Do you like what you do? Do you like your industry but dislike your job? Do you like your job but not the industry? If the salary was $200k what would your ideal job be?
Do you like what you do? Do you like your industry but dislike your job? Do you like your job but not the industry? If the salary was $200k what would your ideal job be?
There are parts of what I do that I like - I happen to be fantastic at the customer facing portions of IT/Help desk, at least for T1/T2 problems, and I can fix or at least workaround almost every issue because I understand the software. But ticket tracking’s not one of my strong suits, and everything else about the job (Hierarchy, Meetings, Performance reviews, even positive ones, and the expectation that I’m supposed to walk in whistling every morning) makes me tired and angry. It doesn’t help that I’m ND and the office is loud, I’ve already had a panic attack this morning because my coworker apparently can’t answer calls without fucking yelling into his phone, and there’s no noise cancelling or barriers anywhere so I can hear everyone else yakking all the fucking time.
I don’t think I have an ideal job - I’m so burnt out and depressed from two decades of nonstop grind that I think I would spend a few months doing absolutely nothing, if for no other reason than to enjoy not having obligations.
Being good at the job is always half the battle. I hate documentation, training, procedures… I just want to do the things. Sorry about the burnout. I’m sure there is something you have a lingering passion or desire for. Low pressure jobs that let your mind drift, or something fun that just doesn’t pay.
I think I’d like to teach at least the idealized version in my head. I don’t know if I could deal with the people if half the stories you hear are true, and I don’t think I would be happy with the pay cut.