You. Seagulls. What is your profession? how do you afford your cosplaying and goin to cons

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Enzo !!3W33Kst+Jux Mon Feb 11 20:24:43 2013 No.6621310 [Reply] [Original]

You. Seagulls. What is your profession?

how do you afford your cosplaying and goin to cons

>>	ValleLator !nCGvC6eOuQ Mon Feb 11 20:28:12 2013 No.6621316 File: 57 KB, 500x237, BURN.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Being more handsome than you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:29:12 2013 No.6621321 AROOOOOOOO! But seriously, I work at a dentist's office. Easy job with decent pay, plus there are a lot of ways around spending a ton of money at cons.

>>	Enzo !!3W33Kst+Jux Mon Feb 11 20:31:12 2013 No.6621326 File: 81 KB, 400x288, upset.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6621316 well that's simply not true

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:32:12 2013 No.6621330 spoiled uni student, my parents pay for all my shit. No shame.

>>	ValleLator !nCGvC6eOuQ Mon Feb 11 20:36:42 2013 No.6621335 File: 577 KB, 173x182, 1340679840584.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6621326 Stop cryin' Enzo u no u my bro

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:38:42 2013 No.6621338
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I take taco shells off a conveyor belt and stack them, put a paper triangle under the bottom one, then put them elsewhere to be packaged for 11$ an hour
Oh and sometimes I clean stuff.

S-swag

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:38:43 2013 No.6621340 File: 2 KB, 177x156, 1321813148662.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6621330 pretty much this. feels good having zero financial responsibilities.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:42:12 2013 No.6621348 I'm a hairdresser in a chain salon. It's tiring work dealing with 30 people a day at least but hey, its pretty good money

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:43:42 2013 No.6621351 Gov. job contracts while I'm in school, school covered by parents (minus supplies/books). I cover car insurance/repairs/gas/etc. and anything else I buy for myself, excluding groceries when my parents aren't on vacation (6+ mo./year).

>>	丂c尺ﾉ乃乃ﾚ乇丂 !!0u0gyhLnJLg Mon Feb 11 20:50:43 2013 No.6621372 I work for my professor doing graduate research on trenchless technology. I'm also an EI/EIT for the city Water Utility office. 2 more years until PE licensure (contingent upon if I can pass PP exam) Any other civils here?

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:51:42 2013 No.6621377

I work in a "toy shop" in an airport, but we mostly sell travel goods, cleaning, and answering dumb questions like "how to we get to the food court that's very obviously outside customs?", "are there more shops this way, even though there is a huge sign stating so?", "please direct me to McDonald's, the giant golden arches right outside your door are invisible, and I had to walk right past Maccas to come ask you", and "DOU SHAO QIAN!!!!?????"

The pay is decent enough, but then I pay $80 for the privilege to work there. Another cosplayer/lolita friend got a job in another terminal, but she isn't staying long.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:53:12 2013 No.6621382 Work for a big company in one of the tall buildings in San Diego. It's close enough to the convention center that I'll park there for SDCC this year. Gonna probably go upstairs and show my costume off to coworkers real quick too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:54:12 2013 No.6621383 Work part-time selling kids clothing while going to school part-time and doing an internship at a small graphic design firm. AWW YEAH

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:55:42 2013 No.6621387 >>6621377 Question - what's the reason for jacked up prices in airports? Is it simply because you KNOW they can't go buy it anywhere else or is there an actual economic thing to it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:56:12 2013 No.6621391 I leech off university grants

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:57:12 2013 No.6621395 >>6621387 Not who you're talking to but DUH. Same for theme parks. You're stuck in here. Pay prices or starve.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 20:59:42 2013 No.6621402 I tutor little children. I make about 90 bucks a week doing so. It's okay, though, since I just do it for a little shopping money.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:00:12 2013 No.6621406 I work in a jewelry store. Once I learn more, I would like to branch out into making fandom related pieces.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:00:12 2013 No.6621407

>>6621395
I figured but I honestly didn't want to believe that was the reason.

I figured they paid more to get there products due to SOMETHING so they had to charge more but.....sigh.

As for theme parks that's their OWN franchise they're selling (on a lot of things, not all) so they can dictate the prices.

You can't buy a Shamu plushie at a TRU.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:02:43 2013 No.6621412 >>6621406 You could make a killing selling high-quality jewelry in an AA.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:07:42 2013 No.6621426

Part timer in cosmetics. I used to get paid 10$/hr which was 2 dollars above minimum wage at the time, then the BC gov raised minimum wage to 10.25$/hr. I stick around for the free makeup, free training seminars, and the comission on top of my regular wage. Definately worth it

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:12:42 2013 No.6621442 Dental hygienist. It's decent.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:12:42 2013 No.6621443 I repair and upgrade computers. I especially like the " it's slow. speed my computer up." type. Just stick in a stick a ram, scan for viruses, and defrag the hard drive, charge the owner out the ass.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:14:13 2013 No.6621446 >>6621443 Fucking this. I also adore the "i was just using it and it went stupid!" types. Then you go to run a virus scan and you find a terabyte of horse-and-girl porn.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:16:42 2013 No.6621449 I'm an exotic dancer. On my worst nights, I make $50/hr. On my best, upwards of $200/hr. This covers all of my expenses, with plenty left over for lolita and other hobbies. ah, delicious debt-free living.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:18:12 2013 No.6621459 >>6621412 I could but I think I would start out with some basic things on Etsy just to test the waters. I would probably cry myself to death if I spent a lot making nice things and then have them not sell very well.

>>	Hikaru !HIME.ueZ8U Mon Feb 11 21:19:12 2013 No.6621462 Project manager at a telecommunications firm. We do cell phone tower construction/inspections/repairs. I like my job. The cell phone tower industry is actually pretty interesting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:19:42 2013 No.6621461 >>6621449 What kind of dancing do you do? Just curious. Right now, I'm just a theatre costume design student. Hoping to actually be able to do something with that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:20:12 2013 No.6621464 Workin at Walmart in the clothes area. Hate my job to shmits. Easy work but 8/10 of the managers have their noses in the air & its just a never ending barrage of thankless tasks. Thankfully I just applied to go to school for mechanics.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:20:42 2013 No.6621463 >>6621461 Really?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:21:42 2013 No.6621465 I work at a shitty gamestop making mediocre pay. Luckily I don't have any real bills so I can use basically all of my paycheck goes to trying to fill the void in my soul with stuff.

>>	That Guy Mon Feb 11 21:21:42 2013 No.6621467 >>6621461 exotic dancer = stripper

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:31:12 2013 No.6621489 I was an exotic dancer for a while. It inspired me to be in the best shape ever & reminded me how much I hate hard drug use. I've always thought about trying out to be in the police force but I have 2 min. wage jobs & a little cousin to take care of.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:31:12 2013 No.6621490 >>6621449 I have questions, you have to have your tits out right? Do other girls that work with you have saggy tits and still make 200$+ an hour? Are the men at strip clubs really as horrific as CSI would have us believe?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:33:13 2013 No.6621498 >>6621463 >>6621467 Oh, sorry! My English is iffy at times. I've never heard anyone use exotic dancer like that- I've always seen it to mean a bellydancer, or something like that.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:37:12 2013 No.6621509

>>6621498

Yes, though the club I usually dance at is a pasties/thong club. There are definitely dancers with saggy breasts and some of them do bank.

Usually men that go to strip clubs are awkward and a little creepy, but nothing I've found impossible to deal with. There's just a lot of embarrassment transfer happening.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:40:12 2013 No.6621521

Toymaker. Because I have my workstation at home and make my own hours I also volunteer once a week with the local cat shelter. Since we're not allowed pets in the place we're renting, it's nice to play with kitties and pet them, even though I have to shovel litter forever in return.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:42:12 2013 No.6621526 >>6621509 >pasties Fuck right off. Either full nude no booze or topless and with booze, fuck pasties. Your club sucks dick.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:43:42 2013 No.6621528

I work part-time for a hardware store whilst I study.
I'm a glorified baby sitter there since I do the kid's DIY/ facepainting but I try to help out else where since we're understaffed and there isn't always kids around.
I get a little bit of a discount though which is coming in handy for my current cosplay. The rest of my $ I save (although I just spent an entire pay check on lolita.)

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:48:42 2013 No.6621543 >>6621377 Hi Emily. Go back to destroying my fandom with your WCS costume

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:49:12 2013 No.6621547 I work in administration and make just under $21.00 per hour. It's a good job, easy, and very, very relaxed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:51:12 2013 No.6621548 Work 30+ hours a week in a warehouse, full time student outside of that. Bills come close to equaling how much I make so... currently looking for extra money. Right now its hocking my stuff on ebay!

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:54:42 2013 No.6621552 Anyone know any jobs that will pay more than 11 and hour and somehow fit around a school schedule by some odd chance? It's been a neverending fruitless search for me and I hate working in this warehouse for amazon....

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:55:42 2013 No.6621554 >>6621552 Strip.

