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    Lifestyle How long have you been at your current job?

    Kind of depressing when I was thinking about it this morning, but I've been at my current job going on my 21st year this year (20 years here as of this past January). How long have you been at your current job?


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    18, although I've had a couple "different" jobs to do this whole time

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    September will be 8 years. 7 at last job, 14 before that.

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    I got hired as a Y2K consultant in 99 and am still here






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    Quote Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches View Post
    I got hired as a Y2K consultant in 99 and am still here
    nice easy money around that time doing all that bs, I had a nice contract paying 30 an hour to go fuggin look on university lab computers and see what software was on them and if they were y2k compatible

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    Quote Originally Posted by FBD View Post
    nice easy money around that time doing all that bs, I had a nice contract paying 30 an hour to go fuggin look on university lab computers and see what software was on them and if they were y2k compatible
    I got hired by the Dow Jones in MA to upgrade all their PC's, that had a ton of them, easiest shit ever and got paid bank. They offered me a job to be a DBA and would pay for training. I told them I wasn't interested in being a DBA, now I'm a DBA not getting paid close to what I would have been making there after 20 years






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    Remember how everyone thought the world was going to end because NOTHING was going to work anymore because of Y2K?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Remember how everyone thought the world was going to end because NOTHING was going to work anymore because of Y2K?
    I made a career out of it LOLz






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    Quote Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches View Post
    I got hired by the Dow Jones in MA to upgrade all their PC's, that had a ton of them, easiest shit ever and got paid bank. They offered me a job to be a DBA and would pay for training. I told them I wasn't interested in being a DBA, now I'm a DBA not getting paid close to what I would have been making there after 20 years


    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Remember how everyone thought the world was going to end because NOTHING was going to work anymore because of Y2K?
    I remember thinking everyone had done all the requisite prep work, there was no reason for people to be as worried as they were

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    For me, it depends on who you ask! My contract just moved over to a different firm in September, so technically just months in this firm, but for the contract I've been doing for over 11 years.

    For each time my contracts moved, it was classified as continuous service. Including changing jobs from a computer support geek to an asset manager. So, for senority's sake, I have 26 years, 11 months in. And for pensionable service I have 26 years and 8.92 months(!)

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    4? maybe 5 years since I abandoned my career? I think It might be 5 years.

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    I've been working on a honey bee farm since October.

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