Real Life: Job or Student?

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Originally Posted by Xzen

IBM SSR (Repair, troubleshoot, and install Mainframes, Servers, Cisco equipment, ATMs, and this list could go on forever so I'm stopping here.) Before that I worked for an Electronic Entertainment company responsible for a very popular MMO(Not the best MMO I think).

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nice :) which mmo? I'm curious.

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Originally Posted by AdvancedWind

I'm a PHP programmer. Was unemployed from november to april, that's how I got two rank 50s lol. Currently working 8:30AM 5:30PM, then go to college at night, System Analysis. My free time is literally zero during the weekdays, I'm trying my best to play FFXIV during the few minutes I'm home and awake but so far I've been barely able to join my linkshell's NM hunts ;_;. I literally wake up=>do all those things everyone does in the morning (?),=> go to work (which is in a dif town)=> go to college=>go home=>dinner=>MAYBE read FFXIV forums or something else in the internet if I'm not sleepy=>rinse and repeat. >_>

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ouch i feel for ya, but money is money. I wish I had I better job I've got too much free time. Was out of work for 2 weeks due to I strained a lower ab muscle. (yes you can strain these) Now I just found out today my uncle died suddenly from a heart attack.

I used to work for a real estate law firm before they started letting people go due to the crash of the housing market in the US. Been working front office in a hotel since, biding my time. The irregular hours killed my online social thing, though. Certainly killed my raiding schedule in WoW.

Yeah, I'm the farthest you can be from someone involved in writing and game development. >.>;

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OK.... what was the purpose of this thread.

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The title of the OP made me think of this.

Job.

I can't make money as a student.

Student.

I'll never make enough money working a dead end job. :P

I work full time job selling appliances at home depot :O. The funny thing is I have a degree in network admistration. Job market being what it was when I got done with school I was forced into retail. It really sucks.

Somewhat off topic, but I think this is my last semi-active post. I've decided to take a break from the game at least until 1.18 comes out. Sorry SE, but you lost another one; been playing since wave 1 alpha too :(.

I kind of declared this as a rant in my initial post. So I'm kind of amused it got so many replies. A like even. (I lol'd). I'm sure it's one of those dislike situations anyways. I don't really know how to rephrase it other than "Where do you get off acting that way?". I'm not trying to down peoples "I feel like I had a good idea~!" emotion. I support it in all its forms. I just kind of wish some gave deeper thought to the things that the suggest before they suggest them. It's like...constructive criticisim. Not many are giving square that. They're just giving them those "I think you did it wrong, so do it my way..." demands.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~

I guess I could put it this way. How are we helping square make the game better? Or, how can we? Instead of being sore and making it just sound upset that we think Square's done us wrong.

Consider it motivation to aid them rather than flood them with requests. They want to listen to the player base. But think of it this way. The more we load on their plate, the more they have to think about and consider the new ideas. It can draw their attention away from some things.

I'm a student, and I've been studying networking administration and information systems security for the last three years. So I could tell you about what goes on behind the scenes with the servers and what not, but as for the actual that goes into the game, I don't have a damn clue beyond the few programming classes I've taken, haha.

Does a part-time job here on campus count? :P

What do you mean? There is something outside of Final Fantasy???

I'm going to school full time for my B.F.A. in photography and media studies. I also work part-time on campus, but considering summer vacation just started, I'll be an intern at a photo studio until late August.