/wg/ wagie general - weekend edition

im a (cute) software developer at a big automotive company doing some low-level and safety-critical implementations, pay is pretty good as well
it really comfy when there isnt much to do, but every autumn and every spring there are one or two big deadlines and around those its easy for stress to build up
more so when you work at the lowest level programming everything that the applicationfags take for granted (they cant do their stuff unless my stuff works)
my coworkers are more autistic than what you describe yours as but its still a normalfriend bunch
some star trek, star wars, game of thrones and entry-level anime figures arent rare to find around the office
most people are noticeably uncomfortable maintaining a conversation
coffee is free but it will give you gastric ulcers because its shit, i feel genuine resentment towards hr and applicationfags because they have a modern coffee machine that makes really good coffee while we at the bottom end of the working barrel get a decade old rube goldberg machine that might as well pour shit into your mug

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I'm off most Wednesdays, except for those Wednesdays when I am either cutting the lawn at work, or those other Wednesdays when the bosses are on vacation and we're a little short-staffed

heres a wagie discord i guess
WCRbEee
i'll include it in the next op if im the one making the next /wg/

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Post boipussy

Thanks for the discord will be joining when I get to my desktop.

After being a NEET for like 6 years my mom made me get a job. Now I'm basically a grunt for a glazier, generally hauling shit around. Honestly it's way more comfy than it sounds because I have very relaxed hours (only 2-3 days a week and like 6 hour average a day) and the work is very easy most days with most of the hours being spent driving from client to client or watching my boss work (because I'm not qualified to do much else besides carrying stuff and minor shit like fixing screws/nails/etc.)
Could definately be worse.

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sounds comfy

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Launching my first business idea in 2 weeks on the web!

It's not an amazing idea but I feel doing something rather than nothing is a good way to get started, I've already seen a few better ones along the way but it's good to finish things I feel.

Whats the idea? Or at least the general guidelines? Am curious what you anons are planning.

Accounting student going for a clerk certificate (too broke to afford real college) living in SE Iowa. Terrified I won't be able to get a job without any experience.

I just passed two years of experience at my first job as a software developer

What am I supposed to do now?

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Go for three years.
Take on additional projects.
Try to get into project management.

What type of job are you hoping to get with the certificate?

Bookkeeper or clerk/staff accountant. Nothing huge. Just enough to get my feet wet and not starve. Ideally, a position that will help pay for a Bachelor's and CPA or CMA.

>HVAC engineer
It's okay. Some people I work with are cool. At work, I sit at a desk and click on a computer all day. Turns out, that's what I do on weekends too. I ride my bike to work and spend not much money so I have the rest available for investing. I want to retire early.

Sounds like a reasonable plan. I wish you good luck.

Thank you. Problem is, experience is mandatory even for entry-level jobs...

what kind of bike? i bought a kawasaki vulcan earlier this year and im thoroughly enjoying driving it

This kind of bike. It's actually awesome and I genuinely look forward to my commute. I feel very smug when all my coworkers show up late because there was a crash on the interstate or something.

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oh i see
good for you i guess
my work is just a tad too far away for me to comfortably use a manual bike
i bought one of those for like $1k or something but i have literally not used it once in the last year

Just working this weekend. Trying to finish up an audit then working on extensions for a client. I work harder than every single one of you. I scoff at your "9 to 5."

>IT Contractor
>Shit is too easy
>Miss having benefits
>Clients never pay on time
>Get my schedule at 7am every day
>Longest working day was 32 hours nonstop
Finally finished updating my resume, hopefully I can get a comfy position somewhere. Will start my own business after I save up enough. Current situation is too inconsistent despite decentish money. I'm afraid the burnout won't go away in time for me to keep up the standards I set for myself in a new profession. Been practicing interviews in the mirror and I just look defeated. I'm a good actor, but my eyes don't lie. I stopped with the weed a few months ago but there isnt much difference. Can't keep my weight up either and I feel like I may fall ill from this stress. Im almost out but goddamnit I am starting to worry that a new job won't change anything for me. I was not born for the mundane and I am anything but complacent, but a dissonance is growing and it's a shame.

