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No idea why the hell you would get an M5. Any M5 with decent options is going to run well over $90k and sometimes over $100k. That's just a ridiculous burden to put on yourself right off the bat or in 2-3 years. You would be much better off with an M3 though. And if you're buying pre-owned, don't forget that M5s are a bitch to maintain. Just my 3-series is a money-pit whenever anything needs to get fixed out of warranty. An M5 is much worse.
Congrats though! Hopefully, I can land a decent job out of college and get myself the 1M I want. I could afford it now, but it would be quite a stupid move to do financially speaking.
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On November 25 2010 14:07 BroOd wrote:
Really, why the M5? Are you considering getting into racing, or do you just like to drive fast?
I just like to drive fast. :D I have a shitty 1997 Jetta GLS right now (handed down) and I abuse her like crazy going at the speeds I ride.
On November 25 2010 14:10 MelnaisKrauklis wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2010 13:06 Spartan wrote:On November 25 2010 13:04 Microlisk wrote:
Disqualified from College..wat? Bad grades, man. Bad grades. As in straight Ds and Fs across the board with an occasional A or B here and there. I thought I wasn't cut out for Civil Engineering at first, but then I realized, after trying another major, that I just wasn't cut out for college in general. I wish I would've realized that years before. It is awesome you pulled yourself together because college dropouts usually settle for shitty jobs/are lazy in general. Good luck men. No wonder interwiever took interest in you, autodidacts are not that common 
Haha, I am lazy though. I work well under pressure though, which is a good thing.
On November 25 2010 15:29 itzme_petey wrote:Yea... don't get a new car just yet. Save your money.
Yea, of course. :D
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On November 25 2010 15:33 Joementum wrote:No idea why the hell you would get an M5. Any M5 with decent options is going to run well over $90k and sometimes over $100k. That's just a ridiculous burden to put on yourself right off the bat or in 2-3 years. You would be much better off with an M3 though. And if you're buying pre-owned, don't forget that M5s are a bitch to maintain. Just my 3-series is a money-pit whenever anything needs to get fixed out of warranty. An M5 is much worse. Congrats though! Hopefully, I can land a decent job out of college and get myself the 1M I want. I could afford it now, but it would be quite a stupid move to do financially speaking.
Yea, I know what you mean, but the allure of the M5 is just so strong to me.  We have two 3 series in my family already: a 325i and a 330ci. My mind will probably change when I do eventually settle on actually buying a car though.
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what kind of questions did they ask you during the interview?
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Don't listen to them Spartan. Follow your dreams.
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On November 25 2010 15:44 Pengu1n wrote:
what kind of questions did they ask you during the interview?
I can't really remember anything specific, but questions like.. how did I teach myself, why I did it, what are my ambitions, would I have difficulty adapting to the new atmosphere, if required to learn language X could I get on board promptly, why I want to work with them, what I did with VG, what languages I use, if anyone helped me work (engineering) on VG to get it to what it is today.. and then some more technical questions that were beyond easy and meant to make sure I wasn't some "script kiddie", such as.. what is the different between a FORM POST and GET, how well is my understanding of OOP.
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You were living with your parents with a 2-3k income? Shit, I've been living on my own for a while, making no more than $14/hour.
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On November 25 2010 15:45 Microlisk wrote:
Don't listen to them Spartan. Follow your dreams.
still makes me laugh :D
congrats on the job!
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On November 25 2010 18:18 Cedstick wrote:
You were living with your parents with a 2-3k income? Shit, I've been living on my own for a while, making no more than $14/hour.
Geez, how do you live!?
On November 25 2010 18:20 onlinerobbe wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2010 15:45 Microlisk wrote:
Don't listen to them Spartan. Follow your dreams. still makes me laugh :D congrats on the job!
Thanks.
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What specific set of skills do you need to become an 'internet engineer'? I am studying for my CCNA, but don't have much web development experience apart from basic HTML
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First off congrats, glad to see fellow TLers becoming successful.
When they hired you, they knew full well what to expect from a young, inexperienced but enthusiastic individual. Presently, I don't think they're paying you for the quality of work you produce right now per say, but for what they can make of you down the road after they guide you a bit. Taking you under their wing is something they're obviously prepared to do.
I know you don't need it, but good luck man.
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grats dude, San Diego is a great place to live, and working in the games biz is ofc awesome
with that level of discretionary income, its probably time for you to be spending less time on TL and more out there impressing the ladies ^^
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I just landed an amazing job too! Woohoo!
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On November 25 2010 22:32 zzaaxxsscd wrote:grats dude, San Diego is a great place to live, and working in the games biz is ofc awesome with that level of discretionary income, its probably time for you to be spending less time on TL and more out there impressing the ladies ^^
I think being on TL is impressive enough for any lady amirite?! 
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On November 25 2010 19:38 schaefer wrote:
What specific set of skills do you need to become an 'internet engineer'? I am studying for my CCNA, but don't have much web development experience apart from basic HTML
You should at least learn more front-end languages, such as CSS and Java/JavaScript. The position I got required that and back-end languages, such as PHP and MySQL.
On November 25 2010 21:45 Horrde wrote:
First off congrats, glad to see fellow TLers becoming successful.
When they hired you, they knew full well what to expect from a young, inexperienced but enthusiastic individual. Presently, I don't think they're paying you for the quality of work you produce right now per say, but for what they can make of you down the road after they guide you a bit. Taking you under their wing is something they're obviously prepared to do.
I know you don't need it, but good luck man.
Yea, they acknowledged that they were taking a big risk with me (lack of experience and all), but were willing to take that leap of faith based on what happened during the interview and their impression of me.
On November 25 2010 22:32 zzaaxxsscd wrote:grats dude, San Diego is a great place to live, and working in the games biz is ofc awesome with that level of discretionary income, its probably time for you to be spending less time on TL and more out there impressing the ladies ^^
Best part is I actually live only a 10 minute drive away from the office from the moment I leave my driveway to the moment I park in theirs.
And I don't need to impress the ladies, already have a beautiful girlfriend of 3 years that plays SC2 with me
On November 25 2010 22:53 LuckyFool wrote:I just landed an amazing job too! Woohoo!
Sweet, what job and where?
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[QUOTE]On November 25 2010 19:12 Spartan wrote:
[QUOTE]On November 25 2010 18:18 Cedstick wrote:
You were living with your parents with a 2-3k income? Shit, I've been living on my own for a while, making no more than $14/hour.[/QUOTE]
Geez, how do you live!?
yeah i saw this too. obviously this guy has no sense of personal finance especially since he just got a new job and wants a $100,000 dollar car
welcome to the middle class financially struggling club
which im not in i might add
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So quick to assume things and make judgments off of those assumptions. I never said I wanted the car right away. Obviously I'm smarter than that.
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congrats! it's very hard to land an engineering/computer job without a top notch resume. and kudos to your impressive entry level salary.
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Thanks! Yea, it's actually a really high salary now that I compared it to others that have been in the industry for years.
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