What the world needs is a book like The Jungle (minus the propaganda), but about the computer gaming industry.
Sarkus
4402
That comparison can only go so far. And if people want out of the gaming industry, there are plenty of non-gaming computer industry jobs from what ex-game devs have told me. Itās just not as exciting.
This is why Iāve never gone to a therapist. The Rapist, you think Iād fall for that? I have no idea how these people get business. Hmm, maybe some people want to beā¦
Obligatory:
"Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The worldās first analrapist. "
LOVE that joke.
Anyway, wouldnāt Mr. Spock have a doctorate in science? If so, shouldnāt he be Dr. Spock instead of Mr. Spock? Is this Kirkās way of insulting him? He may be doing the same thing with Bones, except that he does call him Dr. McCoy at times. Maybe Kirk is a racist.
My cats are plotting against meā¦
Cats are plotting against everyone.
My Cats placing a hit on me because I watched him shit in the litter box :p
What kind of douchefuck would steal a god damned koala?
Occasionally when I have to make a decision Iāll flip a coin and decide X is heads and Y is tails. I always seem to go with the opposite of the outcome of the coin toss. I wonder what Freud would say about thatā¦
Also, I feel bad for the Koala. Why steal a Koala?
Mrenda
4414
4am is not the time to start thinking your life would have been better if you took that offer to train as a greenskeeper instead of doing a business degree.
Strato
4415
Just looking at the ad pane on the right of a website. Turns out I can now get a Bachelor of Counter Terrorism degree. Even better, financial assistance is given.
Clicked through, and the degree is legit, though career oppurtunities are questionable.
Mrenda
4416
Although probably ironic that paying for the degree would be funding the terrorists.
This weekend, work in your yard for eight hours both days, then put 200$ in your pocket. Thatās greenskeeping.
H.
Or pick up a couple guys standing around in front of Home Depot to work both days for you, then keep $100 of that $200 in your pocket and give them the rest. Thatās greenskeeping.
Mrenda
4419
Yeah, Kerzainās idea is more accurate from my experience of working on the course. The actual greenskeeper got to drive around all day in a JCB, tractor or fairway cutter. I rode it once, awesome machine, so much torque, instant accelleration, fantastic suspension and you were hanging over the ground. You could understand why it cost ā¬50,000 second hand.
Nah, the greenskeeping thing would be as a way to get my foot in the door. Iāve grown up around golf* but not actually played it much. Iāve narrowed down where I want to go with my business degree. Iād like to work with small start-ups, maybe as a consultant type thing or simply an advisor. And if not that Iād like to work somewhere in the entertainment/hobby industry. I used to think it was just gaming I wanted to work with, but I realised it was the community around gaming that interested me. I figure golf would be a good area to get involved with, where Iām dealing with customers who are passionate about what they do. I think I could deal with anything as long as thereās some culture or passion surrounding it. Greenskeeping would be my technical qualification for the industry (seeing as I have no golf apptitude) and might get my foot in the door.
All this is just a flight of fancy at the moment, based on a moment of regret and doubt last night, but itās not a totally whacked idea, so Iām going with it for the moment. And if Iām still considering once my latest fancy passes, there might be something to it. And if not, at least Iāve figured out a bit more about what I want to do in my mainstream career.
*My childminderās husband was āinvited to the tourā back in the 50/60s, but didnāt because he was getting married and wanted to have kids and saw family life as his priority. He was also the first lay/working class member of one of the snootier clubs in the area, purely on how awesome a player/total gentleman he was. He maintained a scratch handicap until his 50s and was playing off 6 when he died. All that while he used to design pitch and putt courses as well as working as a welder/fitter. I used bash golf balls around his garden non-stop as a kid, and must have broken the windown on his shed 20 times (although never a house window.)
w00t, new phone! And itās all manly and black and stuff. Now whoās gonna make fun of my saving $20 by buying the pink Razr?
