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Orion
Blue Belt
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Posts: 309
Location: Norfolk, England
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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I work in IT doing support for about 70 users. I love my job but some days it gets a little boring (sign of a good system is the IT bloke doing nothing  ). I would have liked to be in the RAF when I was younger.
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Patrick
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Joined: 01 May 2001
Posts: 22814
Location: Harbinger, NC, U.S.A.
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little kicker
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 107
Location: wales
Styles: judo,boxing.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:21 am Post subject: |
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not sure at the mo still a studant but was thinking bout going into the police
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Sohan
Black Belt
Joined: 08 Apr 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: Atlanta
Styles: Shorin Ryu Karate-Do, Muay Thai, Shudokan Karate-Do, Boxing, BJJ, Hung Gar Gung Fu
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I'll tell you when I've grown up. 
With respect,
Sohan |
It will never happen!!!  Just playing!
I hope to get my degree sometime soon; I am at a standstill at this point. I hope to get a little further along in the Law Enforcement area, as I am really enjoying what I am doing now.
I will always stick with the martial arts, and maybe have a school someday...but it is so much fun to be learning. |
I've actually thought about being a cop here in Atlanta, as it is an honorable profession serving the public. But being a cop is a hard, tough job with lousy hours not to mention the fact that there are people out there pointing guns at you. Also, it'd be a bit of a pay cut (low 40's), though I'd get benefits.
If I was a few years younger I'd try for OCS in the Army or Marines. I always regretted not joining the Marines for a few years after college, and now I'm too old to enter as an officer, unless I were a physician or nurse.
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Sohan |
I'm not sure how it would be there, but here, the shifts rotate, every two or three months. However, my job being up in the jail, the shifts do not rotate. Therefore, I am stuck working nights. However, I much prefer to work nights as opposed to working mid shifts, where I would miss out on training and my family.
Mid 40's is better than the wages here! Heck, you may even be able to schedule your other interests around it. Or better yet, you could get the department involved in a package that you could set up. Keeping cops in good shape is always beneficial to them! |
Actually cadet pay would be only 34k for about 5 months, and then you're starting at around 42 with a degree. After a year of that, probably about 46 or so. I have a wife and son to support, and in Atlanta, that's not very much money. Decent houses can go for 400k-1mil where I live, unless I move to the boonies. Plus, Atlanta cops aren't very popular right now after some very public SNAFUs. Not sure I want to be a part of that.
Besides, one of the great things about being a trainer is that people rarely shoot at me.
With respect,
Sohan
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little kicker
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 107
Location: wales
Styles: judo,boxing.
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[quote="Sohan"][quote="bushido_man96"][quote="Sohan"]
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I'll tell you when I've grown up.
With respect,
Sohan |
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Besides, one of the great things about being a trainer is that people rarely shoot at me.
With respect,
ha ha thata made me laugh
Sohan |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 22974
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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little kicker
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 107
Location: wales
Styles: judo,boxing.
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sorry think my quote got messed up then
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KarateK
Black Belt
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
Posts: 1407
Location: N/West England, UK
Styles: Shukokai Karate
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Im curently undergoing work based training to become my companys controoler of the management accounting. I WANT to eventually go back to counselling. I want my own practice, ideally in the US, failing that by the seaside in good old UK
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ArisuTanaka
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Posts: 40
Styles: Freestyle, Kali/Arnis/Escrima/sticks
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I am in pursuit of a medical career: Cardio-therasic surgeon. It is hard, long hours, good pay, lots of dicipline.
But my 'Sensei' has other plans. He wants me to teach more. It's hard because i want to teach, but i don't want it to conflict with med. school. I seem to be adjusting to sleep deprivation beautifully though!
Arisu
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PunchPressQueen75
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Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 4573
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: Tang Soo Do/TKD/jujitsu
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I finally got my wish. Details later .... But it will have something to do with MA
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on the post.
