Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 103 Location: Singapore Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:05 am Post subject:
DragonSpirit164 wrote:
Hmmm I don't know about schools here easing the tension because i have been living in the UK as a citizen for 6 years prior to my enlistment..
About stars and musicians, they will have to serve military service in one way or another... they may not go through the usual soldier life like the rest, but they will be part of the military band or something I guess...
We do not get a choice of our branch, as all males will be trained infantry soldiers. Only after will you get posted to either a staff (like me), instructional or command appointment (of which you have no choice as well). You do get the choice however, if you sign on and make military life your career...
As for the general stance towards NS, I would say that most of us are pretty proud to be serving our country, but 2.5 years really is too long I feel. Most of my friends are already in 3rd year University, whereas I've sorta come to a stop... kind of like just sitting here waiting for Feb 2005 to come...
1 more yr to ORD. although i havent served my full NS obligation (served 1/2 a yr b4 disrupting), i still got to go abck later. Actually army is ok lah. 2.5 yrs? yes i noe its long, but the army really changes u (provided u dun cao keng n siam everything). haha but its still a bitch !
anyway, although i'm a student. i lead the worst kind of student life :p med sch sux ...
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:07 am Post subject:
Nismo wrote:
My job is great - I get paid 3000 Yen an hour to be friends with Japanese girls. All we do is sit around in Mr. Donuts drinking coffee while chatting..
enjoy it while you can, 'cause when you get older, you'll need a new line of work. By then, you won't be 'flava of the month'. No disrespect, just reality check. _________________
enjoy it while you can, 'cause when you get older, you'll need a new line of work. By then, you won't be 'flava of the month'. No disrespect, just reality check.
I was thinkin' the same thing: when I was living at home, I had craploads of disposable income and living large... Moving out saned me right up.
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:26 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
I was thinkin' the same thing: when I was living at home, I had craploads of disposable income and living large... Moving out saned me right up..
Great minds think alike! About my line of work, I love my job too, but what I don't like coming up is my annual review tomorrow. *gulp* man i hate those.... _________________
Great minds think alike! About my line of work, I love my job too, but what I don't like coming up is my annual review tomorrow. *gulp* man i hate those....
Good luck on that, bud...
Speaking of work, I suppose I should do some... Troubleshooting hardware is such a thrill...
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:53 am Post subject:
DragonSpirit164 wrote:
We do not get a choice of our branch, as all males will be trained infantry soldiers. Only after will you get posted to either a staff (like me), instructional or command appointment (of which you have no choice as well). You do get the choice however, if you sign on and make military life your career...
I'm not too familiar with the military in Singapore but I guess a good thing is that you don't have to be stationed too far right? Like here in the US, many military people have to stay in Iraq without seeing their families for 10 months or more. In Singapore, you probably get to visit your family often?
Also, no threat of war right? So, that's a good thing. I remember after 9/11 reading about terrorism areas and I think I saw Singapore as an area some terrorist may stay or cause problems but I'm guessing for the mandatory military, there must be a reason for this. I know with South Korea...pretty much to defend against North Korea thus the mandatory military but what about Singapore?
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:57 am Post subject:
niko2x wrote:
Great minds think alike! About my line of work, I love my job too, but what I don't like coming up is my annual review tomorrow. *gulp* man i hate those....
I think I have one of the greatest IT jobs in the World!
Basically, I work for a Hawaii-based IT company that once specialized in contract work with the US Federal Government. Since then, our company has become more of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) than a contracting company. And, virtually all of the contracts we had expired.
Except one... which is mine!
So basically, I'm working at a military site on contract, as a senior systems administrator. At one time we had roughly 350 PCs on what we call the "legacy" network, which I've helped build and maintain since 1997. Very recently, a much larger contractor hired by the DoD is combining the thousands of these smaller networks into one huge network. As a result, our entire user base and some of the networking services have been moved to the new wide-area network, which means they're out of my hands. What we're left with is just a few servers. However, it's just enough servers where my my services are still needed. Therefore, my contract continues to be extended year after year. I'm up for renewal this coming September, but more likely I'll be extended until the year 2006.
So, from 8 to 4 each weekday, I spend the first two hours looking over several dozen logs, update anti-virus definition files, push any patches/hotfixes that are needed, and write reports. Then, for the remaining six hours, I have to st in the server room and be available to answer the telephone and fix any problems that pop up. There are hardly any problems that pop up, therefore for the six hours I spend the time burning JDorama CD-Rs and bothering you guys on the message boards.
I think I have one of the greatest IT jobs in the World!
Basically, I work for a Hawaii-based IT company that once specialized in contract work with the US Federal Government. Since then, our company has become more of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) than a contracting company. And, virtually all of the contracts we had expired.
