Quote: "I live in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast"
Ah cool, I'm about 5 hours south of there, in NSW but kinda near the border to QLD
Northern Tablelands is what they call the area.
Quote: "I had a good wage, but spent a lot on toys and trips overseas and the likes."
Yeah, I spend way too much on tech gadgets
I'm saving for a car atm though (looking at VW Golfs, usually '98 era), so no big spends and severely limited small spends until I've reached that milestone
In fact I've spent so much on
mostly unnecessary luxuries since getting my job a couple of months ago that without buying those things I could have bought the car already.... twice
Quote: "My advice to you, is to book an appointment with your bank manager regardless of your situation. Tell them you are curious about buying a home but have no idea where to start or what to do, and that you would like their advice. they will ask you about your finance and bluntly tell you that right now they will not lend to you, but they will also give you a realistic idea of what you need to have in place in order to kick off."
Excellent suggestion, but I won't do it just yet. I probably won't be ready to get my own house for another 2 or 3 years yet, and I have bigger immediate plans for my job and IT/programming career that, if successful, would completely disrupt any plans I make for moving out before then.
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I hate having to go work 3-5 days a week, I really do (I never have enough time to do the things I want to do), but at the same time I feel like if I push hard enough I might just be able to get into an IT position at the company (PhotoCreate, if you're curious - if you've ever bought something with a custom image printed on it, there's a good chance we've produced it). Every time I think about asking more directly about an IT job, I realise I have no idea who to ask. I know nothing of the management structure of PhotoCreate other than Jon is my boss (and Team & Group Leader for Gifts) and Dan is
probably Jon's boss...? And then there's Anthony, who runs around and fixes tech-related stuff who I
assume is head IT guy. Ah anyway. I probably could just ask Jon, but he's so busy most of the time I don't want to bother him. Also I'm not sure whether it's normal to know the hierarchy of the company you work for or whether the question would be weird.
I never actually had any kind of interview for my current job. I was called and asked if I could start doing a regular 3 days a week with the goal of moving up to supervisor and (eventually) gaining an IT position. I cheerfully said, "Sure, that'd be great!", but inside I was dying. I desperately wanted to say I couldn't take the job, that I was otherwise employed... but I knew that would be a totally idiotic thing to do (I mean, they
asked for me - no interview, no nothing!). After working in this job for a couple of months, one half of me wants to stay home and not get up at 5.45am but the other half is
kind of excited at the prospect of finally getting the job I've always wanted (IT/tech). On the other hand, one of the guys working there (Knox) apparently slogged his butt off for 5 years before getting into IT - although that could be entirely coincidence for all I know, I might be offered I job in IT tomorrow
Now I need to go shower, read GoT on my Kobo (despite owning the massive box set - those books are REALLY huge and it's easier to read them on an e-reader
) and go to sleep.
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