My life in a nutshell....just cause I've got the time.
Still working with the red cross in a different capacity. Gov't liasion. Less hours, work at my own pace...much better for my needs.
Still playing music in my "band" I have no aspirations for anything to come of it...but damn we sound good.
Re-enrolled in the EMT class I had to drop last semester. That should be cool...and it totally works for my schedule so I'm stoked on that.
Been seeing this girl off and on for months. Sorta not really into it. But she's been fun. now she's moving back to New Jersey so I'm definately sorta not really into it.
My grandma's alzheimers has really started to get bad. : (
My father's business has gotten to the point where I think it would be lucky to last the year. I finally jumped ship operations wise (still doing all the admin and finances) about a month ago and have been looking for work ever since. On second thought...not work...a career. Something lucrative. Something interesting to me. Rewarding.
So I reexamined something I almost did a few years back.
Police Dispatching. Which is why I went to SF awhile back...to get certified by the State.
So now I've been working diligently on getting a job with either a fire or police agency. The pay and benefits are outstanding and the job is quite similar to one of the jobs I had while in the military. But the hiring / screening process is soooooooooooo long and drawn out. The quickest I've heard the process taking is 9 months. All involve extensive backgrounds and some add polygraphs for shits and giggles, which naturally scares the living fuck out of me.
I mean it's not that I'm a liar...I'm just...uh...creatively honest.
Besides OC will probably have some requirement that you're a Republican....or....or ...that you drive a suburban or some shit.
Differing standards make it a time consuming and frustrating process. For example...tonight I took an apptitude test (the same apptitude test I've taken 4 times in three weeks) in Newport Beach. I talked to the Background investegation officer and I found that I could have smoked heroin or dropped acid several dozen times 5 years or more ago...but doing injectable steroids ONCE is a disqualifier because its injectable. WTF?
"MAYBE" they could "work with me" on it...but in the meantime you have to submit to SOCIAL PROCTOLOGY in order to know. Who wants to waste their time for 9 months for a "maybe?"
I guess I do. Thankfully, other agencies are more forgiving.
I forgot how invasive this kinda stuff can be. What freaks me out is that this process is more intensive than it was for me to get a Top Secret clearance. Of course, maybe I just had less to hide (or less life lived) as a 20 year old.
So as I'm doing this process for city after city, spending hours filing applications, backgrounds, going to oral boards, explaining drug history, getting strapped to machines and being led through an interrogation process, having my balls fondled by men in white lab coats, peeing into cups over and over and over again... I get this call that went roughly like this....
Her: "Wanna sell cars?"
me: "yeah....uh...no...thanks tho."
Her: "bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla"
me: "no... really....no I....where did you get my number again?"
Her: "bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla....$4,000 to 10,000 a month."
Me: *gaaaaaaaaasppppp* Wh....wh....where do I sign up.
Knowing that for AT LEAST 9 months I've got no chance of getting the job I want...and getting desparate for some kind of income...and quite frankly getting frustrated with the process involved in this whole city gov't thing...I figure...fuck it....I'll check this shit out while I buy my time on the other thing.
So right now I'm being trained for free by this company that recruits salespeople for dealerships in OC. I went in with the attitude that it was probably a scam...and I am slowly and steadily being turned into a believer. I'm actually amazed. Very professional. Very interesting. I'm excited...I'm motivated and I'm learning alot. The whole money thing sounds like a scam...but at a minimum I can at least expect to make around 40-50K / yr. in South OC. Up to double and triple that if I'm any good at it. Even if I'm just a touch above average I'm looking at 60-70K. Any car dealers out there in South OC who can attest to this or set me straight on the "reality." So...anyway...this week I have 3 interviews at dealerships. I never even lifted a finger...the dealerships are calling me.
Something does'nt add up. Maybe it's the 50-90 hour work week that they don't tell you about. I dunno. I'm still kinda warry about it...taking everything as it comes...but I'm hoping for the best and giving it everything I have. Simply having the opportunity to make that much money, regardless of whether or not I am a talented enough salesperson to pull it off makes me chipper.
This guy I talked to last week graduated last year from engineering school and then did this thing. In 8 months he made 100K working for Crystler. "Fuck engineering" he said. "Too much work"
Anyway...that's about half of what's been going on in my life that I have'nt had the energy to sit down and type and one of the reasons I don't post...and probably will continue to not post as much as I once did.
Plus...I just dont' have much interesting to say.
Still working with the red cross in a different capacity. Gov't liasion. Less hours, work at my own pace...much better for my needs.
Still playing music in my "band" I have no aspirations for anything to come of it...but damn we sound good.
Re-enrolled in the EMT class I had to drop last semester. That should be cool...and it totally works for my schedule so I'm stoked on that.
