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Post by Nikan on Oct 26, 2023 22:29:52 GMT
...and if the answer is positive, go as deep as you feel gracious; when did you exactly know what you want to do? when is too late or too soon? how did you know what you want to do?
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Post by mhynson27 on Oct 26, 2023 22:50:38 GMT
It's aight. Boring old retail, but the pay is decent, and I really like a number of the people I work with...including my crush
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 26, 2023 22:57:48 GMT
* Well I loved my old job which I had for 247 years - basically no one wanted that job so I could shape it. I was a "boss" even though I wasn't because my bosses just cared about output not procedure and weren't analysts themselves really - or at least didn't know how to use proprietary tools in the job......I think usually you know in a few months but I knew almost right away that I could do it - get paid - and get to do it my way mostly too * My new job, is running my own business and I told one dude on this board about it - 1 dude ffs - and he says something like "Um, I didn't picture you doing that - sounds sort of unmasculine and vaguely delicate - like for a small, child" Ok, that's not what he said but he was totally thinking it...... I like it so far but I don't have much to do ......inventory.....every day is inventory.......um........which I think has made me funnier on MAR and more relaxed.......oh shut up......
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Post by tep on Oct 26, 2023 23:12:40 GMT
I'm in my first year of teaching High School history. I mostly love it, although there are parts that I already can't stand (i.e. most everything that isn't actually teaching students in a classroom).
Still undecided if I want to settle into this as my permanent career. Been thinking about going for a PhD and maybe one day teach at a college or university. That would be absolutely ideal... but also a long, difficult path to get there.
But for now, I would say I'm satisfied,
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Oct 27, 2023 0:07:13 GMT
Moved practices a couple months back so enjoying it a bit more. Like the people I work with (both co-workers and clients) and the work feels meaningful. I set my own hours and can choose my own clients so it never has to be more than I can handle. I am good with it as a permanent career, though I still in my free time chat with friends and we write or discuss making more projects.
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Post by lilibet on Oct 27, 2023 0:35:08 GMT
I have a cushy federal government job, so I'm really fortunate. I'm young (in my twenties), make six figures, and have better job security than 99.99% of people.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Oct 27, 2023 0:46:34 GMT
I don’t hate or even dislike it, but nothing about it interests me too much. Just kinda fell into the role and field and am good at it. And since I’m full time remote and make a good salary, I’m quite content.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 27, 2023 5:42:43 GMT
Well the job I have right now is just a temporary one as I’m transitioning careers. The job market for what I’m ultimately looking for is kind of terrible right now, but luckily I don’t mind my current job – it’s easy and pretty chill, though kind of mindless, and my coworkers are nice. My wife and I used to work in the same academic field, and we’re actually both transitioning careers right now (for different reasons though). By the end of my PhD, I just became too burned out – not by the research, which I still love doing, but the teaching. My heart was always more into the research side of things, but for several years I used to not mind teaching until it began to feel like a burden in the last couple years of my degree program. A lot of it had to do with a significant drop in the quality of students after a certain point (which my colleagues also noticed) – an increasingly diminishing work ethic, lack of self-motivation, short attention spans, poor attitudes and low maturity level, a sense of entitlement, a rise in codependency, etc. Basically what was expected of college instructors had changed to the point where it felt like college had transformed into High School 2.0... and that’s not really what I had initially signed up for. I wasn’t interested in coddling adult students or being their life coach. Sharing information among people who already appreciated the material was more satisfying to me than trying to get students to learn stuff that they’re not actually invested in. I discovered I no longer had the temperament to continue in academia (as a college instructor at least)... it just wasn’t sustainable in terms of my mental health.
I don’t regret pursuing an academic career though. For one thing, I wouldn’t have met my wife if I hadn’t done it (funnily enough, it was my ex from my undergrad who originally suggested that I pursue a career in academia, so at least I have that to thank her for haha). And it at least helped me develop skills that will be transferable to my new desired career, where apparently a lot of ex-academics have ended up.
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Post by wallsofjericho on Oct 27, 2023 6:24:52 GMT
I like it but travelling gets too much sometimes and deadlines are a little unreasonable. On the road a lot but overall it's good.
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Post by Nikan on Oct 27, 2023 9:47:51 GMT
A lot of it had to do with a significant drop in the quality of students after a certain point (which my colleagues also noticed) – an increasingly diminishing work ethic, lack of self-motivation, short attention spans, poor attitudes and low maturity level, a sense of entitlement, a rise in codependency, etc. Basically what was expected of college instructors had changed to the point where it felt like college had transformed into High School 2.0... and that’s not really what I had initially signed up for. I wasn’t interested in coddling adult students or being their life coach. Sharing information among people who already appreciated the material was more satisfying to me than trying to get students to learn stuff that they’re not actually invested in. I discovered I no longer had the temperament to continue in academia (as a college instructor at least)... it just wasn’t sustainable in terms of my mental health. What do you think has caused this? and why do I feel that "certain point" is the pandemic area, when so many interactions between people switched to the online mode?
