Anybody here work in business in the NH/ME area that doesn't hate their job? As I get deeper into life on the cube farm, I'm desperately trying to find alternative means. Are any of you able to hold down an interesting professional life without have to commute 4 hours each day to Boston, Massivetwo****s?
Find out where you want to live then find your work. You only live once...don't be miserable. You may not get rich but your life will be...Jai
#1 reason I went back to school, I do in fact hate my job. You are not alone my man. Consider school for something you like. They give out student loans like skittles these days.
I lived in Bristol RI for a few years and worked in Portsmouth, RI most of that time... until we had a client that required my presence daily in Boston. This was during the "the Big F$%^ing Dig" which meant unholy a-holes chewing on each others bumpers for 2+ hrs each way. That lasted 6 month. Took 6+ years off my life and raised even more contempt for most humans - and put 25 lbs on me. My point: GTFO. NOW. It will only get worse... I decided I wanted a more laid back environment, less stress, warm water, nature aplenty... narrowed down to a few areas and began to job hunt. I took the best offer in a place I knew I would like living.I found a new gig and moved to FL. (back in dirty jerz now... another thread).
Was miserable with job + Life in NJ. Moved to CA, live on the Beach and still hate my job! Quality of life is much better though
x2. Got outta dodge the second I graduated college. Quit my first job in SD. The pay was SICK, but the office hours were too long and I was outta the water. Traded that gig in for a job that was scheduled around allowing me to surf every day. Was never happier. Learned a lot more from Managing people in the restaurant business than I ever did jocking wall street for Merryl Lynch. Happiest time of my life.... lived happily in CA for 11 years, moved back to the east coast, but I didn't have it in me to move back to Delmarva or anywhere near Baltimore/DC. I am a changed man. Dont have the cold weather or black heart to live in the beltway area ever again. If you aren't happy now, you will continue to be more unhappy as every day passes. Take the time now, before responsibilities and the burdens of live get so heavy that you will no longer have the ability to think for yourself, much less move somewhere that doesn't have you spinning the barrel of a hand gun with one bullet in it every day before bed, wondering if it's time to play the game.
2 miles from work...15 miles from beach...love my job and wife loves her (though hours can be difficult). BUT we moved her first, found work second and it has worked out great. timing is everything. winter sux a fat 1, but oh well, swells good!
I love my job lol,used to hate it.recently met this big time old former pro surfer at my job,guy parks next to me everyday and never knew who he was.now I cant get rid of him,but hes always telling some epic stories and kind of mentoring me.im not gonna drop his name,but im sure everyone on here knows him
Brilliant. Obviously a future 'leader' of our dying nation of Rome. Might want to read up on how many borrow-now-pay-later college grads can't find jobs, can't pay their debts & are still on the hook for the money, for, like forever, doood. There's even been a huge amount written about how the failure of these over-indebted doofuses are likely to hold back the economic growth of this nation. Debt is slavery, sparky. That's what you need to know.
I was being funny. That being said, I'm going for CRNA. I wanted med school, but time man. Time time time. Median salary is about 186k, and we are in more than short supply. Essentially phasing out Anesthesiologists for cost effectivity in day surgery locations. I'm good. I think the issue with post secondary is the dream that people hold. Going to get a liberal arts degree, or philosophy, history, etc is as useless as a commercial helicopter with ejector seats. Pick the right way, and it works. Med, law, nursing, engineering. Otherwise, good luck to them. I will agree, student loans are a tank. Generation of debt. The problem is the generation thinking they can go to school for pottery and work at Merrill lynch. A generation that was told they are special and can do anything they want. Wrong. So it's not the school, it's the semi-functional window lickers for students that don't see the big picture.
I went liberal arts. . .economics degree. Its not what you know its who you know! Luckily i know lots or rich people and my parents are loaded or I be working at mcdonalds
I have to disagree a little. I think the bigger problem is the fact that we need school loans at all. Tuition costs are rising way to fast. Realistically your getting screwed by the universities. The value of a degree is just not there. Its just way to expensive. Dont get me wrong, debt is bad, but school shouldn't cost that much either.
The problem is, most colllege grads who graduate on time are ill-prepared for their fields of study. There are only a few degrees, where knowledge only comes from the studies. I have worked in a few fields, and I must say that everytime I have hired a fresh college grad, we had to waste too many resources and man hours training these individuals for the real world application of their trade. In every career field, the best hires or employees I have ever worked with had the experience. Experience is everything, unless you are graduating from law or med school. Our generation hasn't been ready for the real world. We all have these loans to pay back. We have all been forced to choose our passions before we even know what they are. Why did I have a major chosen by Senior year in high school. I had already been working in my field in high school and also through college, so I had a one up on everybody coming out of school. I can't tell you how many COMP-SCI kids I knew that graduated with me, that could code their asses off but not even make it through a standard business meeting. I mean, couldn't even look you in the eye during a simple, weekly status update. Didn't know how to communicate, didn't know how to dress professionally, didn't know how to speak up, couldn't even last 30 seconds with water cooler talk.... If more students were forced to work at minimum 20 hours per week on top of their studies, they would be much better off. These guys coming out of SDSU with Hospitality Management have been reduced to tears on their first night actually managing people in a high volume situation. Studies go out the window and people quickly realize that they aren't built for what they thought they were.
Move to Cocoa Beach, buy a tricked out van, live on the beach, and give away all your worldly possessions. You will receive 10 times more than you give away. Trust me.
Or get a job as a celebrity impersonator on a cruise ship. I could have been Frankie (Moondoggie) Avalon up until aboooooooooot ten years ago. Now I can do a mean Chuck Barris. Or Lou Reed. Yo! And the colored girls go doo do doo, doo do doo,.....(Que the sax).
The universities get kickbacks from the fed for every dollar they bump tuition. Sallie Mae makes more $$. Leaches man. The root of all evil is government