>>	Samo Mon Feb 11 21:56:12 2013 No.6621555 Graphic design and illustration. Feels good man.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:56:42 2013 No.6621556 >>6621526 I think it's awesome, 'cause I'm reaping all of the motherfucking benefits.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 21:58:42 2013 No.6621561 >>6621554 considered it. Not sure how well the profession pays for male strippers though XD

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:00:13 2013 No.6621566 >>6621561 unless you're like 6'3 with at most 10% body fat and super cut, you have no future in stripping.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:00:43 2013 No.6621565 >>6621552 Where do you live?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:02:43 2013 No.6621569 >>6621561 Have you seen what the Thunder From Down Under guys look like? You likely don't have a chance.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:04:12 2013 No.6621574 >>6621561 Go look around and test your luck. You might not be the ideal but as long as you're generally attractive and in shape, you've got a decent shot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:04:12 2013 No.6621575 >>6621565 Tennessee

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:04:42 2013 No.6621573 >>6621566 10.5%, I have abs that I like but I am by no measure 'super cut', 5" 10. Currently not even considering a future in stripping. Ill stick to my major.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:12:42 2013 No.6621586 I go to school full-time and I make money to go to cons by tutoring kids, waitering on weekends, and i do a lot of work at school that helps me pay for most of the things i need.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:15:43 2013 No.6621593 >>6621586 Yeah side jobs are what I need. My paychecks are $700 + or - alittle. Rent eats most of it and gas and insurances take the rest XD

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:18:43 2013 No.6621597 File: 198 KB, 1440x810, 1359481740983.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Accountant. I need more money for bills/ debt. Is stripping possible for some with a chubby stomach/no boobs and thick thighs?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:25:12 2013 No.6621604 >>6621597 Lose some weight, a chubby tummy is usually an automatic no, but if you've got thick legs and a big butt that's usually a benefit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:29:12 2013 No.6621611 I'm in school full time. I go to cons by volunteering and doing whatever I can (legally) to get in for free. I've never had the money to cosplay, but after I graduate in November and jump into a job, I hope to change that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:31:42 2013 No.6621617 Housecleaner. 15$ hr, 50+ hrs a week. I clean for wealthy clients and businesses. They are inherently tidy, so it's easy work. However, it took time to build a good reputation and trust.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:33:43 2013 No.6621620 High school teacher.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:39:43 2013 No.6621629 >>6621620 Any of your students ever see you in cosplay or at a con?

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:40:13 2013 No.6621631

>>6621629
My nerdy students that know me well know that I cosplay but I've hidden all of my cosplay images from the internet. I've hidden from a couple when I did local cons a few years back but I only do out-of-state cons now so it's no longer a concern.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:43:12 2013 No.6621635 I solder power converters for solar panels. I literally have NO idea what I'm doing. They just tell me where to solder shit and I do it. I like to pretend I'm playing Foxconn easy mode.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 22:44:12 2013 No.6621636 i slipped on pee pee at walmart and now they give me money

Harley !!Ocs2iA9hfoy Mon Feb 11 22:53:12 2013 No.6621652
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I work for Epic cosplay.

I sell wigs for cosplay(and whoever else wants to buy a wig), so I can cosplay. 90% of the conventions I go to now are specifically for work. On the upside, I get to travel across the country to different out of state cons, my boss eventually wants to do cons in Canada, and she encourages us to cosplay at the booth(as long as we can work so nothing super fancy or hard to move in) All the expenses are covered. Lodging, travel, etc....., and I of course get paid for working the con. Unless it's something like a souvenir or excess over my food budget, then it comes out of my pocket.

My bosses have been super nice about stuff, like giving us extra time in NY during NYCC so my coworker could visit his future in-laws, and getting us tickets to see Evil Dead the Musical in Las Vegas.

The downside is I don't get as much time at the cons to do as I want, but if the booth isn't swamped or super busy(depends on the con) I can run off and go check out other dealer booths, artist alley, or maybe even a panel or two. Also my boss is a really nice lady and helped me when I was having car problems and is really willing to work with my hours.

I may not get much pay, but it's probably one of the funnest jobs I've had. It wasn't at first since my boss's way of thinking can be a little, odd at times, but she's been easier to deal with once I find better ways to communicate and cover myself so she can't say I didn't.

I always liked interacting with people during cons(Most people who have meet me at con know how friendly I am), and now I get to put that to use for actual work. Also putting in input for new wig lines is always a plus, and I actually do like to keep tabs on what people say about the company so I can let my boss know about what to improve. Since I'm not the owner, I don't get final say in anything, but I can try.

Anonymous Mon Feb 11 23:02:12 2013 No.6621666

Retail drone. Thankfully I've switched almost entirely to the visual team so while I keep off hours all I have to do is make the store look pretty. We work on a system where people who get more credit card sign-ups get more hours, but since I work during non-operational hours I never have to worry.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 23:09:43 2013 No.6621680 Financial consultant. I facepalm on a regular basis at what my clients ask me to do. Reimbursable expenses makes it easy to get credit card rewards though.

panda !Mb/O9jayX2 Mon Feb 11 23:12:42 2013 No.6621686

>>6621680

HEY SO I SHOULD PUT ALL MY MONEY INTO PENNY STOCKS WITH A 24.00 BETA RIGHT? KRAMER TOLD ME SO ON MAD MONEY

LET'S TAKE ON AS MUCH DEBT AS POSSIBLE WE MIGHT DIE THE NEXT DAY. YOLO LOLOLELELELELEL

(i hate myself and this is why I went a CFA route instead of CFP)

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 11 23:18:42 2013 No.6621698 >>6621652 Will you guys be at Katsucon?

Yuka-tan Mon Feb 11 23:37:45 2013 No.6621758

>>6621652
sage because this isn't related to the thread but I love the one wig I've purchased from Epic Cosplay so much that I'm thinking of just having you guys be my go-to for wigs from now on unless I absolutely need something else. The price seems really worth it for the quality, especially for curly wigs.

I guess to answer the thread though, I used to sell art at cons (magnets and bags and shit) which didn't bring in a whole lot of money because I had very little merchandise, but was just enough to cover my expenses plus maybe one other big purchase. I just today got hired as an LMT so I'm going to be saying goodbye to my crappy minimum wage part time job and start doing what I love, so budgeting for cons without selling just got a whole lot easier. As for cosplaying, I try to buy only a bit at a time and look for sales and deals where I can.

>>	Harley !!Ocs2iA9hfoy Tue Feb 12 00:05:43 2013 No.6621841 >>6621698 Yep. My coworker is working Katsu while I'm working AOD. So we'll be at both cons. We're flying out to ECCC, Megacon, and Sakuracon next month.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 00:31:42 2013 No.6621886 >>6621636 so do you keep getting money from something like that or did you just get a big fat check.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 00:36:42 2013 No.6621895 >>6621310 Boeing systems engineer is the generic title. Space vehicle controller is the specific job I do. I realize this sounds like total bullshit, but I'm not clever enough to come up with this on my own.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 00:56:42 2013 No.6621932 Right now I'm a student with a good scholarship and a tutoring gig. When I graduate I'll be a biomedical engineer.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 00:58:12 2013 No.6621935

I currently work retail in the shitty end of town in a shitty shit store making minimum wage. I can just barely afford to live much less afford cosplay. The costumes I pump out now are made from the extra fabrics I picked up back when I had a bit more disposable income (AKA living with parents).
I was thinking of doing a little extra work on the side in the realms of webcamming in cosplay or the like... But I don't know how to go about doing that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:10:12 2013 No.6621966 >>6621566 not true

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:11:12 2013 No.6621969 >>6621604 not true, have any of you guys ever been to a strip club? >>6621597 Yeah, if you have a cute face.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:13:13 2013 No.6621973 video game tester shit pay loads of overtime best coworkers I've had my entire life

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:13:43 2013 No.6621971 >seamtress >who would've guessed

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:19:42 2013 No.6621983 School Teacher alongside counselling for teenagers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:20:43 2013 No.6621985 Archaeological field technician.

丂c尺ﾉ乃乃ﾚ乇丂 !!0u0gyhLnJLg Tue Feb 12 01:26:13 2013 No.6621990

>>6621985
Digger?
Survey?
Sifting?
GIS?
Being in the Civil Engineering field we work with lots of archaeologists. I find every excuse to go out in the filed with the arch while he is digging his test pits before the contractors come in to break ground for development.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:32:12 2013 No.6621999 I work at a chain bookstore as a cashier. It pays about $10.50 which isn't great, but it pays for what I need I guess.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:40:42 2013 No.6622011 Teacher at an all girls school.

>>	MyFebronia !/dEvARTwA6 Tue Feb 12 01:46:13 2013 No.6622017 Bookbinder / traditional artist

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:50:42 2013 No.6622029 I babysit for a friend of the family. It's all right for spare change.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 01:59:43 2013 No.6622047
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I'm a burden to society. I have three different immune disorders, and I'm on disability at the age of 24. I would work if I could. I mean...I walked in to Mary Jane's the other day and the girl working there offered me a job. /debbie downer

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:04:43 2013 No.6622056 File: 22 KB, 500x463, high5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622047 Professional psychiatric patient here, yeeeeee inability to function high-five

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:05:43 2013 No.6622057 >>6622047 Know you're not as bad as the trust fund kiddies who get their parents to pay for everything.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:11:42 2013 No.6622063 Currently working retail at one job, and serving coffee at another. Shit pay for both, but at least it pays the bills.

>>	Tim Tue Feb 12 02:19:12 2013 No.6622070 >>6621983 Oh shit! What do you teach? I'm in a credential program right now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:27:42 2013 No.6622074 FT job as an institutional cook, PT job as a line cook. Pays pretty decently and I like it.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:32:42 2013 No.6622080

Live at home, parents cover a lot.
But I'm also a full-time student, currently with a higher education than anyone in my immediate family, so they let it slide.
My sister on the other hand - she was pretty much kicked out of the house and living on her own as soon as she "graduated" high school.

Other than that, I fix computers on the side.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:33:42 2013 No.6622081

Work as a nurse's aide in a facility and a home health aide both part time while going to school. Working in the nursing home is worse than I ever would've imagined.

HHA stuff is pretty good though. Most of my agency's overnight shifts involve sleeping until the person has to piss, walking them to and from the bathroom, then going back to bed. Literally do not understand how anyone who requests a sleepover shift actually needs the 24 hour assistance, but I guess I can't complain to get paid to nap and play wow.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:38:12 2013 No.6622083

I'm a 2D artist for gamedev company. I like this job, but since I live in shit country, I make 4-5 dollars per hour. And it's still above average pay for someone my age.

Well, on the other hand, a nice 3 room apartment in city costs me like 300$ a month when living with bf, so I guess it evens out.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:39:12 2013 No.6622084 LVN - love my job, and the pay is nice, too. Currently studying for RN.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:40:12 2013 No.6622087 hitman

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:41:43 2013 No.6622088
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>>6622056
Woo high five!

