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Things to remember in very hot weather
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Oh yeah, the world has it in for white males... No, but foreigners are not well liked. So mayby you shouldn't have moved to a country where foreigners are not well liked. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Things to remember in very hot weather
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Then why are you blaming where you live for lack of a decent job? I'm not blaming my city of residence. The same problems exist elsewhere. Being an introvert/extrovert has nothing to do with 90% of all jobs, you just have to be something other than an arrogant ass. Socialization is very important in most jobs. That's why incompetent extroverts can find work more easily than competent introverts. Except for sales and marketing, wrong. You said you had a background in IT, which is full of introverts, yet you couldn't hack it there. The IT market in the developed world has dramatically changed. Maybe, but the proportion of introverts in IT hasn't. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Things to remember in very hot weather
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
Rocky Stevens writes: Real quick post, as I am about out the door, but I would recommend looking at rentacoder.com. The money ain't great, since you are competing against Bangalore and the U.S.dollar is in the tank, but it is something. The biggest complaint of customers on that site is vendors' lack of attention to detail, so you would offer a competitive edge. Plus there is very little real human interaction, so the introvert thing shouldn't pose much of a problem. An interesting concept, and I'll look at it, although I suspect it requires infrastructure that I do not have. An excuse for failure right out of the box; what a surprise. Last year I paid $99,585 to part time people who worked from home and who's "infrastructure" consists of a PC and an Internet connection. And guess what, they are all introverts. And guess what else, two of them are immigrants. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Things to remember in very hot weather
In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:
Michael Ash writes: Get out of Paris. I haven't lived in Paris but I've lived in the area and I know it's a bad place to be poor and out of work. You say you like it there, but you also say that money is important for you. One of the reasons for having money is so that you can live where you want. Apparently it's not the only reason. You said quite directly that your happiness depends on money and that you have none. Living where you want is clearly not enough to make you happy. Visiting Paris or moving to Paris is much more expensive than living in Paris, so if you have no money and you are in Paris, it's logical to remain there, as you might never be able to afford to move there or visit there. Not true. You're skipping over the whole risk analysis. Yes, it's possible that if you move away then you'll be stuck somewhere else with no money. It's also possible that you'll find a good job and have money and the means to visit often. *Logically*, you should make the move if the probability of success multiplied by the value of success is greater than the probability of failure multiplied by the negative value of failure. You can further reduce the risk by not moving until you've found a job at your destination. These days it's entirely possible to apply for a job and go through much of the interview process remotely. This is especially true in IT and especially if you're one of the best in whatever niche you have. If you're not one of the best, maybe you ought to dedicate some of your time to becoming one. Paris is expensive and not friendly to job hunters, so you ought to escape. Leave France, for that matter; it's tough enough for a French person to find work, let alone foreigners. What you say is true, but most other cities are dumps. I didn't select Paris at random. Of course not, but there are plenty of other cities that aren't dumps. If you insist on seeing the negatives, any city can be a dump, even Paris. Hell, especially Paris. One thing I never miss about France is the dog crap on the sidewalk. I mean, how can people even possibly think that's acceptable? Come back to the US, find a job here, and use the money to visit France as much as you wish or are able to. That is not cost-effective. A year in Paris as a tourist costs about $120,000; as a resident, it can cost only %10-%20 of that. That's why I moved to Paris in the first place. Non sequiter. This analysis would only make sense if the entire goal of your life is to live in Paris. I submit this cannot be true of you. If it were true, you should be happy, because you have achieved your singular goal. But you also want money, as you said. You have to realize that you have two mutually incompatible desires, here. You've said as much. Your position is such that you're not going to both live in Paris and have money. So if you want to better attain those goals, you're going to need to find a substitute. It's really difficult to find a substitute for money. But visiting Paris on occasion can be a very good substitute for living there. It's not as good, that's why it's called a substitute, but it's still a fine thing. You won't be in Paris, but you'll have a much nicer life in other respects. What other respects? Living in some dump city 90% of the year? That doesn't make sense. Of course it doesn't make sense, because you just made that up. I never proposed moving to a "dump". Move to a nice city. Yes, they exist. Even in the US. Even in places where you can find a job. Even with the current crappy exchange rate, if you make