The realisation of ambition is a terrible thing
Originally I wanted to be an astronaut. That passed after it became patently obvious that you have to make some sort of effort (and mostly be American) to get there.

Then I wanted to be in IT - all these computer geniuses playing with high powered computers on the cutting edge of high technology, getting paid loads and loads and living the yuppie lifestyle. Definitely for me!

SO As I would definitely be the super intelligent, highly paid non-geeky IT type I should go to University and get an excellent masters degree and breeze straight in to a blue chip job.

Umm - forward to January before my A Level exams; Uni place all sorted out . . . my parents decide to go to Australia for a month and I decide to have a mid-teen crisis. Ditched school and did pretty much nothing for a whole year.

Ambition crumbles like a flake in that woman's mouth, except more ugly and messy (and nothing like that at all really).


FFD x 2

I'm now 27. I've only ever worked for one firm but am now a DBA / Programmer. I do get paid a lot and I do have the yuppie lifestyle and a nice house. (Keep reading - pretentious wankerism will be explained).

!!! HOWEVER !!!

You may have guessed from the first line that I am totally lazy - so I do f all work. My work dodging technique is always the first weapon, then, maybe a little bit of coding if I'm really forced to.
Nice house = mortgage = no money.
Nice house also lasted about two months until it turned into studentesque shitpit.
Yuppie lifestyle consists of getting pissed at every available opportunity (every night is an available opportunity and from lunchtimes on the weekend).


PS I'm not a geek because I don't even own a PC. (And can't afford one).

EDIT: length joke omitted cos I'm lazy and nobody'll notice if I skip it anyway.
( Actually i was skiving on, Fri 30 Mar 2007, 17:26, Reply)