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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:11 PM Original message |
A friend's son graduates college next week and has a $65K job waiting |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. What should you make of it? |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good for him |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm majoring in Poli Sci and Philosophy. I'm going to be homeless |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Hey. Go into politics. Lotsa good money there. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. You can start by sending jokes to Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. That would be epic. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Poly Sci and Econ here, don't really know what I'm going to do either |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. It'll give you time to think. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. I know a guy who has a poly sci degree from Cornell |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Yep.... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds like a hard working young man, that's what you should make of it. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. What's "to make of it?" Looks like he worked hard, picked a good field, and had a bit of luck.. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good for him. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. There's nothing TO make of it. Kid went to college, is getting a |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. ? |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes! Who are YOU to make something of it? I'm sure a lot of DUers started at 65K out of school - |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Bitter? Party of one? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Still on your anti-sci-fi kick, I see. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. You sound bitter. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. See, now this a perfect example of why I would sooner put a gun to my head |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Did an IT employee attack you with a kung-fu grip? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. Nah, us nerds are nonviolent. More likely, one banged his girlfriend. -nt |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Did a computer science major beat you up and steal your girlfriend in college? |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
47. NERRRRRRDDDDS!!!!!! |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Right you are, Lamar. n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. Quiet down or I'll turn off your internet |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. no, you quiet down or I'll turn off YOUR Internet |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. aerospace is code for war machine. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Well they make civilian aircraft as well |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Bingo! I see you're the only one who gets it. n/t |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. That was what I immediately thought as well |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. "War machine" is code for jealous nt |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. For what shall it profit a man, |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. $65K is not the World, and |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Damn you are quick on the reflexes there. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Really? Working for an unspecified aerospace company in some unspecified capacity |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. It's amusing, at least. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. So working on the website of a company with any connection to the military will cost him his soul? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. My dad works in aerospace |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Uh, yes it is. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. If you consider the ISS and/or the space shuttle part of the "war machine" |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. You think NASA is purely a civilian endeavor? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Of course there is a relationship between the military and NASA. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. So the shuttle and ISS are part of the "war machine"? n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Your disconnect is astounding. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. What do you do for a living? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. So someone who works at a Kroger that any military personnel shop at are also culpable? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. What about the janitor working at Blackwater? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. No, it's not |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. How many totally honest professions are there out there? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm glad someone will have a job right out of college these days |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is so sad to see kids contribute their skills to yuck. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. And you are certain about this, how? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Today, a job is a job, |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Heh, I once turned down an offer to study at Livermore Labs... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. In every way, |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
70. Right decision |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't get the point of this. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. ONE nice story......but there are tens of thousands of graduates THIS YEAR |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Figure out how to be a CEO of a bank/financial firm and your "reward" will be truly remarkable. eom |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. It happens |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds like one kid won't have to work |
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Jimbo S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'm not seeing anything wrong |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. Job Churning... probably let the old guy who was making 6figures go |
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deoxyribonuclease (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. There are still science and engineering jobs for new grads |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. LOL. Ha. I pay $75 K. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. I took a job out of college 26 years ago with a defense contractor also. |
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seahorse19 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. I still am not receiving...Are you saying that the salary is low? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. "It's who ya know, not what ya know?" |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Or, maybe he's a smart young man that worked really hard, and is about to be rewarded? n/t |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. That's good pay. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
68. Feh--Liberal Arts grads get squat compared to that. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
73. Lucky Dog! |
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