I'm quitting my fucking job finally In two months, granted. I asked some of you for feedback (thank you lil edit: and veen!) about an invite to Beijing I got from a family member, and I'm taking him up on it, leaving in May. I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to also visit Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and a place I've been interested in for a long time that has recently become quite a bit more open to visitors, Myanmar. Two years of lame, meandering experiments, rejected publications, staring at a computer pretending to work, an 1:20 hour commute daily (one way), mismanagement at every step, and finally left with stock in a company that I get to watch slowly dwindle before I can even sell it. I've definitely learned a lot about what not to do. That mostly consists of "Don't ever try to go the FDA route unless you got hella money and a really, really solid plan." But I sure as shit got paid well. Now I get to ignore the foreboding future a little longer while I try and plan out this ridiculous solo trip. Another quick tip I've learned: kindleunlimited sucks, but you can dl everything to your kindle, bounce that to your computer, scrape off the DRM, and voila, $200 worth of Lonely Planet guides for the price of a free month of kindleunlimited at amazon. Don't tell me I'm a thief, just tell me I'm a good one.
I find it hilarious that there are so many posts below about getting a job and you're happy to finally be out of one. Nevertheless, congrats! A friend of mine loves Cambodia / Myanmar and never fails to share interesting conversation about the NGOs there. At the kindleunlimited, I've been wanting an audible DRM-stripper, but nothing I could find worked on the files I had. Anyone know of leads on that front?
Absolutely, thank you so much for the offer! PM me your contact info so I can store it
Myanmar sounds awesome, pretty place. There's a few people at my work from Myanmar and they are wonderfully friendly, hopefully it holds true for the people you meet. Thailand sounds awesome too, I actually know 4 people there now and they are enjoying it. Cheap accommodations too.
I volunteered once in college to help Burmese (their choice of name, the difference is highly political) refugees adjust to life in America. They were the nicest people ever, and I've only heard wonderful things about their homeland.
AND I DONT HAVE TO COME HOME TO LA haHA! Oakland 4ever Just kidding, I couldn't resist. You're writing a book for god's sake, and I'm just gonna go be a white boy in somewhere different for a little bit.
I am a sound mixer. I have an engineering degree, and have worked in a profession where one must be licensed to be an engineer. Sound mixing is not engineering. I will charitably call anything I've made enough money at to declare on my taxes an "occupation." In no particular order, I have been: - a convenience store clerk - a toystore cashier - a bookstore cashier - a club mixer - an architectural consultant - an audiovisual systems designer - a motion picture editor - a screenwriter - a photographer I would love to write novels for a living but it isn't up to me.
Cool I also feel it was rather rambly. After the fact too I realized I lied. I have two "can I do this/can you help me figure out how?" ideas - one of which is just the metrics i mentioned. Anyway, thanks, and PM me when they fix it I guess haha. Sometimes I wonder if the underscores in my username mess with Hubski. Probably not - though, did anyone else ever see mute notifications on comments in threads where the you weren't muted by the poster or the commenter?
Ah, my bad. I just read that, too. I really like Fruitvale, but I hardly ever have a reason to go down there, besides beignets. I should do that this weekend.
Congratulations on your impending freedom and travels. You have much to look forward to. Without the shitty job experience, you wouldn't appreciate this upcoming freedom as much as you are likely to. -so that's worthwhile, right? I look forward to Hubski stickers posted throughout Asia. On me your address prior to your travels and I'll send some over.
It wasn't the worst thing, I'm just a complainer by nature, but I'm definitely jumping ship on the Titanic, for sure. I don't regret it at all, I needed the experience and new skills, not to mention the money, so it's a clean break. I have some stickers I asked for a while back and haven't done much with, but they'll be put to good use now, promise.