Working a 9-5 sucks hOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS

youngdoc said:
I'm very interested in my career but that doesn't change the fact that the path absolutely sucks.
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Aye maybe, but it's what you make it. Like the rest of life. I see some people around my office happy making 50k a year in their 40s and beyond. Then I see people hustling their *** off for more. My father works here as well and he's one of the upper tier guys and it's because of him and what he's done for us that I really believe you can achieve great things in life if you hustle.
 
Olympus said:
If people would just follow a career path in something they're interested in, nobody would have this problem. Stop accepting mediocrity and make something better of yourself.

I just turned 21 last month. Only taken two semesters of college. First semester I killed it, but wasn't interested in my major. Second semester with a new major I lost interest due to not seeing a future with my major so I dropped out. I desperately want to go back this semester. I have a few different interests I'd love to make a career out of, I'm just trying to figure out what would work best as far as personal enjoyment, job opportunities, location, etc. In the mean time, I've been working this 8-5, making well above minimum wage, doing easy but boring work. This definitely isn't the job for me, but it's taught me a few things. The owner of the company started in a mail room 25 years ago and now he has a giant house, multiple luxury cars, takes off when he wants. Dude has it made in his 40s. Even though he's a bit of a jackwagon, I admire the hustle. Also gives me a real life reminder that you really can do it.

Whatever I do, though, I'm without a doubt going to enjoy it and when I get there I'm grinding my *** off until I get to the top and then I'm staying there.
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Great mentality to have no doubt but you finna learn :lol:

Oh and I am glad that you are going back to school
 
All my business famb...

Anybody ever thought about saying "**** this" and tried to make it on your own?

Quit your j and try to open a store, or start a eating spot, or consulting firm, or etc...
 
Thanks fam. We're all learning. I try to stay as humble as possible but at the same time if you don't believe you can do great things you already lost.

@fontaine If that's what you wanna do, do it. Plenty of people out here doing just that.
 
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Fontaine said:
All my business famb...

Anybody ever thought about saying "**** this" and tried to make it on your own?

Quit your j and try to open a store, or start a eating spot, or consulting firm, or etc...
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My girl did that when she took a hiatus from B school. Didn't work out the way she wanted and she ended up going back to school. Now works for a big toy company.
 
Dont work a 9-5 but do work a set schedule from Monday to Friday. Its annoying some days. Like my job is actually easy but the quantity of how much I have to do on random days is ridiculous at times. And to make it worse, ppl are constantly complaining around me. Like ALWAYS. The ppl there are NEVER happy. I feel like theres gotta be more to life than this lol
 
Olympus said:
youngdoc said:
I'm very interested in my career but that doesn't change the fact that the path absolutely sucks.
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Aye maybe, but it's what you make it. Like the rest of life. I see some people around my office happy making 50k a year in their 40s and beyond. Then I see people hustling their *** off for more. My father works here as well and he's one of the upper tier guys and it's because of him and what he's done for us that I really believe you can achieve great things in life if you hustle.
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Medicine is very rigid as far as the path goes. To even get to the point that I can be independent requires slogging through a lot of ish
 
I used to think it was the worst thing ever to work 9-5 but Im beggining to think otherwise. Some people figure out what they want to do right away but not everyone is like that. 9-5 teaches those who are pursuing something greater the value of work and about themselves. However there are other medicocre people who settle for that lifestyle instead of pursuing the grind.
 
Olympus said:
Thanks fam. We're all learning. I try to stay as humble as possible but at the same time if you don't believe you can do great things you already lost.

@fontaine If that's what you wanna do, do it. Plenty of people out here doing just that.
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Going to wait until I get my ducks in row, famb...

Gotta make sure I have income available, a couple of backup plans, and marketable enough to return to the corporate safety net

youngdoc said:
My girl did that when she took a hiatus from B school. Didn't work out the way she wanted and she ended up going back to school. Now works for a big toy company.
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Yep... And I bet she feels so much more experience now that she tried and failed.
 
I really do love my job but the office politics is starting to wear on me...it's a bunch of people trying to intimidate others and I'm just like        

In my relatively short experience in corporate america it's frustrating because dealing with all the bs that comes with it...businesses should pay for output not time.....
 
Fontaine said:
All my business famb...

Anybody ever thought about saying "**** this" and tried to make it on your own?

Quit your j and try to open a store, or start a eating spot, or consulting firm, or etc...
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Every damn day mane :lol: ...Ima try my best not to make this 9 to 5 office **** what I'm doing for the rest of my life ( I'm 27)...seen my moms just up n start a business when she got tired of the bs so ima try to follow in her footsteps soon
 
personally love 9-5. nights and weekends off :pimp:

most sporting events, dates, tv shows, parties, etc all happen at night and on weekends
 
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Working a job that works from 6am to 8 pm if things get backed up

Plan to do the 9-5 after I finish school for a few years ,then open my own car shop building racing engines
 
fontaine fontaine That consulting firm idea sounds A-1. That's something I would like to do, and it's all about linking up with the right people.

But on the real, I want to be a full time investor/rapper.
 
