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Old 10-18-07 | 12:12 PM
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tjayk
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From: Madtown, Wisco
how/where to get a messenger job

i apologize if this is in the wrong spot, but i figure all of the messengers read this forum, and i didn't see a forum for people that make a living on their bike. so - i am in my senior year of college, and i will be graduating this next spring. i know i will be slightly overeducated being a messenger w/a chemistry degree, but it does guarantee some type of intelligence. anyways, once i'm done i want to move to a large city with an active biking community, and spend a summer, or maybe a year working as a bike messenger before i get a "real" job.

i would like to secure a job by this next spring... will it be difficult to move to a new city and get a job as a messenger (i have a very good memory and sense of direction/navigation skills and i'm in awesome shape)? any recommendations on how to go about finding a mess job? any recommendations on what city will be ideal for me(i'm a independent thinking, liberal leaning, midwestern kid, who is very much into music, the great outdoors, snowboarding,etc. , and it would be cool to live near mountains and a velodrome). any other suggestions?

thanks for any suggestions

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i also have some experience, as i do bike delivery at the moment, delivering munchies and stuff to drunk people at night (madtownmunchies!).
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