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Seriously, being an engineer is the best career for normal peopl

Seriously, work on cool shit, make good pay, and work normal...
Useless Puppy
  03/08/10
Law students are lazy. They've majored in shit-degrees and h...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
you will love it when a lawyer patents your invention you wo...
passionate iridescent elastic band brethren
  03/08/10
Don't forget the sales guys making 2x for the shit you desig...
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
+1 to that. where is the incentive to be a good engineer? i...
passionate iridescent elastic band brethren
  03/08/10
The fact that salesmen are grossly overpaid and engineers ar...
Greedy Drab Stag Film
  03/08/10
this schtick is annoying as fuck. the US isn't special, the...
Plum Center
  03/08/10
...
Twisted theater reading party
  03/08/10
engineering is gr8t for IT consulting. You'll work biglaw hr...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
is this from the same people that brought you "Everyone...
Onyx Tantric Chapel
  03/08/10
i thought the knock was that they don't make as much as lawy...
Bronze base roommate
  03/08/10
cr on all points. There is so much fucking math it drove me ...
Supple spot
  03/08/10
...
Twisted theater reading party
  03/08/10
lol
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
lol
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
t only cr
multi-colored prole
  03/08/10
to be fair, a good portion of engineering jobs are 8-5 with ...
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
"About the same pay" WTF?
irradiated sanctuary ape
  03/08/10
lol
ruddy plaza
  03/08/10
lol law school sucks so much and this 22 year old engineer a...
Useless Puppy
  03/08/10
how can people here have such lability regarding career ambi...
Bronze base roommate
  03/08/10
lability?
Chest-beating Tanning Salon
  03/08/10
it means, like, being susceptible to change.
Bronze base roommate
  03/08/10
i don't think it's the same poster, unless you're name is jo...
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
(blue smoke)
trip property ceo
  03/08/10
because most xo posters are miserable and never happy with a...
Plum Center
  03/08/10
the problem is that we're constantly exposed to new informat...
Bipolar gaping
  03/08/10
no shit, the fact that you whine and constantly think about ...
Plum Center
  03/08/10
how is this possible? we're natural analysts who over think ...
Bipolar gaping
  03/08/10
"normal" people don't have the intelligence to be ...
Comical opaque area community account
  03/08/10
i'm engineer. I'm NOT smart. But i'll out work any tool in e...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
tell that to a regular 100 IQ american who barely passed hig...
Comical opaque area community account
  03/08/10
my lil bro is looking for a job right. just graduated too ...
Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig
  03/08/10
tell him to: 1. take patent bar (use PLI - will pass on f...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
I told him this but he doesnt want to go to LS. He passed...
Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig
  03/08/10
fuck..so he wants to be an actual engineer. you know what fi...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
i think power
Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig
  03/08/10
the big power cos usually have rotational programs. I hear t...
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
is your firm hiring?
Aquamarine private investor
  03/08/10
ee?
Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor
  03/08/10
ya
Aquamarine private investor
  03/08/10
Power Distribution or Power Generation?
Sienna mood scourge upon the earth
  03/08/10
it's probably a good career for quantitative aspies.
Bipolar gaping
  03/08/10
No, it really isn't. At least, not if you want to live in th...
ruddy plaza
  03/08/10
what about govt engineers?
Bipolar gaping
  03/08/10
lol @ the concept of a non-socially awkward engineer
Concupiscible Preventive Strike
  03/08/10
lol @ the concept of a non-socially awkward lawyer
Useless Puppy
  03/08/10
lol, engineer
Concupiscible Preventive Strike
  03/08/10
Nurse is better. Better pay. Better job security. Better ...
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
nurses earn more than engineers?
Soul-stirring twinkling stead
  03/08/10
some
Arousing abode
  03/08/10
start at 50-55k (same as engineers, by the way) after 3 yea...
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
Nobody bothered to tell you that those 3 12 hour shifts were...
Supple spot
  03/08/10
lol. they can be 8am to 8pm as well. You don;t spend your wh...
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
Nah man, it's really not that great. Every nurse I've met ei...
Supple spot
  03/08/10
Interesting. The nurses I knew in California had a completel...
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
those are great hours
wonderful talking queen of the night antidepressant drug
  03/08/10
Also nurses are betas. Engineers at least have the potential...
Useless Puppy
  03/08/10
lol. Engineers are alphas? how many engineers have you met i...
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
lol +1. engineer = as beta as you can get. at least nurses...
passionate iridescent elastic band brethren
  03/08/10
lol @ a "male" nurse.
Concupiscible Preventive Strike
  03/08/10
fair.
Alcoholic Place Of Business
  03/08/10
It sucks that there is so much prejudice against men in cert...
zombie-like up-to-no-good psychic
  03/08/10
Nursing is not great dude, trust me. Only credited nursing j...
swashbuckling stage sound barrier
  03/08/10
because it involves touching human feces more often than not...
ruddy plaza
  03/08/10


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Date: March 8th, 2010 3:58 PM
Author: Useless Puppy

Seriously, work on cool shit, make good pay, and work normal hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333228)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:15 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

Law students are lazy. They've majored in shit-degrees and have a very skewed view on life. In law school we were always told everyone here is smart.

