Originally posted by ROGER THE DODGERActually I spent a lot of the money on CDs and beer.
AND JUST TO ADD THT CYNICAL TOUCH (AS IF I WOULD !!) WHAT THE HELL WAS IT ALL FOR ? A GOLD (PLATED) WATCH AND THE SATISFCTION OF KNOWING YOU MADE SOMEBODY A WHOLE LOT RICHER OVER THOSE YEARS !!!!:'(
I don't know about making somebody else a whole lot richer, but I certainly made myself a whole lot richer.
Originally posted by D43M0NNot the same place. This was a different Eidos. It was a small advertising agency that had a maximum of 16 employees. We never did anything as glorious as designing games. All we ever did was design packaging for Ball Park Franks and various other semi-meat products. Sorry to disappoint you.
Dude, you worked for Eidos? They had some pretty good PC games (if that's the Eidos you're talking about...)...shame aobut Tomb Raider though.
-grocery store stock boy, floor mopper, and all around gopher
-US Navy Submariner
-Machinist (textiles)
-Bankruptcy Analyst
-Marketing Analyst
-Web developer
Wish list for further career development? Porn Star or house husband for a sexy, older, wealthy widow. Other than those two endeavors, I've come to the conclusion that work sucks.
:-)
This is a cool thread.
I can't remember my job history in order, but I'll give what I can remember.
Currently I work in a factory, manufacturing radiator cores.
I have also worked in:
a deli (convenience store)
two automotive parts warehouses
three call centers (ugh!)
two grocery stores
two instant oil change places
a pizza shop, as a delivery driver
two restaurants, waiting tables
a lawn maintenance company
a roofing company
a produce packaging plant
a printing plant
a factory, assembling cardboard display shelves
a clothing warehouse (ADIDAS)
a mental health agency (briefly), as a case manager
a crisis intervention center, as a volunteer
I think that's everything.
EDIT: Oh, and I was a paperboy
Originally posted by huntingbearNot necessarily. They tried to get me to bus tables on several occasions, but I flatly refused to do anything that required me to go out amongst the customers. I stayed cloistered in the back kitchen area. So being a waiter was not an option for me. I would not wait tables to save my mother's life.
I worked in a Big Boy, too, but I was waiting tables. Does that make us enemies? 😉
Originally posted by rwingettVery wise!
Not necessarily. They tried to get me to bus tables on several occasions, but I flatly refused to do anything that required me to go out amongst the customers. I stayed cloistered in the back kitchen area. So being a waiter was not an option for me. I would not wait tables to save my mother's life.
After doing it for a while, I made a similar vow: never again!
I remember having many a conflict with cooks, though.
While I'm currently a member of the notorious McDonald's closing shift, I also worked two summers for a landscaping company (digging holes and, as I once explained to bbarr, eating peat moss). I also served as a chess instructor for 7 to 11-year-olds (no laughing) during the past school year and a calculus, stats, physics, and literature tutor (spotty employment for two weeks before each exam period the past two years).
The most I have ever earned per hour was when a friend paid me USD 300 to write a regression analysis routine, which took about 12 hours.
Originally posted by rwingettDamn...
Not the same place. This was a different Eidos. It was a small advertising agency that had a maximum of 16 employees. We never did anything as glorious as designing games. All we ever did was design packaging for Ball Park Franks and various other semi-meat products. Sorry to disappoint you.