>>6622057
Well to be fair, I had my mom paying for a lot of my stuff when I was going to school full time. We basically had an agreement in my house that you're either working and paying for your own stuff or going to college and my parents (well it's just my mom now, my dad kind of bailed and moved to another state and has a new girlfriend) pay for everything. My mom makes a lot of money, so I'm pretty fortunate. But some kids are pretty spoiled in that aspect, I do agree.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:45:12 2013 No.6622093 >>6622084 Are you doing ADN or BSN? I've been trying to figure out if my the 2-year RN is going to get me anything more than LVN/LPN-level pay, but it's been hard for me to find much information about it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:51:12 2013 No.6622101 >>6621443 >>6621446 questions for you guys do you fix computers as side jobs, or do you actually work somewhere? also are you A+ certified, or have any IT certifications? im just curious

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:52:12 2013 No.6622102 Medical Lab Tech. It can be boring and tedious, but we do get to do cool shit sometimes. It pays around $15.50 an hour for now.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:59:12 2013 No.6622107

>>6622101
>>6622080 here.
I used to go to a youth group with my friends, and started off fixing friend's computers. Then their parents'. Then other random people from the church I've never met.

On the other hand, my mom knows more about computers than her company's IT guy, so people commonly go to her for help, because IT guy knows jack shit, and is an asshole.
So she started saying, "well my son can look at it for you," and I started getting about a computer a week, and got paid an average of $20/hr, but it's been a few months since I've had one to work on, though I should have one this weekend.

But no, I've never had certifications or anything like that.
Computers are odd in the way that they can be so complex, yet you can still get such a high-paying job by being self-taught.
I didn't know I was so computer-literate until I started fixing them. And of course by fixing them, you learn a ton of new stuff, too.

TL;DL: Self-taught. Advertise yourself, build a reputation.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 02:59:12 2013 No.6622108 RN new grad. Would be great in any other part of the country except I'm in the Bay Area where New Grad RN is like leprosy. All I can do is volunteer at the hospital and work weekend hours at my local hackspace until something comes up.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:06:42 2013 No.6622114 >>6621895 so... is "space vehicle controller" exactly what it sounds like, or way less cool?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:08:43 2013 No.6622117 >>6622047 ahh, don't feel bad. there are worse things you could be, and it's not your fault.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:11:43 2013 No.6622121 I'm the nanny of a 9 year old figure skater and an 11 year old hockey player. I get paid to watch ponies, okay vidya, cook and hang out with some chill ass kids. The mom can be a bit crazy, but it's a lot of fun.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:15:42 2013 No.6622124 >>6622121 *play vidya

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:41:12 2013 No.6622147 File: 273 KB, 500x300, wannahug.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622117 thanks man

>>	DERPYHOOVES !!g35gNdMzMdj Tue Feb 12 03:47:12 2013 No.6622150 Magical girl in retail, it pays well but I have to deal with girls coming into the store asking for crazy jean sizes that dont exist and this monster called the yoga pants wall

ei666shii !otnRSDkuZA Tue Feb 12 03:47:42 2013 No.6622151
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As of right now, I'm a NEET. I'm not going to be able to go back to school or work until I get an appointment with the specialist to figure out what's causing my health issues. I'm on the waiting list.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:53:43 2013 No.6622155 >>6622150 I was afraid you left /cgl/ forever

>>	Mel !iKGMr61IHM!!pN/lb2Q6xjV Tue Feb 12 03:56:42 2013 No.6622157 I live in Alaska. The only way to make it to a con is to fly, or take a week to drive through Canada. The answer is: I'm terrible with money. That's it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:57:12 2013 No.6622158 Write papers for college kids, get paid to go to school(shit yeah GI Bill), and looking for a part time job to keep myself busy while not murdering myself with school like a good student.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 03:59:43 2013 No.6622161 >>6621316 >first post in >already circlejerking you just set the new record

>>	Norge Tue Feb 12 04:02:43 2013 No.6622165 im in the national guard so training already left me a ton of money after it, now i get payed extra for drills i cant go to and because of a broken femoral neck about to get even more cause of that other than that I just got hired at kroger lol

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:04:12 2013 No.6622171

>>6621387
A bit of that and the fact rent is $16000. Dumbasses who wait till their at the airport to buy shit deserve it. I'm specifically referring to the $20 neck pillows we sell.

>>6621543
Who the fuck's Emily? I literally do not have time to destroy any fandoms because I'm always working.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:06:47 2013 No.6622173

>>6622107

yeah, certifications aren't necessary, really, its not like you can get a job with one. I fixed a few computers on the side from my dads co-workers, but noting more then that, I worked for a few months as an intern in a school computer shop and realized how many people were shitty and cheap, most of the time they aren't willing to pay you, they like their corrupted internet explorer the way it is, if it means paying $20 to have it fixed

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:17:12 2013 No.6622193

>>6621443

>Just stick in a stick a ram

For some reason I feel like you shouldn't be getting payed to do anything. More RAM isn't going to do shit in terms of speeding up their computer in most cases, with the exception of people who are severely lacking in that department. (Talking under 2GB for x64 OS's and under 1GB for x32 OS's. I bet you would probably put more than 4GB of RAM on a computer running 32bit windows and tell them it goes faster.

Here's a tip anyway for the "make muh computer run faster" jobs, run msconfig, disable everything non MS-related startup, including some MS things they're not going to use. Also wouldn't hurt to reinstall their browser since that's probably what someone like that is using their computer mostly for anyway.

Preferably, I would tell them, "what do you need backed up", back it up, and just reinstall windows. Especially if they're running the version of windows that came with their prebuilt computer/laptop.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:22:12 2013 No.6622202 >>6622056 Personally if I were him, I would be extremely insulted that you just compared immune diseases to psychiatry's bullshit relabelings.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:25:12 2013 No.6622203 >>6622202 What about people with schizophrenia?

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:29:13 2013 No.6622209
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>>6622193
For older computers, just throwing in more RAM would work.
These days, where 4-6 GB is standard for low-mid level laptops, I agree, it doesn't do much.
Usually I do things like install Chrome or Firefox, a free different AV (MalwareBytes, Microsoft Security Essentials or Panda Cloud AV depending on the person / computer / use), install, configure and run Advanced SystemCare, dust the tower itself, disable startup programs, and a few other things.

I really don't like reinstalling Windows, especially because I've had a couple times where I've had to, and they go, "Oh! I needed this program on my computer from 1982 because it's the only thing compatible with this woodworking machine I use! I forgot to tell you! Can you come over and reinstall it by tomorrow?"

On my own computers? Yeah, I'd definitely reformat it in a heartbeat if something started acting weird.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:32:13 2013 No.6622214

retail cashier, trying to move over to answering phones/selling over phone.

Also, I am coConChair of an anime con. Most of the cons I go to are so I can advertise for mine.
it helps that I only pay the utilities, internet and my car insurance while my fiance pays the rent.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:43:44 2013 No.6622227 >>6622202 >2 armchair psychologist 4 u go away

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:45:13 2013 No.6622232

>>6622203

I consider the term schizophrenia to be bullshit too.

Brain damage/deformity causing psychosis is fine by me though. You do not need to tell me about how crazy people are real, I've taken care of someone who couldn't tell you who the president is or what century we are in for years now. I know someone with brain damage from huffing paint who

>>6622209

>a free different AV (MalwareBytes, Microsoft Security Essentials or Panda Cloud AV depending on the person / computer / use),

>How to make a computer slower.

To be fair the first two are not bad choices, I haven't even heard of the second one though. Atleast it's not norton or avast, which I consider malware in itself. I would just prefer none.

Those anti-viruses aren't going to stop or protect someone from running slutty teens.exe if they give it permission. I honestly consider antivirus to be pointless. The only thing that they need is to be behind a router with firewall/NAT (pretty much all of them) and turn off Java in their browsers. Their operating system doesn't even need a firewall.

>>6622227

An armchair psychologist would be me telling you that you have oppositional defiant disorder for disagreeing with me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:52:13 2013 No.6622242 File: 72 KB, 557x531, 1358998170977.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622117 W... What the fuck? A person on 4chan saying that someone living on disability isn't a disgrace to society and should kill themselves? What is this place?

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 04:56:13 2013 No.6622249
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>>6622232
Slower? 80% of the computers I work on have an expired trial copy of Norton on them.
A lot of /g/ seem to use MSE + MalwareBytes, too.
Panda Cloud Anti Virus is cloud-based, and takes up next to 0 resources, but is about 70% secure, rather than 95-98% like most other AV out there - I only use it in specific cases where I don't care if the computer goes to hell, or is so old / slow it's lucky to open Windows Explorer.

Well, as per /g/, the best AV is Common Sense 2013. Free, takes 0 resources, carries over to every computer you use, ect, ect.
Just keeping Windows up to date blocks almost every virus out there, as a lot of viruses are written to attack the unpatched holes of Windows systems. AV helps, but of course, if you're downloading and installing everything you see, something's gonna give.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:11:13 2013 No.6622277 File: 102 KB, 634x350, the probls.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622232 >I consider the term schizophrenia to be bullshit too. elaborate on your misguidedness for us

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:24:13 2013 No.6622291 >>6622232 >I consider the term schizophrenia to be bullshit too So what would you classify the chemical imbalances that cause it as?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:24:14 2013 No.6622293 >>6622277 why would you encourage him

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:43:13 2013 No.6622314 File: 1 KB, 125x125, 1353803217940.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622293 there are two of us curious folk now, looking for a fight you cannot hold us down

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:49:13 2013 No.6622326

>>6622291

>chemical imbalances

Now that is a term I love to hear. Do you know that there is not a single test on Earth for "chemical imbalances"? No matter how much money you have, no matter if you ask for every physical test on Earth, no one could tell you that you have a "chemical imbalance"? The term is deliberately vague, what does "chemical imbalance" mean? It means nothing.

Chemical imbalance is probably the best example I could ever think of for a meaningless umbrella term.