Umm...that's BS. If you majored in clasics/history/poli and end up with a 3.8 your ass is NOT smart. STFU.

The students who do well are the hardest working. If anything, law school is the great equalizer because you have engineers (who innately work harder) paired with the bs major types. Typically an engineer will win that battle, not becuase he is per-se smarter, but just more responsonsible/efficient/hardworking.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333344)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:32 PM
Author: passionate iridescent elastic band brethren

you will love it when a lawyer patents your invention you worked so hard on so that u can get your TTT salary and the law firm + corporation makes bonus/profits.

PS this is why i quit engineering. no proper rewards for hard work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333456)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:34 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

Don't forget the sales guys making 2x for the shit you design

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333470)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:40 PM
Author: passionate iridescent elastic band brethren

+1 to that. where is the incentive to be a good engineer? it is only a good career if you don't care about money and happen to love tech. else go sales or something else

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333517)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:44 PM
Author: Greedy Drab Stag Film

The fact that salesmen are grossly overpaid and engineers are grossly underpaid will be the death of the US.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333554)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:46 PM
Author: Plum Center

this schtick is annoying as fuck. the US isn't special, there are business tools in every country making more than those poor, pitiful (lol) engineers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333560)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 6:06 PM
Author: Twisted theater reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334212)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:41 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

engineering is gr8t for IT consulting. You'll work biglaw hrs for half the pay though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333533)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 3:59 PM
Author: Onyx Tantric Chapel

is this from the same people that brought you "Everyone is College Material!" and "Law School: It's Just Like Legally Blonde!"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333234)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 3:59 PM
Author: Bronze base roommate

i thought the knock was that they don't make as much as lawyers and all the jobs are getting outsourced. plus it's hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333236)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:05 PM
Author: Supple spot

cr on all points. There is so much fucking math it drove me insane and led me to shun the protractor for the briefcase.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333277)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 6:07 PM
Author: Twisted theater reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334233)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:06 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334924)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 3:59 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333238)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:01 PM
Author: multi-colored prole

t only cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333251)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:03 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

to be fair, a good portion of engineering jobs are 8-5 with the occasional work on weekends or long nights. The OP is right on that. Definitely better than law in that regard, but so are many professions.

You might as well have become a teacher, nurse, or cop. About the same pay + union benefits, but training is exponentially easier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333263)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 11:31 PM
Author: irradiated sanctuary ape

"About the same pay"

WTF?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14337900)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:01 PM
Author: ruddy plaza

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333252)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:03 PM
Author: Useless Puppy

lol law school sucks so much and this 22 year old engineer already has a better life then me lololol so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333260)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:07 PM
Author: Bronze base roommate

how can people here have such lability regarding career ambitions? how do you go from being the sort of person who went to law school to the sort of person who should have become an engineer -- no, wait, a doctor, no wait, a schoolteacher, no wait, a Chick Fil-A owner.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333290)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:09 PM
Author: Chest-beating Tanning Salon

lability?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333305)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:11 PM
Author: Bronze base roommate

it means, like, being susceptible to change.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333314)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:11 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

i don't think it's the same poster, unless you're name is joires

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333315)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:17 PM
Author: trip property ceo

(blue smoke)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333353)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:44 PM
Author: Plum Center

because most xo posters are miserable and never happy with any decision they make, in case you havent noticed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333556)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:50 PM
Author: Bipolar gaping

the problem is that we're constantly exposed to new information that calls our old decisions into question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333578)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:51 PM
Author: Plum Center

no shit, the fact that you whine and constantly think about this is why you're miserable. gtfoi you pansy faggots

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333585)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:55 PM
Author: Bipolar gaping

how is this possible? we're natural analysts who over think everything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333613)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:18 PM
Author: Comical opaque area community account

"normal" people don't have the intelligence to be an engineer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333358)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:24 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

i'm engineer. I'm NOT smart. But i'll out work any tool in every given week.

intelligence is an excuse for hardwork. STFU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333403)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 5:50 PM
Author: Comical opaque area community account

tell that to a regular 100 IQ american who barely passed high school algebra.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334090)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:21 PM
Author: Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig

my lil bro is looking for a job right. just graduated too

he did ee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333382)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:23 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

tell him to:

1. take patent bar (use PLI - will pass on first attempt unless he's a lazy fuck)

2. Go to LS (T1 only)

3. PROFIT

You're welcome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333397)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:26 PM
Author: Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig

I told him this but he doesnt want to go to LS.

