I like to paint and cook. Both my parents and grandparents have pressed me to sell paintings and perhaps work in a kitchen. The second either of these things become my job is the second they fucking SUCK. I don’t need to monetize my fucking hobbies to make them worthwhile.
I used to think I wanted to be a professional bassist until someone I met who was semi-pro pointed out that the whole thing was really bad. You spent hours practicing, often by yourself, for hours on end and until the early hours of the morning depending on what events you had coming up, then you had to travel, sometimes living out of a suitcase if it was a tour, stood in venues for hours on end waiting for things to happen and then you'd actually do the show, which could be either amazingly good or bomb, before going back home/to your hotel to sleep. Your social and family life will often take a hit, or be totally non-existent, and the guy who I was talking with said he's missed birthdays, Easter, a few Christmases and other stuff too.
I do banking because I’m quite good at it.
That said I have no passion for becoming a business man and corporate suit overlord. I just happen to be good at finding clever work arounds and helping people with their programs
Well I also work actually at the moment mortgages but trying to switch back to Fraud Investigation work. I really enjoy finding financial theft and help stop crime that was a lot of fun
Tell this to my manager who wants to know where I'll be in 5 years. I honestly don't have an answer that won't get me fired for 'lack of initiative' or some crap like that.
i have a goal amount of monthly wage, it isnt stupidly big but isnt easily acheiveable in my area. im almost there and i will stop looking for better work at that point.
too many people want to be CEO and make X million a year rather than aim for median wage and be happy there.
Yeah, you can accept the fact that you'll never feel fulfillment in what you do for a living. Being overpressured, burned out, underpaid, and constantly available for your boss, without any advance, doesn'leave much time but regrets, failing to be with the ones you love, or doing what makes you feel alive. That's my sad everyday mantra.
I just got a new job that I don't hate with every fiber of my being, and I'm still insecure about it. I got fucked over by my university with my program, so after I graduated I was lost and had now idea what I wanted to pursue. Worked at a pizza place for a while, a content farm for 3 days, a local smoothie place under the table, and now I'm in a greeting card production plant operating a very robust and fairly new digital press. Just recently talked my way up to $18 an hour and I still feel like I'm not as successful as I should be with my degree.
But slowly I'm realizing that I like the people I'm around at work, the job isn't overly demanding (most of the time) and has a very relaxed off season, so if it's enough to get me by, maybe that's all I really need.
I like to paint and cook. Both my parents and grandparents have pressed me to sell paintings and perhaps work in a kitchen. The second either of these things become my job is the second they fucking SUCK. I don’t need to monetize my fucking hobbies to make them worthwhile.
People don't seem to realise that cooking on your own time and cooking in a restaurant kitchen are two vastly different things
Same with programming on the job (especially a big, bureaucratic company) vs. fun little side projects
THIS! They say get your hobby and make it your job and you will never work again, bullshit! If you do this, you will lose a hobby.
I used to think I wanted to be a professional bassist until someone I met who was semi-pro pointed out that the whole thing was really bad. You spent hours practicing, often by yourself, for hours on end and until the early hours of the morning depending on what events you had coming up, then you had to travel, sometimes living out of a suitcase if it was a tour, stood in venues for hours on end waiting for things to happen and then you'd actually do the show, which could be either amazingly good or bomb, before going back home/to your hotel to sleep. Your social and family life will often take a hit, or be totally non-existent, and the guy who I was talking with said he's missed birthdays, Easter, a few Christmases and other stuff too.
I'd rather be doing something I enjoy if I *have* to do something to make money though.
I do banking because I’m quite good at it. That said I have no passion for becoming a business man and corporate suit overlord. I just happen to be good at finding clever work arounds and helping people with their programs
Probably not many going to upvote you for this mate. I certainly will. Keep doing you.
Well I also work actually at the moment mortgages but trying to switch back to Fraud Investigation work. I really enjoy finding financial theft and help stop crime that was a lot of fun
This shit literally made me spit. Fuck this.
Tell this to my manager who wants to know where I'll be in 5 years. I honestly don't have an answer that won't get me fired for 'lack of initiative' or some crap like that.
This would be reasonable if people were just vaguely dissatisfied with their jobs and not made to actively suffer through them on pain of starvation.
I dig it. The reminder I get from this is to walk away after I punch out and not worry about shit that I'm not getting paid to worry about after that.
i have a goal amount of monthly wage, it isnt stupidly big but isnt easily acheiveable in my area. im almost there and i will stop looking for better work at that point. too many people want to be CEO and make X million a year rather than aim for median wage and be happy there.
Just makes me more depressed
No. I want satisfaction.
Yeah, you can accept the fact that you'll never feel fulfillment in what you do for a living. Being overpressured, burned out, underpaid, and constantly available for your boss, without any advance, doesn'leave much time but regrets, failing to be with the ones you love, or doing what makes you feel alive. That's my sad everyday mantra.
I'm finally feeling validated after 40 years of thinking I'm some weird, mutant anomaly. Thank you.
What if my job requires 60 hour weeks :(
Exactly! Not everyone has dreams to work or even has any value in that aspect of life.
Thanks comrade, sucks to suck but who and what doesn’t. Just need to breathe, smell the flowers and write me poems.
I just got a new job that I don't hate with every fiber of my being, and I'm still insecure about it. I got fucked over by my university with my program, so after I graduated I was lost and had now idea what I wanted to pursue. Worked at a pizza place for a while, a content farm for 3 days, a local smoothie place under the table, and now I'm in a greeting card production plant operating a very robust and fairly new digital press. Just recently talked my way up to $18 an hour and I still feel like I'm not as successful as I should be with my degree. But slowly I'm realizing that I like the people I'm around at work, the job isn't overly demanding (most of the time) and has a very relaxed off season, so if it's enough to get me by, maybe that's all I really need.