aroundtown

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by aroundtown 6y ago
I think an interesting result of this has increased the snobbishness/elitism of UT Grads. Older UT Alums (prior to the 10% rule) are pretty chill people, but the newer ones are universally entitled jerks.
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by aroundtown 6y ago
You too can achieve your goals and dreams with this easy two step process. 1. Be Attractive. 2. Don't be unattractive.
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by aroundtown 6y ago
I thought getting a degree in computer science was my ticket out of poverty and the lower class blue-collar work that has perpetuated my family for generations. Boy was I wrong. Opportunity and pure luck have to be at your back for the kind
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by aroundtown 7y ago
Honestly I'm not. I haven't had a job in 5 years, due in part to relocating for my partner, family health problems, and then my own health problems. I've developed a bad anxiety problem, due in part to the shitty job experien
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by aroundtown 8y ago
Me too. Even though I have big hands, I like a small phone.
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by aroundtown 9y ago
I have the same problem. I've thought about sending out Christmas Cards to all the random people that have revealed to me a little too much information by not minding their email address.
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by aroundtown 9y ago
> I might want to be aware of what's going on. I guess you don't have a problem with other people signing up for services with your email address. I have a <first-initial><middle-initial><last-name>@gmail and
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by aroundtown 9y ago
I know $14 is low, but I was trying to get my foot in the door. I will not live in Houston again. I'd be willing to live in Austin or Dallas, but I need an offer to be able to move.
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by aroundtown 9y ago
I've got a really shoddy work history. What do I need to do to make myself attractive to these places? ie... I graduated 10 years ago, I've got 2 or 3 years programming experience in there mired with periods of unemployment, movin
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by aroundtown 9y ago
I understand that Texas isn't going to pay well, I'm anchored to a wife who has a PhD with extremely limited opportunities that pay decent. So here I am. The $14 was way below market, some web work, some IT, and some updating a pr
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by aroundtown 9y ago
The 45k was in Houston. Worked 10 months before the company decided to offshore everybody but sales. Took that job because I had been looking for a year and this was the first reasonable offer. Didn't negotiate cause I really needed th
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by aroundtown 9y ago
Well this makes me feel terrible... Your sign on was probably for more than I've made in my professional career. My first job after graduating 10 years ago was for 45k per year. I have had an awful lot of bad luck since graduating and