visiting France your main hobby you won't spend an exceptionally large amount of money. After twenty years, I would have spent about six months in Paris. If I live in the city, I can do that in ... six months. Only relevant if your goal is maximizing your time in the city and nothing else. I have it straight from you that this is not actually the case, though. I used to be poor in France. It was great, but not having money was no fun. Now I work full time in the US. I miss France sometimes, but the extra money more than makes up for it. I can go back any time I feel like it, after all. And what city do you live in? Cleveland? I live in Alexandria, Virginia. It's across the river from Washington, DC, on the Potomac. I'm a short walk from three grocery stores, a movie theater, the regular kind of theater, a bicycle shop, two post offices, a whole bunch of good restaurants, and various other shops. I'm a short bicycle ride away from Alexandria's Old Town, which is a really nice place to visit, and from various trails and parks. I'm a slightly longer ride from all the DC monuments and museums, and a lot of other nice commercial centers in the area. But I'm not actually *in* DC, so I don't have to deal the crapitude over there. And I own my own place, relatively small, but still 1000sqft with two bedrooms. I practically live in a park, with lots of small buildings and trees and open spaces. And I'm only about an 80-minute drive from the gliderport which, while a bit long sometimes, is really not that bad. You seem to be in this sort of paradoxical situation where you need money to be happy but are unwilling to make any changes to your life to achieve it, because you're too afraid of losing what you have. Well, what's so great about what you have? You are by your own admission not happy, so why is it worthwhile to keep things as they are? I can't guarantee that you'll be happy if you change, but I can guarantee that you will continue to be *un*happy if you don't. -- Mike Ash Radio Free Earth Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon |
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In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:
Socialization is very important in most jobs. That's why incompetent extroverts can find work more easily than competent introverts. This is simply not true. In the past six months I've turned down three jobs. I am not actually looking for a new job, they merely find me and try to hire me away. One was a firm offer, one got fairly deep into interviewing, and one I turned down at an early stage. I have no doubt that I could grab either of the latter two in short order if I felt like it. Try doing that as an incompetent extravert. I'm nowhere near as socially awkward as some, but I'm definitely an introvert. I'm not trying to brag here, but if you're in the computer field and you're good at what you do then finding work in the US is not particularly hard. -- Mike Ash Radio Free Earth Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon |
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On Jul 3, 3:11*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Oh yeah, the world has it in for white males... No, but foreigners are not well liked. So let us understand. You want to live in Paris, the city of lights, so (as you mentioned somewhere else in this thread) you can reject social opportunities in order to play with your sim, you spent 700 or 800 hours a year doing that. Why, you could live in Fargo NC, or in the rust belt, and do that. You have, you claim, skills in IT, you presumably are fluent in French and English, and you can't turn your skill set into a worthwhile job, if not in Paris elsewhere? Good Lord. You may not like it, but if it walks like a depressive and talks like a depressive it's reasonable to suggest some professional help would go a long way. These threads are SO much fun! |
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"Michael Ash" wrote
... snip TONS of blather Mike Ash Radio Free Earth Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon Do you really, really give that much of a **** what someone else is doing or expounding???????????? Oh for ****'s sake..................................... |
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Things to remember in very hot weather
Michael Ash wrote:
In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote: Michael Ash writes: Get out of Paris. I haven't lived in Paris but I've lived in the area and I know it's a bad place to be poor and out of work. You say you like it there, but you also say that money is important for you. One of the reasons for having money is so that you can live where you want. Apparently it's not the only reason. You said quite directly that your happiness depends on money and that you have none. Living where you want is clearly not enough to make you happy. You are arguing with a lump of clay. Your time is surely more valuable. Anthony's is worthless so he is happy to engage you endlessly in all the reasons why he cannot be anything other than a failure. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Things to remember in very hot weather
"terry" wrote in message ... If your happiness depends on money then presumably you have had at least 2 years to do some serious soul searching on why you dont have money? What skills do you lack to find a well paying job? You obviously dont lack confidence in your intellectual abilities. Are you doing anything to redress any deficiencies? or are you just going to continue to deny you have them? --------------- Anthony is a expert at everthing except improving his own condition. That persuit would require actual results, his public speaking career is pretty fool proof. |
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