>accountingfag
>going to lose comfy private office by end of month and they're moving us into cubicles
Thinking of jumping ship. I'm only here 6 more months anyway before I take another job.

Are you in public accounting? I work in tax (audit tax provisions, tax prep, and consulting).

How do you guys like public? I want to go industry, but I've heard you need to do a few years of public first to get your bona fides.

>watch rich people talking of business on youtub
any recommendations?
no idea where to start

Work hard and save money. Sell all your shit. Then go travel for a year with a backpack. Settle down in a new place when you get back.

t. felt like you and did exactly that

protip: if you're under 30, you can get working holiday visas for some countries. A year where you're allowed to work.

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No, private. I'm an invoice monkey. It's gay and boring but with the private office it was at least /comfy./
False. Companies love 3 years of big 4 on resumes but there's enough you can go straight to private if you're willing to start with a shitty salary.
still better than studying for the cpa exam. Fuck that shit.

I think about doing this frequently. Any recommended places to backpack and/or work?

I'm 26, thinking of doing that too. My websites are almost up, I'm going to babysit them for a few months and try to drum up traffic/clients, then run away for a year.

Still , posting from PC now.

Can you maybe give me some advice on landing my first job? I'll blog post a bit: I'm 35, never had a career before this (NEET, failed student, string of jobs best suited to high school age kids). Finally trying to get my shit in order, and since I got fired and exhausted my unemployment from a prior job, I could do an accounting clerk cert for free at the local community college (basically, it's all the accounting classes in their AA degree with the general education credits stripped out, which I already have from a three-year stint at a private U anyway).

I'm basically just looking for experience at this point, and to put what I'm studying into practice. I'm half done right now, graduating in Jan-Feb next year. Big 4 is not going to happen for me, and I'm not looking to hit CFO levels. What should I do?

I saved up $15k and did 7 months in Japan and 7 months in Australia. Look into what options you have and pick one you'd like to go to. As for jobs, pick them up as they come. I recommend doing WWOOF'ing and travel around the country by staying with different locals. You really get to meet some interesting people.

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Oh, the IP didn't change. Neat.

The only thing stopping you is yourself.

Granted, for me it was either doing something drastic or literally kill myself. So I fucked off to the other side of the planet to get a grip.

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I'm feeling the same. I want to cut everyone off and run away.

What's the minimum it would cost to do this?

Like 10k for a year if you WWOOF and hitchhike. Which is what I recommend.

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Whelp I have that.

I'm still living with my parents and have single mom syndrome, I want to get away to reset myself but I'm scared.

Don't be. Go out there and greet everything with a smile and the curiosity it deserves. People are not scary, in fact you'll be surprised how helpful most are.

I did a lot of stupid shit, and I survived. The stories I can tell now. Again, the only thing holding you back is yourself. with

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I guess I need to pick a country. Japan doesn't interest me that much. Australia is just Canada but Hot... maybe somewhere else in asia.

where would you stay overnights?

Check what WHV agreements your country has. I was lucky Japan was one of those I could get in to.

Have a story I regret. Do better than me, user.

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Nice bro. I want to go be an english teacher (applying this october for ship-out in spring/summer). I want to get down to a backpack and a duffel bag's worth of earthly possessions, no family to leave my shit with.
What do you own?
Idk bruh I lucked into my current job, the degree helped. Sign with a temp agency to get some 3 month gig on your resume then get a real job if you can.

While hitchhiking I'd set up my tent wherever. Even slept in parks and parking lots. Just pack up as soon as you wake up. Always be polite and ask permission.

