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Slizza




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 00:14    Post subject: Career change for me. Pro Skater!
Well, kind off. Worked in electronics all my life and after leaving my job late last year i have been unemployed.
I took a break for a few months and those turned in to a few more.
The thought of going back to the same crappy paid kind of repair/diagnostics/manufacturing electronics work just depressed me.
As a second income from time to time i have always done custom computer systems and i'll put most firms IT guys to shame when it comes to hardware but i lack the qualifications for firms to take me seriously in the higher paid IT positions.
Midlife crisis closes in thick and fast. The feeling of wasted potential nagging at me. So i did what i should have a long time ago if i was actually intelligent in the first place.
I signed myself right up to go back to college. Not electronic engineering this time but to pursue a degree in Network engineering and a bunch of other IT crap that would bore both you and me to sleep.

Wait what? Where does the pro skater part come in?
Well if i leave unemployment benefits to go back in to full time education, then i would lose the funding i get to pay my rent and keep my home. Only solution is to find work to help fund me during my time as a student.
"Fuck working for somebody else ever again" has become more and more prevalent in my head over the last year or so.
So right down to thinking "what i can offer?".
I'm advertising my custom PC services but it seems nobody can afford these things right this moment. PC sales are low!
What else can i do...I just spent all this unemployed time relaxing drinking beer and skating. Answer was there all along!
One nights thinking and a good sleep and the next day i said screw this. Time to grab the bull by the horns and go for it. So i immediately drafted an advert offering my services running private skateboard classes for beginners.
Within 24 hours i had so many parents contact me interested in details or desperate to sign their kids up that i already had enough interest to start a weekly class teaching kids.
Now only a short while later my application for a certificate needed to ensure you are fit to work with children and vulnerable people is underway and im legally allowed to commence.
Seems the government has a good few grants for people starting businesses. especially if they are unemployed. (get the bastards off the welfare state and in to the tax system) So now i'm looking at all the money i need to ensure i can do this for at least a year when added to student funding, even if it flops.
So yeh... I'm going to skateboard for a living and that's pretty fucking awesome to me.

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PumpAction
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 01:10    Post subject:
Best of luck! Sounds awesome.

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shole




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 01:10    Post subject:
follow your dreams and shit
good luck
I have a similar feeling but am completely incapable of whoring myself out or getting other people excited on my shit so I'm doomed
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Lopin18




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 01:22    Post subject:
Congrats dude, opportunities are great if you pay attention, you did, put effort in it, make it worthwhile for clients and make them enjoy it and learn and let them spread the word.
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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 01:30    Post subject:
Sounds like you've found something you can really enjoy, so I say fair play to you!
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Slizza




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 01:46    Post subject: Re: Career change for me. Pro Skater!
Thanks. Yeh. Hopfully it will be a ongoing success. Will find out Smile

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ixigia
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 02:01    Post subject:
Slizza Hawk Very Happy
Sounds really cool, you carped that diem like a boss. Best of luck! Smile
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kumkss




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 03:04    Post subject:
im so happy for you mate! bests of lucks!! Smile
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 03:23    Post subject:
I'm in the same spot as you. I chose to be a gigolo, but business hasn't picked up yet. Sad

Must be the financial crisis.
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dingo_d
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 06:38    Post subject:
Good luck Smile

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Yuri




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 08:26    Post subject:
Fuck Yeah Good luck Slizza. You go, girl! Fuck Yeah


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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 09:28    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2015 10:13    Post subject:
Everything Went Better Than Expected

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Nalo
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Slizza




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jul 2015 01:00    Post subject:
That was my sponsor me video from back when i was trying to turn pro Razz

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Mister_s




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jul 2015 11:59    Post subject:
I'd advise against following your shit, it goes to very bad places, but the best of luck.
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harry_theone




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jul 2015 11:59    Post subject:
Nice man! Working with kids can be stressful but if you love doing this you're having a great base to find the job and living you desire.

I'm always happy for people finding what they want, best of luck!
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Nalo
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jul 2015 12:22    Post subject:
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