(Serum levels of serotonin or other examples of similar chemicals found in blood are not the same thing. We're talking about psychiatry claiming you have a dysfunction in the way the chemicals are trasmitted in your brain, not the quantity of them, completely based off their arbitrary opinion with no proof at all to back up that claim. In fact, serum levels of serotonin are used in the diagnostic process of certain tumors, it's irrelevant.)

>So what would you classify the chemical imbalances that cause it as?

I would consider them an imaginary term fabricated by pseudoscience. I believe the question you're trying to ask has already been answered though.

>Brain damage/deformity causing psychosis

>>6622277

Okay then.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:50:14 2013 No.6622332 >>6622314 well it looks like our scientologist friend has disappeared so nobody goes home a winner tonight

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 05:55:43 2013 No.6622335 File: 71 KB, 538x650, 1276832350422.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6622332 i was premature oh dear, this thread is about to go way the fuck off the rails

>>	Readmiww !!VxUJSbD0q1q Tue Feb 12 06:15:43 2013 No.6622351 Police officer - I'd say a good 60% of my job is paperwork, although the 40% that isn't tends to be great.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 06:28:44 2013 No.6622362
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>>6622335
it's okay, fat wilson, it is the nature of all things to disintegrate into chaos

>>6622326
>The results showed that in major depression MAO-A was significantly higher in every brain region that the scientists investigated. On average, MAO-A was 34% higher.

According to Dr. Meyer, “In major depression, higher levels of MAO-A is the primary process that lowers monoamine levels. Having more MAO-A leads to greater breakdown of key chemicals like serotonin
>psychcentral.com /news/2006/11/09/depressions-chemil-imbalance-explained/398.html

it's a lacking hypothesis but it's not worthless, even acknowledging it's a term too often used in popular culture doesn't deteriorate it's validity.., idk what you think is going on in science atm

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 06:39:44 2013 No.6622370

I'm a cashier at Walmart. I make $7.90 an hour, and I kind of want to kill myself every day because it fucking sucks. I'm trying to transfer over to Deli because it's a $0.50 raise, which would be really damn nice. I actually have an interview next week, so wish me luck seagulls.

Really I'm trying to move to anything that pays more in the store that isn't a cashier. Customers are all assholes on a daily basis for no goddamn reason.

I passed my management test or whatever the hell that is, so I could potentially become a department manager or something, though I've never worked the sales floor so I'm not sure that the people in whatever department I took over would appreciate that. But it would be a nice raise if I could.

I'm also studying in university, Art and Marketing. I eventually want to become a concept artist, but Marketing is a nice degree to fall back on if that doesn't work out.

I don't currently cosplay, even if I wanted to, I couldn't afford it as I can barely afford to eat. But hopefully I'll be able to afford it someday.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 06:54:43 2013 No.6622379 Currently unemployed, looking to become an escort (after someone offered me £500 to have sex with them but I turned then down because I didn't know how my bf would feel) but not sure how.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 07:26:44 2013 No.6622392 File: 523 KB, 904x1372, iamcapamerica1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm a firefighter/paramedic down in FL. Pay is great, counting OT I'm usually between $65k and $75k. Down side is working a lot of overnights and 12 hour shifts.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 07:39:43 2013 No.6622400 >>6621652 Would you be able to let the owner know we'd all like a backparted wig, like Arda's chibi? I seriously love EC wigs, but I'd rather buy a pre-parted wig since parting's a bitch.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 07:41:14 2013 No.6622401

My actual title is "AR Technician" but it's really an over-glorified large scale assembly line of sorts.

I make your glasses less shiny so it doesn't hurt your eyes. I get paid just under $13/hr even though I've been with the company for nearing 7 years now. It's super easy work but the bosses have all been there 30-40 years and run things like they're still a tiny store.
Honestly if the place caught fire I would go buy a bag of marshmallows.

Looking to quit and become a flight attendant.

>>	Guy's got it in for the Legion Tue Feb 12 07:46:13 2013 No.6622408 Daily Manager at the European equivalent of Chuck'e Cheese. Pay's shit, but at least I have a job.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 08:33:15 2013 No.6622436

Currently a NEET with Early Childhood Education training but can't afford community college to get an Associates Degree which is the bare standard to allow me to work in daycares/schools/au pair and I don't qualify for financial aid.

To afford conventions and cosplay I just resell wigs and costumes and now I'm looking into opening my own online store and maybe branching out into convention dealing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 08:42:15 2013 No.6622438 >>6622392 >in Florida I look forward to your meth lab related death

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 08:52:15 2013 No.6622444 Law Student in Canada, rich parents pay for shit. >mfw set for life.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 08:54:45 2013 No.6622446 >>6621310 I am a bartender and DJ.

>>	Sick !.LlKAkH4Jk Tue Feb 12 08:57:14 2013 No.6622452 I sell my body for a living. :S

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:01:44 2013 No.6622461

Retail and various work at an auction field.

>>6622088
>We basically had an agreement in my house that you're either working and paying for your own stuff or going to college
I wish my parents would think that way instead of making me get jobs and go to school, only a community college even. I know it's something but my grade scores have definitely dwindled between trying to balance the two and knowing that they probably can't afford to send me to a university I don't even know what I want to do as a career anymore. If anything I'd just be content with having decent enough income to pay for the bills and my hobbies.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:12:45 2013 No.6622482

Serious question guys: what do you do when you are very much in need of a job but have a crippling fear of messing up and talking to people? Nobody in my house has a job atm and I'm tired of feeling like dead weight. I've applied to many jobs and never heard back from any of them. I worked as a waitress for a few months a couple years back (needed to pay for school books) and hated every moment of it. It never got easier. Every time I'd make even a tiny mistake my face would heat up and I'd stammer and freeze up and uh, yeah. I pretty much constantly have a "deer in the headlights" feeling that never goes away.

tl;dr I'm pretty terrible at being a normal human being, what do? Any advice, or jobs someone like me might be able to do? I have an AA degree if that helps.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:28:44 2013 No.6622500 >>6622452 I suck cocks.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:30:14 2013 No.6622501

>>6622482
It can be really rough getting into a job that requires a lot of socialization at first, but I think it'll help you out a lot when it comes to having job experience. I'll admit that I'm an incredibly unsocial person and I really couldn't see myself working the jobs that I have (>>6622461) at first, but it's been a couple years and I feel like I've come an extremely long way to how I acted in the beginning. Major screwups, not knowing how to talk to customers and whatnot. It just takes time.

As for getting a job, look into any family connections you could have, as well as if your family knows any business owners you could work for. Connections can be vital to getting a job. Even if it's only a seasonal stint it can be put on your portfolio for a future part-time or permanent spot. When it comes to any interviews, be sure to ask a lot of question about the job, but don't bring up vacation/pay or act like you don't think you could handle it.

>>	Oshi !DOOP/Abchk Tue Feb 12 09:34:44 2013 No.6622503 Web developer. >Captcha: hasp emSQLi >SQLi >SQL Goddammit.

>>	Heine !HEINEwtLqE Tue Feb 12 09:41:15 2013 No.6622510 Propmaker / Costume armor business run at home, but during summer I'm a manager at a little amusement park near my city.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:48:14 2013 No.6622520

Education Assistant at a school for special needs children.

Very busy work, but its great because time flies by, $22/hr, Im liking it so far.

Lots of co-workers to talk to since even though the classrooms are TINY (like 5 students each) each class needs atleast 4 staff members.

Kids can tire you out, its pretty repetitive work inbetween doing worksheets and activities.
Hands down, hands to yourself, sitting down, standing up, don't touch that, that is not yours etc.

It's pretty much like working in a day care but with much less kids and double the pay, plus loads of holidays and short hours.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:04:14 2013 No.6622542 I work at Disneyland.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:25:14 2013 No.6622568 Currently I work part-time at two jobs serving coffee and retail. But I graduate in December and I have a paid internship at the corporate center for the retail store I work at, so it might pan out into a full-time job after graduation.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:32:14 2013 No.6622579 >>6622446 Me too. What a coincidence.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:32:44 2013 No.6622580 Weapons acquisition and resales.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:49:14 2013 No.6622615 Accounts clerk, it's basically data entry but it pays better than retail and is not, you know, retail. I am never going back.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:11:14 2013 No.6622650

>>6622326
>Do you know that there is not a single test on Earth for "chemical imbalances"?
Except there are plenty, chemical balances is the pharmaceutical companies created to market anti-depresants since the average american apparently doesn't know what a neurotransmitter is.

http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/ticle.aspx?articleid=98895
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/arcle.aspx?articleid=150108
That's only two, get a few subscriptions and you have access to many many more.

That being said it's not commonly agreed on by science if the chemical imbalance theory is correct, but what's really interesting is that you deny mental disorders BECAUSE you don't agree with a theory and not because there's any solid scientific proof against this disorders being real.

I'm replying to a troll

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:12:14 2013 No.6622652

>>6621686
Have you passed Level1/2/3 already? Any tips for studying?
I'm planning on taking the CFA after next spring semester(I'll be taking an Applied Securities Analysis class during that time that'll teach me much of the equity valuation).
I got the Schweser prep materials as well as prep videos to study between now and then because I do not want to have to take a semi-annually offered test that costs minimum $700 twice.

Oh, and to answer the thread, I tutor Finance, Accounting, Business Stats, and Business Calc in my Uni's library for $9 an hour. Hopefully I'll get an internship this summer but so far the only people who contact me back are the people who want me to sell Insurance(they'll hire anyone).
>tfw 4.0 in Finance, 3.9 everywhere else(got a B+ in Management lel), 3 academic honor societies, paid full ride in scholarships to attend Uni, and I'm still nothing to intern seekers.
Fuck this earth seriously.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:14:44 2013 No.6622654

Right now I don't go to con's as much. I'm a full time student living away from home so outside school money that my hardworking parents put away from me all of my personal expenses and spending money come out of what I've saved over the summers.

