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Originally Posted by Rathji
Oh, how little you know!
Thank you for the words of encouragement though. It wasn't easy to go back, but the industry I was in was brutal on the body so it was going to happen sooner or later.
The most nerve racking part of the whole thing though was finding my first job in the industry. Imagine walking into companies applying for IT positions with a resume that says "Hacked apart dead cows for 12 years". Places that are the tech equivalent to working at McDonalds were turning me down.
Lucky for me I found a place that was willing to take a flyer on me, and it has worked out quite well.
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That's awesome.
I think we discussed this before-my family had a meat packing/slaughterhouse business in NJ. It is brutal. So glad you are out of that.
Carrying mail is tough on the body too. And the boredom and repetition (to me) is insane. And the ever present threat of getting into a wreck and getting fired. it is not what some people think it is.
I already have a plan for whatever personal financial collapse I might face. I'll just put a used double wide on the partial swampland i bought for 3K. Yes, i wanted swamp--if the area is partially unbuildable, all I have is gators for neighbors
