Qsek36
04-04-2007, 04:13 PM
I’m 25 years old and have a BS in Finance. I have been working in the corporate financial world since I graduated college (three years ago). Each day I leave work feeling like I am supposed to amount to more than a number-crunching desk jockey. Each day would go by and I would head home feeling a little more depressed, asking myself, “Is this it? Is this the rest of my life?”
It was about this time a year ago, that I decided I was going to stop feeling sorry for myself and pursue the idea that I have been toying with since high school. I began testing for every department that would let me, it didn’t matter where or what department as long as I met the requirements. I went back to school to get my EMT-B and passed the national registry exam. I found motivation and focus to get back in the gym and ready myself for any CPAT that could come my way. I had some success in the testing process, made it to a few oral boards and was placed #2 on a dept list that was looking to hire. I passed the Oral Board, Initial Interview, Polygraph, and at this point things were looking really good. I had my dream within my grasp, but appeared to have dropped the ball somewhere in the psych eval. All of a sudden my phone stopped ringing and I was back to square one. It was quite a shock and have passed psych evals before, no-one could believe it, friends and family alike. I have been eating, drinking, and sleeping this pursuit and have it end on a “You don’t meet the profile” is enough to destroy a person. Well, after a few days got back on the horse and am at it again. Truth is I have never given up on anything and, I’ll be damned if I am going to give up on this. It is the first time since I was a kid that I can remember wanting to “be something”. I believe I have all the right motivations, the intelligence, the drive, and the personality to be a terrific firefighter. I have a squeaky clean background, interview well, and have done just about everything I can think of to give me a one-up on the many candidates like me.
I find myself at a crossroads in life. I decided to start interviewing for private ambulance jobs. I thought that this would give me some more experience and show the different commissions that I was serious about this and not just running through the motions like a lot of guys out there. This is quite a big step. As you can imagine, the money in this endeavor is nowhere near what I make in the finance department. I am turning my back on my degree and am heading into almost dire circumstances. In my heart, I feel that this is the right thing to do to get me some much needed experience and put me ahead, but at the same time could be one of the dumbest moves in my life. I apologize for the length of this post, and I guess I am just looking for some assurance that I am doing the right thing…
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
-Dan
It was about this time a year ago, that I decided I was going to stop feeling sorry for myself and pursue the idea that I have been toying with since high school. I began testing for every department that would let me, it didn’t matter where or what department as long as I met the requirements. I went back to school to get my EMT-B and passed the national registry exam. I found motivation and focus to get back in the gym and ready myself for any CPAT that could come my way. I had some success in the testing process, made it to a few oral boards and was placed #2 on a dept list that was looking to hire. I passed the Oral Board, Initial Interview, Polygraph, and at this point things were looking really good. I had my dream within my grasp, but appeared to have dropped the ball somewhere in the psych eval. All of a sudden my phone stopped ringing and I was back to square one. It was quite a shock and have passed psych evals before, no-one could believe it, friends and family alike. I have been eating, drinking, and sleeping this pursuit and have it end on a “You don’t meet the profile” is enough to destroy a person. Well, after a few days got back on the horse and am at it again. Truth is I have never given up on anything and, I’ll be damned if I am going to give up on this. It is the first time since I was a kid that I can remember wanting to “be something”. I believe I have all the right motivations, the intelligence, the drive, and the personality to be a terrific firefighter. I have a squeaky clean background, interview well, and have done just about everything I can think of to give me a one-up on the many candidates like me.
I find myself at a crossroads in life. I decided to start interviewing for private ambulance jobs. I thought that this would give me some more experience and show the different commissions that I was serious about this and not just running through the motions like a lot of guys out there. This is quite a big step. As you can imagine, the money in this endeavor is nowhere near what I make in the finance department. I am turning my back on my degree and am heading into almost dire circumstances. In my heart, I feel that this is the right thing to do to get me some much needed experience and put me ahead, but at the same time could be one of the dumbest moves in my life. I apologize for the length of this post, and I guess I am just looking for some assurance that I am doing the right thing…
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
-Dan