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Post by themoviesinner on Oct 27, 2023 11:09:27 GMT
I'm a primary school teacher. I like my job well enough, but it can be very exhausting at times, especially when you are responsible of a class of 20 or more students, each with different needs. This year is much less taxing for me though, as I don't manage a classroom, but I teach the basics of the Greek language for several hours each day to the children of immigrants (from many different classes) that have recently moved into the country.
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 27, 2023 13:45:17 GMT
A lot of it had to do with a significant drop in the quality of students after a certain point (which my colleagues also noticed) – an increasingly diminishing work ethic, lack of self-motivation, short attention spans, poor attitudes and low maturity level, a sense of entitlement, a rise in codependency, etc. That’s Gen Z in a nutshell for you
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 27, 2023 13:47:58 GMT
Working at a big bank has helped me fully understand why there’s a circle of hell reserved exclusively for bankers
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Post by dazed on Oct 27, 2023 15:29:25 GMT
i work for the city doing inspections/audits. it’s a good mixture of ‘field’ and office work. days go by fast and the people are good. never pictured myself doing it even though it relates to the program i took (environmental technology). it’d be ideal sticking around since they have a great pension program, strong union and i’m relatively young (25).
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 27, 2023 15:35:06 GMT
A lot of it had to do with a significant drop in the quality of students after a certain point (which my colleagues also noticed) – an increasingly diminishing work ethic, lack of self-motivation, short attention spans, poor attitudes and low maturity level, a sense of entitlement, a rise in codependency, etc. That’s Gen Z in a nutshell for you What we need is a new Holiday in Cambodia some Punk Rock that insults multiple generations of youth.........that'll learn 'em........in my day we worked all day for $1.72 and a beating................ and ...........we liked it..............
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Post by avnermoriarti on Oct 27, 2023 21:25:54 GMT
For the longest time I was very comfortable being a part of a much bigger puzzle but at some point I just couldn't bear how routinely, square and bureaucratic it turned out to be for something that at its core is an expression of art. Probably because the company was now working directly with the goverment to guarantee some security, deals, priviliges...I have an extreme allergy to all those rituals, ultimately I decided to leave (early this year) and teamed up with a couple of colleagues / career-related guys I've met along the way to work on our own. We're the "bosses" although we do most of the job, takes a lot of time and the feeling to always try to secure the next project can be quite stressful but brings more flexibility to the kind of work we're doing and the people we deal with, even though, at times it can be a little trivial, but this has allowed my criterion and barbie fashion model collections continue to grow, so...
I do have a relative who works in restoration and the more time passes by, the more he talks about it, the more I feel I want to follow that path...
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Post by Nikan on Oct 27, 2023 21:44:36 GMT
For the longest time I was very comfortable being a part of a much bigger puzzle but at some point I just couldn't bear how routinely, square and bureaucratic it turned out to be for something that at its core is an expression of art. Probably because the company was now working directly with the goverment to guarantee some security, deals, priviliges...I have an extreme allergy to all those rituals, ultimately I decided to leave (early this year) and teamed up with a couple of colleagues / career-related guys I've met along the way to work on our own. We're the "bosses" although we do most of the job, takes a lot of time and the feeling to always try to secure the next project can be quite stressful but brings more flexibility to the kind of work we're doing and the people we deal with, even though, at times it can be a little trivial, but this has allowed my criterion and barbie fashion model collections continue to grow, so...
I do have a relative who works in restoration and the more time passes by, the more he talks about it, the more I feel I want to follow that path...
That sounds like a beautiful line of work tbh.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Oct 27, 2023 21:54:37 GMT
I do have a relative who works in restoration and the more time passes by, the more he talks about it, the more I feel I want to follow that path...
