Some advice is needed

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:28 pm

Ok here's the deal: I hate this job. I've been here six months now and I've found that it blows and I want to leave. I need to stay here in Charlotte so my wife can finish school, and I just got an email from my former university about an upcoming career fair. Along with it was a large list of companies that are hiring and one of them was Chip Ganassi Racing. (http://www.chipganassiracing.com)
Now, I fucking HATE NASCAR, but I do love racing and Ganassi also runs IRL and Rolex sports car teams. So my question is: Should I put in my resume knowing that the best option for me would be the NASCAR team?

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:29 pm

sure why not.
a job is a job, whether is says Nascar or Ecoil on the front door really shouldnt matter that much (as long as its in the same field of expertise)

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:35 pm

Nightshade wrote:Ok here's the deal: I hate this job. I've been here six months now and I've found that it blows and I want to leave. I need to stay here in Charlotte so my wife can finish school, and I just got an email from my former university about an upcoming career fair. Along with it was a large list of companies that are hiring and one of them was Chip Ganassi Racing. (http://www.chipganassiracing.com)
Now, I fucking HATE NASCAR, but I do love racing and Ganassi also runs IRL and Rolex sports car teams. So my question is: Should I put in my resume knowing that the best option for me would be the NASCAR team?

fuck yeah. sounds pretty damn near to your dream job.

and besides you and NASCAR were made for each other... (just kidding!)

Post by **4days** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:36 pm

aye, why not.

do you have anything to lose by doing it? maybe one of the other companies could come up with something interesting too.

Post by **plained** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:42 pm

have you tried re-modulating the shields?

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:42 pm

Of course you should, it'll look great on your resume when you apply for that job you really want in a few years.

Err, hopefully less.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:48 pm

plained wrote:have you tried re-modulating the shields?

Are you mad? First I'd have to re-route the triplex power converters to the tachyon separator and reverse the polarity the dilithium crystal lattice matrix.

n00b.

Regarding the responses from sentient beings in this thread, thanks. I think as soon as I get a point of contact I'll put my resume in.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:49 pm

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Ok here's the deal: I hate this job. I've been here six months now and I've found that it blows and I want to leave. I need to stay here in Charlotte so my wife can finish school, and I just got an email from my former university about an upcoming career fair. Along with it was a large list of companies that are hiring and one of them was Chip Ganassi Racing. (http://www.chipganassiracing.com)
Now, I fucking HATE NASCAR, but I do love racing and Ganassi also runs IRL and Rolex sports car teams. So my question is: Should I put in my resume knowing that the best option for me would be the NASCAR team?
fuck yeah. sounds pretty damn near to your dream job.

and besides you and NASCAR were made for each other... (just kidding!)

I found out last night that one of the guys in my jiu-jitsu class is a vehicle dynamics engineer for Jeff Gordon's team. The stuff he does sounded rather cool, and he said he's not a NASTARD fan and he hates rednecks.

Post by **plained** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:51 pm

and fuc yea that would be fucking awesome to work in racing no doubt

Post by **CaseDogg** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:44 pm

shit i dunno nucca.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:39 pm

Yeesh, where to start? First off, it's NOT what I was led to believe it was. I'm basically being used as a technician, checking out, setting up, and debugging a number of identical machines. FUCKING BORING.
Secondly, I've spoken with all the EEs here, and every project is a variation on the machines I'm working with now. Take a widget from one place, do some sort of process on it, move it somewhere else. ZZZZZZZZZ.
Lastly, they're cheapskates here and every engineer here that I speak to on a regular basis is looking for another job.

Oh, and my boss is a fatshit moron and I'm smarter than he is.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:49 pm

Go for it man, no questions.

No matter what you think of NASCAR, it's a huge organization that not only has tons of money to spend (i.e. all the teams involved do too), but also has tons of contacts with other industries.

If your current job turned out to be a massive disappointment, then why not?

There's always the chance that you'll look like you're job-hopping -- but the worst that could happen is they don't hire you, right?

Post by **plained** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:59 pm

of corce delay it till ur family is all ready

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:01 pm

It's a local job isn't it?

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:11 pm

R00k wrote:Go for it man, no questions.

No matter what you think of NASCAR, it's a huge organization that not only has tons of money to spend (i.e. all the teams involved do too), but also has tons of contacts with other industries.

If your current job turned out to be a massive disappointment, then why not?

There's always the chance that you'll look like you're job-hopping -- but the worst that could happen is they don't hire you, right?

I waited until the six month mark before deciding to actively pursue a new job. A year is better, but after spending 5.5 years doing a job I hated, I'll take the risk and feel confident that I can explain it to a prospective employer.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:24 pm

Yea I agree. My take on a scenario like that:

I'm good with people, and I'm also not a lazy prick. As long as I can get an interview, I'm confident I can explain anything on my resume.

And if I don't get to the interview stage because they didn't like the short-term employment on the resume, then I don't want to work for them anyway.

An employer should look at the skills and experience on my resume, and decide whether I'm worth an interview based on that. If he is judgmental enough to make some kind of assumption about my character because I didn't stay at a job long enough for his taste (without asking me about it), then I seriously doubt I would enjoy working for the guy anyway.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:09 pm

Make do, compromise, and you'll go places. Just don't sell yourself short.

Post by **Captain** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:11 pm

Just promise to kill Bush with a monkey wrench if you see him at a race.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:18 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:Just don't sell yourself short.

That's what I'm doing in my current job. :icon21:

Post by **Denz** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:31 pm

Got to be happy, if you're not then others around you won't be either.

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:58 pm

nucca

is quickly becoming my favorite (LOL adjective?) term

NS I feel you man, but taking the quick way out sometimes is the WORST thing you can do. Have you studied up on what would be expected of you aside from what this fellow homotsu friend describbles?

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:51 pm

ganassi does have a Le Mans team... that alone is worth writing home about. and it really doesn't matter anyway, racing is racing; at the very least you get experience and meet people that do racing you're actually interested in. F1 probably doesn't hire alot of people straight out of college.

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:52 pm

Underpants? wrote:nucca is quickly becoming my favorite (LOL adjective?) term

NS I feel you man, but taking the quick way out sometimes is the WORST thing you can do. Have you studied up on what would be expected of you aside from what this fellow homotsu friend describbles?

your brain is strange

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:28 pm

Dr_Watson wrote:ganassi does have a Le Mans team... that alone is worth writing home about. and it really doesn't matter anyway, racing is racing; at the very least you get experience and meet people that do racing you're actually interested in. F1 probably doesn't hire alot of people straight out of college.

Oh, and Whine Pablow Montoilet races for Ganassi.

I'd have to wear my Schumacher hat as often as possible.

Post by **Dukester** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:41 am

The experience would have to be fun and possibly invaluable.
They aren't going to make you attend races (maybe) and if they did you wouldn't be buying a ticket and sitting in the stands.

It sounds like it would be intersting enough to make you want to go to work each day, the contacts you could make could prove to be very good and shitloads of money is flowing through NASCAR so it would probably pay good. (a guess)

Sounds like a great next step if you could get it.

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