Author Topic: In a perfect world, what career would you have chosen? (Read 9118 times)

davkol · « **Reply #50 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:12:50 »

Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 26 April 2017, 11:22:38

The professional sport route; professional skateboarder with a shoe deal, a Superbowl ad spot, and a Gleaming The Cube II movie deal. Nothin' fancy.

Sponsors: NIKE SB, Jamba Juice, Orville Redenbacher, and Chocolate Skateboards product for everything else. Plus movie royalties. I'm no stunt double )

I'm not sure what is your idea of a perfect world, but in my mind, athletes wouldn't serve as advertisements for ****ty shoes made by wage slaves.

xtrafrood · « **Reply #51 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:26:29 »

Quote from: davkol on Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:12:50

Quote from: csmertx on Wed, 26 April 2017, 11:22:38
The professional sport route; professional skateboarder with a shoe deal, a Superbowl ad spot, and a Gleaming The Cube II movie deal. Nothin' fancy.

Sponsors: NIKE SB, Jamba Juice, Orville Redenbacher, and Chocolate Skateboards product for everything else. Plus movie royalties. I'm no stunt double )
I'm not sure what is your idea of a perfect world, but in my mind, athletes wouldn't serve as advertisements for ****ty shoes made by wage slaves.

The part about professional skateboarding was a satirical joke about the corporate side of the sport. C'mon, a Gleaming The Cube remake? A popcorn company as a sponsor? Yikes

davkol · « **Reply #52 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:33:07 »

xtrafrood · « **Reply #53 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:38:39 »

Quote from: davkol on Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:33:07

<3

tp4tissue · « **Reply #54 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:41:10 »

Quote from: csmertx on Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:38:39

Quote from: davkol on Fri, 28 April 2017, 10:33:07

<3

The result of community college robotics course..

hahahahah

JKJK.. all robotic courses are good..

dantan · « **Reply #55 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:06:11 »

Suicide bomber

Sure adds a whole new meaning to the concept of 'going out in a blaze of glory' or 'sacrificing one's life to make a difference' or 'having an impact on others' lives'

dante · « **Reply #56 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:32:20 »

Quote from: dantan on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:06:11

Suicide bomber

Sure adds a whole new meaning to the concept of 'going out in a blaze of glory' or 'sacrificing one's life to make a difference' or 'having an impact on others' lives'

TOO DARK.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #57 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34 »

Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

iLLucionist · « **Reply #58 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 13:03:33 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34

Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

GH forever.. keep the NSA. I DONWANNIT

tp4tissue · « **Reply #59 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 14:42:13 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 13:03:33

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34
Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

GH forever.. keep the NSA. I DONWANNIT

NSA is watching this thread so hard right now..

They're probably cross referencing all the geekhack lingo with known hidden terror codes.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #60 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 15:39:49 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 14:42:13

Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 13:03:33
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34
Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

GH forever.. keep the NSA. I DONWANNIT

NSA is watching this thread so hard right now..

They're probably cross referencing all the geekhack lingo with known hidden terror codes.

NAS. EXT4. BTRFS. GRUB. SYSTEMD. LILO.

That will keep 'm busy for a while.

xtrafrood · « **Reply #61 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 16:03:33 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 15:39:49

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 14:42:13
Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 13:03:33
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34
Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

GH forever.. keep the NSA. I DONWANNIT

NSA is watching this thread so hard right now..

They're probably cross referencing all the geekhack lingo with known hidden terror codes.

NAS. EXT4. BTRFS. GRUB. SYSTEMD. LILO.

That will keep 'm busy for a while.

ZFS. Minds blown

)

iLLucionist · « **Reply #62 on:** Fri, 28 April 2017, 16:19:02 »

Quote from: csmertx on Fri, 28 April 2017, 16:03:33

Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 15:39:49
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 14:42:13
Quote from: iLLucionist on Fri, 28 April 2017, 13:03:33
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 28 April 2017, 12:54:34
Jesus christ.. NSA + Geekhack 4 ever..

