I’m gonna be honest , i think its crazy to get content and not want to advance your career so you can make more money. I couldn’t imagine being stuck in the same spot for years. And I’m sure you could go into a different company with your qualifications.
To a degree I can understand, having worked at a restaurant and bar for all of four months. In early November I decided to go back to school. My ultimate goal is to become a therapist. So I'm going to BCC for 2 years. Take those credits that I earn and transfer to a college or university. However, back on topic part of the reason I left is that I felt there was nowhere else to go as a dish pit crew member. Perhaps I could have become a line cook? It has taken me a very long time to figure out what I want to do or be in life. I finally have opportunities that I did not in the past given where I lived. And I just don't want to have future regrets about what I did or didn't do.
Respect to you for taking the first step. I learned right away that i didnt want to be ine of those people stuck at a minimum wage job / warehouse job for years and that made me get on my shit. Its hard and sometimes im probably too hard on myself but its what must be done.
I do think that for some people, job satisfaction trumps that sort of thing, especially when making more money involves doing less of what you love doing. It really depends on your industry, I think. Like, as a school teacher, titles like Senior Master are meaningless because it's extra work with no benefit. Off the top of my head, you have to stay longer, attend more meetings and do additional things in addition to actually teaching, and all you get is being able to put in "Senior Master (20XX - 20XX)" on your CV. You don't even get better pay. The next step up would be to become an administrator, meaning you don't teach at all. If you actively enjoy teaching, the extra money isn't much of a trade-off.
Not really. Over a span of about two years, I had five jobs, not counting the place I left and place I landed. If you spend any appreciable amount of time in software development, you'll find that all of the talk about innovation and neurodiversity is a lie. Everybody is expected to jump on the same bandwagon and do absolutely everything the same way until some influencer instructs the hivemind otherwise. What caused me so many problems those two years was that I had successful projects working one way and I kept ending up on teams that were failing trying to do similar projects a different way. They didn't want to even entertain my suggestions and were angry when throwing more bodies at a bad process didn't magically produce better results. When I went into management, it was like the end part of "The Omega Glory" where the Yang savage is slurring the words of the American Constitution. They knew all of the holy words but had entirely lost their meaning. Underneath that is the same pig-headed mentality of doubling and tripling down on failure expecting success to magically appear from the chaos. So I settled back into something I could tolerate and put my effort into my own projects.
If your white collar the only way up is mid management. Its less labor/hours but more responsibility, more stress. I’ve been in management for as long as I’ve been a consultant and the rate is higher with more stable work but relatively boring. if theres gradual increment at your job and your content its cool, but its healthier to move within 3-5 years (even by your 30s) and get 20-30% bump in salary. Talk to friends outside your work field (school mates, relatives) and if you limit to your expertise or interest find workplaces thats - if not a big money generator like energy or property - at least adjacent to the high yield industry. Nobody’s gonna offer u better living unless you actively look out for it. p.s. poop