When I do work, I work odd jobs that other people don't want to do (like mascot/promotional work) or I go muck around in the oil patch. Either way it's good work, building my resume for when I graduate.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:18:44 2013 No.6622658 >>6622652 Only $9 an hour? Shit man, I get $45 an hour tutoring calculus, linear, algebra, discrete math and intro computer science courses. Then again, it's literally my full time job because I'm still saving up to go and get my education degree.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:31:45 2013 No.6622667 fellow web dev here,represent! I'm a PHP dev $50-$60/hr going for my oracle certifications before I graduate college in May to double it

Panda !Mb/O9jayX2 Tue Feb 12 11:38:46 2013 No.6622672

>>6622652

I passed 3 already; if you have a 4.0 you should be fine. Level 2 imho is the toughest part and I used Schweser as well. I already was working for a financial institution when I started taking the exams so they sponsored everything (which is an added incentive because you either do well or look like a complete ass)

The job market is a complete joke and it's been like that since 2008. If you can't utilize your personal network, it will be extremely difficult for you to land an internship but if you want my opinion, go work your ass off and get a 740+ on the GMATS and apply for a top 10 masters in finance program since you already have a great GPA.

The top 10 programs usually have a 95% job placement stat 3 months after graduation (with the 5% being that one guy who moves to Zimbabwe to go soul searching or some shit) and they all report median salaries.

Average median salary has always been floating around 30k ish for a bachelors post graduation but these top 10 programs have salaries hovering around 70k last time I checked.

This was a long time ago, but I remember researching all the MSF and MFIN programs and making a spreadsheet of tuition cost, average GPA, average GMAT, job placement %, median job placement salary, etc.

Vanderbilt has a guaranteed internship program (didn't go there myself but I heard good things) and your stats are very competitive for them.

If you do a cost benefit analysis, the benefits of a masters far outweigh the opportunity cost of 1-2 years and whatever the tuition cost is.

I hope this helps and gl with your search. If it gives you hope, my buddy was ranked #1 in my university for finance and economics and still had to send out ~270 job applications. He works as an analyst for Citi now on Wall Street so keep trying.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:39:15 2013 No.6622675

I'm a technical support specialist for specialized medical software. It's pretty cool, very relaxed work environment. Only downside is entitled, angry doctors.

It also helps that I am one half of a DINK, so I can basically budget for Lolita however I want.

>>	Panda !Mb/O9jayX2 Tue Feb 12 11:39:15 2013 No.6622676 >>6622667 Smart guy. Oracle is fucking great and certifications are worth way more than a degree nowadays in the business world. Saging myself again for bleh commentary

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 11:46:45 2013 No.6622687

Right now, I don't have cosplay, cons, or a way to afford them.

I spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital and currently I'm 25 with no job and no college degree and still suffering health problems and considering killing myself. There's no future, why would anybody want someone like me even if I went back to school right now I'd be 30 before getting a goddamn BA or BS and why would you take a 30 year old with no experience who's going to cost you a shitload in insurance from previous conditions when you could take someone who went straight out of high school?

I used to sew a lot with fabric obtained from relatives because it was fun to escape how miserable my life is, but I'm saving all my money now to buy me another year or two of insurance once I age off my parents'.

Fuck this country, fuck my health, fuck living.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:19:15 2013 No.6622733
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Usually between Sunday and Wednesday, I'm working at fast food, and Thursday overnight at an auto-auction cleaning and repairing cars.
It sucks, but I make enough money, about $2000.
Also I'm 20 now, so not to bad I guess.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:20:15 2013 No.6622734 >>6622733 $2000 a month... Sorry

>>	The Cosplay Tue Feb 12 12:28:15 2013 No.6622746 National Zoological Park Police Officer. Shorthand: Smithsonian Zoo cop.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:34:16 2013 No.6622756 I'm currently getting my CS degree, and I have a part time job at my uni gym. Hopefully with this degree I can make a shit ton of money. We'll see.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:37:15 2013 No.6622761 >>6622687 I have a friend that's going through the same thing . I almost thought you were her until "used to sew" because she still sews all the time. I don't know how she does it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:41:15 2013 No.6622766 >>6622734 For 20 that's not bad.

>>	Sonic Boom! !ZGpyRoQe/M Tue Feb 12 12:46:45 2013 No.6622772 Information security engineering intern with a distribution company in Baltimore.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:47:46 2013 No.6622777

>>6622761
I wish her luck, because this situation is not something I'd wish on my worst enemy.

I'd give anything to redo my life and regain my health, but I think I'm past the time when I can do anything meaningful with myself. Does anybody have any advice?

>>	medfag !BqcQeeA4HA Tue Feb 12 12:48:46 2013 No.6622779 File: 2.90 MB, 290x189, myseids.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6621316

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:49:16 2013 No.6622781 >>6622652 >Fuck this earth seriously. Why complain when you have a good GPA and got a full ride to your school? I'd be absolutely ecstatic just for that, even though it'll never happen.

medfag !BqcQeeA4HA Tue Feb 12 12:52:45 2013 No.6622786

>>6622779
Whoops, I forgot to post what I do.
(I'll go ahead and sage for failure)

Medical Student.
I don't cosplay (yet) but after this year's ACEN (I'm working EMRT) I may start.

I don't really "make" money. I survive off of what's left over from my loans (most of it I put back into debt repayment [before accruing interest] after each disbursement).

Thankfully one of my best friends and I are going to be splitting rent the next few years so I'll have a bit left over.

I also have about 15 grand of "enjoy life" money I saved up from working as an EMT before med school.

>>	panda !Mb/O9jayX2 Tue Feb 12 12:55:45 2013 No.6622790 >>6622781 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedon_treadmill

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:55:45 2013 No.6622791

>>6622501
Thanks for the encouragement, it's always nice to hear from someone who's been in the same boat before, especially since you seem to be doing pretty good for yourself. I honestly think I would be okay if someone would give me a chance, but the problem is that nobody seems willing. The few times I've gotten to talk to someone, they noticed my lack of experience and pretty quickly wrote me off. It's very frustrating.

The few family connections I have didn't lead anywhere unfortunately, so I'm trying to seek help from my friends now. I think my next move might be to try a temp agency.

NipNong Tue Feb 12 13:02:15 2013 No.6622802

Still a college student, so I cringe to say that my money comes from my parents.
That being said, I go to most cons for semi-free because I volunteer the whole time while I'm there. So its not like I'm wasting all my parent's money they give me to live off of. I save little by little, over time, mooch off mom's fabric stash for cosplay stuff, and slowly over time build up a cosplay and go to a con.

Not much room to do shopping in the dealers room but I mostly go to cons to see my friends, anyways.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:21:16 2013 No.6622831 -female -25 -unemployed I really hate the idea of working don't know why but the welfare money I get from the government is enough to satisfy me. I should do something with my life but I don't know what.

Hitsuzen !!bpM+BJ5XW8T Tue Feb 12 13:31:16 2013 No.6622843

I go to school full time right now as a psychology major. Next year's the last of my undergrad, so I'll probably have to stop cosplaying to have enough time to get decent grades so I can get my PhD.
Eventually I want to do research psych, focusing mostly on axis I disorders. I'd love to work with DID case studies but it's so rare.
If I don't do that, I'm also interested in human attraction and sexuality, especially the nonnormative.

For now I work at a Starbucks in a slightly higher end grocery store, so I make a decent amount above minimum wage because I'm paid to kiss ass. I also work in the deli, which is awful, but, hey, money is money. And recently we opened up a pizza bar, so I work there too. My coworkers and I basically gossip the whole time.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:40:16 2013 No.6622859

>>6622831
I'm in the same position. Trying to get off the welfare and integrate into the workforce, though. I hate the idea of working too, but I hate living on barely anything every month even more. It's enough to pay the bills and rent, but I can't stand not being able to buy things for myself-- or even cosplay anymore.

Wish I could be a sleezebag and use welfare money for things like cosplay, but eh, it's wrong, and I've encountered people who use welfare money(who get more than I do) on expensive things yet their living conditions are disgusting. Living like that seems despicable.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:43:17 2013 No.6622865 Full-time reception job + close family that actually likes me living at home = about $500 a month after bills to spend/save for fun.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:44:47 2013 No.6622868 File: 45 KB, 550x372, joaquin-phoenix-the-master.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm a graphic designer. I usually do posters, logos, advertisements, illustrations and web graphics. It's fun I guess.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:45:47 2013 No.6622870

>>6622859
>buy things for myself

I have a list of things that I want to buy for myself but the thought of job terrifies me to bits. I understand that I am a huge burden to society but when I get those checks through the mail it makes me happy. I already attend a support group for this. My family even encourages my behavior and its making me even more reluctant to do anything for myself. I really wish it wasn't like this

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:56:46 2013 No.6622896

>>6622870
No, I know the feel. I've been on welfare since I as 18(I'm 22 now) and have barely had jobs. My family never really bothered to help me, either. Their idea of help was telling me things I already know, then implying I'd never amount to anything.

I guess you just have to get to a point where you get so tired of thinking of doing something, yet never taking action due to the fear of it. Jobs where I have to be extremely extroverted scare the shit out of me, and since most work is like that out there, it makes wanting to apply for jobs difficult. But I guess you just gotta do it. Maybe start small and volunteer-- even just once a week. Build on that, and at least you'd have volunteer experience.

Best of luck though, anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 13:59:47 2013 No.6622901 Artist for a girls' jean company that I applied to on craigslist. 9-5, $16/hr and only have to really talk to one person. It's great! :) Basically draw cute shit for back pockets.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:04:47 2013 No.6622907

>>6622896

No its the wrong type of help that my parents are doing by encouraging my welfare behavior. Instead of telling me to get my butt off and do something with me life. They just hand me food and tell me everything is fine. I used to have someone in my life that would push me to do something but I managed to mess things up. Last job I had was over 5 years ago and im still just as whiny and needy as ever. I just don't want to work but I need to work to provide for myself. My older sister is in the same position as myself in not working for a living. Can I blame my parents for the way they brought me up all these years or i'm I told for that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:19:18 2013 No.6622942 Christ you people are uninteresting.

