What the hell am I doing? Surely this is not real life?

[White trash]

Preferably a bike shop with broadband Internet access??

The only kind to work/lounge at.

[HanaBelle]

Get yourself a job in a bike shop.

I wake up every morning and think, "Fuck, I can't wait to get to work!" Probably contributed to the dismal failure of my relationship with my wife but maybe not.

I'm the luckiest son of a bitch I know to love my job so much.

A question: did you find the job looking at ads, or use the much more likely to succeed when youre running down your dream "turn up lots and get to know the people and make it clear its your dream job til you get it" method? If it was the first, you are indeed very lucky...

Antallica - coaching is good for identifying what you really would love to do...if youre not sure, try writing down your Job From Hell specs and then work out what the opposite is, thats the specs of a job you might like...

There are also folks on here with skills they are offering to share....Im feeling all warm and soft and cuddly just cos the world has still got it in it to reach out like that to a young guy who asked for it...hot damn, makes a difference in my day to witness it...

The other day I was whinging to myself intensely concerning the procession of cars on the motorway and why did we arrange like in such a sucky boring purposeless fashion...until I saw the birds...just kinda flying around huntin and gathering...just like we do, really..

How resourceful are you, just by the way? My mate grew up incredibly poor and knows every trick there is for avoiding paying for things...like rummaging through skips...using trademe as a clearance house...picking up anything that might be useful to someone and trading trading trading...if you dont look like a serial killer apparently you can even go knock on houses and ask them to let you rummage in their sheds and under their houses..cut deals with them to set a rock bottom price for stuff and if it makes a profit on trademe you keep it...or self active things like that...

I can link you up with my mate, maybe? Hes in chch and email capable. Doesnt own a bike but. Tightest bastard I ever met! :-)

HBelle

[Antallica]

Haha I knew this would happen.

People say that it's easier to find work when you're in a job, well fuck that for a bunch of bananas. Now that I'm in the job I don't want I'm more tied down than before. I can't even go looking for work in my own town than Auckland where I want to be.

Would absolutely love to work in a Motorcycle shop. I'm in the wrong bloody town. Anyone have some advice as to how to get outta here, move to Auck and try to live at the same time? Could use sale of FXR to keep me going as I live with the grandparents and look for work.

Hmm....

[Hitcher]

Haha I knew this would happen.

People say that it's easier to find work when you're in a job, well fuck that for a bunch of bananas. Now that I'm in the job I don't want I'm more tied down than before. I can't even go looking for work in my own town than Auckland where I want to be.

Well, if you're honest with your current employer about your intentions, they may be receptive to you taking time off (as long as you don't abuse this) to go to interviews for other roles. Who knows, there may even be a Mitre 10 store somewhere in Auckland where you could transfer as a starter?

[Antallica]

Anywhere as equally pointless as M10 is fine with me as long as I can pay the bills and have my lady with me. I'll work at someplace basic and boring. The point is not so I can work in IT in a position I feel is a good one/high paying. I'll work as an apprentice or even a car groomer at Frosty's yard!

The point would really be that I actually have people I can meet up with etc. Everyone I know or have been friends with since school etc. have either gone to Uni, or are now dope addicts 'skating around' and going on about how pissed they got the night before. There is nothing for me to do or anyone to see. Since coming onto KB I have met some choice people, I would love to be able to meet up with them casually. Living in Auck would be ideal as I know more people there than here now. There is no social life. I honestly get up at 7am - goto work - finish work - go see my lady for the evening - go home - sleep and start over again. There's no change, no friends, same shit, different day.

The job has never been the problem, it's always been the place. Time to move on, simple as that.

[John]

Best advice I can give you;

Plan - I know its just so tempting to dump everything a feek off to 'auckland with its uber social life', sadly if thats your only real intention that you have dont make the move just yet, stick to where you are and try get some contacts - I will keep an eye out for you (I have a few mates in IT).

All my mates from ruawai (where I spent Form 1 to 2) are all drug crazed losers, buzzing out on P, I know what its like to think how your old mates a just such losers - its semi amusing IMO, but all my mates have turned into drug crazed loonies, from Tinopai (LOL!!!!!), Mungatroto (SP), Kawaka, and otahu, and the list goes on I moved to auckland to try escape from my fate, seems to have worked - I'm trying to get into IT myself.

I'm going to do a Bachelor Of Applied Information Systems at Whanga Polytec (simply becuase I can get a scolarship there), but I know as soon as I finish I will be in auckland QUICK snap, why? whangarei is not a IT based area, and probably never will be.

The best way to 'MOVE' into the industry is to get into Helpdesk work, or get into some sort of service centre, your job will seem more like a 'put up with ignorant dolts' sort of thing, sadly thats the only way in unless you can find someone more in the industry to help you establish yourself.

It will NOT be a good idea to try move to auckland and getting a IT related job while trying to pay for your rent etc, as you will be swamped, you need to have a nice cashflow when you move into auckland, becuase its a biatch to live around, unless you find a relatively good place to rent.

But if your planning to get married, I would DEFINATLY wait until you get into your choosen industry, if thats all that I say that makes sense PLEASE listen to it, because otherwise you will end up trapped where you DO NOT want to be, and that would NOT be a good future, so before you do anything major, make sure that you have established yourself in your chossen/preferred industry, becuase once the kids start arriving (not saying they will just putting it in a perspective) you wont have time for low paying jobs, leading you to be stuck where you dont.