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Right now I'm back home getting my shit back together, but I definitely feel less materialistic than before. Your priorities change for the better from such a trip. I went with a backpack with enough gear to comfortably survive innawoods if it came to it, but I'm a veteran /out/ist.

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Canada has a bunch, I'm right at the end of being too old for them, this is my chance.

I've got to fucking do it, or I'm going to die.

hop job and get a 50% raise

DO IT FAGGOT

It'll be the best decision you'll ever make, and you'll make friends for life along the way.

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Work in the civil service, its solid aside from having to take phone calls from the general public. Those are their own circle of hell. I work in a lab, but am too incompetent to do any of the real tests so I get grunt work, which is fair. I'm not in with management which isn't great. They don't go out of the way to make things bad, but being sort of a second class citizen means I always feel like an outsider. I was hoping XRP would be my way out, oh boy I guess it is since this blood bath makes me think about eating lead good. Moral is, if you want decent money dont go into science. Private, public or academic you will be poor and at the mercy of funding.

Thanks for the advice. I hadn't even considered temping!

>see
>this

Now I just need to get over my single mom complex.

Thanks user, I think I'll start this winter or something.

I was raised by a single mom too. Start to introspect and realize how she's been holding you back.

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and where would you take showers, brush teeths, etc?

Also, start right now. The world is waiting for you.

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Usually I'd only travel for a day or two between WWOOF hosts. Otherwise at hostels, or in the case of Japan, at sentou or onsen.

What's the process of getting these visas?

engineering manager.

tips: be yourself but not a dick. be willing to compromise. tell people (above you) what you want. be willing to walk away.

we had a "we're getting hacked" scare last week because the last person in my position wrote his code to update 25 tokens... which somehow hit the database 9 million times. what. the. fuck.

the worst part? i haven't had time to figure out why it hit the db that many times because i'm in so many meetings. fuck.

nice, are you fluent in japanese? is it needed to travel there?

Also how does this WWOOF thing work?

>what do you do
IT monkey for a medium sized company
>and how do you enjoy it
i've started slowing down my work considerably so i spend more time shitposting than actually working.
Also started just flat out stealing equipment here when I realized literally nothing is actually accounted for. Mining shitcoins with the new equipment. Selling the old shit on ebay.

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>find country that has WHV agreement with yours
>look on their embassy website what is required
>deliver the required stuff to them
>wait
>receive visa

It's pretty straight forward.

Also, speaking of hot springs, there's a certain hostel in a certain onsen town where there's a deliberately placed peel hole from the men's section into the women's section. Never in my life have I taken more baths than when I worked there.

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How do you get people to hire you in a foreign country? I'm finding it impossible to even get hired in my own.

I knew how to say good morning and thank you when I got there. Now I'm a lot better. You can get by with body language and pointing to a large degree.

You sign up for a specific country's WWOOF website. You make a profile and pay a minor fee, then you get access to hundreds of hosts around the country. These are mainly farms, but can also be hostels or cafés. You contact these hosts and ask if you can stay with them for a specific period. If they accept you, you go and work for them for room and board. It's about 6 hours of work a day with 1-2 days off a week, and you get to live among the locals and experience the culture.

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>that fruity ass who actually thinks there’s a woman on the other side of a gloryhole

Just mingle. Especially in Asia you get hired for being a novelty foreigner. Once got shitfaced in a fancy bar with two elderly Japanese businessmen. By the end of the night I had a job offer and a guarantee for cheap lodgings.

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I need to do a bunch of research into this. How important is knowing the language?

How do you set up health insurance?

It's a peek hole. Completely invisible on the women's side, but tactically located on the men's side.

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I work part time (20 hours a week) at a Petco and have been there for a year. I am 19 and am in college right now. Lately my boss has been calling me asking me to come in on my days off. The last two times I was busy and he's complained that he gets me days off when I need them (not all the time) and that I barely help out when it's needed (not true either, I've gone in on my days off a couple times). Is he justified in being annoyed by my behavior? Should I look for a job that can offer more to me? A friend said I should look into IT Help Desk jobs since they'll offer more real world experience. Sorry for the blog post, just wanted to get another angle on this situation.

