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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 8, 2018 22:40:47 GMT
Before having a kid, I used to think that guys with kids, who complained about travel for work, were being dramatic.
But, now there's no way I'd want to travel regularly for work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 22:41:14 GMT
The Seattle P.I. called me to interview for their Sonics beat, but I had just taken a new job. I bet it would have been fun, though. Of course, within a few years, neither the paper nor the team existed any more, so there was that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 22:43:59 GMT
The Seattle P.I. called me to interview for their Sonics beat, but I had just taken a new job. I bet it would have been fun, though. Of course, within a few years, neither the paper nor the team existed any more, so there was that. You would have been so cool, you would have been over avocado toast by the time the rest of the millennials got onto it. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 22:54:18 GMT
The Seattle P.I. called me to interview for their Sonics beat, but I had just taken a new job. I bet it would have been fun, though. Of course, within a few years, neither the paper nor the team existed any more, so there was that. You would have been so cool, you would have been over avocado toast by the time the rest of the millennials got onto it. My wife's best friend from college lives out there. I can vouch that it did not turn her cool. |
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Post by Da Man on Nov 8, 2018 23:13:28 GMT
Being a national baseball beat guy would be fun for a year or two or three. If I have one regret about the business, it's that I didn't try to do that in my 20s. I had an NFL beat for a few years when my boys were younger, but I really think an MLB or even NBA beat would have been pretty great as a young guy. When I was covering the NFL, another paper moved a guy over from the baseball beat. We went to dinner and put out our credit cards to split the check. His was for airline miles; mine was for Toys R Us points. I did the NFL beat for awhile and loved that. At the time, I thought it was the perfect amount of travel -- 10 road games a year (my team was never in the playoffs) for a weekend each, a week for the Super Bowl, the combine, a few days for league meetings along the way. Enough for it to be fun but not so much that you feel like you're ALWAYS on the road. Baseball? Fuck that shit. I saw what those guys were doing. You have to be really, really into it to last for long on that beat. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 23:15:37 GMT
Baseball is fun because there is a game every day.
As much as everyone loves to cover football, the space between games drags on and on and on.
We had this weekly "fan mag" that we also produced and put out each week, and, holy shit, was that a pain in the ass. You'd have to produce content for it, but couldn't, obviously, talk to any players or coaches about the game you were previewing. And you didn't know whether the team was going to win or lose the game that would happen in between.
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 8, 2018 23:35:02 GMT
I have a pretty serious love/hate relationship with my job.
I make more money than I ever have, and I like not having a boss.
But, I'm also everyone's bitch. Everything inevitably happens at once. My schedule is constantly in flux, and I get weekends ruined from time to time (but only if they're willing to pay overtime).
Finding good help is tough, and I went to years without taking off more than three days in a row.
I have a weird, but good situation now. I have a great tech, who's a workaholic, who works for me twice a year, for two months at a time. I've got a bunch of customers on a six month PM program, that lines up with when he's in town, so I can load him up with work, and can also take some time off.
We just took two weeks off, and I've never done that in any job. (I was still fielding calls, and scheduling the work, but I can do that from anywhere.)
Usually the work flow is pretty steady, but recently, my biggest customer (a manufacturer) kicked off a big program, with little advance notice, and sent me a ton of work. Two jobs per day, for weeks at a time. Each job was about a 3 hour job, so I had to do those on top of what I was already doing. Damn near killed me.
They've also had some of their own techs in town to do some work, but they've done it poorly, so they've been calling us to go back and fix what they did wrong.
I got home fairly early on Tuesday, and in the course of about two hours, they sent me five jobs.
Thankfully, the guy who works for me put in about 14 hours yesterday, and got seven jobs done.
