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climrgrl
climber
SLO, CA
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"Design electronics for satalites
Dennis"
I'm sorry, dengar, but you can't even spell "satellites" which you ostensibly design electronics for!
Engineer, design & build electronics for small unmanned air vehicles. I've embraced my yuppiedom. I like my job and I love climbing too.
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tomtom
climber
Seattle, Wa
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Didn't you read the Airplane thread?
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bulgingpuke
Trad climber
cayucos california
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Street pharmasist
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Ouch!
climber
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Speelling an ejudcashun aire mutualeey exklusive.
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MikeL
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Retired business school professor (in UK, Canada, and three schools in the U.S.--and will teach again at SCU next year). Owned two businesses and have been all over the career map for 15 years.
I'd say the degree(s) will give you options.
As to what life will make you happy, good luck on that one!
I, too, have enjoyed reading this thread. Thanks.
ml
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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Hey poop tube,
The Ken I'm thinking of is rocket scientist faculty at UC Irvine. Not a climber. If your description matches then it sounds like there have been some big changes!
Cheers,
Roy
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AKutzer
Trad climber
Austin, TX
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First: a reporter (Journalism degree from University of Texas)
Second: a swimming pool manager
Third: an Asst. manager of a Pearl Izumi outlet in South Lake Tahoe (very mellow, lots of time for climbing and mountain biking)
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Don't let go
Trad climber
Yorba Linda, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2005 - 09:50pm PT
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roy, the ken that poop tube and i know is a fellow student. I'm not sure if he is aerospace or mechanical engineering. He's a really nice guy. I don't think he climbs. But we could change that...
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poop_tube
Trad climber
Irvine, CA
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YA, Ken does climb but he's a student friend of ours. I guess we don't your friend, Roy. Or we might, what's his last name?
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T Moses
Trad climber
Paso Robles
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Shop Foreman/Production Manager for anodizing rack manufacturing company.
Seven year apprenticeship as a maintenance machinist & mechanic building custom fully automated CNC machinery and traveling CA repairing & rebuilding machinery.
I don't fit your stereotype at all. No drugs or alcohol and I skipped the college thing and went straight for the trade.
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climberweenie
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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After 2.5 years toward BS in Electrical Engineering, I changed to Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (summer internship working in cubicles at Jet Propulsion Lab made me think I wanted to be a Forest Ranger). After working in Hawaii for $300 mo, I didn't see $40K college debt disappearing.
So I broke down and got a techie job in silicon valley- Network Engineering. Just randomly fell into it, and it was brilliant. It's fun, requires very little school pre-requisites, and pay is awesome (easy $100+/hr with 2yrs experience if you're really smart & get right certifications). Better than getting a PhD in something that is still tough to get a job. You could even skip college and just get on the path for Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert- when you're contracting, people only care what you can do here and now. Full time employment is different story (lame payscales tied to old formula of yrs exp + degrees, rather than your abilities).
One of my buddies works 3-6 months (still spending like mad all the while), saves up $50K, then lives like a king traveling the world and climbing til its gone. He lives in Camp4 sometimes buying dinner for folks who will be his gophers to buy stuff and make the food. Currently he's in France where he's going to get married.
Here's a MUST READ for folks considering dropping out, or giving up on their education. Basic gist is MAKE DECISIONS THAT EXPAND YOUR FUTURE OPTIONS. Dropping out limits you. Then you'll be living in a van down by the river, which is not so romantic if you want to have a family and support them without foodstamps at some point.
http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html
If I had read this when I was in high school or even in college, I would have made different choices with my college education (even though I'm ultimately happy how I ended up- through luck as much as my own good choices after college).
Trick is to have enough money to make your time more enjoyable, but not be so money-driven that you never have the time to spend it.
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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Poop et al. It's Mease.
Cheers,
Roy
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10b4me
Trad climber
On that V2 problem at the Happies
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BA in Geography(never used). Spent most of my life working as a mechanical designer for a loudspeaker company, a semiconductor
company, and a major theme park company(working in imaging and effects department). Have chucked it all, and now work in the outdoor recreation industry.
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overhung
Trad climber
Ashland, KY
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M. Ed. Teach high school English.
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Mr.T
Big Wall climber
topanga
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high school physics, math, photography teacher. i'm leaving tomorrow for the Valley until september.....climb, drink, smoke, repeat. stay in school!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Web application developer. I work for myself from home. Business is good. I have a BS degree in NRPI from Humboldt State and am four signatures (on my thesis) away from a Masters in Geology. I'm beyond my term limitations - I'll never get the MS from HSU.
And when I'm not slaving writing Perl code I'm a Bonus Whore! BTW, my bankroll has now hit $8500 working the casinos.
http://www.lafarge.net/photos/misc/foak.jpg
My next trick will be to purchase the motosat (self pointing internet satelite system - Willie Nelson has one!) system. I can hit the road forever, work from my camp and offer highspeed wireless internet to near by campers. I just need the $12K to drop on the system and I'm on it!
and yeah, as far as working just enough - that's me. I've been called a hippie for many years now. It's kinda funny really. Usually though, the word is used in a context something like "stupid fuxing hippie!". After all, I didn't get the nickname "nature" for nothing (a few folks do call me by that).
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guru
Trad climber
Australia
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Contract wine maker.
So yes i drink, but travel the world doing harvest. after working an extended period of 3-4 months with out a day off, i take 3 months off to climb.
Don't smoke anything.
Studied genetics and winemaking in australia. completing bachelor degress in both.
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Zam
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Have a BA in Philosophy, owned and sold my own health and nutrition company at which point I moved to Yos. and climbed and skiied my ass off. Since then I have quit corporate America three times. About the only thing I have stuck with over the years was competative sailing coach for the last decade. I am at the top of the pay scale and have yet to break the $40K mark. I ride my bike to work across the GG bridge and my non-climbing wife doesn't mind belaying or spotting on boulder problems. Wish I had majored in engineering, people look at a Phil degree and laugh, no joke. I have been laughed at in interviews (never got the job either!)
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colorado sprout
Trad climber
Colorado
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aspiring professor. currently a student, about to finish my phd.
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poop_tube
Trad climber
Irvine, CA
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Roy, If I run into him I'll say hi.
Climb on,
Kia
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