PART 9 - Your Career Arc through the Alberta downturn

[ercchry]

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Vests every day bro.

I did my first “tie Tuesday” this week...

[tonytiger55]

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I did my first “tie Tuesday” this week...

What kind of knot did you do with your tie?

[ercchry]

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What kind of knot did you do with your tie?

Text book GQ... simple “double over” or whatever the name is, pull tight with dimple, adjust tie bar for just the right amount of lift

[flipstah]

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Text book GQ... simple “double over” or whatever the name is, pull tight with dimple, adjust tie bar for just the right amount of lift

Just do four-in-hand jeez!

Got laid off from a producer 2015 and been working elsewhere ever since. It's been great but I did have personal challenges, in the beginning, adjusting the first year.

[ercchry]

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Just do four-in-hand jeez!

That appears to be the knot!

Only one I can do without looking up a diagram haha

[ExtraSlow]

Is four in hand different than double Windsor? I basically won't do ties anymore, not for interviews, weddings or funerals.

[duaner]

Laid off from EPC in early 2016. Couldn't find work and returned to school in fall of 2017. Will be getting my Behavioural Science degree in 2 months and looking for something in human services (possibly).

[spikerS]

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double Windsor

only tie knot I know...

[Marsh]

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Design to finance, purely voluntary... actually quit before even having a plan. Was just over it. It just so happened to align perfectly with the whole 2015 mess

Have built up some experience, leveraged that into my current role, nothing but sunshine and rainbows ahead, young company. Rapid growth, well appreciated for what I do

What role did you end up in finance?


It's been up and down for me, graduated from grad school in 2015 and took nearly a year to find something. worked there for a couple years and got laid off last fall, been consulting/traveling/chilling but looking to get back into things now.

[ercchry]

Credit officer... basically assess risk on every loan that we fund, we have bank status but we’re focused on the alternative space so we only do residential mortgages, so mostly spend my time justifying ridiculous types of income and making sure we’re happy with the quality of our securities, odd instructing of lawyers too but that’s mainly when that department is overwhelmed with volume

[e31]

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Vests every day bro.

Wal-Mart greeter?

[A790]

Launched two companies. Working 80 hours a week. Busy as fuck.

I feel for those impacted by the recession. It makes me wish I could work 90 hours/week. More concerned about Calgary and getting fucked on my RE assets than I am about my income.

80% of what I earn is in USD.

[Darell_n]

No recession in my industry, busy as ever. The only change is great Journeyman electricians retraining and becoming apprentices with my company.

[RawB8figure]

Which companies did you launch?

[A790]

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Which companies did you launch?

A digital "agency" serving SMB's and an online content/ecom network.

[bjstare]

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Launched two companies. Working 80 hours a week. Busy as fuck.

I feel for those impacted by the recession. It makes me wish I could work 90 hours/week. More concerned about Calgary and getting fucked on my RE assets than I am about my income.

80% of what I earn is in USD.

Good for you. Earning USD is big.

I concur that Calgary RE is the sketchiest thing right now. I can't see any catalyst to drive it up on the horizon.

[A790]

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Good for you. Earning USD is big.

I concur that Calgary RE is the sketchiest thing right now. I can't see any catalyst to drive it up on the horizon.

Fuck I know.

Oh well, I'll pay off the mortgage on one of my properties soonish and then I may wind up keeping it forever. The only reason I'm still here is because of it. Blegh.

[jake1er]

I've been employed in an O&G sales role the entire downturn. In 2016 I moved laterally to another more technology focused company for a 20% raise. Worked out well and in that time I've moved from territory sales to key account management and have grown my salary by another 40%. It's been an extremely stressful 5 years though. Lot's of doubt and uncertainty but I've been able to remain lucky.

[Cagare]

Hasn't really changed much for me. Infrastructure engineer before and after. Left Alberta voluntarily at the start of the economic issues, worked in government for 3 years. Moved back to Alberta into a similar job I had before I left, just at a place with a bit more work on the go.

[KO22]

From start of 2016 to now I managed to land a pretty good job with a big increase in salary (still in O&G) but probably aged like 30 years from stress, being laid off, companies I’m with getting bought, moving provinces and industries etc. Been a god damn whirlwind.