Except one... which is mine!
So basically, I'm working at a military site on contract, as a senior systems administrator. At one time we had roughly 350 PCs on what we call the "legacy" network, which I've helped build and maintain since 1997. Very recently, a much larger contractor hired by the DoD is combining the thousands of these smaller networks into one huge network. As a result, our entire user base and some of the networking services have been moved to the new wide-area network, which means they're out of my hands. What we're left with is just a few servers. However, it's just enough servers where my my services are still needed. Therefore, my contract continues to be extended year after year. I'm up for renewal this coming September, but more likely I'll be extended until the year 2006.
So, from 8 to 4 each weekday, I spend the first two hours looking over several dozen logs, update anti-virus definition files, push any patches/hotfixes that are needed, and write reports. Then, for the remaining six hours, I have to st in the server room and be available to answer the telephone and fix any problems that pop up. There are hardly any problems that pop up, therefore for the six hours I spend the time burning JDorama CD-Rs and bothering you guys on the message boards.
This post should be in a "I like my job" thread... Grrr.
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 539 Location: Australia Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:54 am Post subject:
groink wrote:
I think I have one of the greatest IT jobs in the World!
Basically, I work for a Hawaii-based IT company that once specialized in contract work with the US Federal Government. Since then, our company has become more of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) than a contracting company. And, virtually all of the contracts we had expired.
Except one... which is mine!
So basically, I'm working at a military site on contract, as a senior systems administrator. At one time we had roughly 350 PCs on what we call the "legacy" network, which I've helped build and maintain since 1997. Very recently, a much larger contractor hired by the DoD is combining the thousands of these smaller networks into one huge network. As a result, our entire user base and some of the networking services have been moved to the new wide-area network, which means they're out of my hands. What we're left with is just a few servers. However, it's just enough servers where my my services are still needed. Therefore, my contract continues to be extended year after year. I'm up for renewal this coming September, but more likely I'll be extended until the year 2006.
So, from 8 to 4 each weekday, I spend the first two hours looking over several dozen logs, update anti-virus definition files, push any patches/hotfixes that are needed, and write reports. Then, for the remaining six hours, I have to st in the server room and be available to answer the telephone and fix any problems that pop up. There are hardly any problems that pop up, therefore for the six hours I spend the time burning JDorama CD-Rs and bothering you guys on the message boards.
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject:
niko2x wrote:
Software QA. And you?
I own a small but growing multi-disciplinary communications firm and I'm also an entertainment freelance writer. Decided to go into self-employment after the dot.bomb. All my friends were losing their jobs from major dot.com companies and entertainment companies, I was in the same position and decided to take a break from corporate and PR firm life and finally meet one goal in my life to start my own company.
Still in the early stages (going on my third year) and I have my good months and bad months but decent enough to stay away from corporate life for now...but I do miss the stable paycheck and income but the tradeoff is I don't have to worry about working 24/7, insane deadlines and annual budget reviews, incompetent staff, the IT questions when our IT guys are gone on break or location and all that stress...especially waiting forever on the 101 or 405 but most of all more time to spend with my wife and my 1-year old son.
I still have my share of headaches but this time I guess I'm having fun and my heart is in it. With PR...with high tech...it was really hard for me to get excited about promoting microchips or the latest hardware (although all my friends are saying get back into it to promote Voice Over IP) and no mood to get back into political PR but with fortunately with my business, can still do entertainment PR and that it keeps me happy.
Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 411 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:
groink wrote:
I think I have one of the greatest IT jobs in the World!
So basically, I'm working at a military site on contract, as a senior systems administrator. --- groink
And the beauty of it..."Senior Systems Administrator" is a good title to have=a good salary=good golf clubs! Hehe..
I think my golf game is the worst part about me having a business. Even back when I had my corporate job, it seems that everyone plays golf. I played golf a lot in my younger years but my clubs are still the one that I played with back in HS...those heavy steel very early 90's ones.
I get invited almost on a weekly basis to play golf and my business associates and friends are either members of a country club, compete or go almost every other day. It's a downer because I usually turn them down because my golf game is not that good (+35 handicap), I have archaic golf clubs and I can't justify spending $35-45 for 18 holes every other day or weekend like they can. [I guess I would rather spend on taking my wife out to dinner, buying clothes, a new tie, DVD or video game] My friends and associates do this so frequently...and they are so stoked (happy). Golf is so much a part of their life. I wish I could muster the same enthusiasm.
I only play if it can help business relations or for networking but it seems after I leave the course... I think about how much I spent on 18 holes that day...
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About my line of work, I love my job too, but what I don't like coming up is my annual review tomorrow. *gulp* man i hate those....
