you're not in front of clients all day in an engineering job. ???
I'm really confused with this thread.
You're overblowing the situation. If you're in front of clients all day, do you believe that they do take appearance on how you dress, or is it ok with them if you come in with bed hair and a torn night shirt?
On your car claims, I kind of like the 3 series, not very fond of the C class. Not sure why you see them as d-bag cars. Nor do I understand why you feel the need to get so inflamed by the thread.
LOL! I wasn't going to bring that up.
$20/hour, engineering, and "nice job" doesn't sound right. What school did you go to? Whats your major? Did you negotiate any?
$40K/yr is not enough to buy a $25K car unless you have absolutely no debt and won't take any on until you pay it off. Even then it's not really enough but at least you've made an informed choice to be "car poor".
If a Lexus or Infiniti are not "professional enough" for a guy just getting started...frankly I weep for your future, it's going to be hard to get on solid footing.
Me. Too. $20/hour is G.E.D. level pay.
$40K/yr is not enough to buy a $25K car unless you have absolutely no debt and won't take any on until you pay it off. Even then it's not really enough but at least you've made an informed choice to be "car poor".
If a Lexus or Infiniti are not "professional enough" for a guy just getting started...frankly I weep for your future, it's going to be hard to get on solid footing.
I didn't say anything about their professionality, I said i was iffy on the way they look lol, but this isn't personal, this is a general consensus of the cars out there. Obviously those car models work really well or they wouldn't move so many units. :|
not very much professional regality to them
My coworker has a very nice regal looking cream-white Lexus sedan. It gets atrocious gas mileage but people are driving them to 350-400k miles and the engine is still working fine. The ride is incredible, all leather, and they can be had for ~$7k. I would look into one of those honestly. For example I think this is the model he has:
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ctd/2819938785.html
very luxurious.
here's his model:
Doesn't look so great in a photo, very luxury looking in person IMO. You can get them with paint looking that good, too, for cheap. His does.
you're not in front of clients all day in an engineering job. ???
I'm really confused with this thread.
Who do you thinks sits down with the customer to gather specs, load ranges, future uses ect ect? If I'm putting the system together that the team will later come in and build, I want a 1 on 1 with the client to understand clear cut what they need/want/afford ect. Too many times the details are lost in the paperwork. Alot of stuff like this needs a human touch to the computer side.
V6 Mustang or used V8
If you drive a luxury car, you'll just look like a Trustafarian or other variant of the rich kid whose parents bought him a car.
so what would you say, you do here?
So you take the requirements from the customers, and deliver them to the engineers? I kid.
Maybe in your town, to Fort Wayne, IN thats actually quite a high pay. I pay 500 a month for an apartment that allows our large dog, and include water, gas, and trash. Heat and cooking and dryer is gas, so I run all that for free besides the electric motors. Average month e-bill is about 50$.
I imagine where you're talking about rent and elec alone is past the 1000 mark.
Hehe you guys are reading wayyy too far into hypotheticals. Rephrase. A car that's the next step between the cartoony teen cars (Soul, Mazda 3, Fiesta, you know the ones) that also aren't 60-70k. There has to be a good middle ground car in there for those that are young but in the market for a new car that looks nice, isn't for grandma, and isn't designed around people that think lights flashing around their speakers is the best thing since sliced bread. Geeze i figured there was more Gen Y out there than that . I figure for most people in this economy that will come there abouts to 25-30k. I didn't see where it was that hard of a question .
that's a good point, though not exactly a bad thing?
and ya there's nothing wrong with a Mustang.
If he's set on luxury the leather interiors on those ES300s is 2nd to none for the price.
Hmm, not cartoony, not flashy, not 60-70k, middle ground, looks nice... How about a Ford Fusion, Chevy Malibu, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima or VW Passat? How about one of the crossovers, a wagon or a cute ute? It's not like there's a huge gap between $18k and $60K, there are dozens of options that aren't compact econoboxes and don't cost as much as a Mercedes. Pick one you like and start saving, I'm not sure why you're making this so difficult.
It's still not that great a salary. There are guys with a couple years of trade school making more than you. You should be pissed that you busted your ass for at least 4 years in a difficult major, for peanuts.
Who do you thinks sits down with the customer to gather specs, load ranges, future uses ect ect? If I'm putting the system together that the team will later come in and build, I want a 1 on 1 with the client to understand clear cut what they need/want/afford ect. Too many times the details are lost in the paperwork. Alot of stuff like this needs a human touch to the computer side.
People thinking you're a spoiled rich kid IS a bad thing.