part 353 whalers on the moon

[aphanon_meme]

We've been here over a year now! I can hardly believe it! Dreamwidth's been pretty good, I'd say, with almost no downtime to speak of and all that! Anyway... how is your spring going? Or I guess it's almost summer, isn't it? Hopefully it's been well! I've been catching up on work and new movies, all very exciting stuff, I'm sure.

Enjoy part 353!

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[daheroyoudserve]

For work: 8
For school: 2
For personal: 0. Good thing I don't have time for a social life.

Re: ooc

[(Anonymous)]

An 8 for work sounds commendable!

If you don't mind me asking, what do you work in? If you'd rather not say, that's okay too.

Re: ooc

[daheroyoudserve]

I don't mind! I'm a partner (as of last month) in a law firm. We specialize in immigration, which is 99% of my case load, but at times I am asked to handle divorces, child custody, tax issues, criminal cases, and some civil matters, like responding to debt collectors.

Re: ooc

[(Anonymous)]

So are you like a joint owner?
How satisfied are you?

Re: ooc

[daheroyoudserve]

I am. I was given 20% of the shares for the firm, so if we make a profit at the end of the year, I will get 20% of it. Therefore, I have a fairly vested interest in getting a lot of cases out to bring more in.

I love the work that I do. I love the immigration field because it is so interesting, and I learn a lot about different places all over the world every day. But...I hate the owner, because she has a complete lack of respect for the people who work for her and for her clients. I don't appreciate 20 things being brought into my office, being told they all have to be done that day, and then getting yelled at when my original project for the day isn't completed. She has no concept of how to treat people like human beings, but I am biding my time for now until I can reach the magical "5 years experience" that other law firms look for. Maybe by then I'll turn enough profit to pay off my student loans.

...I'm not scaring off a potential lawyer, am I? I can tell you all the good things about it, too!

Re: ooc

[(Anonymous)]

The day I get a real job...ahhh...I've had interviews recently, but no offer. So I need to work on my interviewing skills. But I procrastinate on that. And besides, I'm currently enrolled in an online programming training course, and I have a looot of catching up to do. And I get sidetracked so easily because I have so many interests, and a lot of ideas come in my head...like, I am thinking about making a couple of song arrangements.

Re: ooc

[daheroyoudserve]

I know the feeling very well! Even though I spend 12-14 hours in the office every day, I still am working on getting my MBA, playing a few video games, working on a mile long shows to watch list, crocheting a blanket for my bed, and a baby blanket for my future godchild, and I do revolutionary war re-enacting every other weekend or so.

But just hang in there! Between law school and this job, I was unemployed for a year, and had to go through the same process. I think I sent out about 300 resumes to job postings before I got this job. This was supposed to be a 10 week temp job, but I got hired for an attorney position and just worked my ass off to work my way up!

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[(Anonymous)]

Wow how do you still have time for your MBA while spending that many hours in office?

That's encouraging--the same was true for my friend. But most people I know have offers right out of graduation. It's more embarrassing for me to not have a job right now because my specialty is in a quantitative field.

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[daheroyoudserve]

I am doing an online program for it. It's very flexible with my schedule. :3

Most of the kids in my class had job offers when they graduated, but I didn't. It sucked! I felt like I wasted 3 years and $100k. Just hang in there. Keep working on your skills, and see if you can find some small contract positions in your field to keep them fresh while building a resume/reputation. If your field has them, see if you can take advantage of networking opportunities, and it's usually worth the $30 to go to an alumni gathering from your college armed with business cards.