💥The Professional Life of Brian England
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For this February challenge hosted by Carol Williams and Anna Banana Kruchten CRS, Phoenix Broker I figured that I would write about my work history since that seems to be what people think of when they talk about "professional life". My first job was at McDonald's and I worked there for one day learning how to make big macs, haha. I only worked there for one day because Jack in the Box called and offered me 10 cents more per hour, so I went to work for them. I worked for Jack in the Box during my junior and senior years of high school, then I was off to college.
While in college I had a few jobs. I worked at a golf course as a caddy which was a fun job since I really enjoyed playing golf as well. I also had an on-campus job working for the graduate program in genetics. I handled the application process and assisted the directors of the program with the seminars that they would host. I got to know some pretty big names in the field and people that were world-renowned but it really meant nothing to me at the time, haha. It was very interesting to read through the applications and see how accomplished the people applying to the program already were. It definitely indicated that the program was something big time.
After college, my first job was working at Foot Locker and that only lasted for two months before I got a job that I would consider more of a career. I enjoyed working at Foot Locker but I look back on it and after I accepted the job I gave up my tickets to the Final Four that year because they wanted me to work weekends. To this day I regret doing that because my team won the national championship that year and my friends were all in the thick of it celebrating with the team and coaches, not to mention the after parties, haha. I missed out on that for a job that I only worked at for two months, haha. The career-type job that I mentioned was becoming a financial advisor, which I had good success with. I remember being extremely confident in myself and before I left the interview I asked the guy when he wanted me to start, haha. I did that for a couple of years then decided to go back to school for my Master's degree.
After getting my Master's degree, the economy wasn't doing so well and here I was a guy with a Master's degree and very little experience which I found was not a good combination. Not many employers were willing to pay me what I thought I deserved, but I guess that still holds true today, haha. I took a job managing HOA's which seemed fun at first but became to stressful for my tastes so I left there and began to manage a company that did credit card processing. This wasn't a bad job, although the owner of the company proved to be not such a good guy and ended up letting me go after I got his business rolling on rails.
That led to me getting my real estate license and giving it a go for myself. The road has definitely been filled with ups and downs, but at least I have been able to keep my bills paid which is the most important thing about a job, right? At least in my opinion it is since I cannot truly say that I have ever had a job that I truly loved that also paid me well enough to keep my bills paid, haha.
I specialize in the East Valley of the Phoenix Metro area - Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, Scottsdale, Apache Junction, and Gold Canyon
☀️For ALL of Your East Valley AZ Real Estate Needs
📞Call Brian at 480-773-2370
🙋♂Text Brian at 480-773-2370
📨Email Brian at brian@bke12.com
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