I also must say I talk alot of shit, and if you choose not to take any notice thats fine with me

[Antallica]

Yeah good advice. Basically what I'm saying is that I've been trying to move to Auck for over a year now but things got in the way. Now I am able to move on united with my partner. There's nothing holding either of us here and we need to move on. Like you said mate, this town has no IT presence. As much as I would love to try to create my own IT presence here I just want to work.

As for funding there is that dang machine I'm trying to sell. I did have savings, but that went fast as the price of bike gear is lovely isn't it?

Yep, I think we're off to Auckland alright. I shall ponder this for a few days.

[scumdog]

Anywhere as equally pointless as M10 is fine with me as long as I can pay the bills and have my lady with me. I'll work at someplace basic and boring. The point is not so I can work in IT in a position I feel is a good one/high paying. I'll work as an apprentice or even a car groomer at Frosty's yard!

The point would really be that I actually have people I can meet up with etc. Everyone I know or have been friends with since school etc. have either gone to Uni, or are now dope addicts 'skating around' and going on about how pissed they got the night before. There is nothing for me to do or anyone to see. Since coming onto KB I have met some choice people, I would love to be able to meet up with them casually. Living in Auck would be ideal as I know more people there than here now. There is no social life. I honestly get up at 7am - goto work - finish work - go see my lady for the evening - go home - sleep and start over again. There's no change, no friends, same shit, different day.

The job has never been the problem, it's always been the place. Time to move on, simple as that.

Move on, NOT just to jaffa-land. Store what you can't/don't want to take, load the rest into your car (or whatever) and hit the trail to NEW territory completely, hell if you made it to here both of you could even work at the freezing works until you find something more to your liking.
After a bit of time when you have a fresh aspect to life you could move back north and give it another go.
I've been down the 'get up, go to work..... etc' road myself and when I had kids etc, not easy.

[marty]

when i was a teenager i cruised thru my appretiship. didn't follow my career dream, although i got married to my school sweetheart (and still are ). we travelled a lot (worked for an airline) and had kids early. when i joined the police we went to huntly for a couple of years - $25/wk rent, then hamvegas - $50/wk rent, then bought our second house.

after 14 years of the police, i left to follow my dream. i am working back for the airline - it pays the bills, but it doesn't really DO it for me - sure it's fun working on big jets, but most of the work is repetitive and can get boring. morale is crap too. i gave myself 6 months, and in a couple of weeks start a job in a smaller airline, closer to home, ride my bike to work every day, much better team dynamics, go flying every day. it's permanent night shift, but that works for me.

the point of my little story ant, is that you need to set some goals. they don't have to be life encompassing 10 year plans, just 6 months. hell you've got a wedding to plan, so that's one thing. have a 3 month work plan. look for the good things at work - the good people, systems, projects. gravitate towards them. smile at people - don't fob them off. while you're doing that, look for something else. don't look too hard though, as i am a firm beleiver that when the right thing happens along, you will know it. if you look too hard, then you can set yourself up for failure, as you expect great things, and reality can be so different.

don't get me started on auckland. auckland is not the panacea. the pay is ok (just), but if you are coming from out of town, the living costs are ridiculous. you can spend so much time away from home, at work/commuting, that the higher pay is offset by the reduced time with your significant others. and the weather is crap. today it was sunny/rainy/windy/calm/hailed/sunny/rain/gale force winds etc etc. and that was before 10am! AND they can't drive on the motorways. some of the driving would earn a shunt in the ass if it happened in europe. i HATE people who are doing 90km/h, pulling into the fast (it's called fast for a reason dickheads) in front of me to pass shitty old diesel doing 80, but not speeding up themselves AAARRGGHH - it was lucky i didn't have a gun tonight.

anyway, back to my point. look on netcheck.co.nz. look in the ODT, the dominion, the waikato times even (if you're really desparate).

have you applied for this job? http://jobstuff.co.nz/17eb6322fa1e4c...vert_id=357480 took me 30 seconds to find it. and they have GREAT staff deals

[spudchucka]

Shit that guy has issues alright

But seriously, if anyone knows of any kind of work/career that could be interesting please let me know.

I'm seriously ready to blow this town for a better life.

http://www.police.govt.nz/recruiting/

[jrandom]

http://www.police.govt.nz/recruiting/

That's not a bad idea at all!

What about it, Ant?

[Antallica]

I've thought about it more than once, but I know my other half isn't keen on me being a trooper. I'm probably not up to standards anyway ('aint got full class 1 anyhoo).

"Give me a litre of cola!"

Also our wedding date has moved mega closer and we've had a good chat about it, I think we'll stay here for a while longer yet.

[spudchucka]

"Give me a litre of cola!"

.....or I'll punch-a-size your face!

I love that movie. :spudbooge

[spudchucka]

I've thought about it more than once, but I know my other half isn't keen on me being a trooper. I'm probably not up to standards anyway ('aint got full class 1 anyhoo).

If you did go down that road the selection process takes around 3 - 6 months, more than enough time to get your full licence.

[Antallica]

Wonder if the police have a more technical role somewhere I would suit, probably not though. I'm certainly not a swimmer, plus I hear the exams are shit hard on the old noggin?