Harley !!Ocs2iA9hfoy Tue Feb 12 14:44:20 2013 No.6622983

>>6622400
We actually are getting a back parted wig like the Chibi. Also the Mami wigs we have a full backparts. Not to mention we're getting improved skin tops.

We're actually getting a bunch of new stuff in. But I'd rather not turn into a big advert for the company.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:06:18 2013 No.6623019

Doctoring. There are very few cons in my country and travel there is easy and cheap from where I am. ost of my spending money goes on lolita, since most of what goes on at cons doesn't interest me (not a huge anime/manga fan, the extent of my gaming involves street fighter x tekken, etc)

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:11:17 2013 No.6623034

Where do most of you people live? It's hard to even get a $7.25/hour job around here. I was lucky to get one at a home furnishing store but ended up quitting because it was odd hours and way too far for me to drive. They'd schedule me to stay until closing (9:30PM), and I'd end up there an hour after plus the time they made us clock out and wait off the clock while the manager did security procedures.

I now work less than 7 hours a week at a local restaurant while in college. I can only afford to go to the local con in my town.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:17:48 2013 No.6623043

I'm studying to be a veterinarian, just finishing my thesis and I'll be able to work.

I don't have a job, because it's illegal to hire vet students for vet positions and my parents will disown me if I get a "lower kind of job" (which is anything that is not a vet, doctor or lawyer). So basically they pay for all my expenses. And I hate it.

sage Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:18:48 2013 No.6623045

>>6622672
Sorry to respond so slowly; I put in my first reply before leaving for school and am now just getting out of first classes. First of all congrats on passing Level 3.
I'll probably take the GMAT at the end of this summer or during Christmas break. The Applied Securities Analysis class begins in Fall and continues into the spring semester. This means I'm going to be at my current school for a semester after I officially complete my Finance BS. My question is what you would recommend I take during that extra semester? I'm taking an upper-level Accounting class now in order to posture myself to pick up a minor in it(if I don't take a certain number of courses every semester I don't get scholarships) but I'm beginning to wonder how useful more Accounting would be. Should I just pick up the minor or even major in Accounting or take something else like more Statistics/Mathematics? I'd take more Finance electives but I'll already have taken all the ones worth taking by then(Options&Futures, Investment Analysis&Portfolio Management, and Applied Securities Analysis). I'm not sure if I want to start taking grad level classes either because Applied Securities Analysis is a huge time commitment(the class involves managing a $230,000 university equity fund for the school and presenting sell-side company analysis' to local financial professionals, guys in it now tell me they spend 40+ hours a week dedicated to this class) and I'd prefer not to go to my current school for my grad degree.
I'm sorry to bother you with all these questions but I don't talk to a lot of CFAs outside of academia or my Uni.
I'm going to sage because I'm not talking about cosplay here.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:21:47 2013 No.6623048 >>6623045 >I'm going to fail to sage here because I'm a dingbat Fixed that for myself.

panda !Mb/O9jayX2 Tue Feb 12 15:45:18 2013 No.6623082

>>6623045

Take whatever interests you and is relevant to the field that you want to enter. If you want to manage portfolios, accounting classes are suggested; math and statistics are great for the more quantitative fields e.g. risk management.

Math skills seem to be the biggest barrier to entry for a lot of the higher grad programs so if you ever decide to go down that route, take math classes up to partial differential equations.

If you're going to a HYPS school or a school that's tier I , then I would just focus on networking and finding an analyst position at a reputable company.

Gl

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:46:18 2013 No.6623083 >>6622907 You're a fucking adult, are you really going to blame your parents for your whole life or grow up and take some responsibility for your own behavior?

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:49:17 2013 No.6623093

>>6623083
different poster but if you're trapped like this, in your 20s with no degree and living assisted, how DO you counter that with any hope of improving your situation? In the US the way things are going you're likely to end up doing 60 hours a week of work for less money than you're collecting, and are you really ayn rand enough to think that that's preferable?

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:56:17 2013 No.6623102

>>6623093
They obviously know they have a problem. The thing they need to do is push themselves. Learn how to stand up and get things done. There are tons of self-help books and websites you can use to kind of teach yourself about feeling the fear and doing it anyway. You know there's something wrong, you can either sit around whinging or stand up and say "ok, I'm going to do this!" and go out and at least try to find a job to earn more money. Do some volunteering for work experience, maybe go do a course on something if you want, just keep yourself busy and occupied and keep handing out CVs and filling in application forms until something comes along. If you want to just sit there and say "I know there's a problem, but it's easier to just sit around" then you're already defeated and there's nothing that anyone in the world can do to help you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:04:18 2013 No.6623112 I'm a maid at a company that cleans residential places. I get $15 a job and make $10-12/hr(work for 4 hours=15+40) but yeah, I have a few places I go every couple of weeks but I work 3-4 days a week.

>>	o-slap Tue Feb 12 16:04:47 2013 No.6623113 just working part time retail garners me enough to live in my own lil apartment, pay da bills and boring expenses, save a bit, and still be able to easily afford occasional swag and going to cons. would that I could be a NEET...

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:09:47 2013 No.6623124

>>6623093
A girl I work with works 40 hours per week, takes classes at a local community college and takes care if the child she had when she was 16 on her item because the baby daddy bailed.
She's the first person in her family to graduate high school, and she's the first to even consider college.
On the other hand I've worked with the most ghetto pieces of shit who refused to do the simplest of tasks of a part time, temporary, minimum wage job, then act surprised when their asses get fired.

It is very possible to rise above a culture that accepts and brags being worthless scourge of society, no matter what your sociology 101 professor that your parents are paying for taught you
And it's no one else's fault but your own if you are too lazy to try.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:11:17 2013 No.6623133 >>6623124 >if = of >item = own Fuck you phone

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:34:48 2013 No.6623195 >>6621521 That's so cool.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:13:47 2013 No.6623315 This thread is so cosplay related.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:15:48 2013 No.6623319 >>6623315 People are talking about how they pay for cosplay. It's more relevant than "/a/ crying: the thread."

>>	medfag !BqcQeeA4HA Tue Feb 12 17:53:17 2013 No.6623396 >>6623019 Fellow med? What do you do?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:55:17 2013 No.6623397 >>6623319 how do you eat to fit in your cosplay and go to cons what do you drive to go to cons etc Then again, if you look carefully, this is just another thread to circlejerk one another in.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:56:17 2013 No.6623400 Workin at a donut shop I get paid minimum wage for just putting donuts into a little paper bag Its a good life

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:57:47 2013 No.6623405 I work at a bakery during the week, and a medical spa on the weekends. Im a licensed Aesthetician.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:59:47 2013 No.6623411 >>6623405 Did you do anything special to work at the bakery? I've always wanted to but I don't have professional experience as a baker and I'm going to school for something completely different.

>>	Maguma !ftEuMagUmA Tue Feb 12 18:31:17 2013 No.6623492 I work for a blind woman as an assistant/driver, I do video game coverage for Coin-Op TV, and I just got my old job as a tutor at my school.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:33:48 2013 No.6623500 >>6623492 None of those things are real jobs.

Maguma !ftEuMagUmA Tue Feb 12 18:36:47 2013 No.6623509
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>>6623500
The first two aren't so much as I just get paid for doing services. But the 3rd I actually work under state law, filed my W-2, turned in my direct deposit paperwork and all that jazz.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 19:07:47 2013 No.6623590 >>6623396 I've talked to you before in the thread you posted about working first aid at a con. House officer, gen med.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 19:20:18 2013 No.6623624 >>6623590 Did I talk to you before? I believe I was complaining about not looking old enough in one thread. If you are, I just want to thank you again for your advice.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:15:47 2013 No.6623718 >>6623509 your mommy and daddy must be so proud

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:53:47 2013 No.6623812 >>6623411 >>6623405 also wondering this

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:57:47 2013 No.6623819 >>6623624 Yup. I think I said your mum was wrong in advising you not to wear makeup

>>	medfag !BqcQeeA4HA Tue Feb 12 21:12:47 2013 No.6623838 >>6623590 Ah yes! Thanks again for those tips. Pretty straight forward. I probably should have assumed that it wouldn't be anything unusual.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 21:41:17 2013 No.6623909 >>6623624 >not looking old enough You say that like it's a bad thing

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 22:24:17 2013 No.6623982 >>6621383 Are you me? And my boyfriend?! COMBINED?!!

>>	DERPYHOOVES !!g35gNdMzMdj Tue Feb 12 22:28:47 2013 No.6623985 >>6622155 Awww Anon! Nah, I usually lurk every once and awhile

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 22:43:47 2013 No.6624013 >>6623909 It is if your patients don't take you seriously.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 22:52:47 2013 No.6624031

>>6621310
I work a part-time job at a shitty as fuck clothing and accessory store. I also get money from my dad every month for child support since I'm in university. I get student loans too but that mostly goes to, you know, school. I live with my momma and don't pay rent so that's nice. I'm a little bit spoiled I guess but I pay for absolutely everything else myself.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 23:06:20 2013 No.6624060 I just started working and I make 55k a year.

>>	dill !PicKleqHjM Tue Feb 12 23:20:48 2013 No.6624105 File: 22 KB, 432x288, 1317168617334.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I work part time at a clothing store My managers and co workers are all very chill and good looking. I have no complaints

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 23:32:47 2013 No.6624137 >>6624031 >I also get money from my dad for child support This makes it sound as though you had a child with your father.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 23:34:18 2013 No.6624141 >>6624137 I literally LOLed

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 23:37:17 2013 No.6624146 >>6622687 please don't kill yourself! even if you think the future will be terrible, there's no way to know what good things will happen.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 00:11:17 2013 No.6624216

>>6622687

Believe me, the fact that you can construct a heartfelt, comprehensible response on here makes you far more employable than most people out there. I don't know what your health issues are, but please don't harm yourself. Is there any chance you can move away at some point? To a country without such an awful medical system?