That sounds like a beautiful line of work tbh. yeah, and I should add preservation to that... eaither way more meaningful than import carrara marble just because the wife of so and so wanted it that way... haha
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 28, 2023 0:54:37 GMT
I almost didn’t vote in the poll because none of these choices really apply to me. I fucking hate my job. The only nice thing about it is I get to work from home almost every day which is nice because I can get high all day and that’s the only way I can somewhat tolerate all the bullshit I have to deal with on a daily basis but the weed can only do so much. It’s amazing really, I actually work slower and am a little more mistake prone on days that I’m in the office and have to be sober all day. You would think it should be the other way around but I guess weed truly is a performance enhancing drug A bit of a side note but one thing I really appreciated about the movie Margin Call is how accurately it depicts the mess it is to escalate issues up the corporate ladder. Entry level analyst finds an issue and escalates to his manager. Manager needs the info spoon fed to him because he doesn’t actually know what the job roles for the analyst are. Issue needs to be escalated even further to the managing director. Director needs the info spoon fed to him also because he doesn’t know shit about fuck about what the manager does, much less what the analyst below him does - and it just keeps going on and on until the issue makes its way to the very top if it needs to be escalated that highly Funnily enough this isn’t what bothers me about my job. Rather it’s all the dumbass clients I have to deal with and constant tech issues. The work itself is fine. What I always tell people is that I don’t mind the work at all but I hate the fucking job. This industry is littered with fucking imbeciles. Work in this field for a couple months and you’ll understand why the whole financial system would quickly collapse if the federal reserve wasn’t propping up the ponzi
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Post by stephen on Oct 28, 2023 1:33:14 GMT
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Oct 28, 2023 5:31:56 GMT
A lot of it had to do with a significant drop in the quality of students after a certain point (which my colleagues also noticed) – an increasingly diminishing work ethic, lack of self-motivation, short attention spans, poor attitudes and low maturity level, a sense of entitlement, a rise in codependency, etc. Basically what was expected of college instructors had changed to the point where it felt like college had transformed into High School 2.0... and that’s not really what I had initially signed up for. I wasn’t interested in coddling adult students or being their life coach. Sharing information among people who already appreciated the material was more satisfying to me than trying to get students to learn stuff that they’re not actually invested in. I discovered I no longer had the temperament to continue in academia (as a college instructor at least)... it just wasn’t sustainable in terms of my mental health. What do you think has caused this? and why do I feel that "certain point" is the pandemic area, when so many interactions between people switched to the online mode? I actually noticed it before Covid. A big reason is the fact that there’s now a greater influx of people going to college after high school than there used to be, because now you’re told in high school that if you don’t go to college, you’re pretty much fucked. So instead of getting just the top one-third of high school graduates, you're now getting like two-thirds... I think another reason (and this is just me speculating) is honestly cell phone/social media addiction. It feels like TikTok (and stuff like it) is rotting people’s brains... students now seem to only have the mental stamina for focusing on absorbing information if it’s delivered to them in bite-sized chunks. Not only that, but I think social media addiction has also led to increased levels of anxiety among students, which in turn might be contributing to the rise in codependency that I mentioned. Again, I have no proof of any of this, so I could just be talking out of my ass lol (though I’m sure there’s probably studies on this somewhere). Boooyyyy do I sound old...
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Post by Nikan on Oct 28, 2023 10:46:05 GMT
I almost didn’t vote in the poll because none of these choices really apply to me. I fucking hate my job. The only nice thing about it is I get to work from home almost every day which is nice because I can get high all day and that’s the only way I can somewhat tolerate all the bullshit I have to deal with on a daily basis but the weed can only do so much. It’s amazing really, I actually work slower and am a little more mistake prone on days that I’m in the office and have to be sober all day. You would think it should be the other way around but I guess weed truly is a performance enhancing drug. Funnily enough this isn’t what bothers me about my job. Rather it’s all the dumbass clients I have to deal with and constant tech issues. The work itself is fine. What I always tell people is that I don’t mind the work at all but I hate the fucking job. This industry is littered with fucking imbeciles. Work in this field for a couple months and you’ll understand why the whole financial system would quickly collapse if the federal reserve wasn’t propping up the ponzi I feel your dissatisfaction... have you considered changing your position too? maybe going to another branch or even city... if that's convenient of course.
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 29, 2023 0:13:42 GMT
I almost didn’t vote in the poll because none of these choices really apply to me. I fucking hate my job. The only nice thing about it is I get to work from home almost every day which is nice because I can get high all day and that’s the only way I can somewhat tolerate all the bullshit I have to deal with on a daily basis but the weed can only do so much. It’s amazing really, I actually work slower and am a little more mistake prone on days that I’m in the office and have to be sober all day. You would think it should be the other way around but I guess weed truly is a performance enhancing drug. Funnily enough this isn’t what bothers me about my job. Rather it’s all the dumbass clients I have to deal with and constant tech issues. The work itself is fine. What I always tell people is that I don’t mind the work at all but I hate the fucking job. This industry is littered with fucking imbeciles. Work in this field for a couple months and you’ll understand why the whole financial system would quickly collapse if the federal reserve wasn’t propping up the ponzi I feel your dissatisfaction... have you considered changing your position too? maybe going to another branch or even city... if that's convenient of course. Of course I’ve considered all that but I’m kinda stuck in the job for 2 years since a lot of employers don’t like looking at resumes where you’re leaving your previous jobs after less than 2 years. My problem is I also know I’m never gonna be happy at any job until I’m my own boss doing my own thing and I can work for myself and enrich myself instead of my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss. I can certainly find a job where I’ll be less miserable in the meantime tho
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Post by BlackCaesar21 on Nov 22, 2023 13:42:30 GMT
I'm a line cook so I hate my life lol
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Post by cherry68 on Nov 22, 2023 18:48:19 GMT
Working at a big bank has helped me fully understand why there’s a circle of hell reserved exclusively for bankers
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