(Bio)³ Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 They teach a couple campuses but I know this semester they are at north ridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mlaw Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm a lawyer with my own firm. McHam Law. I do family law, criminal defense, probate and civil litigation. Hopefully one of these days I'll grow the practice to the point that I can have the big office with the giant tank that I've always dreamed of. Sharks anyone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm wanting to own a bar some day.. I'm going to name it Sharkys and put a giant shark tank in it.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 My girlfriend and I own a pet sitting company (soon to be pet services). I worked in every aspect of the pet industry you could imagine. I imported animals out of Africa and Madagascar for a while. Then I went to working retail for a while with ridiculous hours. Due to those hours I got a job working for a veterinary clinic that was great. I then decided to pick up and move from Austin to Los Angeles for a year to see how the stars live. I worked for a Chameleon Rescue there that was basically the main intake for illegally imported chameleons. After realizing that everyone in LA worked 3-4 jobs to make it by until they either became a movie star or worked with a union long enough to sustain a family we decided to move back to Austin and start the Pet Sitting company. I worked an hourly job while my wonderful girlfriend kicked the company in to gear and now we are expanding to become a one stop shop for in home pet care My advice to anyone struggling to get over the $10 per hour hump is to find a way to turn something you love in to an income! We absolutely love caring for animals and it has become a great way to support us! If anyone needs any tips or ideas for growing a new business or just wants to chat about it hit me up! I love hearing how people want to support themselves and break away from making everyone but themselves money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 My girlfriend and I own a pet sitting company (soon to be pet services). I worked in every aspect of the pet industry you could imagine. I imported animals out of Africa and Madagascar for a while. Then I went to working retail for a while with ridiculous hours. Due to those hours I got a job working for a veterinary clinic that was great. I then decided to pick up and move from Austin to Los Angeles for a year to see how the stars live. I worked for a Chameleon Rescue there that was basically the main intake for illegally imported chameleons. After realizing that everyone in LA worked 3-4 jobs to make it by until they either became a movie star or worked with a union long enough to sustain a family we decided to move back to Austin and start the Pet Sitting company. I worked an hourly job while my wonderful girlfriend kicked the company in to gear and now we are expanding to become a one stop shop for in home pet care My advice to anyone struggling to get over the $10 per hour hump is to find a way to turn something you love in to an income! We absolutely love caring for animals and it has become a great way to support us! If anyone needs any tips or ideas for growing a new business or just wants to chat about it hit me up! I love hearing how people want to support themselves and break away from making everyone but themselves money I may need to talk to you. We have a neighbor.. and us.. that will be going out of town over Thanksgiving and may be in need of your services.. They will be getting a new boxer puppy here in about a week.. We have two cats and the two tanks.. They will be gone for a week, and we will only be gone for about 3.5 days. I totally agree with you about the $10 hump around here.. I don't get it.. Thus the reason I work for myself and am thinking of starting a new business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I also want to start my own business but this hobby is what's holding me back. I really need to find a good cruising place on my 90 then I can start saving up. Until then I'll just keep throwing money inside my glass box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I also want to start my own business but this hobby is what's holding me back. I really need to find a good cruising place on my 90 then I can start saving up. Until then I'll just keep throwing money inside my glass box. wah wah wah.... best joke of the day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 ok, no big success story here or great paying job but I can't complain. I have been working for the same car dealership for 17yrs and have worked my way up to a decent salary. I started college right out of high school and that did not turn out like my parents hoped for. It just was not what I wanted to do at that moment. Now, 30 years later I have found what I want to do when I grow up. I started culinary school two years ago and still have about 2 more to go until I can spread my wings and fly away from this job that I have had so long. I'm ready for something different and maybe start of food truck when I"m done. I am a newbie in the reefing world and it has been a bit overwhelming at times but I am learning as I go. I am getting ready to upgrade to a 75 gallon RR tank and am excited about that. I'm sure there will be quite a few posts coming in the near future for advice etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Where are you going to culinary school? I love to cook, but I just do it as a hobby. Food trucks are really picking up popularity these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I am in the ACC culinary program. . Going for my associates...its lots of fun, just wish I could go full-time and get through it quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's cool. There was a time I knew a lot of people at le cordon bleu, but I've heard some bad things about it lately and heard they are only offering certificates now and not a degree. I also knew a lot of people that were private chefs and caterers in Los Angeles. They did very very well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 My brother went to Cordon bleu about 10 years ago. Their biggest problem was their marketing