Cool Job versus well paying job.

[mudflaps]

So, unless you can obtain something with more responsibility within the bank, don't expect an employer to pick your resume out of a stack because of this "internship".

I have a DoD TS clearance because I work as a network admin down at my base, but its very part time, as Nat'l Guard is once a month type of deal until we get called up.

[mudflaps]

But its a big rubber stamp on the resume.

i hear that.

i cant go: bikeshop -> investments

Im more likely to go: bikeshop -> bank teller -> investments

[MattE30]

He's an econ major. Being a teller at a bank isn't going to do anything for him. I guess you can call anything an internship now a days, but unless you can advance within to something with more meaning, it's not going do anything for him. We have college drop outs and foreigners that barely speak english as tellers around me.

So, unless you can obtain something with more responsibility within the bank, don't expect an employer to pick your resume out of a stack because of this "internship".

[Ryan Stewart]

ditch the bike shop. Think about your future.

Word, the bank could be called an internship. All internships involve bitch work.

But its a big rubber stamp on the resume.

[uofom3]

ditch the bike shop. Think about your future.

[mudflaps]

There is a time in your life to choose between happiness and money, and this is not that time. However there are other factors to consider here.

The most important thing is focusing on school, the extra money from the bank job might help you feel more financially stable. Also consider looking into tuition reimbursement if you work for a significantly large institution. I worked for a very large bank in college, and they paid for 1/2 of my tuition.

On the other hand, my job at the bank required my full attention, the entire time, and the last thing I felt like doing at the end of the day was homework. Is your boss at the bike shop flexible? Cool with you doing homework while sitting at the register sometimes? Is the job fun enough that it doesn't feel like a job? You might be able to focus on school better if you're not constantly stressed out about work. There will be other opportunities for summer internships here and there. I wouldn't stress too much about your next "in"

What would I do? If I thought I could survive on $7.50 an hour, or I though I could weasel a raise out at the bike store, I'd stay there. At the end of the day, school is the most important thing. Leave your worries about what to do after school for when that time comes. Remember, you'll have a degree and you will have real world experience already, there will be opportunities for you, and you won't have to work your way from the very bottom like you'd be doing if you stayed at your current company.

boss at the shop is VERY cool, def flexible too. the bank is making my schedule a month in advance, and as such is requiring me to declare my military obligations too about 2 months in advance. pretty stringent on scheduling.

[mudflaps]

What exactly are you doing at the bank? If you're a teller or something similar, that's not going to wow a future employer.

Stay at the bike shop and hook me up with a fox fork.

im a teller, and lol to the fox thing. I rock fox front and rear on my bike, may be able to set you up w some stuff.

[Turf1600]

A bank is credible. A bike shop is not. Think money and resume. Suck it up and do the work. Also, banks offer health insurance if you don't already have it. This is coming from someone who worked at a skatepark for years.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Find a job you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life - Confucius

you are young. there is a lot of time in your life to do what you hate and despise for the money.

People who love their job frequently earn less than people that hate their job.

[MattE30]

What exactly are you doing at the bank? If you're a teller or something similar, that's not going to wow a future employer.

Stay at the bike shop and hook me up with a fox fork.

[fliplap]

There is a time in your life to choose between happiness and money, and this is not that time. However there are other factors to consider here.

The most important thing is focusing on school, the extra money from the bank job might help you feel more financially stable. Also consider looking into tuition reimbursement if you work for a significantly large institution. I worked for a very large bank in college, and they paid for 1/2 of my tuition.

On the other hand, my job at the bank required my full attention, the entire time, and the last thing I felt like doing at the end of the day was homework. Is your boss at the bike shop flexible? Cool with you doing homework while sitting at the register sometimes? Is the job fun enough that it doesn't feel like a job? You might be able to focus on school better if you're not constantly stressed out about work. There will be other opportunities for summer internships here and there. I wouldn't stress too much about your next "in"

What would I do? If I thought I could survive on $7.50 an hour, or I though I could weasel a raise out at the bike store, I'd stay there. At the end of the day, school is the most important thing. Leave your worries about what to do after school for when that time comes. Remember, you'll have a degree and you will have real world experience already, there will be opportunities for you, and you won't have to work your way from the very bottom like you'd be doing if you stayed at your current company.

[rwh11385]

good. who doesn't like sharing newds?

[Rigmaster]

This will sound cliche', but life is too short to put up with a shitty job for too long. Honestly, I don't think it will matter much to any potential employers after you graduate if you worked at a bank in a low-level job, or at a bike shop.

Before you know it, you'll be an old fucker like me- and you'll wonder where the time went. I just recently went to my 25th HS reunion!! I still can't believe that shit.

Call me a slacker or unmotivated or whatever, but as long as I make enough $$ to pay the bills with a little left over- and I can do this in as few hours per week as possible, I'm happy. We are in the planning stages of building a new house, and plan to pay for it in full with the $$$ we got from selling our other house that I bought 6 months out of college, and paid off before we sold it. Probably not too many 40-something people can say they've paid off their house in full.


No car payment + no house payment mean less BS work for me.



Bret.

[thectrlguy]

I hear that..... how's the auction going btw?

Find a job you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life - Confucius

you are young. there is a lot of time in your life to do what you hate and despise for the money.

[rwh11385]

Find a job you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life - Confucius

you are young. there is a lot of time in your life to do what you hate and despise for the money.