Just got a new job

[asubimmer]

congrats though

[Digitalwave]

^ Bahaha, perfect useage.

[LINUS]

Congrats - Sounds like a interesting job, and a good move financially as well. It will be nice having a reasource for HT info around here as well. Like Dave said, get ready for some picky people, but that sounds like the only static in a job like that. Very cool!

[bmw_e30]

I got a new job today, and I'm pretty damn stoked about it. I'll be working for Premiere Home Systems, a local comany that does home theater and home security installs. 90% of their work is done in multi-million dollar homes, as their products and labor are NOT cheap. We're talking like huge in-home theaters, home networking, wall mount touch screens, security, the works. I'll be starting at a bit less than I make now, but I'll get substantial raises very quickly based on performance, and once I enter the apprenticeship program, I'll also get mandatory raises conditional upon completion of different certifications.

My job that I'm at now (Fuqua Homes) is good, but several things lately have caused me to completely lose faith and interest in the company. Since the housing market has entered a slow down, for about the last 4-5 months, we've been going through periods of partial layoffs, resulting in 2-4 day workweeks, sometimes not working complete weeks at all. We are able to claim partial unemployment, but even with that, I rarely come close to what I would be normally making. On top of that, in the last year, I've been offered and interviewed for 2 promotions, both of which have resulted in nothing happening. I've been given the same runaround both times, being told that "they had to talk to corporate", and "although there isn't something open right now, as soon as it does...", all that shit. And this last time I was promoted from quality control to foreman of 2 crews, I wasn't even given a pay raise.

The bottom line is that when I started working for them 2 years ago, it was made to seem like I could move up very quickly, and I did start to. But within the last year, things have quickly deteriorated and I've lost interest in the company. I have a family to think of, and with this new job, I have to opportunity to make A LOT more money and make a much more promising career from it. With advances in home entertainment technology and entertainment, this is a rapidly growing field with an even faster growing market of people that are willing to spend top-dollar for state of the art entertainment and security.

I think there might be a few dozen customers in Oregon that have the financial means to spend big bucks on a home theater system.

Good luck with this job though.

[AdironRider]

Congrats man, but heed Daves warning. When I worked landscape construction on all the beach houses in my area all the owners were total douschbags. A couple set up cameras and refused to pay for a bunch of random shit without justification.

[mikeedler]

congrats, wish you the best of luck with the change!

[Jand3rson]

Thanks for all the ecouragement, guys! I'm really excited about this, I've always wanted to learn electrical, and I'm very interested in learning more about home audio systems, all the different kinds of setups and components, and how to make it all work. I can't wait for Monday, the rest of this week at work is just going to DRAG ON.

[smonkbmw]

was this company out of camas/washougal washington? did they close that and move up to the seattle area? if so i got a buddy that worked for them for awhile. ill call him and see why he quit working for them. he might be able to offer some insight on the company, stuff you might want to know before you get in deep.

on another note, this is a field i always wanted to get into also. i read some of the magazines that showcase this stuff, and am always amazed at some of the concepts. good job!

[Jand3rson]

was this company out of camas/washougal washington? did they close that and move up to the seattle area? if so i got a buddy that worked for them for awhile. ill call him and see why he quit working for them. he might be able to offer some insight on the company, stuff you might want to know before you get in deep.

on another note, this is a field i always wanted to get into also. i read some of the magazines that showcase this stuff, and am always amazed at some of the concepts. good job!

Nope, I'm pretty sure they started up here in Bend.

[Streetspec_iS]

whatever happened to tattooing?

[Jand3rson]

whatever happened to tattooing?

Basically, the guy I was supposed to study under strung me a long for 4 months about the apprenticeship and ended up just fucking me over. I started working at his shop part-time as basically the shop bitch. You guys have all seen Miami Ink, you know that asian guy that's doing his apprenticeship, all the bitch work he does? That's what I was doing. But you've got to start somewhere. Well, he was going to have to get certified as a teaching school in order to begin training me. So I did all the research for him through the state, got all the info he needed, and he basically just kept shining it on and shining it on. I would remind him all the time, and he was alwas like "yeah, I need to call them and find about about this..." or "I need to talk to this guy that called me from the state...". Finally after about 3-4 months, he fired me after giving me this lecture about how when he tells me he wants something done, he expects it done right the first time. It came about because one time, I left the deadbolt going from the inside door of the shop to an outside room, that goes outside unbolted. And then a few weeks later, he'd asked me to before I left for the night, clean up a pile of wood shavings from behind his drawing table from when a guy came and installed an air conditioner, and I just plain forgot. Ever since then, I've never heard from him again.

[Streetspec_iS]

ah. well good work on this new shit, i wanted to do that sorta stuff before i got into what i do now.

[Jand3rson]

ah. well good work on this new shit, i wanted to do that sorta stuff before i got into what i do now.

Yeah, I've always wanted to learn electronics, wiring, audio, all that kind of stuff, but never really had the opportunity. I think this is going to be a great path for me to follow.

[e30sd]

friend's custom audio company (good money, cool toys)

http://www.audioimpact.net/

[browntown]

sounds like fun, and much better than structural beams falling on you.