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Originally Posted by jjtgiants
I've always wanted to get into the private sector, but it's almost impossible to leave the public sector because my health and retirement benefits are so damn good.
That's why it would be hard for me to leave my position. I have full benefits where everything is pretty much covered 100% plus my wife is covered and so will my kids. The best part is, I don't pay a dime for it. My retirement is pretty damn good as well. People either love or hate where I work, but I think many healthcare organizations will start following our model in the way we are doing things.
 
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
That's why it would be hard for me to leave my position. I have full benefits where everything is pretty much covered 100% plus my wife is covered and so will my kids. The best part is, I don't pay a dime for it. My retirement is pretty damn good as well. People either love or hate where I work, but I think many healthcare organizations will start following our model in the way we are doing things.
Exactly, if it were just me i'd be a little more inclined to test the private sector, but I have a baby and wife to worry about now so the cost of healthcare is a big deal. I'm pretty sure I know what healthcare provider you work for and I have to say they are my favorite to deal with from a work stand point. We work a lot with your community benefit/government relations people around supporting community health programs They've also been the leader in electronic medical records which is pretty cool as well.

We in the public sector call our medical benefits/retirement the "golden handcuffs". ha ha ha.

I have a buddy that works for a very successful machine shop and he makes pretty damn good money, but **** he pays like $800 a month out of his pocket to cover his wife and kid. While his salary might be high, at the end of the day it's not really because of the cost of healthcare.

In another thread I said if I could go back to college I would have picked a major having to do with the healthcare field. That's where it's at right now.....that and the green industry.
 
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Old 03-24-2009, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jjtgiants
Exactly, if it were just me i'd be a little more inclined to test the private sector, but I have a baby and wife to worry about now so the cost of healthcare is a big deal. I'm pretty sure I know what healthcare provider you work for and I have to say they are my favorite to deal with from a work stand point. We work a lot with your community benefit/government relations people around supporting community health programs They've also been the leader in electronic medical records which is pretty cool as well.

We in the public sector call our medical benefits/retirement the "golden handcuffs". ha ha ha.

I have a buddy that works for a very successful machine shop and he makes pretty damn good money, but **** he pays like $800 a month out of his pocket to cover his wife and kid. While his salary might be high, at the end of the day it's not really because of the cost of healthcare.

In another thread I said if I could go back to college I would have picked a major having to do with the healthcare field. That's where it's at right now.....that and the green industry.
I'm pretty positive you know exactly who I'm talking about.haha. I actually work with one of the teams who does the back end support and build for our eletronic charting system. One of our friends is a teacher and she gets paid a little more than some teachers in other area's, but she has to pay like $900 a month for medical insurance. Once she gets married she can join her husbands plan and then pocket that $900. Pretty stupid how they work those things out.

By the way, to kind of stay on point, I've thought about finishing up my degree and going for some form of healthcare management.
 
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Oh and I also attended Northern Michigan University up in Marquette, MI for 2 years from fall 06 to spring 08. As a marketing major as well however I hated it there and Texas State is much better
 
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Oh and I also attended Northern Michigan University up in Marquette, MI for 2 years from fall 06 to spring 08. As a marketing major as well however I hated it there and Texas State is much better
No No No Texas in general is much better.
 
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right now im at Del Mar College West Campus taking Intro to Auto Mech.

my major is Surveying but its not a bad idea to take sum extra classes
 
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Originally Posted by Dave04Mustang
Oh and I also attended Northern Michigan University up in Marquette, MI for 2 years from fall 06 to spring 08. As a marketing major as well however I hated it there and Texas State is much better
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No No No Texas in general is much better.
Bahahaha. You haters. What's so bad about 0-40 degree weather from November-April? And not to mention all the job opportunities.
 
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Originally Posted by Must See
Just wanted to see what everyones major was in college.

If you didnt go to college where are you working now and doing what?

If your currently in college what is your major?

If you graduated from college what was your degree and where are you working now?

If your still in Highschool what do you want to major in/ do with your life?


and Jack please dont go off on your college is for suckers tangent thanks

Lol.... College is not for suckers. It is expencive as hell but offers a far more rounded education than a trade/vocational school.

personally im more of a meat/potatoes and lets get right down to the heart of the matter, so i would be too impatient in college taking 18th century russian literature when im trying to learn to become a geologist. lol


To answer the question though..

I did not go to college, i went into the USAF. Now im working as a telecommunications network analyst (voice network not data) for a pretty stable company. I could go to college and get a degree, but in this career having a degree does not get you any further.
 
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I'll have my BA in Communication Studies in 2 months. I have an AA in Liberal Arts and a certificate in Digital Media, as well. I'm thinking about taking an e-commerce business class and a welding class, after I get my BA in May. Yes, a girl who wants to learn how to weld
 
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Currently at a JuCo finishing up my basics. looking to transfer to UT of Arlington spring of 2010 where ill majory in civil engineering and minor in business
 
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I originally went to school for drafting, then i switched over to medical, did my EMT-B, paramedics. But halfway through that I landed a job for a frieght company as an admin assistant and now im a freight broker. I sit in a chair calling truckers all day, dispatching them, and getting a brokers fee. Dont think i'll ever leave here. Theres a lot of freight brokers I work with making way over 6 figures a year, even in these tough times.
 
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I have an A/S degree in Public Communcations and I am a few credits shy of a A/S in fire science.
I am also a graduate of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and continue to take continuing eucation courses from there.
 
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Originally Posted by AngelHaze
I'll have my BA in Communication Studies in 2 months. I have an AA in Liberal Arts and a certificate in Digital Media, as well. I'm thinking about taking an e-commerce business class and a welding class, after I get my BA in May. Yes, a girl who wants to learn how to weld
And you apparently have a 60s stang.

You are awesome.



I'm majoring in Advertising (communication arts)
 
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you can get a degree in dance??
 
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Originally Posted by SPiNz
you can get a degree in dance??
you just humped a man leg. welcome to miami!
 

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Originally Posted by zigzagg321
you just humped a man leg. welcome to miami!
what did you get a degree in again?

Thats right nevermind... you wash cars for a living...

Based on all the upgrades on your mustang I can tell you succeeded in your career.
 
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Originally Posted by SPiNz
what did you get a degree in again?

Thats right nevermind... you wash cars for a living...

Based on all the upgrades on your mustang I can tell you succeeded in your career.
I'm pretty sure he's a tech at a BMW dealership or something. Even is he did wash and detail cars for a living, if it made him happy and could make a living off of it, then why not
 
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Originally Posted by SPiNz
what did you get a degree in again?

Thats right nevermind... you wash cars for a living...

Based on all the upgrades on your mustang I can tell you succeeded in your career.

nice try asswipe.. psychology. but im a BMW tech.. I like ******* with people's cars more than people's heads..

and, im not sure what the mods I did to my old stang have anything to do with education level. At least I can say mommy and daddy had nothing to do with my purchases. and even if they didnt buy them for you...you live rent free, allowing you to have play money for your cars.. Id be saving for my own place...but thats just me... I like to have things that are 100% mine and 100%aquired by my own hard work.
 

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lol
 
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*raises hand*


I detail cars...
 
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Originally Posted by PColav6
*raises hand*


I detail cars...
Nothing wrong with that. You need to come detail my car. It needs one badly.
 
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
Nothing wrong with that. You need to come detail my car. It needs one badly.
Want to fly me out there?
 
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Originally Posted by PColav6
Want to fly me out there?
How about I pick you up from the airport?
 
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i have a BA on Network Technology
 


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