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Not at all. English can get you really far. Also, get travel insurance that covers health insurance as well. Many WHV's requires it.

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>WHV agreement
Wish the US had one with Japan. Quick search says americans can go to
>Singapore
>New Zealand
>Australia
>South Korea
>Ireland

Cool. I'm going to spend a solid month researching this while I launch my first company, I want to have that running smoothly before I hop off.

Thanks for reminding me this opportunity exists, I have so many ideas I want to get out there, but I do need a change of scenery to escape.

That's retail for you: the people who do their jobs pick up the slack for the majority that don't. Make it clear to your boss you're not their go-to workhorse and you're not available on the days off you've requested because - get this - you made plans since you didn't think you'd be working.

If they don't like it, you're 19. Fuck 'em, find a new gig.

Study networking, get CCNA, apply for NOC gigs, work 3rd shift spending 8 hours playing vidya and watching TV. What are you doing with your life user?

>be me a neet
>had a child at 20
>gota get out their and provide now
>start truck driving
>the only way to make more money driving trucks is to work harder
>wake up everyday at 3am and slave away for 10+ hours for 70k a year
>5 years later ive worked with boomers and grandpas my whole life who all have bionic knees and hunchbacks
> im starting to loose all creativity, youth, and start to feel my inner boomer set in due to my lifstyle
>look into multiple ways to GTFO of the wageslave life. but (they) have stolen my mind and body ....BUT NOT MY PRIDE vegeta.png
>i hear someone talking about cryptos and how coinbase is a simple normalfag way to get in
>start buying some litecoin with the crumbs im able to save every week

q: for normal fags like myself. lets say i got 50 bucks every so often whats my best bet when buying cryptos. and dont shill me Jow Forumsbois

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>Glory hole
i would never. can you imagine one day some feminist cunt is on the other side and decideds to cut your shit off

Thank you for the advice user. This is my first job so I didn't really know what the expectations are for this type of thing. I work hard when I'm there, but in the big picture I could care less about the job since for me it's just a way for me to make money.

Also there are no fucking jobs in vancouver lol, what a shit city this is.

>tfw 29 this year
I'm doomed

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Dan lok.
Also the guy who wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad. And also the guy who wrote Your first 100 million, his name is Dan something too.

Watch their videos and jewtube will recommend you more good people too.

im feeling similar akari-poster
i turn 30 in a few months and i've been at the same job for the last 6 years, ever since i got out of uni basically
i dont ever see myself climbing the corporate ladder either because its more work than im prepared to put in

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I write parking tickets on the weekend as a supplement and safety net for my stock trading. Pay is okay, job is a joke. There are maybe a hundred cars in my whole area and minimal turnover so generally speaking I work for an hour at start of shift, so nothing for six hours, put in another hour at the end and then call it a day. Management doesn't work weekends, it's just me and one other guy.

>50 bucks
>makes 70k
>only has 50 bucks to invest
Buy ten bullets, shoot yourself nine times and leave the last one to your kid as his inheritance.

>Making a pastebin just have a pastebin
What are you going to put in it that justifies putting it in the OP you retards
>Discord
Trust me you don't want this. It will create a civil shitposting war.

Are you me? Exactly same here.
I have no interest at all in getting more responsibilities, shit is hell, my manager can't even get more than 10 days of vacation, and even during that he needs to be available literally all the time.
Nope, fuck that.

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>Work hard on it for a year or so to build clientele and a system
this is how I can tell you never successfully started a business before

Not all companies are like that.

yeah, whenever i see my boss' schedule user..
i cant even imagine how a human person would assume that kind of work and responsibility for barely double the pay

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it was just a lowball dollar amount that i might use for my ONIONS lattes every week that i wouldnt care to spend on a crypto