while ignoring everyone else complaining about everything and everyone. Then I noticed why they were complaining and started using Pandora and Spotify premium, along with anything I could find on the internet. More work for the same money while profits and stock went up. I decided to start using some skills I had learned to make the same money at half the time worked, although physical hands-on work. Now I am self employed and detail luxury cars and business jets for a few different contracts. For the most part I set my own schedule and listen to music the whole time. Like anything else, it has its ups and downs, but it's the happiest I've ever been earning a living. The best days are when a client is really happy or tells me that judges and people at a car show couldn't stop talking about how much his paint shined and popped even though it was only a single step machine polish on an inexpensive respray.

BTW, if any of you plan on watching Top Gear USA tonight, before the filming I did some spot polishing and cleaning on the Nameless Performance GT-86 rally car that Tanner will be racing against.

[Vtec?lol]

You're either full of shit, or in the most toxic work environment I've ever heard of.

Dead serious.
The first floor is fully secured, however the three underground floors including the garage were unsecured. I'm sure that how gunmen get in. We get threats from people that lose their houses and business all the time. I'm resigning as of tomorrow though. I'll be officially retired for hopefully no mmore than a year. Living off savings.

[EREKSHUN]

I'll be officially retired for hopefully no mmore than a year. Living off savings.

one day.......

[E30 Wagen]

I've often considered a desk job to get out of manual labor.

The manual labor I do is destroying my body. In the three years I've been doing it I feel like I've aged ten, so sitting in a chair for the better part of a day sounds like heaven. Mainly it would be nice to have enough energy when I get home to be able to work on my e30s without feeling all achey.

[Stanley Rockafella]

The only thing I can contribute to this thread, is that a positive mind will conquer all.

That being said, I've had nearly 40 jobs since I started working at 16. Of those I've been fired maybe 2 or 3 times. Some of the jobs I lasted only a day before walking off the job, others I lasted a bit longer.

I went back and forth, which was better? a desk job, or a labour one. I finally came to the conclusion that the best job, is the one that you get the most personal satisfaction out of.

Satisfaction btw is not measured by $$ either.

It's the job where you have control of your successes and failures. Where you are not required to punch a clock or try to look busy while on someone elses' time. Rather, where you are constantly improving yourself for you own personal, spiritual gains.

Once you master this it won't matter if you have a desk job, or a manual labour job

[Vtec?lol]

The only thing I can contribute to this thread, is that a positive mind will conquer all.

That being said, I've had nearly 40 jobs since I started working at 16. Of those I've been fired maybe 2 or 3 times. Some of the jobs I lasted only a day before walking off the job, others I lasted a bit longer.

I went back and forth, which was better? a desk job, or a labour one. I finally came to the conclusion that the best job, is the one that you get the most personal satisfaction out of.

Satisfaction btw is not measured by $$ either.

It's the job where you have control of your successes and failures. Where you are not required to punch a clock or try to look busy while on someone elses' time. Rather, where you are constantly improving yourself for you own personal, spiritual gains.

Once you master this it won't matter if you have a desk job, or a manual labour job

Dude! Preach! That's powerful. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind.

[VinniE30]

I'll probably be working the desk/lab job I have for the rest of my life. The work environment is a lot like others have described. It has its ups and downs.

If there were a nice outside job for the same pay I think I would choose that... but there isn't. My plan is to achieve financial independence and retire my current job very early to find a part time and stress free job.. or find a way to make money on my own of which I have a few ideas.

[anabolice30]

English. Seriously. Effective communication is incredibly important no matter what you do. Also, many people higher up in companies are older and/or highly educated and appreciate people who communicate well. They are usually very busy and want information quickly and concisely.

Is there anything else you would recommend? I communicate extremely well. (Got a 34 on the English section of my ACT)

[agent]

I communicate extremely well. (Got a 34 on the English section of my ACT)

Then you should know text contained in parentheses should be part of the sentence and before the period, not after it.

[flyboyx]

I have posted this suggestion before in various threads, but I suggest looking into a career in wind turbines. The pay well. You get to be outside a good deal of the time. Its a growing industry. Doesnt require a degree in rocket science. The negative is that you are away from home for long periods of time. This may not work wel for those of you with families. If I couldn't fly this is probably what I would be doing.