Makes me sad reading stuff like this on /cgl because the majority of girls here seem like really nice people when it comes down to it :(

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 00:12:47 2013 No.6624219

>>6622650

>PROPOSES

>MAY

>Data from pharmacological studies, mainly in animals,

>A rigorous extrapolation from pharmacological studies to pathophysiology clearly cannot be made.

>Clinical studies relevant to the catecholamime hypothesis are limited and the findings are inconclusive.It is not possible, therefore, to confirm definitively or to reject the catecholamine hypothesis on the basis of data currently available.

And I'm replying to a retard.

Here, read this real quick by the way too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corration_does_not_imply_causation

Also, for future reference, these are moot anyway, because THEY'RE NOT BEING USED IN ACTUAL PRACTICE.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 00:17:47 2013 No.6624227

>>6622362

>For over three decades, scientists have attributed a chemical imbalance in the brain as the source of major depression. Now, a new study provides an explanation of how this “chemical imbalance” occurs.

Wait, so for over 3 fucking decades, you fabricated a completely bullshit term, told people it was real, and then AFTER THE FACT tried to prove it's real?

Okay.

This is not proof, again, I would like to refer this to you, because that fucking news article is nothing more than possible correlations being passed off as causation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corration_does_not_imply_causation

Does it matter though, because when people in real life get "diagnosed", they DON'T AND CAN'T use a single one of these examples of so called proof. It's not used in practice.

I am not denying mental issues exist. I am denying that you have proof they are all neurological diseases, and I discourage using the fabricated labels psychiatry made up because of the implications those labels carry.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 00:40:41 2013 No.6624254

>>6624227
So what do you propose causes the positive symptoms of schizophrenia? Negative symptoms are easily dismissed, but you really don't think there's anything neurological behind hallucinations and sudden use of neologisms?

And how do you explain that the most successful treatment by far is anti-psychotics?

I'm sorry, but it's absolutely ridiculous to believe that there aren't biological causes behind psychotic disorders.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 00:58:18 2013 No.6624281 >>6624254 >see "brain damage"

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 01:01:47 2013 No.6624282 >>6624281 >see genetic predisposition try again

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 01:05:48 2013 No.6624290 >>6624281 >implying there aren't schizophrenics without brain damage. Bro, just stop. It's obvious you have no idea what you're talking about.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 01:41:47 2013 No.6624335 >>6624227 >>6624254 >>6624281 >>6624282 >>6624290 uh...

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 01:55:47 2013 No.6624370

I work in the Fred Meyer deli. Going to Uni, took out loans. Balancing about 30 hours a week. A job's a job. I'm not bitching.

Mom and dad like to pay for some of my con expenses, but I'm stopping that this year. It's a nice gesture, but mom has gambling problems. They're empty promises that get fulfilled at the last minute and end up costing her more.

/rant. Whew.

My job pays everything else.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 02:36:18 2013 No.6624459

I'm currently a manager at a fast food restaurant, and going to school part-time. I had to move in with parents after my awesome social services job was cut due to lack of funds.

I'm interviewing for another social services job tomorrow morning. With any luck, I'll have a better job in 2-3 weeks and my own place.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 02:44:17 2013 No.6624479

>>6622870

As someone who spent three months living under a blanket:

the job seems scary, but jobs are actually... fun. Yeah, because they give you something to bitch about, and tell jokes about, and meet people at. What's the worse that could happen? You get fired? Fuck, you're not gonna starve, you already live at home where there's food. Being fired only hurts the first time, after that, it's pretty fucking cavalier.

I got a pink slip two months before I was "officially" laid off, and I spent two months doing things the way I goddamn wanted to because what, were they going to fire me again? It was glorious.

There is NOTHING to be scared of, anon. Even failure can be fun and funny. Most people fail. That's normal.

Get a shitty job at McDonalds. Tell them you're shy and want to work dishes/grill/back of the house. Then, slowly, make your way forward, to the baggers, money-takers, and order-takers. It'll be okay.

sage sage Wed Feb 13 02:45:17 2013 No.6624482

>>6624227
a study of something we do not fully understand is looking for applicable solutions that bring us closer to full comprehension, this happens in many areas of science and involves hypotheses, experiments and theories. i'm sure you know this already. this is the way research is being done on the brain in these cases. it's not sinister to investigate possibilities with limited information available. trying to treat something without understanding the inception is sometimes the only option.

>>For over three decades, scientists have attributed a chemical imbalance in the brain as the source of major depression. Now, a new study provides an explanation of how this “chemical imbalance” occurs.

>>Wait, so for over 3 fucking decades, you fabricated a completely bullshit term, told people it was real, and then AFTER THE FACT tried to prove it's real?

finding that a correlation of a lack of chemicals like serotonin or dopamine in the brain seems to be linked to depressive episodes - what someone would presumably call a chemical imbalance since there is less of the chemical in proportion to the other ones - and then later, finding that monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), which breaks down serotonin, is higher in people with depression, and using this to create a better explanation of the chemical workings of depression in the brain is not the same as making up bullshit and then covering your ass. what it is, is continued investigation into chemical interactions in the brain.

however if you are proposing the drug companies are corrupt, yes, that is true.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 02:45:47 2013 No.6624481 College student, but I work part-time as a seamstress and build sets for the theater department. This doubles as good experience for cosplay and a way to complete death-defying feats.

>>	Maguma !ftEuMagUmA Wed Feb 13 02:51:47 2013 No.6624501 >>6623718 They're glad I'm holdin' them all down, makin' money and payin' bills.

sage sage Wed Feb 13 03:03:17 2013 No.6624518

>>6624227
>>6624482 continued

>>I am not denying mental issues exist.
except for when you said "I consider the term schizophrenia to be bullshit too.", is that the only specific mental illness you choose to disregard?

>>I am denying that you have proof they are all neurological diseases,
i don't think the people arguing with you are saying that the ways a brain gets fucked up doesn't include being born with a physical mutation of sustaining physical trauma, but your denial of a cause other than "Brain damage/deformity causing psychosis" is puzzling and you have not backed up your claims with evidence.

>>and I discourage using the fabricated labels psychiatry made up because of the implications those labels carry.
"Psychiatry: The medical specialty that is concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness." ( - medterms website ) the scientific endeavor to understand mental disorders through research, experiments, case studies, etc. who else, i wonder, do you suppose should be "making up" the terms in which to refer to their own research? the implications seem to be things you simply disagree with, not fallacies which you have so kindly listed for us. (that last part was sarcasm, you haven't said why you believe the implications are wrong)

>>Does it matter though, because when people in real life get "diagnosed", they DON'T AND CAN'T use a single one of these examples of so called proof. It's not used in practice.
lastly, what the fuck do you think MAOI's are.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 04:47:48 2013 No.6624604 Teaching? Always a possibility.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 07:47:18 2013 No.6624785 >>6622438 Interesting that you looking forward to the death of a complete stranger, especially one that might pull your grandparents from a mangled car smashed by a drunk driver.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 09:53:18 2013 No.6624889 >>6622047 what immune disorders? MS? Diabetes? Crohn's?

LibraLibraLibraLibraLibra Wed Feb 13 10:10:48 2013 No.6624899

>>6623124
>she's the first to even consider college with a child

Yeah let's see how far that goes

>rise above a culture that accepts

Not when the culture reinforces certain actions then at a certain age expect the person to fly. That's not how it works especially in the U.S.

>>6624137
Very sad

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 12:45:19 2013 No.6625038 >>6624785 No respect

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 13:18:48 2013 No.6625078

No job. Full time student at a "new" ivy (maybe self proclaimed by this place lol). I feel really stupid here though...no matter how much I study I do not get As, and in staring to think something is wrong with me given how much effort and time I put in, and how lackluster my results are. A- is the best I could do in a super easy upper level bio class. Fuck me. Everyone else got such high grades that it was curved from a 90 being an A to a 96. I had a 95. I know that sounds cry moar, but I am used to working really hard and getting Bs.
I always think about dropping out because I feel like such a failure in comparison to others even though I try so damn hard but I want to contribute to microbio research and I feel like I can't do that well without grad school. They kind of terrifies me though, I am worried I won't even get in anywhere.

I cosplay based off gift money and I do commissions, as well as sell off my child hood junk.

>>	LibraLibraLibraLibraLibra Wed Feb 13 13:24:48 2013 No.6625087 >>6625078 >I feel like I can't do that well without grad school Of course not but at a high cost and it requires a passion

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 14:20:52 2013 No.6625159 I draw pictures with markers for $16/hr. Easiest job ever.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 14:57:48 2013 No.6625231 >>6625159 H-How?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:01:18 2013 No.6625233 >>6625078 >at a "new" ivy sorry but I am so curious, where?

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:04:49 2013 No.6625240

I sell drugs and stolen arms.

All joking aside, I;m just a humble dish washer making $8.50 an hour or so. Sadly, since it's winter, we don't get much people coming in but in the summer, my paychecks usually range from $415 - $500 every week.

I need to finish up schoool and get a better job and shit. I wanna be a music teacher and as a side gig, tutor kids how to read, write, and play music and sell my original compositions and hip-hop beats. But my dream job is to compose music for say a TV series or video game company or produce hip-hop tracks.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:09:18 2013 No.6625244 >>6625231 Luck. I actually hate the job because it's lonely and boring, but it pays out the ass for the easiest work next to sitting for 8 hours.

Denmark !ughYBglwUc Wed Feb 13 15:11:48 2013 No.6625252

Currently working at a music 'workshop' as an assistant instructor in piano and song, while I'm preparing myself for an education as a music teacher.
After the bills have been paid, there's $1000 a month left for me to spend on whatever I want, so I'm ok happy about this current situation.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:20:49 2013 No.6625266 >>6625252 Hey, this is the anon from >>6625240 here, how did ya get a job at a music workship and do you need a degree or credit hours at school or something to be an instructor?

