How old are we?

[SiGh]

How old are now?
And what do we do for a living? And where do we live?

I think it's time we all answer this question.

Btw I missed you all.

 

[dilla]

27. Nothing with my life. I made a mistake.

That is all.

 

[SiGh]

Weren't you in medical school?

 

[S O F I]

27. Nothing with my life. I made a mistake.

That is all.

what?

 

[S O F I]

29. Operations. The 5th most expensive city for renters in the US.

My gf is going to grad school in the fall. Depending on her decision, I might either move to the 2nd most expensive city, 3rd most expensive city, or 6th most expensive city. I'm hoping 6th because of the weather. Also to be closer to Sigh. Since Kobe left, I guess I can live there.

 

[yak pac fatal]

How old are now?
And what do we do for a living? And where do we live?

I think it's time we all answer this question.

Btw I missed you all.

28, getting old

jack of all trades master of none. thinking about going back to school to get a piece of paper that says i know my shit.

sigh, are you still in jerz?

 

[masta247]

Hey Sigh. Most importantly, how about you?

I am 28, finished masters to work on tech projects and co-oped at IBM, then finished a huge one in telecom - fiber optic infrastructure and stuff, build almost 3000 miles of it in 3 years, supervised about 80 people and a lot of subcontracting companies. Had basically no life, especially as it was a Korean company, but I enjoyed it a lot, met my girlfriend there and now we live in Vancouver, Canada. Apparently it's expensive and apparently the rent is insane yet I find myself being able to finally lay back, chill a lot compared to what I had in Poland, enjoy the views and work on some projects with Intel and my own stuff, considering I have more spare time.

I also managed to travel quite a bit and just got an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence, which I will probably take advantage of as I like living in Canada, although the job market is a little boring in here and I feel like everyone's getting overpaid, I have no clue how the economy is surviving that, but anyway I'm thinking about going to Thailand for a year or so to enjoy the weather and build something on my own. I feel like I'm ready to stop working most of the week for other people and got hooked into app development, lol. I think that's about it.

27. Nothing with my life. I made a mistake.



That is all.

What happened?

 

[S O F I]

Hey Sigh. Most importantly, how about you?

I am 28, finished masters to work on tech projects and co-oped at IBM, then finished a huge one in telecom - fiber optic infrastructure and stuff, build almost 3000 miles of it in 3 years, supervised about 80 people and a lot of subcontracting companies. Had basically no life, especially as it was a Korean company, but I enjoyed it a lot, met my girlfriend there and now we live in Vancouver, Canada. Apparently it's expensive and apparently the rent is insane yet I find myself being able to finally lay back, chill a lot compared to what I had in Poland, enjoy the views and work on some projects with Intel and my own stuff, considering I have more spare time.

I also managed to travel quite a bit and just got an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence, which I will probably take advantage of as I like living in Canada, although the job market is a little boring in here and I feel like everyone's getting overpaid, I have no clue how the economy is surviving that, but anyway I'm thinking about going to Thailand for a year or so to enjoy the weather and build something on my own. I feel like I'm ready to stop working most of the week for other people and got hooked into app development, lol. I think that's about it.

I like where your head's at with Thailand. Doesn't take much to live comfortably.

 

[masta247]

I like where your head's at with Thailand. Doesn't take much to live comfortably.

Yeah the rent for a simple but modern 1 bedroom apartment is like 350$. In our case that's 175$ per person per month. Local food seems to be cheap and healthy, a few bucks per meal apparently. 100meg internet is like 25$ a month. People told me it's possible to live comfortably for 500$ a month with some massages and margueritas on the beach all included if you split the expenses. I could pull that off indefinitely just on passive income, not to mention 12 months there cost at worst as much as 2 months in Vancouver.
Seems like a perfect opportunity to lay back , see a new country and work on something on your own. Apparently Chiang mai in Thailand is like a hub for westerners doing just that, with incubators and shared office spaces, people working remotely, living well for cheap and making YouTube videos wondering why is everyone not doing just that,lol.

 

[Jokerman]

I just packed up and moved to the Praga Polnac district of Warsaw. Thought it would be fun. Here's where I live. I painted Tupac on the side there to feel more at home:

 

[masta247]

I just packed up and moved to the Praga Polnac district of Warsaw. Thought it would be fun. Here's where I live. I painted Tupac on the side there to feel more at home:

It's a neat neighborhood, going there at night you have a 50/50% chance of being robbed/stabbed. Being in Canada and hearing someone claim how "bad" their neighborhood is makes me chuckle. Vancouver has this place called "downtown eastside", apparently the worst hood in Canada. I buy my favorite breakfast buns there from a Chinese store once in a few days and say "hi" to the same bum on the street corner. There are cops all around the place too and they even have a clean place called "Insite" where they can shoot heroine in a safe environment. It's full of completely normal people with problems and the worst thing that happens is homeless people talking to you and asking you for things.
In the meantime, I'm yet to hear about a police officer making it to the "Brzeska" street of Praga, or anyone trying to do something about it:
http://www.mwfc.pl/en/location-guide-item.php?id=296
http://www.weekendinwarsaw.com/en/places/show/s/brzeska-street/id/200/cid/2#

When I was a teenager twice I "lost" my phone and money and had a knife to my neck there. The third time I got into a fight, but that one went fine as I went with my friends and in the end we peacefully resolved the situation. It gets much more safe after you get to know some people who live around there, that other people know, though. You see people beating the shit out of each other, even kid "gangs", and other people from there just pass by and carry on with their daily lives, it's an everyday thing.
After I started working, I moved to the opposite side of the city, lol.

