• CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    2 hours ago

    Here’s a secret: the left path doesn’t exist. I have a great job that I love the actual work of. But people and bullshit beyond the minutiae get in the way and make me unhappy. I suspect every job is like that, I cannot fathom anything that isn’t. I imagine any answer to the contrary is backed up by independent wealth or outside funding. But please prove me wrong. Give me hope.

    • secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Facts. I have a job right now where I work 8 hours Friday then 16 and 16 Saturday Sunday. But for the rest of the week I’m completely off I could do whatever I want.

    • Engywook@lemm.ee
      1·
      14 hours ago

      I’d enjoy a job that actually ends at 5 PM, when you leave to go home and forget about it until the next day.

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      It’s really looking at a delayed gratification scenario. You hate working but make good money and then eventually you enjoy having money. In the end, it can be a lot of suffering for the long term money.

    • essell@lemmy.world
      91·
      22 hours ago

      So I have a job where I’m a therapist, and also I have a job where I support other therapists.

      I also train therapists and I train the people who look after other therapists.

      I’ve been doing this a lot. I love every day of it. I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life. And if I won the lottery, I would still want to keep doing it.

    • lengau@midwest.social
      61·
      1 day ago

      Move on before it becomes a job you hate. I’ve made that mistake before and I don’t care to repeat it.

      I’m 2 years into my current job and it still genuinely excites me to start work each day. When it no longer does, I’ll be looking for a new job.

      • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        Nah, there are dream jobs, reality just has this unfortunate habit of imposing itself on your dreams. The result being that even dream jobs can suck because of the bullshit that goes along with them.

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      I think I’m lucky, but I also have both. I enjoy what I do and I make good money. They still have to pay me to do it, I wouldn’t do it for free, but overall I love it.

      (Engineering manager for R&D at a small / mid-sized company)

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I enjoy my current job but the management and benefits suck badly enough that I’ll be hopping away ASAP.

      My last job paid a bit less than they ideally should have but was super chill, had amazing management and was super flexible, but their new owners laid everyone off to relocate the HQ

      I’m currently negotiating with my old boss as they want to bring me back so we’ll see if I can make this all work out in my favor…

  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    59·
    1 day ago

    Bruh, I just had an interview with AMD today. Fingers crossed, because it is literally my dream job.

      • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
        26·
        1 day ago

        I’d be in their lab, reworking customer reference boards, working directly under one of their engineers. I never got the chance to go to college, and to get to this point is amazing. I’m deeply passionate about tech, and I’m super excited about this opportunity.

    • clonedhuman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      20 hours ago

      100%

      We never truly have a choice where to work unless we also have the choice not to work.