GH forever.. keep the NSA. I DONWANNIT

NSA is watching this thread so hard right now..

They're probably cross referencing all the geekhack lingo with known hidden terror codes.

NAS. EXT4. BTRFS. GRUB. SYSTEMD. LILO.

That will keep 'm busy for a while.

ZFS. Minds blown )

Haha. Not even the NSA has enough memory to run ZFS though. How many RAM would you need to store all people info on ZFS volumes. INSANE amounts.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #63 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 08:58:57 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Wed, 26 April 2017, 03:02:13

Also get a ****ing avatar.... YOLO

U LIKE?

fanpeople · « **Reply #64 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 18:25:04 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sat, 29 April 2017, 08:58:57

Quote from: fanpeople on Wed, 26 April 2017, 03:02:13
Also get a ****ing avatar.... YOLO

U LIKE?

YES FINALLY

Shapey Fiend · « **Reply #65 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 18:44:13 »

I like the idea of making indie games. Tried to do an IT degree when I was 18 but I couldn't handle the maths. In retrospect I wish I'd gone to art college and put lots of time into game maker.

Now I'm a building services engineer and while I found the degree tedious the work is satisfying to me so I'm happy enough.

RELLIK · « **Reply #66 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07 »

Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

tp4tissue · « **Reply #67 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:37:54 »

Quote from: RELLIK on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07

Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

the only monsters of our society are other humans..

in many ways they're like dragons, powerful, almost untouchable, yet they are made of flesh, their one weakness.

However they live in gated communities much like a castle or a layer..

hahahahhahaha... I think people who wrote these fantasy stories were also talking about people..

xtrafrood · « **Reply #68 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:42:25 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:37:54

Quote from: RELLIK on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07
Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

the only monsters of our society are other humans..

in many ways they're like dragons, powerful, almost untouchable, yet they are made of flesh, their one weakness.

However they live in gated communities much like a castle or a layer..

hahahahhahaha... I think people who wrote these fantasy stories were also talking about people..

Bears are monsters. Sharks are monsters too. Alligators are mini dragons. Let's have some Mountain Dew.

gnmar2723 · « **Reply #69 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:49:32 »

I am going off to college next fall and I am not sure of what I want to do...

I was thinking engineering, but I don't want to end up sitting in a cubicle every day for the rest of my life.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #70 on:** Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:53:23 »

Quote from: gnmar2723 on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:49:32

I am going off to college next fall and I am not sure of what I want to do...

I was thinking engineering, but I don't want to end up sitting in a cubicle every day for the rest of my life.

do engineering, but consider an mba after you get some industry experience..

go into semiconductor and math oriented fields..

There is no guarantee of jobs in anything else, because the stupid people flood those fields.

If you do math, you will ALWAYS have a job.. at the very worst, you can get paid 50,000-80,000 teaching highschool math..

iLLucionist · « **Reply #71 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:25:05 »

Quote from: Shapey Fiend on Sat, 29 April 2017, 18:44:13

I like the idea of making indie games. Tried to do an IT degree when I was 18 but I couldn't handle the maths. In retrospect I wish I'd gone to art college and put lots of time into game maker.

Now I'm a building services engineer and while I found the degree tedious the work is satisfying to me so I'm happy enough.

You know... I was very bad in math when I was 18 when I need to make the choice. Looking back, a bit algebra and calculus wouldn't have hurt. If I would've put the energy in, I would've made it. Because I already programmed in most languages, knew of software engineering, testing, design patterns, anti-patterns. I knew object-oriented, functional, etc. The only thing missing was an academic underpinning, persistence, and math. I would've made it.

I think IT puts too much emphasis on math. Now on the other hand, I must also admit that when I read some IT academic papers sometimes the math gets too much for me. So for very theoretical work, I think IT doesn't even cut it but you just need to study math instead.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #72 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:25:44 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:37:54

Quote from: RELLIK on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07
Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

the only monsters of our society are other humans..

in many ways they're like dragons, powerful, almost untouchable, yet they are made of flesh, their one weakness.

