April 25, 2002, 16:11
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I'm a sophomore at the College of William and Mary "the boot camp of academia" I am a History/Political Science (Government) double major. I am in ROTC. Plan to go to law school at the University of Virginia after my Army obligation. Future leader of the world 
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April 25, 2002, 17:30
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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I thought that Docfeelgood was a nurse or something.
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Is he? I never realised that 
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April 25, 2002, 17:32
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President of the OT
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One of my friends from high school was a big guy (as in muscle, not fat). He was very popular, very built, and has had the same girlfriend for about two years now. Starting next year he's taking Nursing at my university to become a nurse. 
That totally and completely shattered my nurse stereotype, and it's good to see more men enter that field too. 
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April 25, 2002, 21:50
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Prince
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Still lined up for Voodoo? Good for you there laddy
I am an Architectural Technologist... or a super, duper, highly intelligent, well trained, but under payed, CADD operator.
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April 25, 2002, 22:13
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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I thought that Docfeelgood was a nurse or something.
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I thought he was a doctor. I know he works in a hospital. I believe he works in an ER or intensive care unit - something like that.
His spelling and grammar is terrible - he must be a doctor.
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April 25, 2002, 22:54
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I'm a musician.
Though I wouldn't exactly call it 'making a living'.
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April 26, 2002, 00:57
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There are a lot of physics dropouts who go into finance. The math is pathetically easy for physicists and hard for liberal arts weenies. Physicists who make this switch generally but not always have better economic instincts and ability to disaggregate issues. They are just plain bright. (But they do need to get grounded first. Listening to the average Ph.D. who hasn't made this switch talk about business is like listening to Alec Baldwin talk about politics.)
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April 26, 2002, 01:40
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Ya nice little threadjack/troll attempt there GP, but I for one am not biting 
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April 26, 2002, 02:07
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you straight arrow, you...
BTW, Makeo is off to LA after hooking up with one of my co-workers...
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April 26, 2002, 02:58
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King
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Physicist (Nuc) who's eking out a humble living ( )doing marine seismic data processing.
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April 26, 2002, 03:27
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Originally posted by GP
listening to the average Ph.D. who hasn't made this switch talk about business is like listening to Alec Baldwin talk about politics.
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Reminds me of that strange psychologist we had for BWL3 (~business administration). I think the topic should have been things like customer relationships etc, but he kept on blahing in the most strange ways....
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April 26, 2002, 06:57
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I'm half-way through failing my BA in Politics/Philosophy. 
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April 26, 2002, 09:28
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I work as a Research Engineer at the Technical Research Centre of Finland. I do research on loading of structures, mainly reinforcing steel bars and prestressing strands.
So 'Science' is my field 
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April 26, 2002, 15:31
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April 26, 2002, 18:04
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Yeah, you would laugh, wouldn't you. Chartered accountancy and Physics have a lot in common... Both practically scream "menial math-based loser", for instance. 
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April 26, 2002, 18:38
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Computer Science freshman, and I absolutely hate it. I'm considering political science.
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April 27, 2002, 07:21
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Theres more to it than numbers
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Originally posted by Snapcase
Yeah, you would laugh, wouldn't you. Chartered accountancy and Physics have a lot in common... Both practically scream "menial math-based loser", for instance.
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I'm not an actuary.
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April 27, 2002, 08:07
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No, he's in the far more exciting and dynamic career of accountancy
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April 27, 2002, 09:34
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Originally posted by ravagon
Physicist (Nuc) who's eking out a humble living ( )doing marine seismic data processing.
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Interesting. I thought you were some kind of liberal arts type...good writer, etc.
I worked at NRaD for a summer (Navy lab with lots of oceonography stuff...)
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April 27, 2002, 13:15
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In transition.
I used to do computer networking stuff, administration, achitecture, security, etc. Will soon be CTO of a company in data security and computer forensics.
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April 27, 2002, 15:49
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
No, he's in the far more exciting and dynamic career of accountancy
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Chartered accountancy is far more diverse and interesting than plain old accounting/bookkeeping. For starters, it is not an "office job", in the past few months I have been in my office a grand total of 12 hours. *awaits sarcastic comment*. The rest of the time has been spent at various location - farms, factories, ice rinks, airports, ect, I have even been to do work for several public houses . Which I think is far more interesting than being stuck in the same place all the time.