But, if this keeps up after he leaves at the end of the month, and I fear it will, I'm fucked.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 23:37:07 GMT
I have a pretty serious love/hate relationship with my job. I make more money than I ever have, and I like not having a boss. But, I'm also everyone's bitch. Everything inevitably happens at once. My schedule is constantly in flux, and I get weekends ruined from time to time (but only if they're willing to pay overtime). Finding good help is tough, and I went to years without taking off more than three days in a row. I have a weird, but good situation now. I have a great tech, who's a workaholic, who works for me twice a year, for two months at a time. I've got a bunch of customers on a six month PM program, that lines up with when he's in town, so I can load him up with work, and can also take some time off. We just took two weeks off, and I've never done that in any job. (I was still fielding calls, and scheduling the work, but I can do that from anywhere.) Usually the work flow is pretty steady, but recently, my biggest customer (a manufacturer) kicked off a big program, with little advance notice, and sent me a ton of work. Two jobs per day, for weeks at a time. Each job was about a 3 hour job, so I had to do those on top of what I was already doing. Damn near killed me. They've also had some of their own techs in town to do some work, but they've done it poorly, so they've been calling us to go back and fix what they did wrong. I got home fairly early on Tuesday, and in the course of about two hours, they sent me five jobs. Thankfully, the guy who works for me put in about 14 hours yesterday, and got seven jobs done. But, if this keeps up after he leaves at the end of the month, and I fear it will, I'm fucked. Shouldn't have dropped out of college, coffee boy. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 8, 2018 23:45:51 GMT
Shouldn't have dropped out of college, coffee boy. No shit. My brother, who's a lawyer, can buy and sell me. He also works a shit load still. I don't know why my dad didn't equate a good education with making money. For him, it was all about a liberal arts education for the sake of learning, and whatnot. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 8, 2018 23:49:38 GMT
I would not have had too advance much further in my airline job to have been satisfied for the longterm.
The job was great in a lot of ways. I made good money, had free travel, and when I traveled for work, it was mostly to New York, and or to attend big events.
I went to the Super Bowl, World Series, A couple of MLB and NBA All Star games, the Grammies, and the TONYs for "work".
Hell, we had an "advertising meeting" in Cancun once, and a "marketing meeting" in New Orleans.
My agency was in Chicago, and meetings with them often included a Cubs game.
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Post by Da Man on Nov 8, 2018 23:51:10 GMT
I would not have had too advance much further in my airline job to have been satisfied for the longterm. The job was great in a lot of ways. I made good money, had free travel, and when I traveled for work, it was mostly to New York, and or to attend big events. I went to the Super Bowl, World Series, A couple of MLB and NBA All Star games, the Grammies, and the TONYs for "work". Hell, we had an "advertising meeting" in Cancun once, and a "marketing meeting" in New Orleans. My agency was in Chicago, and meetings with them often included a Cubs game. Where do I sign up? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 0:14:07 GMT
Before having a kid, I used to think that guys with kids, who complained about travel for work, were being dramatic. But, now there's no way I'd want to travel regularly for work. There’s a good chance I’ll be deploying in the next year or two. Doing 14 months in Afghanistan would pretty much pay for one of my kids’ college education on its own. And they’re young enough that they might not remember me being gone that long. But, damn, leaving them for that long would be the hardest thing I’ve ever done. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 9, 2018 0:19:08 GMT
Like I said, it was a good job. It changed some after 9/11. Airlines already weren't doing well, but that crushed us. We had layoffs, and the meetings in Cancun ended. I also had a series of bad bosses, who questioned everything I did, didn't really understand what I did, etc. The last one was the worst, even though I liked her as a person. The worst was when they cut my budget, but then she decided, against my recommendation, to pursue a deal to become the Official Airline of the US Open (tennis) which cost us a ton of money, but got us very little. When she left, and they promoted a colleague I had no respect for, I had to get out. If I had gotten the job instead, I would have been very happy to stay. Actually, now that I think about it, it was the last boss that made the US Open decision, but I was already done by then, that just made it clear to me. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Nov 9, 2018 0:22:59 GMT
Before having a kid, I used to think that guys with kids, who complained about travel for work, were being dramatic. But, now there's no way I'd want to travel regularly for work. There’s a good chance I’ll be deploying in the next year or two. Doing 14 months in Afghanistan would pretty much pay for one of my kids’ college education on its own. And they’re young enough that they might not remember me being gone that long. But, damn, leaving them for that long would be the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Are you in the reserves, or would you be deploying in a public health, or other roll? That's tough. I get the upside, obviously, but man would that be hard. I was crushed when I didn't get home for bedtime for a couple of weeks, and my daughter is facetiming me, asking me to read her books, and sing her songs. If/when you do go, let us know, and let us know what we can do to support you. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 0:34:14 GMT
[Are you in the reserves, or would you be deploying in a public health, or other roll? That's tough. I get the upside, obviously, but man would that be hard. I was crushed when I didn't get home for bedtime for a couple of weeks, and my daughter is facetiming me, asking me to read her books, and sing her songs. If/when you do go, let us know, and let us know what we can do to support you. It would be part of a public health training/partnership sort of program. Hopefully it would be busy enough that my mind will be prevented from dwelling on all the stuff I was missing. |
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