If you make 100K or more
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,368
Likes: 0
From: Aliso Viejo
i guess per your title i should say i wasn't making 100k, but the same principles apply.
when i put in my notice they tried everything to make me stay including a management position and a career path to 100k in under 3 years. i had to turn it down...what good is money if you hate the majority of your life.
when i put in my notice they tried everything to make me stay including a management position and a career path to 100k in under 3 years. i had to turn it down...what good is money if you hate the majority of your life.
Registered User
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 9,409
Likes: 0
From: Calgary
Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,May 26 2010, 12:18 PM
do me a favor and ask your wife what the best way would be to clear out 60 million records without overflowing the transaction log. 
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sql+how+to+delete+rec...transaction+log
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 11,950
Likes: 474
From: MAHT-O-MEDI
Originally Posted by S2020,May 26 2010, 12:34 PM
why dont you just ask your wife's company for a job?
also, it's FEMA.
also, it's FEMA.
DOn't really want to work for my wife's company, does not fit my skill set. She gets paid well because she has a law degree and is their paid lobbyist. I don't know beans about electric utilities.
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,606
Likes: 0
From: Jersey City, NJ
I dropped a very well paying job recently that was OK, but wasn't what I wanted to keep doing. I've taken a decent risk, but now I'm working freelance, doing what I love doing... It's going to take some more time to get where I want to be, but I'm not regretting that path I'm on (yet).
I know that's very vague, but take it for what you will--it depends on how much of your life your job takes up; and right now, for me, that's a lot of it.
I know that's very vague, but take it for what you will--it depends on how much of your life your job takes up; and right now, for me, that's a lot of it.
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,409
Likes: 0
Whether you are "happy" with your job is too broad. Some people love their work and hate their bosses and can't stand any of their co workers. I'd rather do an annoying job with people I like than do one I enjoy while being surrounded by people that bother me. A lot of it depends on the work/profession.
Personally, I have had some success and it was not easy and not without risk. However, it is extremely valuable to me to be able to save almost double of what I need to live on each month. Each month I work equates to almost two months of freedom/no work if I so chose. Time is perhaps the most valuable commodity on earth and most people waste it their entire lives. At 25 y/o I could take 12 months off just to do whatever I wanted (within limits obviously, can't ski the swiss alps the entire time). If you are doing a job you hate and are not saving enough money to make it worthwhile, that's a waste IMO. That includes people who make more than decent money but need* to just to maintain their M3 lease and 1400$/mo loft. That's a sad state of existence.
Personally, I have had some success and it was not easy and not without risk. However, it is extremely valuable to me to be able to save almost double of what I need to live on each month. Each month I work equates to almost two months of freedom/no work if I so chose. Time is perhaps the most valuable commodity on earth and most people waste it their entire lives. At 25 y/o I could take 12 months off just to do whatever I wanted (within limits obviously, can't ski the swiss alps the entire time). If you are doing a job you hate and are not saving enough money to make it worthwhile, that's a waste IMO. That includes people who make more than decent money but need* to just to maintain their M3 lease and 1400$/mo loft. That's a sad state of existence.
Registered User
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 3,368
Likes: 2
From: Keller, TX
Yes on the income after a move from prior company when they went under and a new gig with a 10%+ decrease.
Happy? Management is cyclical and variable. The happiness level follows it closely.
Happy? Management is cyclical and variable. The happiness level follows it closely.
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,570
Likes: 3
From: New Jersey
Originally Posted by Hero,May 26 2010, 10:41 AM
someone very wise ( or drunk ) told me something i'll always remember: there is so much money out there; go after what you love and the money will follow.
basically, if you pursue what you like, you should excel in it much greater and faster, and the money will follow.
i took a $20k pay cut and turned down a promotion ( even more $$$ ) to work where i am now. i love it...and after 9 months i got 70% of that pay back and already talks of working on up quickly. it was hard for those months at the reduced income, but i feel my quality of life was just overall better WANTING to go into work everyday. i absolutely hated my last job although it was a very respectable position...it just wasn't for me. still, leaving was one of the best choices i made.
my girlfriend still doesn't understand it...but then again, she is just graduating college. i had a similar mindset to just "grind it out" for as much money as possible when i was in college. after 2 1/2 years of "grinding" i changed my opinion.
basically, if you pursue what you like, you should excel in it much greater and faster, and the money will follow.
i took a $20k pay cut and turned down a promotion ( even more $$$ ) to work where i am now. i love it...and after 9 months i got 70% of that pay back and already talks of working on up quickly. it was hard for those months at the reduced income, but i feel my quality of life was just overall better WANTING to go into work everyday. i absolutely hated my last job although it was a very respectable position...it just wasn't for me. still, leaving was one of the best choices i made.
my girlfriend still doesn't understand it...but then again, she is just graduating college. i had a similar mindset to just "grind it out" for as much money as possible when i was in college. after 2 1/2 years of "grinding" i changed my opinion.
long hours, low pay, shitty treatment by management
I would give this job up in a second if it meant I could make more money. WORK is WORK......
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 32,283
Likes: 0
From: Cincinnati, OH
Originally Posted by sahtt,May 26 2010, 03:15 PM
Whether you are "happy" with your job is too broad. Some people love their work and hate their bosses and can't stand any of their co workers. I'd rather do an annoying job with people I like than do one I enjoy while being surrounded by people that bother me. A lot of it depends on the work/profession.
Personally, I have had some success and it was not easy and not without risk. However, it is extremely valuable to me to be able to save almost double of what I need to live on each month. Each month I work equates to almost two months of freedom/no work if I so chose. Time is perhaps the most valuable commodity on earth and most people waste it their entire lives. At 25 y/o I could take 12 months off just to do whatever I wanted (within limits obviously, can't ski the swiss alps the entire time). If you are doing a job you hate and are not saving enough money to make it worthwhile, that's a waste IMO. That includes people who make more than decent money but need* to just to maintain their M3 lease and 1400$/mo loft. That's a sad state of existence.
Personally, I have had some success and it was not easy and not without risk. However, it is extremely valuable to me to be able to save almost double of what I need to live on each month. Each month I work equates to almost two months of freedom/no work if I so chose. Time is perhaps the most valuable commodity on earth and most people waste it their entire lives. At 25 y/o I could take 12 months off just to do whatever I wanted (within limits obviously, can't ski the swiss alps the entire time). If you are doing a job you hate and are not saving enough money to make it worthwhile, that's a waste IMO. That includes people who make more than decent money but need* to just to maintain their M3 lease and 1400$/mo loft. That's a sad state of existence.
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 78,840
Likes: 7
From: On yo puter screen
I dont know many with +100k jobs that are happy. If they say they are than they are constantly working or on the cell phone even during golf rounds, nights out on the town or during vacation. I dont call that being happy. FTR between +1 and I were about 100k but we live a low maint lifestyle and are not married to our jobs so I'm happy 
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,503
Likes: 0
From: IN THE HOOD
my advice is to never settle for a mediocre job or career from the get-go.... just because the opportunity was "there".
its very easy to say money doesnt bring happiness (in many ways i agree) , but its much harder to actually take a pay cut
its very easy to say money doesnt bring happiness (in many ways i agree) , but its much harder to actually take a pay cut