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What Are You Going To Do When You Finish School?
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What Are You Going To Do When You Finish School?

Title is self- explanatory.
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RE: What Are You Going To Do When You Finish School?

Grad school if I can figure out a way to afford it. I realized I'm not actually good at anything except school so yeah. After that, who knows.

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Shit if I know. I wish I did.

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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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krissy Wrote:dessert fox
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I'm gonna be an illustrator, musician, and possibly a producer/director. It might not even happen, but I'm gonna work for it.

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More school muthafuckah.

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Hopefully develop games for kongregate.

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Fuck hopefully when I get my doctorate in like 8 years I am gonna do counseling and shit for youth. For now I substitute and do odd jobs to gain general experience at random shit.

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(11-23-2011 12:01 AM)The Desert Fox Wrote:  Shit if I know. I wish I did.

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Anything I can find. I'm not expecting anything.

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(11-23-2011 01:12 PM)VisualStyly Wrote:  Anything I can find. I'm not expecting anything.

Live off the grid for 4 years. Then slowly come back.
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Working as a Jihadi Agent.. JK lol idk
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I'm in college right now, not sure if I'll "finish school" by the time I finish school. I'm looking to eventually start my own business, doing web development and computer games.

Also I've got a dozen domain names sitting around waiting for me to put websites up for them one of these days.

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(11-24-2011 11:36 AM)Liquid Wrote:  I'm in college right now, not sure if I'll "finish school" by the time I finish school. I'm looking to eventually start my own business, doing web development and computer games.

Also I've got a dozen domain names sitting around waiting for me to put websites up for them one of these days.

Have you ever been to Kongregate? They let you put up games and you get ad revenue. They fork over more of the money if you do things like put their API into your coding, have the game be sponsored, or exclusive to kong.

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Haven't done much of value yet...I'm hoping to finish this engineering degree so I can get a well paying engineer job, I know how cliche that sounds but having a decent income will do me wonders...living off $300-400 a week has killed my soul. I also hope to continue doing business stuff which I've been doing, the business probably wont take off but I've learned a lot about business law and stuff like that which will be useful later.
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(11-23-2011 03:04 PM)crazycoulrophobe Wrote:  
(11-23-2011 01:12 PM)VisualStyly Wrote:  Anything I can find. I'm not expecting anything.

Live off the grid for 4 years. Then slowly come back.

Whatever. Still ain't gonna change my opinion. I already learned not to expect shit and it's already a good solution to certain life problems.

ZZZ...
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Apply for a Bachelors of Computer Science in University (4 year course). If I don't make it, Ill apply for a Bachelors of I.T. and a Bachelors of Business. As well as join the Australian Army, and from there I will apply into the SAS (Special Forces). And as a hobby I will produce dubstep, trance, electro and house.

(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote:  Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
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(11-26-2011 10:12 PM)Efs Wrote:  oin the Australian Army, and from there I will apply into the SAS (Special Forces)

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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
CrayolaColours Wrote:That post owned. TDF wins post of the year.
Faby Wrote:
krissy Wrote:dessert fox
Mmm, flambéed vulpine.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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(11-27-2011 09:00 AM)The Desert Fox Wrote:  
(11-26-2011 10:12 PM)Efs Wrote:  oin the Australian Army, and from there I will apply into the SAS (Special Forces)

lolaustraliaanddangerousthings

Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile

(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote:  Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile

Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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(11-27-2011 01:00 PM)psychopath Wrote:  
(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile

Except ours isn't allowed to have guns

LOL

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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
CrayolaColours Wrote:That post owned. TDF wins post of the year.
Faby Wrote:
krissy Wrote:dessert fox
Mmm, flambéed vulpine.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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Get a job from doing something I'm good at, and I might get revenge on my primary school somehow. *evil grin*

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Rape you
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Well, since you asked...
I want to get my dual degree in Japanese and Ornamental Horticulture in college, then get a job as a translator, either as a tour guide or, if I'm really lucky, at an anime dubbing company like FUNimation. I'll do bonsai on the side, and then full time once I'm like 80 and can retire from my translating gig.

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When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’
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Cry tears of joy for five hours.

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Ah the very last day of school... everyone at my school stayed behind to say goodbye at the main area, lot's of tears and goodbyes and photos.

But that was them. Me and my group of friends met up at the main gate as soon as the last bell rang and got the first bus out of there and had a celebratory smoke fest.

But yeah, after school finished I went to college, physics maths computer science and philosophy ahoy.

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Everyone dicked about on the field for a bit then I went home at the first opportunity and played vidya with my friends awyeah
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(11-24-2011 12:12 PM)Spiritus_Raptor Wrote:  
(11-24-2011 11:36 AM)Liquid Wrote:  I'm in college right now, not sure if I'll "finish school" by the time I finish school. I'm looking to eventually start my own business, doing web development and computer games.

Also I've got a dozen domain names sitting around waiting for me to put websites up for them one of these days.

Have you ever been to Kongregate? They let you put up games and you get ad revenue. They fork over more of the money if you do things like put their API into your coding, have the game be sponsored, or exclusive to kong.

Yep, have played a few games there occasionally. I might try a making flash game of two, but mainly I want to make a few PBBGs Smile

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(12-06-2011 03:54 AM)Liquid Wrote:  
(11-24-2011 12:12 PM)Spiritus_Raptor Wrote:  
(11-24-2011 11:36 AM)Liquid Wrote:  I'm in college right now, not sure if I'll "finish school" by the time I finish school. I'm looking to eventually start my own business, doing web development and computer games.

Also I've got a dozen domain names sitting around waiting for me to put websites up for them one of these days.

Have you ever been to Kongregate? They let you put up games and you get ad revenue. They fork over more of the money if you do things like put their API into your coding, have the game be sponsored, or exclusive to kong.

Yep, have played a few games there occasionally. I might try a making flash game of two, but mainly I want to make a few PBBGs Smile

Oh yeah, I know Kongregate. Really good games there. And good luck with your work.
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I'm looking to become a voice actor.

So, I was learning something, right? Then I went to school.
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Uhm get a job ("Fachinformatiker Systemintegration") and try to live like I want?

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