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April 27, 2002, 21:50
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Hi Orange...life is good, I guess yours isn't so hot 'cause of that beeeeatch, eh? Well, college is the best place to remedy that heartache, m'boy. Go get some on ya!
Actually, as I look at my business card, my official title is "Internet Sales Manager", which means I get all of my auto leads from our company website.
They started me out selling Mazdas and Hyundais in February, and I've become a bit of the golden boy, having sold 10 cars in my second month and am now stuck on 11.5 in my third. The average salesperson who's been doing this for a while gets out about 6 a month.
Due to that, they moved me to the Toyota dealership, where my margins are much bigger and my co-workers much more professional. My commission is 25% of the dealer's front end gross profit, along with 25% of the manufacturer's holdback. Here's what I've done this month, for those of you who might wonder what auto sales paychecks look like:
#1 Mazda Miata, Special Edition. Very rich gay man who is semi-retired dot.commer from Seattle with a boatload of stocks,etc.
My take: $708.50
#2 Hyundai Elantra GT. *****y ***** who has Jesus messages on her answering machine. $136.38
#3 Used Corolla. Guy was totally hooped (upside down/negative equity) in his trade. He was like 40 and his dad still co-signed...looooooooser. $20.75 take...ouch.
#4 1998 Saab 900. Sold it to my cousin. Could have made more. $499.75
#5 Toyota Tundra. Nice guy who didn't seem to care about cost too much...sold it for sticker...$750.50. Yowza!
#6 Mazda Protege. Nice little car...not a bad commission...$211.50. Easy sale.
#7 Poor couple getting into a new Corolla base model...negotiated my ass off...$116.75.
#8 New Hyundai Santa Fe. Nice lady with a full beard...made her daughter look cute...$379.75.
#8.5 Split deal on a Sedona mini van. $50. Ouch.
#9.5 Some guy who had me in a price war with three other net agents...tiny deal on a car (4Runner) that is usually pretty good margin-wise. $269.25.
#10.5 The whopper....the king daddy...nice little old lady who we turned onto a much nicer car than she was thinking of...factory demo with huge margin...my take...$1194.
#11.5 Some financial guru who knew everything about dealer cost...sold him a Mazda Millenia S. $159.
Pay this month: $4496.13 before taxes.
Not too bad...and the summer should be rocking....if nothing else, I'm saving up a downpayment on a house and getting something else when the economy improves.
Or moving to Australia...one of the two.
Tough way to make a living though.
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April 27, 2002, 22:07
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King
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Interesting. I thought you were some kind of liberal arts type...good writer, etc.
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You really know how to hurt a guy
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April 27, 2002, 22:16
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I'd get revenge for that ravagon. If someone called me that, I'd be mortally offended
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"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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April 27, 2002, 22:18
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King
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I'd get revenge for that ravagon. If someone called me that, I'd be mortally offended
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*breaks out tactical nukes*
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April 27, 2002, 22:26
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Well, liberal arts is what got me into car sales....grumble grumble...argh.
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Life and death is a grave matter;
all things pass quickly away.
Each of you must be completely alert;
never neglectful, never indulgent.
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April 27, 2002, 22:35
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King
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Upshot of moving to Oz at the moment would be the exchange rate. It isn't a coincidence that the most recent Star Wars and LotR movies were shot in this part of the world on pretty big budgets. Your 8-odd thousand would rapidly become 15 with pretty much the same purchasing power as it would have in the states (not wrt exports though ).
[Btw before you go investing in Horses harbour bridge we have a nice bell tower in Perth that cost a hundred plus million to build and is worth about 15 grand  ]
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April 27, 2002, 22:53
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Rav,
Thought you wrote the column about the camel...
Supe,
Good for you. Glad to see you thriving in a more dynamic sales environment than railcars of chloralkali...
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April 29, 2002, 21:20
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I'm surprised at how low the salesman's margins are on car sales.
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April 29, 2002, 23:34
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