Been seeing this girl off and on for months. Sorta not really into it. But she's been fun. now she's moving back to New Jersey so I'm definately sorta not really into it.
My grandma's alzheimers has really started to get bad. : (
My father's business has gotten to the point where I think it would be lucky to last the year. I finally jumped ship operations wise (still doing all the admin and finances) about a month ago and have been looking for work ever since. On second thought...not work...a career. Something lucrative. Something interesting to me. Rewarding.
So I reexamined something I almost did a few years back.
Police Dispatching. Which is why I went to SF awhile back...to get certified by the State.
So now I've been working diligently on getting a job with either a fire or police agency. The pay and benefits are outstanding and the job is quite similar to one of the jobs I had while in the military. But the hiring / screening process is soooooooooooo long and drawn out. The quickest I've heard the process taking is 9 months. All involve extensive backgrounds and some add polygraphs for shits and giggles, which naturally scares the living fuck out of me.
I mean it's not that I'm a liar...I'm just...uh...creatively honest.
Besides OC will probably have some requirement that you're a Republican....or....or ...that you drive a suburban or some shit.
Differing standards make it a time consuming and frustrating process. For example...tonight I took an apptitude test (the same apptitude test I've taken 4 times in three weeks) in Newport Beach. I talked to the Background investegation officer and I found that I could have smoked heroin or dropped acid several dozen times 5 years or more ago...but doing injectable steroids ONCE is a disqualifier because its injectable. WTF?
"MAYBE" they could "work with me" on it...but in the meantime you have to submit to SOCIAL PROCTOLOGY in order to know. Who wants to waste their time for 9 months for a "maybe?"
I guess I do. Thankfully, other agencies are more forgiving.
I forgot how invasive this kinda stuff can be. What freaks me out is that this process is more intensive than it was for me to get a Top Secret clearance. Of course, maybe I just had less to hide (or less life lived) as a 20 year old.
So as I'm doing this process for city after city, spending hours filing applications, backgrounds, going to oral boards, explaining drug history, getting strapped to machines and being led through an interrogation process, having my balls fondled by men in white lab coats, peeing into cups over and over and over again... I get this call that went roughly like this....
Her: "Wanna sell cars?"
me: "yeah....uh...no...thanks tho."
Her: "bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla"
me: "no... really....no I....where did you get my number again?"
Her: "bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla....$4,000 to 10,000 a month."
Me: *gaaaaaaaaasppppp* Wh....wh....where do I sign up.
Knowing that for AT LEAST 9 months I've got no chance of getting the job I want...and getting desparate for some kind of income...and quite frankly getting frustrated with the process involved in this whole city gov't thing...I figure...fuck it....I'll check this shit out while I buy my time on the other thing.
So right now I'm being trained for free by this company that recruits salespeople for dealerships in OC. I went in with the attitude that it was probably a scam...and I am slowly and steadily being turned into a believer. I'm actually amazed. Very professional. Very interesting. I'm excited...I'm motivated and I'm learning alot. The whole money thing sounds like a scam...but at a minimum I can at least expect to make around 40-50K / yr. in South OC. Up to double and triple that if I'm any good at it. Even if I'm just a touch above average I'm looking at 60-70K. Any car dealers out there in South OC who can attest to this or set me straight on the "reality." So...anyway...this week I have 3 interviews at dealerships. I never even lifted a finger...the dealerships are calling me.
Something does'nt add up. Maybe it's the 50-90 hour work week that they don't tell you about. I dunno. I'm still kinda warry about it...taking everything as it comes...but I'm hoping for the best and giving it everything I have. Simply having the opportunity to make that much money, regardless of whether or not I am a talented enough salesperson to pull it off makes me chipper.
This guy I talked to last week graduated last year from engineering school and then did this thing. In 8 months he made 100K working for Crystler. "Fuck engineering" he said. "Too much work"
Anyway...that's about half of what's been going on in my life that I have'nt had the energy to sit down and type and one of the reasons I don't post...and probably will continue to not post as much as I once did.
Plus...I just dont' have much interesting to say.
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Do what you love for sure, we all have our own paths.
My advice for the fist step? read this...
Confessions of a Car Salesman
was..........
indeed.....
gay.
especially when you know what the outcome is going to be before you even start. the snipers always win. every year. i dont know what it is, but its just a fact. not to sound like a sore loser or anything, but im convinced theres some kind of under-the-table-dealings going on......and knowing the snipers.....those shady bastards, i wouldnt doubt it one bit.
my gut reaction: shy away from the car salesman career, theyre in that "loathed" category right up there with lawyers. no matter how good the money is......youre better than that.