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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 14, 2015 17:55:29 GMT -5
Ever miss your old career or think about going back to it? Or even take steps to get back to your old career?
I switched from journalism to the mental health field which is a pretty big leap. It really makes no sense to go back to journalism due to so many aspects not the least of which is there's just not a whole lot of money in a lot of areas of it. I do miss some aspects of it though. It kind of stinks because some of the things I did best working in journalism I never get to use at my current job. Hopefully, those skills don't just wither and die.
Oh well to end on a more upbeat note I enjoy ham.
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Jan 14, 2015 18:19:16 GMT -5
Sometimes I'd like to do a career change, but I'd have to go back to school.
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unc40
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Post by unc40 on Jan 14, 2015 18:29:32 GMT -5
I was a building supervisor but then went to Alaska and got my CDL and drove a tour bus last summer. I am driving a city bus this winter and this summer will drive a tour bus again. Best decision I ever made.
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Johnny
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Post by Johnny on Jan 14, 2015 18:55:54 GMT -5
i was a chef for 15 years, working 50 hour weeks, in a sweaty, stressful environment. now I work in IT, sitting on my ass for 37 hours a week, for twice the salary. I don't miss being a chef.
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Jan 14, 2015 19:10:23 GMT -5
i was a chef for 15 years, working 50 hour weeks, in a sweaty, stressful environment. now I work in IT, sitting on my ass for 37 hours a week, for twice the salary. I don't miss being a chef. I'd be interested in hearing your story, I am currently a Chef. What kind of schooling did you have to do? |
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Jan 14, 2015 19:14:07 GMT -5
I was a grocery manager working 60+ hours a week. Now I'm a salesman for pepsi making about the same money but only working 40 hours a week. Don't miss my old job one damn bit.
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Post by Digital Witness on Jan 14, 2015 19:18:38 GMT -5
Sometimes I'd like to do a career change, but I'd have to go back to school. It is an investment of time and money, but if you're successful; then it all comes out in the wash. |
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Post by bigjohnsons on Jan 14, 2015 20:15:43 GMT -5
I miss my old gym career , I made $2000 every 2 weeks , mind you I'm only 20 and I don't really have bills to pay ,
Very snakey job though , I left
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 14, 2015 21:01:50 GMT -5
I miss my old gym career , I made $2000 every 2 weeks , mind you I'm only 20 and I don't really have bills to pay , Very snakey job though , I left Shit, when I was 20 I was only taking home $500 - $600. |
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adamclark52
El Dandy
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Post by adamclark52 on Jan 14, 2015 21:03:52 GMT -5
I was very young when I made my career change from radio-broadcasting to electrician but it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
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Post by bigjohnsons on Jan 14, 2015 21:09:20 GMT -5
I was very young when I made my career change from radio-broadcasting to electrician but it was one of the best decisions I ever made. How is it ? Worth the money ?? |
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adamclark52
El Dandy
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Post by adamclark52 on Jan 14, 2015 22:47:25 GMT -5
I was very young when I made my career change from radio-broadcasting to electrician but it was one of the best decisions I ever made. How is it ? Worth the money ?? Money-wise yes. I don't want to get into what I make but the one guy from my graduating class that actually stuck with radio, the last I heard, was working weekend overnight swing-shift in Kapuskasing, Ontario for twelve dollars an hour...but he got laid off. We graduated in 2000. I made twelve dollars an hour as a first year apprentice. The work though, obviously I'd rather be hanging out in a station with hot girls doing minimal physical labor. But radio has a dark, sleazy underbelly. |
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Sam Punk
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Own Nothing, Be Happy
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Post by Sam Punk on Jan 15, 2015 1:15:18 GMT -5
All the time.
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crabbymelt
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Post by crabbymelt on Jan 15, 2015 16:03:19 GMT -5
I transferred out of art school because all the drawing was aggravating injuries I sustained in gymnastics (think Edge-level). As much as I would love to go back and finish art school (I think the only reason I can do art at all is because of that one year), I know there's no pay-off. My friends who stayed there are broke, even the ones with talent. One guy out of our class of a hundred works in fine art. Everyone else is either struggling to keep doing art alongside their day job, or has given it up altogether. One valuable lesson I learned in my twenties is don't confuse career options with hobbies.
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Post by stinger on Jan 15, 2015 16:12:36 GMT -5
I'm an attorney and I hate it. I hate it a lot. I'm in the public service sector, so I make very little for the time, effort, and money involved with law school and I am deeply in debt. I want out so badly, but I don't know how to transition into another career, or really what career I'd even want. I know I just don't want this.
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kidglov3s
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 15, 2015 16:46:33 GMT -5
It was my dream to work in film/tv, and my undergrad degree is in film/video studies. Through the course of that process, though, I realized that I wanted a less precarious life and didn't feel like I got nearly enough back from my work for all that I put into it, when I did production type stuff. Just a feeling of emptiness for all the hours and hours of stress and frustration. I felt like nursing would be a more stable field that on some level would be more fulfilling. So far I'm happy with my choice, and I like how things are now where my nursing job helps to support me and I have time/money to pursue my love of film as a hobby.
Somewhere between film and nursing I guess there's also IT. Between working for U of M LSA Media Services/Instructional Support Services and the hospital's Clinical Informatics team I have 8 years of experience doing IT-related work, and if I ever get too tired physically/emotionally with nursing I have it in the back of my mind that I might try to pursue such work in the future (healthcare informatics). However I don't see such a career offering what I like most about my nursing job (nights, 3-4 days a week, dependable routine, being able to help sick/hurt people feel better).
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