 

[Casey]

Yeah the rent for a simple but modern 1 bedroom apartment is like 350$. In our case that's 175$ per person per month. Local food seems to be cheap and healthy, a few bucks per meal apparently. 100meg internet is like 25$ a month. People told me it's possible to live comfortably for 500$ a month with some massages and margueritas on the beach all included if you split the expenses. I could pull that off indefinitely just on passive income, not to mention 12 months there cost at worst as much as 2 months in Vancouver.
Seems like a perfect opportunity to lay back , see a new country and work on something on your own. Apparently Chiang mai in Thailand is like a hub for westerners doing just that, with incubators and shared office spaces, people working remotely, living well for cheap and making YouTube videos wondering why is everyone not doing just that,lol.

I work remotely, for a tech startup, so I've thought about doing this. Ultimately I'd rather be in LA though.

 

[masta247]

I work remotely, for a tech startup, so I've thought about doing this. Ultimately I'd rather be in LA though.

That's an awesome position to be in. Was thinking about it, but for some reason it's still not so common for companies to offer strictly remote work for someone, because most of the job market is very backwards. I'd love to, though. My whole freaking thesis was about managing virtual teams and how much better it is than 9 to 5 at the office.

I was thinking about doing my thing from here also, but it's much more expensive to start out and I'd burn through my savings at much faster rate than in Thailand, which is a fraction of that to live well. Plus it's a new place. I love Vancouver but I also miss sunny weather.

 

[Jokerman]

This is one of my favorite places to hang at night.

But I know what you mean. The worst place in Canada is almost the best place everywhere else. Moving somewhere totally different is fine, but everyone should do some research first.

 

[Casey]

That's an awesome position to be in. Was thinking about it, but for some reason it's still not so common for companies to offer strictly remote work for someone, because most of the job market is very backwards. I'd love to, though. My whole freaking thesis was about managing virtual teams and how much better it is than 9 to 5 at the office.

I was thinking about doing my thing from here also, but it's much more expensive to start out and I'd burn through my savings at much faster rate than in Thailand, which is a fraction of that to live well. Plus it's a new place. I love Vancouver but I also miss sunny weather.

I know, I'm super fortunate to be where I am with this company. Particularly since I got in early enough to be offered some pretty sizable stock options too. And we've had two more rounds of huge VC funding since then, particularly impressive as we're still in Beta. I just spent a few weeks out in California and was able to work normally from there.

I feel like London companies at least are starting to offer more remote work positions. It's the future, really.

 

[masta247]

It's the future, really.

Yes it is. Even now, there's barely any reason for working from the office or for 9 to 5 jobs, for majority of positions really. Its ineficient, makes people unhappy and makes them perform not at their best. We live technology but we work like people did before the invention of the phone even.

 

[PaulyPac2.0]

It's a neat neighborhood, going there at night you have a 50/50% chance of being robbed/stabbed. Being in Canada and hearing someone claim how "bad" their neighborhood is makes me chuckle. Vancouver has this place called "downtown eastside", apparently the worst hood in Canada. I buy my favorite breakfast buns there from a Chinese store once in a few days and say "hi" to the same bum on the street corner. There are cops all around the place too and they even have a clean place called "Insite" where they can shoot heroine in a safe environment. It's full of completely normal people with problems and the worst thing that happens is homeless people talking to you and asking you for things.
In the meantime, I'm yet to hear about a police officer making it to the "Brzeska" street of Praga, or anyone trying to do something about it:
http://www.mwfc.pl/en/location-guide-item.php?id=296
http://www.weekendinwarsaw.com/en/places/show/s/brzeska-street/id/200/cid/2#

When I was a teenager twice I "lost" my phone and money and had a knife to my neck there. The third time I got into a fight, but that one went fine as I went with my friends and in the end we peacefully resolved the situation. It gets much more safe after you get to know some people who live around there, that other people know, though. You see people beating the shit out of each other, even kid "gangs", and other people from there just pass by and carry on with their daily lives, it's an everyday thing.
After I started working, I moved to the opposite side of the city, lol.

Looks like a shithole. How often do you see dead bodies lying on the street?

 

[Tha_Wood]

I'm 27, turning 28 in September.

I am currently 2.5 years through my 4 year teaching degree. Doing a bachelor of education (primary) and also majoring in History so i will be able to teach high school history. Once i have finished this degree i will most likely go and teach for a few years in a school, then when my partner wants to have kids i will most likely end up being a stay at home dad so i will probably complete a Masters degree in education.

 

[Prize Gotti]

33 now. Working as a Warehouse manager. Still in the same city in the UK, but will eventually move to Seattle. The main thing is, I haven't had a good steak in 5 years.

 

[dilla]

I'm 27, turning 28 in September.

I am currently 2.5 years through my 4 year teaching degree. Doing a bachelor of education (primary) and also majoring in History so i will be able to teach high school history. Once i have finished this degree i will most likely go and teach for a few years in a school, then when my partner wants to have kids i will most likely end up being a stay at home dad so i will probably complete a Masters degree in education.

Some of us have come a long way in ten years of being on this board.