Who really loves their job? [Archive]

DrMachine

11-16-2005, 06:45 AM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.

yes

sort of

yes

EDIT - and yes I love my job, right now I'm really just starting but I really look forward to everyday

Gregory

11-16-2005, 06:46 AM

My current job, I've had for just over a year. I'm in charge of publications for a music fraternity. Not my dream job, no. But it doesn't carry the combined whammy of daily deadlines with insufficient technology of my previous newspaper jobs. I do get to use the skills I studied in college, the pay is good, and it allowed me to move here to marry my gal. So I'm not complaining. Plus, I'm online ALL DAY LONG.

Donal DeLay

11-16-2005, 06:47 AM

I love my job. I'm paid pretty well. I have the best hours in the store that NO ONE else has. I'm not limited to one single dept. My boss throws pizza parties all the time, or treats us to doughnuts, etc.

Plus the fact I really only work for 4hours a day, get my job completed and get to fuck off for the rest of the afternoon.

RebootedCorpse

11-16-2005, 06:49 AM

I'm doing what I always wanted to do.

SteveZegers

11-16-2005, 06:49 AM

Not me. It's not terrible, but it's sure not great.

And no, didn't go to school for it.

Jacob Lyon Goddard

11-16-2005, 06:49 AM

i love my job, just wish it paid more with benifits
and while i didn't do to school for it, i use a lot of what i learned in school in this job

Pat Loika

11-16-2005, 06:50 AM

I love it (for now, anyway). Good perks and good pay, and then there's the stories.

Only time I'd quit it is a regular gig doing comics.

P.

joeyart

11-16-2005, 06:50 AM

Not me....but it's hard to say what I went to school for....
But I'm doing other stuff, in my free time that I like....writing and such...
I became a lot happier when I stopped caring about my job and started treating it as what I do to survive. I get fulfillment elsewhere....in theory.

GabeLogan

11-16-2005, 06:51 AM

Did you go to college for it? Yes

Did you have to search around to find it? Well the computer field is so broad I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do at the time, but I'm very pleased with what I do right now.

Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? This type of job, yes. Here for the rest of my life I couldn't say.

Supajoe

11-16-2005, 06:52 AM

yeah, i ended up going into a graduate program, and through networking and making contacts, ended up with my current gig. it's the best job i've ever had--working from home, making cool stuff, and making great money. this business is a very rocky one, so i don't know if i'll do it forever--but definitely for the foreseeable future.

Ryan Walsh

11-16-2005, 06:53 AM

Not I. BTW, your new sig is creepily hypnotic.

TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM

11-16-2005, 06:57 AM

Sean Jackson

11-16-2005, 06:59 AM

Since I majored in RTVF in college, I've kept my jobs pretty close to that.

Oh, my job can't be beat. I sitting here, surfing, watching movies, working on the site in between, it's close to the house.

I've had a pretty great job streak so far... this is #5 in my professional career, from an interactive satellite training network, broadcast.com / Yahoo, another streaming media company, The American Heart Association, and now my current job.

They've all been a blast, but I've left because I've gotten better jobs / offers.

joeyart

11-16-2005, 07:00 AM

A job is just a job to me. However, it is where I spend most of my day, and I'd like to at least enjoy most of my day.

*sigh* Yeah.
I'm with you there. I'm just at a place where I can't focus too much of my energy on this stuff I do....So I try to concentrate on the other stuff. The stuff I'm writing about. My girlfriend. The things that make me happy.

It's tough sometimes...

ERNIE_E

11-16-2005, 07:06 AM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.

Ahhh Trillian, We are at the same point in life. I went to school to be a chemist, hoped it would give me a good 15-20 yr career.

I am 29 going on 30. Well I'm six years into and now I'm making a change in careers. I'm going back to school for journalism/graphic design/copywriting and realize that this was what I was more born to do, something more creative. I will still have the chemistry to fall back upon but know every day I stay away from it, the harder it will be to get back into it.

I hope I can find something in this new career that will be able to support me and my family and hopefully do it for the rest of my life. I know I'll be just dead in the water though if I stay in chemistry and not do something, even freelancing, in a creative manner. So i'm in the same crisis, hoping something will come up that will justify this change in career.

CraigM

11-16-2005, 07:09 AM

Yeah, I love my job, but then again, I write full-time. I didn't have to go to college to find it. I actually have Noble to thank, who invited me to start writing for Ronin Studios. I wasn't currently writing, but he asked me if I wanted to, and I told him I did. The rest is history.

Craig

kari

11-16-2005, 07:13 AM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.
I get bored easily. I worked as a surgical instrument tech,went to school for it, loved surgery but got bored.
started working in a hemodialysis clinic (trained for it in st.louis) love it.
went back to school and got my nursing degree (more money, same job with few added job descriptions)
I see myself working as a nurse forever, but I have to work in extreme situations. If I don't go home with bloody shoes I don't feel like I have done my job! I can never work as a regular nurse (hospital-nursing home type job)

Evan the Shaggy

11-16-2005, 07:16 AM

I went to school for marketing but am currently working as a consultant for a government consulting firm, the money's great for being just out of college and my project now lets me work from home a few days a week, so it makes the transition into the real world a little easier.

