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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  4177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 'Busy' Trap

That's the exact path that I want to take. It's something that has led me to many an argument, as I know a lot of people that say "a job is a job, you should be happy to have one". No. I shouldn't be if it's not a job I'm not happy working. Less pay for a more interesting and/or fulfilling job is an easy trade off to make, or an entirely different job.

There's so many possibilities that if something isn't working, it's probably work the risk to try something else (assuming family, significant others, money, etc don't pose an issue). Very hard work is typically very fulfilling work.





supersy  ·  4177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm in the same boat. I've been a web developer for the past 5 years and was getting pretty fed up. I recently changed jobs because I assumed it was my employer that was causing me to become fed up but to be honest I think it's the job itself.

I've very lucky (or am I?) that I live with my parents (being of Indian origin that's the norm) and I'm pretty frugal so have saved up a lot of money. I'm really thinking of going back to college to do something like barbering.

humanodon  ·  4177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Best of luck, man. I'm not expert at transitioning, but thus far I've learned that networking is really, really important, as is bouncing ideas off of people who are involved in things you might be interested in doing.