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Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by analyst74 »

int3rnaut wrote: post #46
ww520 wrote: post #8

Although it's tempting to just quit to pursue your dream, I would advise against it until you have put your financial life in order and save up some money. It's called a fuck-you fund for a reason.

Good point, it's interesting to note the 2 people referenced in the article were fairly well off--I mean one was a manager at Microsoft. The idea that you need financial success to do this though is a bit strange. I think it's easier to just quit your job when you're poor from an outside perspective because you're not giving up very much in terms of the grand scheme--you'd throw away a penny before you'd throw away a…

How much is only relative to your situation.

If you live cheaply, saving up a few thousand will allow you do things you'd like to pursue without worrying about money; if you have big house mortgage, fancy car, expensive wife, then giving up a luxury job suddenly becomes not so easy.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by ramidarigaz »

Why would I quit my job? I like my job! Dammit, stop projecting your own dislikes on to me!

I get to work with really bright people on really cool projects. My work environment is somewhat laid back. I get plenty of time off. Nobody bothers me for not showing up right at 9am. Plus, I have fun here!

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by umjames »

ramidarigaz wrote: post #52

Why would I quit my job? I like my job! Dammit, stop projecting your own dislikes on to me! I get to work with really bright people on really cool projects. My work environment is somewhat laid back. I get plenty of time off. Nobody bothers me for not showing up right at 9am. Plus, I have fun here!

Where do you work, if you don't mind me asking? It sounds like a really great place.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by ignifero »

I don't understand, since every single comment disagrees, why was this in the frontpage? Maybe because people like inspiring, loud words; they soothe, make you feel enlightened and accomplished without doing anything. I hate all this new age self-help enlightening crap telling people how to live their life, mostly because some of the world's greatest oppressors used the same methods in the past.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by WiseWeasel »

If you're tired of your job, do like I may or may not have done; wait for a performance review or a meeting with a new supervisor, and when they ask what you see yourself doing in five years, reply with something in a completely different industry. Then, hopefully, you'll be terminated and have a chance at collecting unemployment while you work full-time on your web startup.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by ramidarigaz »

umjames wrote: post #53
ramidarigaz wrote: post #52

Why would I quit my job? I like my job! Dammit, stop projecting your own dislikes on to me! I get to work with really bright people on really cool projects. My work environment is somewhat laid back. I get plenty of time off. Nobody bothers me for not showing up right at 9am. Plus, I have fun here!

Where do you work, if you don't mind me asking? It sounds like a really great place.

http://lasp.colorado.edu/ :D

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by sliverstorm »

ramidarigaz wrote: post #52

Why would I quit my job? I like my job! Dammit, stop projecting your own dislikes on to me! I get to work with really bright people on really cool projects. My work environment is somewhat laid back. I get plenty of time off. Nobody bothers me for not showing up right at 9am. Plus, I have fun here!

It's a classic human foible. We want to get other people to do the same thing as us, because it makes us feel better about ourselves and our decisions.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by PonyGumbo »

ww520 wrote: post #8

Although it's tempting to just quit to pursue your dream, I would advise against it until you have put your financial life in order and save up some money. It's called a fuck-you fund for a reason.

Yeah. I started a company after a layoff, and it was very, very rough going. I had to take whatever consulting gigs I could get on the side to keep things going, and those were a huge distraction.

Re: You should probably quit your job

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Post by Jeema3000 »

Mz wrote: post #6
AndrewDucker wrote: post #3

I don't actually feel the need to change the world. There are some things I enjoy tinkering with, and I've been involved in a couple of minor political causes, but I clearly don't feel the same urge that this person does to get out there and remake the world. And so I am not likely to quit my job (which pays quite nicely, doesn't overstress me, and brings me the security to relax at the weekends and in the evenings)…

People who feel some overwhelming need to Change The World are basically projecting: Their "world" (internal mental landscape, personal life, whatever) is in desperate need of an overhaul. (Edit: I know because this was me, say, 20 to 30 years ago. Then I fixed my personal crap. I no longer feel like lecturing everyone else about what they "should" be doing.) I won't even read the piece. I skimmed it. This is the clo…

I don't think he's trying to lecture anyone - probably speaking from personal feeling rather. I mean... life is ultimately kind of a Sisyphean existance when you think about it (as the philosopher Albert Camus once pointed out). Some people don't get bothered by that, but other people can get very down thinking about the existential nature of things. And that feeling can be the impetus to want to try something different with their lives that has more meaning to them. I don't see that as a bad thing...
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