was way overzealous in what an average graduate could expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 yes, a private chef is also something I am considering. Maybe traveling abroad learning some different cuisines is an option too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Little bit of everything, mostly online. Work at home with my wife, so its boring and we don't get out much during the work day... but hey let's me keep an eye on the tank all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Mendez WTR Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hello everybody, been away for awhile but I'm back Just moved over to San Antonio and I have 6 months left in a Police Academy at San Antonio College Looking at hopefully working with AISD PD when I'm down I'm working in Austin on friday and saturday nights at Midtown live on Cameron Rd my tanks are currently down right now as I was moving my fishy friends are staying at a friends tank downgraded to 2 biocubes Very Respectfully, Drew Mendez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibnzmonkey Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This is a great thread! Lets see here... At 18 I joined the Air Force and was accepted into a fast track engineering program. I worked as an avionics technician on F15s while going to school full time. I finished my degree 3 years into my contract. I majored in mechanical engineering. I continued to work on F15s for the remainder of my enlistment. When I got out (2010), work was scarce and I quickly realized I made a huge mistake! Gotta learn though so I took a crappy job. The problem about having Houston as your home town, its that it's hard to get into oil/gas unless you have prior experience or know somebody... I had neither of those two. Fast foward to 2011 and I got a call from Samsung here in Austin asking if I would like to schedule an interview. I had applied months ago but heard no word. I took their offer after the interview and I've been here ever since. I love this town but I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I love charts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This is a great thread! Lets see here......I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc... That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibnzmonkey Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This is a great thread! Lets see here......I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc... That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor I definitely do not see semiconductor as a career choice now that I've been in it for a few years. Trying to break back into aviation at the moment. It's turning out to be much harder to get back into the game when you've been out of it for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This is a great thread! Lets see here... ...I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc... That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor I definitely do not see semiconductor as a career choice now that I've been in it for a few years. Trying to break back into aviation at the moment. It's turning out to be much harder to get back into the game when you've been out of it for a while. Doing what? Avionics tech or design? I'm not sure how much you know of the aviation market in Austin. It's small, and a little slow now. but there may be some stuff around. Where have you been looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibnzmonkey Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) This is a great thread! Lets see here... ...I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc... That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor I definitely do not see semiconductor as a career choice now that I've been in it for a few years. Trying to break back into aviation at the moment. It's turning out to be much harder to get back into the game when you've been out of it for a while. Doing what? Avionics tech or design? I'm not sure how much you know of the aviation market in Austin. It's small, and a little slow now. but there may be some stuff around. Where have you been looking! You're absolutely right. The aviation market in Austin is pretty slim. I'm starting to wonder if it's a "who you know" kind of situation in this town. My experience has been in design, development, maintenance, and repair. My specialty is RADAR systems and Electronics Warfare, but I am well versed on complete packages as well. I even have ample experience working bench testing equipment. To be honest I haven't applied to anywhere in Austin since I really couldnt find anything. I've been looking in Houston, Dallas, surrounding states, etc... Nobody calls back. And If they do, It's to tell me that they want someone local. It's been a real bummer. I might get stuck in Semiconductor.. which from what I hear. Is a real career killer. Edited April 30, 2013 by Ibnzmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason & Amber Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I joined the Army out of high school and after completeing just about all of bootcamp got a medical discharge for asthma. so then I joined a Volunteer fire dept. and after a month of that with 3 calls got bored and signed up to go to UTI. Graduated from there in the top of my class and a Ford certified tech came home and turned wrenches for 5 years decided Im pretty small to be working on diesels and it was very tiring at the end of the day. I then decided to become a service writer which I have now been doing for 4 years at a local Ford dealership. Would really like to find a job with normal hours give me more time for some tanks and my car but gotta take what you can get right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 ... a Ford certified tech came ... service writer for 4 years at a local Ford dealership. I think you should change your name to Focus/Mustang/Fusion/Tarus/F1,2,350/Econoline/Windstar02boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason & Amber Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Maybe but you forgot the Explorer/Escape/Expedition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Ranger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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