Hey, LionKing, I need some info...

[rhanlav]

My father called me and rambled on something about some job with CSX last night. Uh, what sort of job requires you to take a 14 week class that costs $5000, so you can work on a train in some position that my father didn't know. Literally, thats all I know about the job. Oh, and that it pays $100k a year. Uh, any clue, or is someone pulling my

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[kailucidricwolf]

Because the Chu-Chu transformation is such an out of place sight in compairson to GEAR battles.

^~Kai

[lowen_kind]

I think your father has got some wrong info.

I don't know of any RR that would make prospective employees lay out cash for train, and if they did, certainly not that amount. I also don't know of any train based job that starts at ~$100k. :=3

The job page is: https://careers.csx.com/psp/ERECRUIT/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/ROLE_APPLICANT.ER_APPLICANT_HOME.GBL?NAVSTACK=Clear

After looking at some of the jobs, there are none listed that are train based and none, that I looked at, give a salary in that range.

You might want to get your dad to get more info.

Oops, typo. :=/

[lowen_kind]

I don't know of any RR that would make prospective employees lay out cash for train,...

should read as

I don't know of any RR that would make prospective employees lay out cash for training,...

Re: Oops, typo. :=/

[rhanlav]

Oy. The puns! :P Heheh. Yeah, I think my dad's a bit off as well. I was just curious since I was pretty sure it sounded 'odd'. Thanks.

However,

[lowen_kind]

here is a job posting you might be interested in:

Job Description

Job Title:
Developer

Location:
Jacksonville FL - Bell South
Reference:
014857

Responsibilities The position requires a highly motivated individual with a strong desire to become a key participant in a high-visibility, action-oriented team environment. Responsibilities will cover full applications project lifecycle including initial project definition, requirement specification, design development, application development and testing, implementation planning, implementation support, and maintenance pertaining to several CSX Transportation tier 1 mission critical applications. Comprehensive documentation will be required for all stages of the applications project lifecycle

Re: However -cont.-

[lowen_kind]

Other Requirements of the Job:
Applicant must be able to quickly grasp unfamiliar concepts and master unfamiliar technologies in a dynamic work environment through individual, personal training without the necessity of formal classroom instruction. Applicant must have good problem solving, organizational, and time management skills. Applicant must exhibit excellent English language oral and written communication skills. Applicant must also possess sound judgment, effective follow-through, a commitment to excellence, and the ability to work in a team environment. Applicant must be willing to work on multiple hardware and OS platforms, conform to CSX development and documentation standards, and follow guidance from experienced team leaders.

[buran]

Perhaps as a fireman? Trains don't have cabooses anymore, just engineers and firemen.

[lowen_kind]

Techincally they don't have firmen either.

Most frieght operations only have to men crews: conductors and engineers. When they do have more than two men, the other men are known as "train men".

When the diesels fully took over and there were still two men in the cab "Fireman" held on due to habit, but he was actually a "locomotive helper".

In most passenger operations there is only the engineer in the cab now.

Anyway, as I haad stated, I don't believe that there is any craft oriented, or other entry-level position on any RR that starts you out at 100k per year. Enginneers start in the $30k- $40k/ year range.