Got Damn!!! Jrome got a promotion and is headed out west yall!

[Soulful]

wow...thats really nice homie, seems theres gonna be some big changes in your life..good luck with everything and stay focused is all i can say!damn playa..80 k a year!!! 

[Ðøšïå]

im from tucson (90 miles south of phx) and got damn its hot as a bitch up there. But since you have been there you know there is a lot of shit to do.

[Gangstauu]

how much is that in eur'o's ?

[QuietTruth]

Success is a beautiful thang. Keep it up. Congratulations!

Glad to hear you rackin' in that much dough!

Propz.

[eazye]

That's what I call an inspiring post

Congrats homie, good for you

[T-Dogg]

Congrats man, I'm busting my ass in college right now. Good to hear it's working out for good people.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Congrats...Phoenix sucks, but I guess it's an upgrade from Kansas...

[jeromechickenbone]

Congrats...Phoenix sucks, but I guess it's an upgrade from Kansas...

lol, trust me ANYTHING is an upgrade from this place.  Why do you think PHX sucks though?  I'm working in Scottsdale actually, but I'm gonna live in PHX because you can't buy a single family res in Scottsdale for under $500,000.  And fuck buying a condo / townhouse.

I've been out there 3 times and am going out there again on Tuesday.  I'm trying to lock down a place to live on this trip.  The market has really slowed down over the last 9 months and is a great time to buy.  I'm pumped.

[Sikotic™]

Congrats my man.

["THE" MoSav]

Well it just became official today homies!!!  I've been bustin my ass at my job and it's really paying off.  I got my first real promotion about a year ago - I had just turned 25 and became a manager of 6 peeps, 3 of which were 20 years older than me, lol.

But just last week I was offered another promotion which I called my boss and accepted today!!!  This moves me out to Phoenix which is dope cuz i've been dyin to get out of the shithole town I live in.  But peep game on this my niggas - I'm gonna be clocking $80K annually, I got a $30k signing bonus in the way of an equity downpayment on a new home and a 5-year stock option buyout.  I'm so excited I can't even put it into words.

So this is a message to all of yall grinding it out in school or whatever - keep your eyes on the prize and you can do it.  Know that all the work you're putting in today will pay off in the long run, no matter how much it may seem like bullshit right now.

I'll be there after 1st quarter 07 (April 1), so to all the homies in AZ & Cali I'm gonna expect some hospitality so HOLLA!!!!!!!

BIG PROPS!!! 80 K! 

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Congrats...Phoenix sucks, but I guess it's an upgrade from Kansas...

lol, trust me ANYTHING is an upgrade from this place.  Why do you think PHX sucks though?  I'm working in Scottsdale actually, but I'm gonna live in PHX because you can't buy a single family res in Scottsdale for under $500,000.  And fuck buying a condo / townhouse.

I've been out there 3 times and am going out there again on Tuesday.  I'm trying to lock down a place to live on this trip.  The market has really slowed down over the last 9 months and is a great time to buy.  I'm pumped.

I went there a few times and it seemed kinda small, like everyone knows everyone and I don't think there are that many things to do...Plus the weather is DRYYY. I dunno, maybe I'm just spoiled, being born and raised in LA and all. It's just much different, one thing that's cool though, their buildings and structures look futuristic...PeACe

[Mac 10 †]

Right now (roughly)

$80k = £41k
£41k = 61k Euros

[jeromechickenbone]

Congrats...Phoenix sucks, but I guess it's an upgrade from Kansas...

lol, trust me ANYTHING is an upgrade from this place.  Why do you think PHX sucks though?  I'm working in Scottsdale actually, but I'm gonna live in PHX because you can't buy a single family res in Scottsdale for under $500,000.  And fuck buying a condo / townhouse.

I've been out there 3 times and am going out there again on Tuesday.  I'm trying to lock down a place to live on this trip.  The market has really slowed down over the last 9 months and is a great time to buy.  I'm pumped.

I went there a few times and it seemed kinda small, like everyone knows everyone and I don't think there are that many things to do...Plus the weather is DRYYY. I dunno, maybe I'm just spoiled, being born and raised in LA and all. It's just much different, one thing that's cool though, their buildings and structures look futuristic...PeACe

Yeah, it's very dry there, i think theres like 1.3 million people.  As far as the buildings, you're on point there - Frank Lloyd Wright designed many buildings there I think.  He's got streets named after him and shit.

[Mac 10 †]

What did you study, what qualifications did u get to get to this point?

Or was it just all just hustle and grind to work ure way to the top?

[jeromechickenbone]

What did you study, what qualifications did u get to get to this point?

Or was it just all just hustle and grind to work ure way to the top?

I was a finance major in college.  I interned at this place after my junior year, and they offered me a position as an analyst as soon as I graduated.  They only offered me $29k to start which was less then what I got offered elsewhere, but I liked this organization because they are growing rapidly and there was real potential to move up.  But I definitely learned more in 6 months on this job than I did in 4 years of school.

Basically I identify loan risk on any commercial loans over $500k.  I busted my ass for two years and became our top performer.  We have quarterly performance goals which I love because I always work better with a definite goal in mind.  They then promoted me to Asst. VP where I no longer was an analyst, but a manager of our analysts - giving direction and philosophy, organizing work flow. 

Now I'm headed out west to be our lead analyst out there.  Much more exciting market - I'll work on projects in Phoenix, LA, Las Vegas, and other surrounding cities.  I'll be an analyst there for 2 years, while working closely with our top lender in the bank.  He's 64 and will be retiring.  His loan portfolio is approximately $200 million and I'm gonna do everything I can to get a chunk of that when I get promoted to a Commercial Lender.  That's what my ultimate goal is - basically all they do is schmooze and go out an look for potential loans.  Golf, lunches, drinks and bullshit.  No time in the office - they want us out and about bringing in new business.  It'll be the shit.