Who likes their job? Time for me to change jobs

[WillBRZ]

My job can be alright at times but most of the time I fucking hate it. It pays the bills for now. When I finish school I plan to open my own office & no longer have a dumbfuck telling me what to do & making me feel like an idiot all day.

[itsibarra]

Originally Posted by oso_25

I am a mail courier of a cardologist and have been doing it for 4 years now. Been driving for 6 years now and I think its time to change jobs cause I am 26 years old and want to better myself. I went back to school 5 years ago to be a engineer (my dream job) and now a few classes away from getting my drafting degree. Been looking for a drafting job here in california while I am going to school but so far no luck. It sucks to that most jobs want 5 years exp. and a B.S. in engineering or drafting. I have got a few interviews but no luck on a job I guess right now its really hard just trying to find a entry job

Heyy i'm a courier/lab technician and pretty much in the same boat.. 5 years at my current job, and looking for an engineering job as well. Graduated last year with my BSME. Job hunting, phone screens, interviews, but still no big catch. Good luck to you bud... We'll find one soon!

[Trobinson]

Don't know how paramedics are paid or trained in your area but where I am it's a sweet gig. Except the whole mostly boring than intense craziness thing. Best part is the time off and the money. Oh and helping people haha jk. Plus sometimes i get to drive like a maniac and not get pulled over. But where I live now people who operate the elevator at the mine make 120000 a year plus benefits and stock options.

[meow_mix]

Originally Posted by 7thgear

i fucking hate my job

if i get fired today i won't give two fucks worth of ****

This. Pharmacy Technician. Significantly less than $15/hr.

[CamryDS]

Originally Posted by Trobinson

Don't know how paramedics are paid or trained in your area but where I am it's a sweet gig. Except the whole mostly boring than intense craziness thing. Best part is the time off and the money. Oh and helping people haha jk. Plus sometimes i get to drive like a maniac and not get pulled over. But where I live now people who operate the elevator at the mine make 120000 a year plus benefits and stock options.

Well with the risk of cancerous fumes and dust, I should say so.

[oso_25]

Originally Posted by itsibarra

Heyy i'm a courier/lab technician and pretty much in the same boat.. 5 years at my current job, and looking for an engineering job as well. Graduated last year with my BSME. Job hunting, phone screens, interviews, but still no big catch. Good luck to you bud... We'll find one soon!

Damn wish I was a lab tech. I'm just a normal mail courier guy that drives all day. Yea finding a job is really rough been applying to 4 jobs a week since to beginning of the year and got two interviews. It's only a matter of time before we both get a job in the engineering field.

[Giccin]

Its all about who you know....

[Carlitoz3]

Work for UPS(7yrs) and COSTCO(2yrs).
Union pension, 401k, and benefits. Like any job, it has its ups and downs but it pays the bills.

[B_Rad]

I love my feild! I work in Design/Engineering. Been at the same place for 7 1/2 years. Started out as a drafter straight out of Tech school and now I'm a Project lead. However, next week is my last at my current employer. I took a job at Delta Faucet Company. So starting in two weeks I get to design Faucet's, Toliets, and everything else they maunufacture.

[frslee]

I say go somewhere where you can learn stuff.

When I graduated college, I constantly had stress while I was looking for job. I didn't do that great in school, so there weren't many places that called me for interview. At last I got the job at Wells Fargo as securities analyst. It's a back office job where there are no customers. Just offices. Some friends and family think I'm some kind of teller, loan officer, bleh... I don't like sales.

Since banking industry has A LOT of departments, I have a very good opportunity to move to different area.

So... depending on your expertise, start from a big field... You'll end up meeting a lot of people from different places. Who knows, they like you, they want you.

[Re_Invention]

I've had a funny experience.

Worked as a furniture assembly man during my undergrad. Decent pay for a part time job, flexible schedule, little to no stress.

Decided to focus on academia and then went into research in psychoacoustics. Terrible pay (stipend/grants), terrible hours but very, very fun.

Moved on to graduate studies [neuroscience and music] overseas and after graduating was hired on as a consultant putting together therapy programs for dementia daycare centers (late stage Alzheimer Disease). Thought I had found my dream job - music, technology, & neuroscience all day every day in every way!

Ended up leaving after a year because; I missed sunshine (worked in UK) and the pay was so-so, but mostly: it was incredibly depressing.

Moved back to California, said I'd had had enough of academia and wanted to get into retirement asap. So I became a commercial real estate appraiser. The hours are terrible but you set them yourself (I love this), the work can be stressful and isn't necessarily consistent (I don't love this but makes life a little more exciting), and the pay is good. The work is typically dry, lots of number crunching, telephone calls, emails, and more telephone calls - report writing for several days and sifting through excel sheets for eternity but there are occasional fun or at least interesting jobs. Wouldn't mind getting into litigation work and presenting cases to grand juries.

And much like a programmer; pants are optional! Except when meeting clients.. that requires pants.

[kask2_6.0]

Originally Posted by Gunman

I enjoy what I do, designing parts for race cars. I worked in aerospace before motorsports, and it was "a job", now it's "a life style". The hours and stress can get a little crazy, it's definitely not a 9-5 gig, and although it may sound like "the coolest job ever", it is not for everyone. On the plus side, I've had cars I've designed parts for win in Grand Am DP and GT, British GT, Spanish GT, and NASCAR Sprint Cup. I'm still waiting for my first ALMS win, and hopefully a Lemans 24 win.

I feel ya with the hours and stress. Need it done yesterday kind of industry. Riley? (guessing based off the no win in ALMS)

p.s. I hope to keep it that way

[Gunman]

Originally Posted by kask2_6.0

I feel ya with the hours and stress. Need it done yesterday kind of industry. Riley? (guessing based off the no win in ALMS)

p.s. I hope to keep it that way

You must be one of those P&M guys

[WolfsFang]

Im on the same boat as OP, I fucking hate my job. I work in a grocery store, have to deal with bs people and more and more rules they add. I love working on computers and cars. Going back to school this summer for computer science (programming, also im 21.) Lucky for me my highschool programming teacher (who also loves cars) will coach me through java and all he knows.

Though for now I hope I land this computer repair job at a local store.