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shardian:
I pretty much hate my job at this point. After fighting my gut feeling for months, I am pretty sure that things won't get better. I've never been properly trained, and that is hurting big time now. I've went thru some real life events the past 2 years that have had an effect on my outlook on work and life also. I feel like I am wasting my life sitting in a frikkin 8x8 cell for most of the day. I look at some of the older folks here and say to myself, "no way do I want to be like them - a slave to a company while their family does pretty much everything without them." I am to the point I dread showing up here, and simply cannot concentrate while I am here. I love the people I work with, but the work simply sucks. I hate being in an office all day. I'm starting to look for a new job, but I know that if I simply move on to another office job I will just end up in the same boat eventually.
My degree is in Mechanical Engineering and I really don't think engineering/construction is something I want to do the rest of my life. The field is so full of B.S. anymore that it simply is not fun. I think I would like to be a teacher, but a masters degree to get a license would take 3 years. For goodness sakes, I went into Engineering because I thought I could make more money than a teacher, but realistically it isn't much more unless you are a high ranking VP or something. I do think I will still go the teacher route eventually, but for now I just don't know how much longer I can put up with my current job - looks don't pay for masters degrees you know.
I can tell I am at a crossroads in my career, I have a wife and kid at home and need the insurance/paycheck, so I can't just quit and float until the next job.
I'm sure a few of you have been through something similar, and I could really use a few words of encouragement.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on February 11, 2008, 03:45:31 pm ---I'm sure a few of you have been through something similar, and I could really use a few words of encouragement.
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I'm in a somewhat similar spot and have been for a couple of years. The main difference between your spot and mine, I think, is that I am making good money and would have to take a pretty big salary hit in order to change fields. That or I'd have to go back to school for substantial work before changing, which I wouldn't mind much, but I don't want to get back into thousands and thousands of dollars of school loan debt. Took me too many years to get out the first time.
zaphod:
Will your current employer pay for your master classes? If so, get started on the degree and leave when you are done. Possible that during your coursework your employer will figure out what is going on and perhaps another door might open for you there.
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: zaphod on February 11, 2008, 03:52:42 pm ---Will your current employer pay for your master classes? If so, get started on the degree and leave when you are done. Possible that during your coursework your employer will figure out what is going on and perhaps another door might open for you there.
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He wouldnt be able to leave as soon as he is done though. Most competent companies will require that you stay with them a certain number of years before leaving.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: SithMaster on February 11, 2008, 03:55:58 pm ---He wouldnt be able to leave as soon as he is done though. Most competent companies will require that you stay with them a certain number of years before leaving.
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That is not necessarily true. It is very common for an engineering company to have tuition reimbursement. I have never worked at one that obligated anything more than a certain performance level in the class and on the job while in the class. Sadly my employer has $1000/year reimbursement. That isn't enough for one class at a good school.
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