He passed his engineer in training test

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333418)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:28 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

fuck..so he wants to be an actual engineer. you know what field.

if it is semiconductor then he should NOT change course. I repeat, if semiconductor -- STAY PUT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333440)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:32 PM
Author: Laughsome Learning Disabled Deer Antler Rigpig

i think power

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333462)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:37 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

the big power cos usually have rotational programs. I hear they are competitive, but he should gun for those. They tend to lead into mgt.

But IRL if he only has bs and actually wants to do engineering he'll be happier as a patent pro or getting masters. I do more more engineering now as I did as an engineer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333502)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:41 PM
Author: Aquamarine private investor

is your firm hiring?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333525)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:42 PM
Author: Orchid sticky kitty cat fortuitous meteor

ee?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333536)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:44 PM
Author: Aquamarine private investor

ya

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333555)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:43 PM
Author: Sienna mood scourge upon the earth

Power Distribution or Power Generation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333550)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:34 PM
Author: Bipolar gaping

it's probably a good career for quantitative aspies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333472)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:43 PM
Author: ruddy plaza

No, it really isn't. At least, not if you want to live in the U.S.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333549)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 4:46 PM
Author: Bipolar gaping

what about govt engineers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333561)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 5:05 PM
Author: Concupiscible Preventive Strike

lol @ the concept of a non-socially awkward engineer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14333694)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 5:49 PM
Author: Useless Puppy

lol @ the concept of a non-socially awkward lawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334087)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 6:55 PM
Author: Concupiscible Preventive Strike

lol, engineer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334747)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 6:54 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

Nurse is better.

Better pay.

Better job security.

Better hours.

Can live anywhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334742)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 6:58 PM
Author: Soul-stirring twinkling stead

nurses earn more than engineers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334809)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:00 PM
Author: Arousing abode

some

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334838)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:05 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

start at 50-55k (same as engineers, by the way)

after 3 years and establishing themselves in a specialty, they can join a traveling nurse program and earn over $30/hour AND get housing paid for.

and live anywhere in the country

GREAT job.

ALSO, only work 3, 12 hour days per week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334918)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:08 PM
Author: Supple spot

Nobody bothered to tell you that those 3 12 hour shifts were 8PM to 8AM though, so enjoy spending your days off sleeping and being 12 hours off from anyone with a social life.

Also, have fun being covered in shit, blood, piss, and vomit. I'd rather have shitlaw than shit on me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334956)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:12 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

lol. they can be 8am to 8pm as well. You don;t spend your whole career working night shift. You may rotate around a bit... it is not even true that new nurses spend their whole first 3 years working night shifts. Sounds like you actually have no idea what you are talking about... which I suppose is par for course here.

And the many nurses I know have pretty awesome social lives... certainly much better than big law attorneys who work 12 hours 6 days a week. Your days off are awesome.... can even set up 4 day weekend trips.

As for the gross stuff... well, yeah... that is the trade off.

My point is that it is a great career option that should be considered more seriously.

Also, it is probably the BEST option for someone who will ONLY get an undergrad degree.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335012)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:14 PM
Author: Supple spot

Nah man, it's really not that great. Every nurse I've met either went on to med school or started teaching because it sucked so bad. They never worked a 3 day workweek in their lives, and got paid shit all for it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335038)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:16 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

Interesting. The nurses I knew in California had a completely different experience.

They could earn 80-90k 3-4 yrs out of school and could live where ever they wanted.

Are you sure you are talking about RNs and not just NPs?

ALL of the nurses I knew worked 3 day work weeks... except for clinic work where it was 5 days, 8 hour days (and no bodily fluids). where did these people work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335075)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:17 PM
Author: wonderful talking queen of the night antidepressant drug

those are great hours

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335087)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:00 PM
Author: Useless Puppy

Also nurses are betas. Engineers at least have the potential to be alpha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334837)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:06 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

lol. Engineers are alphas? how many engineers have you met in your life?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14334927)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 11:45 PM
Author: passionate iridescent elastic band brethren

lol +1. engineer = as beta as you can get. at least nurses get paid what their worth/capable of. engineers have way more financial potential than they live up to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14338107)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:14 PM
Author: Concupiscible Preventive Strike

lol @ a "male" nurse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335039)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 7:16 PM
Author: Alcoholic Place Of Business

fair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14335077)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 11:17 PM
Author: zombie-like up-to-no-good psychic

It sucks that there is so much prejudice against men in certain professions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14337706)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 11:28 PM
Author: swashbuckling stage sound barrier

Nursing is not great dude, trust me. Only credited nursing job is CRNA, everything else, especially if your an intelligent male you wouldnt want to do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14337871)



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Date: March 8th, 2010 11:34 PM
Author: ruddy plaza

because it involves touching human feces more often than not?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1244845&forum_id=2#14337933)