Denmark !ughYBglwUc Wed Feb 13 15:37:48 2013 No.6625290

>>6625266
The workshop itself is a danish concept that I'm not too sure exists in other countries.
I started out as a 'student' or whatever you'd call it. On paper, thats what I am. I just help out my instructor who is training me and giving me an inside view of what it's like to be a teacher. Pretty much every co-student treats me as a teacher and I work overtime with my instructor pretty much every day as well, working on new songs for the choir and whatnot. It's fun stuff!

If I actually wanted to be hired as a legit assistant here, I would need a degree, which is the thing I'm trying to get now. The road is a long one, but it's worth it in the end.
Sorry that I can't quite give a real answer :< Good luck to both of us with out future though!

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 16:28:49 2013 No.6625343 I work in a comic book store ...

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 16:36:48 2013 No.6625353 >CTRL+F escort/sex/prostitute >Just one girl I'm dissapoint /cgl/, you girls need to slut it up more.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 16:46:48 2013 No.6625365 >>6624889 lupus and other things go together a lot, like ms

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 17:01:19 2013 No.6625386 >>6625353 >implying they would openly admit it There's a lot more, don't worry Sohn.

Irishish Wed Feb 13 17:10:49 2013 No.6625395

>>6621310

Marketing writer.

I do closet cosplay or the bare minimum of alteration to store-bought parts, typically just for Halloween or maybe one con.

I will never get to do Dredd cosplay because the helmet alone is beyond my skill level/price range.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 17:42:19 2013 No.6625451

I graduated last year with a degree in chemistry and now i work for a big company as a chemist. For the first time in my life I can actually afford to cosplay. I used some of my school money or part time work money for my older cosplays. Now, I just put shit on my big girl credit card. Goodwill/thrift stores are gold mines for cosplay though, and yard sales. I also may or may not be addicted to internet shopping, but i suspect many cosplayers are....

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 17:49:19 2013 No.6625474 >>6625386 > implying they would openly admit it How can you "openly admit" anything by posting anonymously?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 17:49:49 2013 No.6625473 >>6622047 You should see a naturopathic doctor, they can help a lot with shit medical doctors cant do anything about. Forgive me if you have already done so.

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>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 18:37:20 2013 No.6625573 >>6625473 >naturopathic doctors >real doctors lel

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 18:38:20 2013 No.6625577 >>6625473 please die

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 18:40:49 2013 No.6625581

I'm a student. I'm fortunate enough to have parents who can afford to support me through uni and what not, but that also means I dont have a job and my spending is very limited.

I dont do cons during the year since I have school, but for summer I just save up money where I dont use it and do odd jobs on the side where I can so I can attend a con or two come break. I wish I could afford to do more or buy more swag. But it's inconvenient to do it here in England (what with the not pleasant tax we pay on imports) so if I buy anything anime or lolita related I wait till I'm in the states for summer to save money on the tax.

Jacuzzi Wed Feb 13 19:48:50 2013 No.6625726
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>>6622017
A bookbinder! So awesome!!

I'm a manga letterer/touch-up artist. Part of my job is being one of those people that does the censoring that people always kick up dust over. The pay isn't so great, the hours are incredibly long, and it's really stressful, but I love my job.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:07:49 2013 No.6625776 Waitress/bartend really good money otherwise I'm a student

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:09:49 2013 No.6625784 Does anyone work in the medical field? I'm thinking of becoming a pharmacist, if not, fixing computers. Any stories?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:22:19 2013 No.6625807 >>6621973 I do the same thing, but the pay isn't bad. Different kind of programs tester, but tester all the same though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:22:20 2013 No.6625803 I'm a Sr. Data Analyst at a well-known .com company. I have a great salary, but also a lot of student loan debt, so I usually try and budget out my con expenses.

>>	Korin !Ls0QbhK90s Wed Feb 13 20:26:49 2013 No.6625813 Framing manager at Michaels.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:27:49 2013 No.6625819 >>6625813 >Framing >Michaels I am so sorry.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:29:19 2013 No.6625822 I inspect Fire Sprinkler Systems.

>>	Korin !Ls0QbhK90s Wed Feb 13 20:46:20 2013 No.6625858 >>6625819 Most of the time, it's not so bad. I've gotten to see some pretty amazingly awesome nerdy stuff come my way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 20:49:49 2013 No.6625865 >>6625858 All I can think of are the times my poor coworkers in the framing department had batshit customers start screaming and insulting them. Bad times.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 21:48:19 2013 No.6626035 >>6625813 Why is it so goddamned expensive when all I want to do is get an unusual sized frame with the cheapest lousiest wood man I have like six things I'll never frame because the framing cost more than each poster

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 21:55:19 2013 No.6626052 >>6626035 Well, yeah, a good slice of tree would cost more than a thinned out sheet of one would. Not to mention the wastage when you make the frame.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 21:59:19 2013 No.6626065 Finishing up being a full-time art student this year. I have no idea where I'll work, I want to stay living in the city but my job prospects are slim and I don't even know where to look. Probably suicide.

Korin !Ls0QbhK90s Wed Feb 13 22:02:49 2013 No.6626070

>>6626035
Well. Like I tell everyone who doesn't agree with the price: we actually make our frames here in the states. They're not outsourced like those cheap, flimsy, shitty frames. Besides, it costs labor to make a frame. That's not cheap.

You've got to keep in mind that when you're getting something custom, someone out there has to make you your frame from scratch. Framing will ALWAYS cost more than the artwork. Always. That's just how it is. At least if you're doing it correctly. You're paying to protect and keep your artwork for years, and years, and years.

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 22:35:19 2013 No.6626124

>>6626035
Get the Michaels iPhone app. It always has 40% off one item, and usually has 60% off framing.

If you want discounts on multiple items, Google image search "hobby lobby coupon" and set your search limit to the last week. They always have a 40% off coupon online, and Michaels accepts them as competitor coupons (if you cashier is unsure, get the manager. They do. Accept. Hobby Lobby. Coupons). You can usually, but not always, pull the same thing with Joann coupons.

Never ever pay full price for anything at Michaels!

Anonymous Wed Feb 13 22:43:50 2013 No.6626137

>>6626124
>Never ever pay full price for anything at Michaels!
Mah seagull.

I sometimes buy multiple things (2-3, never more) and use the coupon for each of them, at least before they were okay with running each of the transactions separately for the coupon. I'll admit I'm a hypocrite because I used to work in retail and sometimes it's a pain (though because it was so little, they didn't mind doing it for me). But now they won't do it, at least around here. It's against the coupon's fine print and people like me abused it. But if I have to, I just go to different tills at this store with the two levels.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 23:02:49 2013 No.6626185 Full time student. I use a good chunk of my student loans on cosplay and cons.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 23:04:49 2013 No.6626191 >ctrl f >search stripper >0 results wow

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 23:10:49 2013 No.6626209 >>6626191 "exotic dancer"

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 23:17:49 2013 No.6626229 I have a degree in Archaeology. Currently , I am specializing in Museology. There's a lot of work to do at my field in my country, so money (for the moment) is not a problem.

Gloomy !S112HlAgNs Thu Feb 14 00:32:21 2013 No.6626433

>>6621372
Civil here too. Currently prepping for my PP exam as well right now. I currently work at a consulting firm, freelance making posters and brochures because I'm bored, and I sell stuff in AA/craft shows because I make even more stuff when I'm bored. Then in between being bored I make my cosplays and things.

丂c尺ﾉ乃乃ﾚ乇丂 !!0u0gyhLnJLg Thu Feb 14 00:39:50 2013 No.6626445

>>6626433
Glad to hear I'm not the only civilized one on here.
Good luck with the Principles of Practice. If you have gotten that far, and worked under a good PE, there is no reason you shouldnt pass it (from what I have heard)
Mind me asking what your firm specializes in?

Gloomy !S112HlAgNs Thu Feb 14 01:36:50 2013 No.6626534

>>6626445
Ah I didn't know it's named differently for you folks, PP means Professional Practice here but in short, I believe they handle similar content (ethics and laws). The firm I work at has many departments and primarily specializes in building sciences with wind tunnel simulations and dampening. I'm in a totally unrelated department that deals with hydrogeology from anything from landfill, construction/development, brownfield type of sites.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 01:57:20 2013 No.6626563 Family member died in 9/11 and I've been living the NEET lifestyle since I got the settlement, but I've been really depressed as to how I'm spending my money. Oh well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 01:59:51 2013 No.6626570 >>6621310 Housewife of a well paid husband.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:00:50 2013 No.6626571 Do commissions. As for affording, don't pay for badges.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:01:51 2013 No.6626573 >>6626563 >Terrorists Win

Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:02:51 2013 No.6626574

>>6626563

:(

I am sorry your family member died.

If you're able, shave a small amount off the top of your monthly payments and put it into a Roth IRA. Do this in one lump sum at the start of each year if you have the discipline, or month by month if you don't.

No matter how long you're a NEET, if you let some of that money compound it will help you later in life.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:08:20 2013 No.6626579 >>6626574 Currently compounding about 1/2 of the original amount in a CD, though the interest earned rates are horrible. But thanks for the kind words.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:11:20 2013 No.6626582 >>6626571 So you just sit in the hotel lobby all day? Fun..

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:20:50 2013 No.6626594 >>6626582 In some cons it's really easy to just sneak in to events and panels. Hell, at AN they only badge check at concerts(which you still need a wristband for) and the dealers room.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:25:51 2013 No.6626601 >>6626594 >not supporting the con financially, trying to enjoy its content anyway Why are you even there?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 02:31:51 2013 No.6626605 I work part time at Best Buy as a sales associate. 12 bucks an hour, ~20 hours a week.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 14 13:51:40 2013 No.6627209 >>6626582 >he doesn't sneak into cons lel

>>	Sewing Machine Recs? Anonymous Fri Feb 15 05:47:27 2013 No.6628696 Hey seagulls. I'm looking into getting a sewing machine of my own to take to college with me, but I have no idea where to start, in terms of what brands/models are good. Any recommendations?

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