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re: Anyone ever take a job that was way above their experience level?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 4:09 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 8/17/18 at 4:09 pm to cubsfan5150
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Every time I get promoted to a new rank
I wanted to be an engineer. Didn't have the grades for Georgia Tech, so I enrolled at UGA, hoping to transfer after a few years. Wine, Women and Song got the better of me.
BS Biology with 30 hours of Chemistry. Took a job as a lab tech in R&D/Quality. Newly married, I just wanted to pay some bills.
Never overlook opportunities when they are given to you.
Spent a day with a supplier rep, pretty much just giving a tour. He mentioned something about our process and I turned it into a 1.3MM annual savings.
Thrown to the wolves, I took the promotion to management.
You have to learn, you have to work harder and become more frustrated and after every promotion I felt like I would never become adept, much less successful. Stuck with it. $14,850 to 6 figures.
Funny thing is, after decades, I was training/managing engineers how to do their job.
This post was edited on 8/17/18 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 8/17/18 at 4:23 pm to nuwaydawg
I lived next to a guy on Mag that worked the cheese counter at Whole Foods. He had a Masters from Tulane, he worked there to avoid drugs tests.
True story
True story
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