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As per the advice of the OP. I value the advice of all, so I thank you. Anyhow, I worked one week and I absolutely hated it. I LOVE radio. Like I've left women behind to pursue my career in radio. I love it. I actively pursued getting back into it after getting laid off.
This job... wtf. I applied for a news director position. When I signed the paperwork it said "This isn't a news position so much as a public relations position." That was my first red flag. On my first day I stayed at a City Council meeting until 9pm. Got no story, because I wasn't there to get a story, I was there to be a presence for the radio station at the meeting. I got done at 9, had a 45 minute drive home and had to be back at the station at 5am.
Anyhow, on Friday I had the computer in the "news room" freeze on me mid report. That was the last straw. After a week of reading obituaries, doing stories on blood drives and silent auctions for a high school french club. Half the computers in the place were running Windows 98 and they weren't fast enough to run Windows 95.
So I got home Friday, drove the bar where I had been working part-time (also working part-time at another radio station) and asked to be put back on the schedule. They obliged and I called the lady at the radio station and quit.
The job made me HATE radio. I feel now like going back to school for another degree will be the best choice.
What a week.
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you listened to outposters??????
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Keep trying. You can get a great job one day in radio
My job is so bad that because of the snow I had to work 17 hours yesterday and it barely pays me enough money to live.
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Heladric
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Rikarus posted:
you listened to outposters??????
Normally no. It's why I won't be posting a poll on what I should get a degree in if I decide to go back to school.
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If you always remember that radio is where you belong it will make the tedium bearable.
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I don't see how a week in a lousy job that wasn't exactly as you expected could ruin your love for radio. Maybe you've just realized that landing a good gig isn't easy. Sometimes you have to go through a couple rough years to get to where you want to be. But if it was a dead end, you were right to quit.
I wouldn't give up on radio completely, though... keep looking for opportunities as you're studying or doing something else. Who knows what might come up?
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Heladric you sound young. Dont end up like me. Radio is a good business to be in and you have some talent
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Sorry to hear about your experience heladric. I actually know a couple radio personalities and both of them went form really enjoying it to hating it over the last decade. You are young enough that it might actually be a good time to look elsewhere.
You could always start a rock band. I'll join if you do. I don't know how to play an instrument so obviously i will be drums.
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Jacor/Clear Channel completely destroyed the radio culture in Cincinnati. Fired all of the best personalities and reformatted for pop and talk over anything different.
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What city are you in Heladric?
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paulg_68 posted:
What city are you in Heladric?
Louisville, Kentucky.
Also, I worded that wrong. This job made me hate being a radio broadcaster while I was there. And while I was driving to work. I felt like I was going to a funeral everyday. Friday, when I went to the other radio station I was working at to get my W2, I felt like I couldn't wait for someone there to take a day off so I could fill in. I think the problem is I had spent 3 years in big time radio (Louisville is market 54) and I went to small time radio and I didn't like it. Sometimes people love it because it's got that home feeling, but not me.
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So are you no longer interested in radio at all? Or is it that you're afraid radio is mostly that and you'll get stuck somewhere you hate?
I think you should stick to something media related. I think it suits you. You just have to find your place in it.
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Allstarslacker posted:
So are you no longer interested in radio at all? Or is it that you're afraid radio is mostly that and you'll get stuck somewhere you hate?
I think you should stick to something media related. I think it suits you. You just have to find your place in it.
I'm interested in radio. But given the events of last July (being laid off) I feel like I should pursue something that will be more secure. I'm not sure though. I do love media, as it's just about as fun as can be. Unfortunately it's just not as lucrative as I'd like. Unless you're in the top 1%.
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Existence will find a way. Enjoy today and adapt to your new conditions.
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Good luck dude. You obviously have talent. You just need to find the right niche
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Well you wouldn't have known unless you tried. It could have turned out to be awesome, but instead it was a learning experience. Good luck on the continued search. 
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WHAT'S A RADIO???
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Is there any room in the Sirius/XM world after their merge?
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What you do for a living isn't about "fun"...it's about making a paycheck.
I hated every second of every day of my "career". I often thought of killing everyone, including myself, when I was at work. I guess some people get lucky and get paid to do stuff they don't hate....never met anyone who was that fortunate however.
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Grats on getting a job Helen. One step at a time and keep aspiring to get something better until you are happy and where you want to be. 
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Ptilk posted:
What you do for a living isn't about "fun"...it's about making a paycheck.
I hated every second of every day of my "career". I often thought of killing everyone, including myself, when I was at work. I guess some people get lucky and get paid to do stuff they don't hate....never met anyone who was that fortunate however.
Exactly. I work to live. I barely scrape by but to have a roof over my head, money for simple pleasures, a car, and food on the table is wonderful especially compared to my life before with my father.
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I've been living paycheck to paycheck for 5 years. My job in radio was fun. My life outside of radio was enjoyable, but not nearly as fun as I'd like. That's why I'm going back to school, I think.
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So are we starting a rock band or not? I saw a sweet set of bottles on the craigs list, and need to grab them quick if so. Is that what they're called?
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Ptilk posted:
What you do for a living isn't about "fun"...it's about making a paycheck.
I hated every second of every day of my "career". I often thought of killing everyone, including myself, when I was at work. I guess some people get lucky and get paid to do stuff they don't hate....never met anyone who was that fortunate however.
i personally enjoy my job. There are some stressful moments trying to meet some deadlines, but I like the work. Seeing stuff I design like ion sources, liquid helium cryostats, etc come to life from what I think in my head to what's in front of me is always interesting and engaging to me.
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My job in the navy was mind numbingly boring. I spent 4 years training for it, and then when I got to do it....all I did was record what a couple of meters were reading every 15 minutes. 4 freaking years of school for that?
My job after the military was horrible. I sold people, which sounds sorta cool but was actually awful. Running a temp employee service exposed me to the worst of both the looking for a job and the looking to hire someone worlds. Most people looking for a job are god damn idiots, and most people looking to hire someone are fucking stupid. I made money by convincing the stupid people hiring someone that the idiot I had to offer was a better option than hiring some other idiot off the street.
Amazingly....quite a few of them believed it and paid me to hire my idiot. 
Every single day I was thankful for the almost limitless stupidity of most managers in this country.
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You sound kind of like a little bitch. Sorry to say it, but that's all I got from your OP.
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