Daaaaamn!
Look at the date on this entry, and then look at the date on my last entry. ONE YEAR! Time goes by too fast man. I know I don't update often, but come on, a whole year? Jeez.
Okay, what's different now than one year ago? I finished school. I got a BIS (barely in school) in Sociology and Justice Studies. After school I worked on an armored car for six months. Shitty job. It paid the bills while I was applying to police departments though. No luck with that. I have tried eight times to become a cop. You don't let the first couple get to you, but after being rejected 8 times, especially when each process takes so long, it's very disheartening. Here's a personal rant, I'm hoping not many people read this. I am so tired of people asking me "how's the police thing going?" It forces me to re-explain how I've failed. I also hate "you should try so-and-so department, I hear they're hiring." The problem is not that I don't know who's hiring. Almost everyone is hiring. The problem is that there is something they want that I just don't have. And by policy, nobody will tell me why they won't hire me. It's the worst feeling to have one career goal through college, you plan your life around it, and then get the cold shoulder from the whole profession. I just want a reason. Some kind of explanation why I'm not good enough for them.
Okay, that's enough. I'm starting to upset myself. So now I'm working at ASU's Downtown Campus now, as a Technology Support Analyst. I like it, and I'm pretty good at it. Only problem is that it doesn't pay enough. It supports me now, but I'm not going to have roomates forever. This job is good money for my position, but it's not house-owning, family-having, career money. Maybe the experience here can lead to that type of position? Maybe some more school is in order? So that's where I am right now. The future is a big question mark.
Okay, what's different now than one year ago? I finished school. I got a BIS (barely in school) in Sociology and Justice Studies. After school I worked on an armored car for six months. Shitty job. It paid the bills while I was applying to police departments though. No luck with that. I have tried eight times to become a cop. You don't let the first couple get to you, but after being rejected 8 times, especially when each process takes so long, it's very disheartening. Here's a personal rant, I'm hoping not many people read this. I am so tired of people asking me "how's the police thing going?" It forces me to re-explain how I've failed. I also hate "you should try so-and-so department, I hear they're hiring." The problem is not that I don't know who's hiring. Almost everyone is hiring. The problem is that there is something they want that I just don't have. And by policy, nobody will tell me why they won't hire me. It's the worst feeling to have one career goal through college, you plan your life around it, and then get the cold shoulder from the whole profession. I just want a reason. Some kind of explanation why I'm not good enough for them.
Okay, that's enough. I'm starting to upset myself. So now I'm working at ASU's Downtown Campus now, as a Technology Support Analyst. I like it, and I'm pretty good at it. Only problem is that it doesn't pay enough. It supports me now, but I'm not going to have roomates forever. This job is good money for my position, but it's not house-owning, family-having, career money. Maybe the experience here can lead to that type of position? Maybe some more school is in order? So that's where I am right now. The future is a big question mark.