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Figgy1

Figgy1

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MinnieM123 said:
I've had a Cuisinart microwave for close to 6 years. It's actually a very solid appliance.
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I miss my Kenmore Elite. We had it for over a dozen years:( I should have realized it was on it's way out about a week or so when it got rather noisy:facepalm: I'm not going to cry because I pulled out the receipt and we only paid about 150 for it and let's face it anything in my kitchen gets more use than they would in most any other kitchen.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
That is awesome that you were able to teach yourself! Hey, Bill Gates never got a college degree and I think he did quite well for himself.;)

Luckily my son was smart enough to realize that he needed to back up all of his programs. He started doing 3D design and animating courses so he had a lot of stuff he didn't want to lose.
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Add me to the list of those that never obtained a college (not even an associates) degree.
Also, besides Bill Gates, our local Michael Dell never got a college degree.
As the story goes, he started building custom PCs in his dorm room at the Universty of Texas. One summer (I believe it was after his sophomore year) he made over $70,000, and was able to convince his parents to let him drop out.
I'm, obviously, no Bill Gates, or Michael Dell, but, not everyone needs a 4-year degree to achieve success. I took 3 hours of vocational drafting in HS every morning during my junior and senior years. I was hired by a local firm 3 months before I graduated HS to ink brochures for a local builder client of theirs in the evenings after school, and the rest is history.
Yes, I have been layed off twice during that 37 year period, but, so have tons of people with 4+ year college degrees. All that being said, the way I did it back in the day, is pretty much impossible to achieve these days without, at bare minimum, an associates degree. And, even then, that would be no easy task.

But, here's the thing that is a bit interesting to me...
If every kid is supposed to go to college and get a 4+ year degree in finance, medicine, law, etc., where are all the auto mechanics, plumbers, and A/C, etc., people gonna' come from...? There are so many kiddos out there that neither need or want the MBA, etc.
Plus, can you imagine the over saturation if every kiddo became a lawyer, doctor, MBA, etc....the lawyers, doctors, and MBAs would be falling over each other for jobs, and the auto mechanics, plumbers, and A/C folks would be makin' even way more money than they are now...!!!!!!! :joyfull: ;)

But, on that note, what he's pursuing sounds like a good fit for your DS...!!! :)
Along with old school sketching and CAD, I do 3-D modeling quite often. It's pretty cool...!!! :happy:
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
Funnily, I wanted to get into animation and modeling as well.. but my brain shuts down on a) heavy abstract programming b) 3d programing, 3d designs, etc..
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I've never tried any 3-D character animation. That would be awesome...!!! :)
With The 3-D models we do, we are able to "fly" the clients around the house, and let them see what they very many times can't picture, even though we can, but, that's our job...! ;)
It is an awesome tool...!!! :happy:
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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donaldtoo said:
Add me to the list of those that never obtained a college (not even an associates) degree.
Also, besides Bill Gates, our local Michael Dell never got a college degree.
As the story goes, he started building custom PCs in his dorm room at the Universty of Texas. One summer (I believe it was after his sophomore year) he made over $70,000, and was able to convince his parents to let him drop out.
I'm, obviously, no Bill Gates, or Michael Dell, but, not everyone needs a 4-year degree to achieve success. I took 3 hours of vocational drafting in HS every morning during my junior and senior years. I was hired by a local firm 3 months before I graduated HS to ink brochures for a local builder client of theirs in the evenings after school, and the rest is history.
Yes, I have been layed off twice during that 37 year period, but, so have tons of people with 4+ year college degrees. All that being said, the way I did it back in the day, is pretty much impossible to achieve these days without, at bare minimum, an associates degree. And, even then, that would be no easy task.

But, here's the thing that is a bit interesting to me...
If every kid is supposed to go to college and get a 4+ year degree in finance, medicine, law, etc., where are all the auto mechanics, plumbers, and A/C, etc., people gonna' come from...? There are so many kiddos out there that neither need or want the MBA, etc.
Plus, can you imagine the over saturation if every kiddo became a lawyer, doctor, MBA, etc....the lawyers, doctors, and MBAs would be falling over each other for jobs, and the auto mechanics, plumbers, and A/C folks would be makin' even way more money than they are now...!!!!!!! :joyfull: ;)

But, on that note, what he's pursuing sounds like a good fit for your DS...!!! :)
Along with old school sketching and CAD, I do 3-D modeling quite often. It's pretty cool...!!! :happy:
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I totally agree with you on everything you said. A $200k plus degree does not guarantee success and it just means that you are behind the 8 ball right away and your credit gets hit before you even have a job.:eek:
We have a neighbor in our development who's dad is a plumber and they do quite well I must say.
You are lucky for how things came about with your career. You are probably right that people can most likely not do it the way you did, and that is a shame. :(
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I totally agree with you on everything you said. A $200k plus degree does not guarantee success and it just means that you are behind the 8 ball right away and your credit gets hit before you even have a job.:eek:
We have a neighbor in our development who's dad is a plumber and they do quite well I must say.
You are lucky for how things came about with your career. You are probably right that people can most likely not do it the way you did, and that is a shame. :(
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Yes, our HS was amazing as far as vocational education goes. The funny part about it is, not including myself, several others in my vocational drafting class went on to be highly successful...
2 that formed their own firm (they were grandfathered in and got there architectural licenses), 2 that became home builders, and at least 2 that became developers...and none of them ever obtained a college degree...! :)
Different fits for different folks...!!! :happy:
 

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