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Re: Granddaughter is off to college


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Posted by PeteTheRookie on August 21, 2012 at 06:07:08 from (74.78.21.209):

In Reply to: Granddaughter is off to college posted by 37Chief on August 20, 2012 at 20:35:45:

Congrats and the grand daughter going off to college. It is a fact that you need at least a BS degree today to get any decent job. My wife has worked with more then one lady who has been denied advancement simply due to no college degree.

St. John"s College of Business Administration,
BS in Accounting Class of "87.

Accounting is a great degree for anyone we intends to work for themselves.

Back when the BB team was called the Redmen and
Lou Carnesecca"s was the coach.

I graduated HS in "79. Did not go to college right away. Was working in a gas station and wanted to be a auto mechanic, have my own garage. After 2 years followed my GF off to college. She got sick and had to come home and I Flunked out. 2 more years later she ran off with one of her college "friends". Learned to never chase after women.
Back to working at gas station. One day slipped and broke my hand in the shop. Got almost $2k from work men"s comp. Used it to pay for my 1st semester at SJU. Back when college was affordable.
Got summer job after Freshman year as a bartender in a Gin mill during the days. So while all my friends were at the beach having fun I started my day M to F cleaning the bar, INCLUDING the bathrooms! WHEW! Worked hard and when one of the nite tenders quit/got kinda fired I started with a couple of nites. Did a decent job and was switched to 4-5 nites a week. Used to tell my Professors to please not be offended if I fall asleep as I work till 4am to pay for school. If they had a issue with that I dropped their class.
Thing was the REAL prof"s who had actually worked before becoming educators understood and even respected my honesty and the fact I was paying my own way.
So after 4 years and my accounting degree, I worked for a small accounting practice in NYC for 2 weeks and quit because it total stunk! LOL.
Got a job(1099 subcontract) installing accounting software. Still working for myself today.
But after 25 years of computers and software I want to get back to working with my hands. I am a pretty good shade tree mechanic and good at diag"ing cars. The computer knowledge helps as today cars are really computers with engines attached.


Pete


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