Tag Archives: career

Is it normal to not be able to sleep when life presents challenges?

At age 36 I should be married, have children, be in a fine career, have a nice home and mortgage as well as that nice Family SUV and so on. But am not! I am divorced and 2 children i do not know and well, have trouble finding that “Career” job that will last me 30 + years. I am restless to the point of going days without sleep. I pray a lot for peace yet, my life does not measure up to the success I was always taught a man should have in his 30′s. Its driving me nuts! Is it normal to walk at night unable to sleep and look at million dollar houses and wonder how people did it? How’d they get that house and what do they do to keep it? After all, thats the traditional good old American dream isn’t it?

Need advise -a career break – what’s better for a layman functional person to get into – Oracle Apps or SAP?

I live in India (Chennai) and i’m basically a Sales/Marketing person with over 3 years experience in IT product sales.Regarding my educational background, i completed my B.Tech in IT three and a half years back… somehow landed up in Marketing rather than S/W app.development or a Technology consultant… From a sales perspective, i know a little about ERP Technologies like SAP, Oracle Apps and Peoplesoft, as i was briefly assisting one of the teams in my earlier company in a market research initiative for securing project/implementation contracts in SAP…
I’m out of a job now… i and my colleagues had to quit our jobs recently due to problems in our company… i’m trying to get my career back on track…for a while now, i’ve been mulling over the idea of trying to get back into technology – as an ERP Functional or Technical consultant, as i’m quite interested in this field.How is the job market in India for Oracle Apps consultants vs. SAP consultants in the long run?

help me make my choices in my life. what school to go to, what job to persue?

I’m a young man living in Ohio, and I need to make a big change in my life. I’m currently a mechanic working on performance cars but the shop I’m in has been mismanaged into the ground. I’ve got a few options but I cant make the decision. first route-go to fabrication school-learn how to build race cars chassis and suspensions. cool job, but cant do it in ohio where my family is at. option 2-change careers-I could go into auto parts retail, or try to find a job at a bookstore or home improvement store. not really a career, but regular paychecks option 3-move to florida-my dad lives there, and the car market is better there. its warmer too ( I hate being cold) option 4-massage therapy school-I’m pretty good with massage already and this career gives good pay combined with flexible hours.
the only thing to limit me to ohio is a solid live-in relationship which I dont really want to leave. tough choices.

Need advise -a career break – what’s better for a layman functional person to get into – Oracle Apps or SAP?

I live in India (Chennai) and i’m basically a Sales/Marketing person with over 3 years experience in IT product sales.Regarding my educational background, i completed my B.Tech in IT three and a half years back… somehow landed up in Marketing rather than S/W app.development or a Technology consultant… From a sales perspective, i know a little about ERP Technologies like SAP, Oracle Apps and Peoplesoft, as i was briefly assisting one of the teams in my earlier company in a market research initiative for securing project/implementation contracts in SAP…
I’m out of a job now… i and my colleagues had to quit our jobs recently due to problems in our company… i’m trying to get my career back on track…for a while now, i’ve been mulling over the idea of trying to get back into technology – as an ERP Functional or Technical consultant, as i’m quite interested in this field.How is the job market in India for Oracle Apps consultants vs. SAP consultants in the long run?

Careers in Finance?

I am thinking about getting my Finance degree, but I would like some questions answered. I have heard that the majority of finance position are in sales – ex: Selling different investment packages to clients…that’s lame in my opinion – I would like something more substantive where I wont have to be on the phone selling stuff all the time. What is a career in Finance where you work with a team, that people have fun in, that you get to make your own decisions, people come to you for answers, makes good money – I am thinking about a career in Real Estate Finance and then eventually getting my MBA in Real Estate and Land Development. Keep in mind when you answer this that I do not want sales – I just want to be the guy with information that people come to because of my knowledge of the market and perhaps Real Estate – phone and selling are not really appealing

Also… what finance careers start out at around $45000-$50000