I'm only 22 though, I can stick with this for a year, and see if I can get a job in my original field (Or heck, maybe I'll make it with my standup and get the coolest job in the world.)

TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM

11-16-2005, 07:17 AM

Ahhh Trillian, We are at the same point in life. I went to school to be a chemist, hoped it would give me a good 15-20 yr career.

I am 29 going on 30. Well I'm six years into and now I'm making a change in careers. I'm going back to school for journalism/graphic design/copywriting and realize that this was what I was more born to do, something more creative. I will still have the chemistry to fall back upon but know every day I stay away from it, the harder it will be to get back into it.

I hope I can find something in this new career that will be able to support me and my family and hopefully do it for the rest of my life. I know I'll be just dead in the water though if I stay in chemistry and not do something, even freelancing, in a creative manner. So i'm in the same crisis, hoping something will come up that will justify this change in career.
I feel you. I'm lucky that I only have to worry about providing for myself. I did what I always wanted to do since I was a kid, and then I realized that 1) I was a stupid kid and 2) kids don't consider living wages or benefits. (Do cowboys and ballerinas have 401Ks?) I'll always have a strong fall back option too, which I'm glad for.

ClintP

11-16-2005, 07:29 AM

I am a technical consultant and I hate it. I went to college and graduated, but i despise the corporate world, what with all of damn pointless meetings, conf calls, and approvals you need to just freaking work. I am changing careers to become a firefighter. I want a job where I can help people and make a difference.

However, my wife loves her job most of the time. She is a 7th grade science teacher. Though she does have some Timmies out there. Last year she taught 10th and 11th grade Biology and Chemistry in a worse school district. Lots of Timmies there!

RyanP

11-16-2005, 07:36 AM

i just lucked into my current job. i hate it every fucking minute I'm there. However, I would like to do it the rest of my life. it has some "perks" that I can't get anywhere else.

Victor Cabanelas

11-16-2005, 07:55 AM

I�m waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too lucky to be an independent comic book artist

Did you go to college for it?
Nope, but the year and half that I spent there actually helped me. I�d go back if I had the time and money.

Did you have to search around to find it?
I need to search for most gigs (I ain�t George Perez!).

Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life?
Unless my hands fall off. And, even then I think I�d start drawing with my feet.

DaGetHighKnight

11-16-2005, 07:57 AM

I knock my job alot but It really is a good. I can go on breaks for as long as i want whenever I want,take days off without asking in advance, Free computers,laptops,blackberries,Not to mention all the Modeling and acting agencys in my building sporting some of the finest women in the world...

JayPee

11-16-2005, 08:01 AM

sometimes i do. i work in a photo lab at a wholesale warehouse. there's only three people in our department, and everyone's super cool. the scedualing is the best that i've had in my five years with the company. i usually end up with a weekend off a month, which is unheard of. i'm paid pretty well, i have good benefits for me and my fiancee (hard to find when you're not married). and i get a bonus every six months.

alexlannin

11-16-2005, 08:16 AM

My wife LOVES being a teacher and went to college to be one.

d.j.

11-16-2005, 08:18 AM

You know... I don't hate it. That's the closest I think I could come to loving a "day job." It's this wannabe professional writer syndrome I think I have.

alexlannin

11-16-2005, 08:19 AM

I personally can't stand mine, the only thing I like about it is the pay and that it's five minutes from my house.

Susan BANthony

11-16-2005, 08:23 AM

I can't say love because I don't get paid enough for what I have to do sometimes, but I'm in like. Yesterday went like this:

3pm: Went in, talked to a co-worker for a few minutes. Talked to the girl I work with for a few more.

3:15pm: Headed off to go shopping at Big Lots to buy a humidifier with my company card. Also went to Gabriel Brothers, and was heading to the mall when --

5:30pm: My boss calls and asks if we want to go to dinner with another staff person and a possible roommate for the girl I work with. We go to Friendly's on the company. The ice cream was delicious.

6:15pm: We decide to go to the mall. Walk around, bullshit, and smell perfume.

7:00pm: Back to the program. She talks to her fiancee while I watch Food Network.

7:30pm: She asks for her meds, I pour them, she goes to take a shower and go to bed. I watch a little TV and head up to the attic for a little web browsing.

9-ish pm: I write my day's summary and watch more Food Network until my relief comes on at 11.

Granted, this was a GOOD day that didn't involve lamp throwing, cursing loudly at strangers, or accusing random people of rape.

AAlgar

11-16-2005, 08:25 AM

It's not what I wanted to be when I grew up. It treats me well, and I do enjoy the problem-solving aspects of my work. But no, I wouldn't use the word "love."

