Posted: 8/15/2006 12:36:44 PM EDT
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Rizzo, This is a tough question to answer without a lot of background info, perhaps best no said on the web. It might make a good topic for talk around the campfire after the shoot on 9/9. You should have a good mix of backgrounds and get some different points of view. I wish I could join in the festivities unfortunately I’m not back in Prescott until December. Good luck in whatever you find that suits you. Rich V |
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Rich, I wish you could make it to the shoot. Thanks for the advice. Guess I was mostly just ranting and venting. But you ever get that feeling? Like you're not doing what you were supposed to do? I hear 2 sides of it. #1 says do what makes you happy and regardless of the money (?), you'll be successful. #2 says find a job that allows you the most $ and time to do what makes you happy, regardless of weather you like it or not. I feel most people "settle" in their jobs and just do whatever they get "stuck" in. That's how I feel about my job, anyways. |
I can speak directly to this from my personal experience. My last "real" job was working 2 miles from home, in a nice office, as a market research manager under one of the top corporate VPs of the Hong Kong-based company. 9-5 with some overtime needed (though I was salary). Work was easy, I surfed the web for a living and earned $60,000 doing it. But my boss was a not very easy to work for (at work, nice guy outside of work). I knew it was time to look elsewhere when I nearly hung up on him as he was explaining something, as one example. I had started a part-time job doing Practical Tactical, working nights/weekends to sell tactical gear and such. I had decided to quit my job in 2003, but they asked me to stay on at 1/2 time. As a steady paycheck was nice, I accepted. I finally pulled the plug in Dec 2004, and took Prac Tac full-time at the beginning of 2005. I make NOWHERE near the money I did at my other job. Luckily, I am in a postion where my wife makes good money doing IT stuff, so it's not as big an impact as it could be. We do have to live differently because of the salary difference. However, I am a much happier guy to be around, I am not tired and beat all the time, and am in much better health. There is a LOT to be said about making money. Believe me. But, overall, I am happier and my life is better. YMMV TimW Phoenix |