Just out of curiosity, how is the economy affecting you? |
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Just out of curiosity, how is the economy affecting you? |
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![]() kthxbai ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 ![]() |
I know my dad lost his job.. luckily he found another that paid nearly 150% more.
other than that..... it hasn't affected me. How has the economy affected you? |
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#2
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
gas is going up and so are the costs of groceries. that's about it for me.
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#3
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Well, my parents haven't been laid off or fired, since they've been there long enough to be bosses.
Since I work at a local fleamarket, less customers have been coming out since Gas Prices are unbelievable. |
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#4
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![]() kthxbai ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 ![]() |
Yeah I noticed gas too! It's up to $2 where i live.
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#5
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 ![]() |
Just got into a new contract. Actually working with the government of Australia, U.S., Canada, and U.K.
So no worries for now as I was guaranteed that even if there was an economic crash I would (a long with all the other employees) be taken care of. Prior to that, I had to slow down on buying clothes and video games. |
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#6
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
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#7
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 ![]() |
Well, I don't have a job. And it's been hard finding one.
Jury's still out on whether that's the fault of the economy, the general suckiness of my résumé, or the fact that I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science. |
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#8
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
you'll find something. it might be entry level to start out with but that's better than nothing.
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#9
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![]() DDR \\ I'm Dee :) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 ![]() |
Companies are sucking money out of my brothers salary, which means I get paid less because I work for him. No joke, last year my brother had to pay out 90%+ of his income.
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#10
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![]() /人◕‿‿◕人\ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 ![]() |
Slowed down on buying video games.
I don't make as much money as I used to. I'm under $5k a year. Which still isn't too bad for a 16 year old unadvertised freelance web designer from South Mississippi. |
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#11
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
not bad at all.
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#12
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![]() kthxbai ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 ![]() |
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#13
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![]() /人◕‿‿◕人\ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 ![]() |
Yes. I usually get a bit over $250 a layout.
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#14
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#15
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![]() ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 ![]() |
i spent over a grand on clothes alone in the month of February. went out to eat lavishly for dinners.
looks like the economy isn't affecting me at all. |
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#16
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![]() poison ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 ![]() |
My parents still have their job but they are making a lot less. We live in michigan and right now its just hearing how bad the economy is. Our school is trying to preserve money so they only have the heat on for about an hour and they don't always keep the lights on.
Though i find it stupid because they spend large amounts of money on other shit that we dont need. though back to subject, i know a lot of people who our suffering and just out of my town there's a small town that i feel will soon be a ghost town within the next 2 years. My friends house got taken away, they luckily have a new place. |
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#17
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![]() Amberific. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 ![]() |
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#18
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![]() kthxbai ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 ![]() |
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#19
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![]() ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 ![]() |
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#20
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
she can't get a job to make money, which would enable her to move out....??? how was that Carrie?
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#21
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![]() ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 ![]() |
how is it that then i have a job, can afford my own place to live, have a car...pay for school..
buy clothes and eat out well. ? |
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#22
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 ![]() |
^ Well it really depends on what kind of job you're looking for, right? It's not like Carrie's gonna settle for working at the university cafeteria or driving people around.
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#23
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![]() ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 ![]() |
it's better than not having a job at all.
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#24
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![]() f your couch ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 ![]() |
true. i'm sure if i would've saved money from the time i started working until now i would have my own place. that's one problem for me. but that has nothing to do with the economy. that's a pp.
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#25
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![]() DDR \\ I'm Dee :) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 ![]() |
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