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A 9 to 5 gets better the further from the ground you are (albeit more responsibility) ,then it really isn't even a strict "9-to-5". It actually gets easier to handle the more experience you acquire despite the weight of the work. I want to make that climb, stack chips for maybe 5-10 years then look at my own business. Probably nothing related to my field though.
 
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011781 said:
I work in an office but it's not the typical 9-5....

for one, it's a website, so we're "open" 24 hours a day....  I usually come in around 10am in time for meetings and head out after 6

we don't have a clock or "lunch breaks" .... we come and go as we please .... if I see a tweet about a shoe and I have no meetings, I'll get up and leave to go get it....

I have a television at my desk.... I watch Netflix on my mobile devices or PC..... I talk on the phone if I want while I work

there's also no dress code so.... the same **** I wear out with my friends is what I wear at work

however, I definitely feel people when they say they're tired of the same routine every day..... I enjoy my job, I actually love it.... but..... I do feel like I'm just going through the motions until the weekend comes

I just need more hobbies and a girlfriend or some **** ... iono.... something to add some god damn excitement during the week
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Yeah, you need some extra curricular in your life

All work and no play. You'll be in this situation no matter what your job is if you don't get something poppin outside of work.


Unless you a professional partier
 
Complaining about the office life...seriously? 

I guess it also depends on the politics of your work environment, but some people just don't mesh well with others. I'm more introverted, but in my field that's not necessarily frowned upon. 
 
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fontaine fontaine That consulting firm idea sounds A-1. That's something I would like to do, and it's all about linking up with the right people.

But on the real, I want to be a full time investor/rapper.
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bruh.

Investing in rappers is like venture capital. Risky as hell...


But... Hear MD out.

Take a young rapper... Make him sign a contract where you get a certain percentages of earnings... Let's say 40%


Invest 50k to the radio stations to get him on the rotation, travel, hotel, video shoot.


He'll be a chart topper if he gets enough play... Because I truly feel that most of these one hit wonders are great from a great song. They're great because we see/hear it OVER AMD OVER..

Do a few shows.. Run the YouTube channel and collect revenue. Club appearances... Album sales could be distributed via online sources....



You'll be paid back by the time total revenue reaches 120k from the different streams...


If he goes over... All profit.

Even better is if he gets bought up by a larger label...

Cash in and exit the investment.

Or you could say "I want 1% of revenue for the next 3 years"

If he gets big or blows up.

Passive income...





I'm sure I'm making it way simpler than it sounds so cam somebody in the music industry help me out..

:nerd:
 
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Fontaine said:
I'm sure I'm making it way simpler than it sounds so cam somebody in the music industry help me out..

:nerd:
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You forgot to mention appeasing the gate keepers, Illuminati membership dues, and the blood sacrifice.
 
Doing the corporate thing defintely takes some time getting used to, especially right out of college. You're so used to having small breaks throughout the day in between classes and having constant social interaction with your peers - that cubicle life is an adjustment to say the least.

Being a "millennial" myself, I have read numerous articles about how this generation expects things to happen so quickly, and we almost were brought up to expect instant gratification out of college. The older generations knock on this approach, but it almost is something we can't help since this is what we were led to believe throughout our educational career. Go to school, attend a decent university, land a job right away and pull in $50k.

Then the recession hit in 2008 and the economy is still recovering. Long story short, life for this generation isn't exactly what we were basically promised, but such is life and nothing is ever promised. Tuition costs are rising, rent costs are up in most major citites, and starting salaries are lower than that of the Generation X. 

But you know what, we all are going through it. I have a decent salary position at a Fortune 500 company, but I also have a side hustle I still do on the weekends that I worked throughout college. 

Anyway, do the corporate thing for a couple years to get some experience. Nobody is advancing in this market without some kind of experience, unless you have the funds to start your own business at this point in life. Enjoy the health benefits, and find a mentor to lean on.

Keep yourself busy with extracurricular stuff, and youll adjust to the new phase in life. 
 
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WallStreetNKE said:
Doing the corporate thing defintely takes some time getting used to, especially right out of college. You're so used to having small breaks throughout the day in between classes and having constant social interaction with your peers - that cubicle life is an adjustment to say the least.

Being a "millennial" myself, I have read numerous articles about how this generation expects things to happen so quickly, and we almost were brought up to expect instant gratification out of college. The older generations knock on this approach, but it almost is something we can't help since this is what we were led to believe throughout our educational career. Go to school, attend a decent university, land a job right away and pull in $50k.

Then the recession hit in 2008 and the economy is still recovering. Long story short, life for this generation isn't exactly what we were basically promised, but such is life and nothing is ever promised. Tuition costs are rising, rent costs are up in most major citites, and starting salaries are lower than that of the Generation X. 

But you know what, we all are going through it. I have a decent salary position at a Fortune 500 company, but I also have a side hustle I still do on the weekends that I worked throughout college. 

Anyway, do the corporate thing for a couple years to get some experience. Nobody is advancing in this market without some kind of experience, unless you have the funds to start your own business at this point in life. Enjoy the health benefits, and find a mentor to lean on.

Keep yourself busy with extracurricular stuff, and youll adjust to the new phase in life. 
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So much truth in this post. Its really important to look forward to activities outside of work. Work cant be your life. Even if your enjoy your work, you need other things ouside of it to enjoy.
 
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