However they live in gated communities much like a castle or a layer..

hahahahhahaha... I think people who wrote these fantasy stories were also talking about people..

I read "gaped communities". WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME MOMMY?

iLLucionist · « **Reply #73 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:27:04 »

Quote from: gnmar2723 on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:49:32

I am going off to college next fall and I am not sure of what I want to do...

I was thinking engineering, but I don't want to end up sitting in a cubicle every day for the rest of my life.

I guess you always end up in a cubicle if your pay grade / position is too low. PhD candidates supposedly are "intellectualists" yet in the US you find PhD's in rooms like server rooms with no windows, 6 -10 in a small room, even if it's Stanford. WTF

iLLucionist · « **Reply #74 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:28:20 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:53:23

Quote from: gnmar2723 on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:49:32
I am going off to college next fall and I am not sure of what I want to do...

I was thinking engineering, but I don't want to end up sitting in a cubicle every day for the rest of my life.

do engineering, but consider an mba after you get some industry experience..

go into semiconductor and math oriented fields..

There is no guarantee of jobs in anything else, because the stupid people flood those fields.

If you do math, you will ALWAYS have a job.. at the very worst, you can get paid 50,000-80,000 teaching highschool math..

For one, you have to keep up with those insecure ego competitive math nerds who always want to demonstrate that they are smarter than you. I couldn't take it.

On the upside, math really gets you anywhere, even into economics and stock trading. I cannot think of one field where math is not required. Yeah ok.. history and arts perhaps.

fanpeople · « **Reply #75 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:25:44

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:37:54
Quote from: RELLIK on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07
Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

the only monsters of our society are other humans..

in many ways they're like dragons, powerful, almost untouchable, yet they are made of flesh, their one weakness.

However they live in gated communities much like a castle or a layer..

hahahahhahaha... I think people who wrote these fantasy stories were also talking about people..

I read "gaped communities". WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME MOMMY?

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

tp4tissue · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:15:58 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

I see.. so the -fanpeople- has been going to themed brothels in Mount Isa. hahahahahhahaha

iLLucionist · « **Reply #77 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:17:14 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:25:44
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:37:54
Quote from: RELLIK on Sat, 29 April 2017, 19:19:07
Evil Monster slayer
Glorious flowing hair that sways in the breeze of every time the sword is swung

the only monsters of our society are other humans..

in many ways they're like dragons, powerful, almost untouchable, yet they are made of flesh, their one weakness.

However they live in gated communities much like a castle or a layer..

hahahahhahaha... I think people who wrote these fantasy stories were also talking about people..

I read "gaped communities". WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME MOMMY?

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

gape gape gape your boat merrily down the *nus.. merrily merrily

fanpeople · « **Reply #78 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:20:16 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:15:58

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

I see.. so the -fanpeople- has been going to themed brothels in Mount Isa. hahahahahhahaha

Ive temporily escaped the Isa got some work commitments elsewhere for a few weeks. The only brothel in Isa shut down apparently. and accoring to urban myth the strip club shut down also... but because it was doing more brothel stuff than stripping.....

the more you know.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #79 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:22:47 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:20:16

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:15:58
Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

I see.. so the -fanpeople- has been going to themed brothels in Mount Isa. hahahahahhahaha

Ive temporily escaped the Isa got some work commitments elsewhere for a few weeks. The only brothel in Isa shut down apparently. and accoring to urban myth the strip club shut down also... but because it was doing more brothel stuff than stripping.....

the more you know.

Dang... well surely you can go further underground.. !!

can't be hard just ask around..

don't they have australian craigs list. ?

fanpeople · « **Reply #80 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:31:59 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:22:47

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:20:16
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:15:58
Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:13:19

DATS MY FAV TYPE OF COMMUNITY

I see.. so the -fanpeople- has been going to themed brothels in Mount Isa. hahahahahhahaha

Ive temporily escaped the Isa got some work commitments elsewhere for a few weeks. The only brothel in Isa shut down apparently. and accoring to urban myth the strip club shut down also... but because it was doing more brothel stuff than stripping.....

the more you know.