Mylazycat

11-16-2005, 08:28 AM

I went to college and studied Marketing, with the hopes of working in advertising. Right now I work at a Sprint wireless call center as a Customer care provider, even though I'm in Canada. I deal with a lot of people calling up pissed about their bills being so high (Here's a tip: watch your minutes and don't download so much crap) or who want to cancel out of their contract or get services for free because of some perceived slight. Not all of my customers, but enough of them to make me want to bang my head on my desk.

The pay is good, I'm surrounded by hundreds of very pretty women who are nicely dressed and we get free stuff and prizes (laptops, mega screen TVs, trips to Mexico, ect) but having to fill out a form just to go pee is a bit much.

I'd still love to work in advertising and marketing or the creative field, but I'm stuck in a small town.

Lab-Rat

11-16-2005, 08:34 AM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.

I Love my job. I did not go to college for it. I did not search around to find it. And no...I don't think I'll be doing it for the rest of my life....at least I hope not.

Sean Jackson

11-16-2005, 08:35 AM

justjeffery

11-16-2005, 09:02 AM

I love my job, but it really doesnt pay all that well...

But it's a great job... even a bad day at the comic shop is better than a good day at the office job I had...

jenifu

11-16-2005, 09:05 AM

i fucking HATE my job.

i used to be indifferent - but now that i'm going to school for what i know i really WANT to do, it's unbearable.

BLEH!

gaspar

11-16-2005, 09:32 AM

I really like mine...wouldn't say love because I reserve that for the ultimate one I'm shooting for, but this one is where I need to be now to get there later, so it's cool. I like it lots most days. There are times when I don't like it so much, but overall it's good.

Doc Randy

11-16-2005, 09:54 AM

I absolutely love my job.

Best job in the world!

t00lverine

11-16-2005, 10:03 AM

I do. I go there when I feel sad or depressed and elave quite happy. I'm usually drained from it, though.

lukeathomas

11-16-2005, 10:03 AM

I like mine in the sense that I feel good about what I do, but there's a lot of time where I just stare at walls in my office.

Jacob Lyon Goddard

11-16-2005, 05:30 PM

i'm making a living doing what i did in high school for free
i'd say i'm ahead of the curve

Christian Beranek

11-16-2005, 05:31 PM

I love what I do, I just need to make more money doing it.

RedStarZero

11-16-2005, 05:34 PM

I babysit my little brother while my parents are at work.

Did you go to college for it? nope
Did you have to search around to find it? they came to me
Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? in a way, I guess. I know I'll always be looking out for him. I don't trust my parents to do it.

Gavin

11-16-2005, 05:48 PM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.

I had to get a master's degree for it. It took me months to find this, and lots of tries for similar jobs (I think I sent out about a hundred resumes). I won't be doing this particular aspect of my work forever, but I'd like to stay in the field. I'm a cataloging librarian.

TheKraken

11-16-2005, 06:21 PM

I do! I am a graphic designer for one of the largest photography background suppliers in the world. We're working ourselves to death because our 2006 catalog has to be done on 11/28 and man, is it not done yet. I'm staying at work 12-14 hours a day... And I'm not angry or bitter about it. My work is interesting, my co-workers are cool and fun to be around, and my working enviroment is insanely laid back. (I've been watching a different Star Wars movie very night while I work this week. :D ) In January, once catalog season is well & truly over, we'll have alot of downtime, in which we basically get to do whatever we want on the company dime. This year I taught myself the basics of Cinema4D and got paid for it. I love my job.

I don't see myself working for the same company for the rest of my life, hell no. I'd actually like to get outta the South pronto... hurricanes and all. But I certainly hope to be in the same line of work for the rest of my life.

Shepherd

11-16-2005, 06:54 PM

Did you go to college for it? Did you have to search around to find it? Do you think you'll be doing it for the rest of your life? Don't mind me, just having a quarter life crisis.

Yes. Yes. Yes, but not this exact job, just something like it (college English professor, but maybe not in Korea. I'm itchin' to try some other countries and maybe give it a go in the US again.).

R

Los

11-16-2005, 07:05 PM

I like my current job. I love my Internship!

DeaconKole

11-16-2005, 07:19 PM

I love my job.

The thing i love most about it is I get back what I put into it. Although it is highly possible to be a comic book shop slacker, I believe in the store and want to make it he best I can. I want for the store to have been changed by my presence, and I work hard at it. I learn more about business management every day thatn any college course teaches.

The Human Target

11-16-2005, 07:23 PM

I wish I had a job to dislike.

King of Mars

11-16-2005, 07:33 PM

I generally like my job (working with handicapped/retarded people in a residential setting). The residents are great...like family, really...and I get to go out and do a lot of fun things with them. Plus, it's nice to work at a place where I'm serving a meaningful purpose, rather than just working to make money for some scumsucking boss. The downside? Pay sucks, some of the guys have behavioral issues, other employees can be real assholes, and we always have staffing issues. For the most part, though, I don't mind going to work there each day.