Dang... well surely you can go further underground.. !!

can't be hard just ask around..

don't they have australian craigs list. ?

Apparently all the call girls hang out at the caravan park (very US i know makes me feel like a yank). But honustly 10 min of happy or 3 years of I7 upgrade love.. id go with the i7

tp4tissue · « **Reply #81 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:44:34 »

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:31:59

Apparently all the call girls hang out at the caravan park (very US i know makes me feel like a yank). But honustly 10 min of happy or 3 years of I7 upgrade love.. id go with the i7

Don't shortchange urself fanpeople, u can do better than 10 minutes.. hahahahahahahha

iLLucionist · « **Reply #82 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 08:11:07 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:44:34

Quote from: fanpeople on Sun, 30 April 2017, 06:31:59

Apparently all the call girls hang out at the caravan park (very US i know makes me feel like a yank). But honustly 10 min of happy or 3 years of I7 upgrade love.. id go with the i7

Don't shortchange urself fanpeople, u can do better than 10 minutes.. hahahahahahahha

gateron... gaperon. makes the word mx cherry a whole 'nother definition (check it out at urban****tionary).

WHY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #83 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 09:46:21 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sun, 30 April 2017, 08:11:07

gateron... gaperon. makes the word mx cherry a whole 'nother definition (check it out at urban****tionary).

WHY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

Over consumption of internet-debauchery..

It's a common affliction among young adults like yourself..

Shapey Fiend · « **Reply #84 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 14:06:48 »

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sun, 30 April 2017, 05:25:05

Quote from: Shapey Fiend on Sat, 29 April 2017, 18:44:13
I like the idea of making indie games. Tried to do an IT degree when I was 18 but I couldn't handle the maths. In retrospect I wish I'd gone to art college and put lots of time into game maker.

Now I'm a building services engineer and while I found the degree tedious the work is satisfying to me so I'm happy enough.

You know... I was very bad in math when I was 18 when I need to make the choice. Looking back, a bit algebra and calculus wouldn't have hurt. If I would've put the energy in, I would've made it. Because I already programmed in most languages, knew of software engineering, testing, design patterns, anti-patterns. I knew object-oriented, functional, etc. The only thing missing was an academic underpinning, persistence, and math. I would've made it.

I think IT puts too much emphasis on math. Now on the other hand, I must also admit that when I read some IT academic papers sometimes the math gets too much for me. So for very theoretical work, I think IT doesn't even cut it but you just need to study math instead.

It's funny I did maths, applied maths and physics for my leaving certificate (Irish equivalent of high school) and did pretty well in all of them. The only bit I was bad at was calculus, which was optional on the test. Then I went to third level and in both courses I did it was nearly entirely calculus the whole way through. I could understand it alright just that I've got a sieve of a memory so I had to do everything 300 times to reproduce it in an exam situation. I was failing my final maths exam over and over every year until they split it up into 3 tests then I got 85% purely cos my ability to memorise it in smaller chunks was a lot better.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #85 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 16:15:40 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 April 2017, 09:46:21

Quote from: iLLucionist on Sun, 30 April 2017, 08:11:07

gateron... gaperon. makes the word mx cherry a whole 'nother definition (check it out at urban****tionary).

WHY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

Over consumption of internet-debauchery..

It's a common affliction among young adults like yourself..

you are probably right. we youngsters are gapesters... i mean... hipsters DAMMIT

PollandAkuma · « **Reply #86 on:** Sun, 30 April 2017, 17:54:31 »

I wish to be a original content creator; artist, writer... If I'm rich I'd live the life of the Count of Monte Cristo.

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Author Topic: In a perfect world, what career would you have chosen? (Read 9118 times)