Dear LiveJournal,

Indeed. If it's a good fit, you're happy, and you're paying the bills, that's what's important.

Kevin, I support your choice. The fact that you figured that part out at such a young age speaks volumes. I feel like many kids/young adults pursue college/careers based on what their parents tell them to pursue, what they tell them/want them to do. I've seen it many times, and those people are miserable in the job they end up in, they constantly question "What was I thinking getting into this?".

Keep trying to pursue what you are indeed passionate about, and what makes the most sense for you.

Great job.

I guess I am one of those "I should have listened to my parents" crowd, not that I would have made it to med school anyways.

But my advice is as I lived through it. Being IT guy was my wants and goal from early childhood, and now that I finally got into it, reality is entirely different. What you envision is not reality will get you. Every one of spring chickens thinks they're special and think they will make it big, but 99.9% settles. That's the reality that sets in eventually. That goes same for nearly all industry. So now, what you want or think want is likely NOT what you want in 10 or 15 years. It sounds all glorious to pursue what you really want but too often times I've seen people looking back.

Timing and choices are rare to come by. Once gone, most of times forever gone. Med school is big, buddy, especially here in North America.

It is even harder where I'm from. Especially when IT people is being stereotype into "guys who only reformat computers"

looool you can't even format a computer properly.

Always keep that startup disk somewhere near your computer.

See what Lean just did, dei. That's how a real pro rolls.

After having our daughter I have taken a long hard look at my life and career theses passed 6 months, back in 2012 I was a training supervisor at my job I'd worked at for 16 years since leaving school but after 3 family deaths in 6 months and my mum having a cancers scare my life was derailed and I left my old job.

I had a couple of jobs over the next 2 years before taken a roofing job building roof trusses thinking I'd be learning a trade and developing but after 3 years of doing this it's clear that it was just a job and not a future as there is very little professional development so I've taken a leap of faith and this passed week starting a new job order picking for a large retail firm that employs 22.500 staff nationally so Iam starting at the bottom taking a pay cut to do so too but there is plenty of development above me and room to grow so hopefully in the long run I can get back to where I was pre - 2012.

Hope it works out. There's always risk and as you said you end up starting over from the bottom, but when you can go much further in your career and be happier, more fulfilled, and financially secure, it's worth taking a chance.

Cheers mate it was a tough first week learning on the fly but I enjoyed it overall and there will actually also be a lot more gaming opportunities with this job too as Iam either on 6-2 then 2-10 the following week so I will have mornings or afternoons once Live and 2k come out, time to play for a few hours in the morning or afternoon which I didn't currently have.

It is even harder where I'm from. Especially when IT people is being stereotype into "guys who only reformat computers"

looool you can't even format a computer properly.

Fuck you, how would you know

Good thing Steam doesn't keep chat logs for a long time or I'd be showing the receipts right now.

Been out of a job for four months now. But hey, at least I have finished a 72nd scale X-Wing model kit!

Almost missed the flight to Miami Thursday but I made it. I only have a week's worth of Cleveland gear packed for clothing.

This might be interesting.

My mission to get back into management seems to be working after taking a paycut to climb back up the mountain two months ago I've already being put forward for reach truck driving so more money coming once that happens and yesterday I interviewed for future management positions after one of the mangers on our shift handed in his notice so there will be a reshuffle of staff and maybe something in the future pipeline sooner than I thought.

Left my office job in 2016 to work for a long-time client (who I have worked for since 2013). Last March. the client just dropped out and said that there's nothing more for me to work on and didn't reply to me since then.

Now I'm back to my previous job hunt slump phase in 2010, but I'm still getting side projects to keep me afloat. The most recent one, I applied as a multimedia e-learning developer, the interviews turned out great but they chose an in-house applicant over me.

Life sucks sometimes, eh?

I had a job fall through last year when they were hit by a funding/hiring freeze the week they were conducting the interviews. According to the recruitment agency, they were ready to hire me on the spot, which was nice to hear but also somewhat frustrating, knowing how close I was.

Yeah instances like that just make me laugh because you know you're pretty close but not just enough to make it.

Absolutely. It feels a bit hollow, but at least you know that you're a desirable candidate and that your interview skills are reasonably sharp. Some consolation, I suppose.

But hey I guess I'm getting good at cutting promos because of these interviews!

To the client that sold you dreams and bamboozled you, go to his house, skin him alive, then wear his skin to show him how disappointed you are with his treatment of you.

I'm gonna have to find him in Idaho first and challenge him in a "My Job on a Pole" match!

Idaho? Looks like a NLSC member that got his patch request rejected by you long ago so he did an elaborate revenge plot to sabotage your career without you even knowing it all.

Dammit he put up a company just to get back at me? WHOEVER REQUESTED FOR A JERSEY FROM 10 YEARS AGO THAT I IGNORED?! PLEASE FORGIVE MEEEEE!

My mission to get back into management seems to be working after taking a paycut to climb back up the mountain two months ago I've already being put forward for reach truck driving so more money coming once that happens and yesterday I interviewed for future management positions after one of the mangers on our shift handed in his notice so there will be a reshuffle of staff and maybe something in the future pipeline sooner than I thought.

Well just a couple short months later Iam throwing in the towel and returning to my old roofing job, I took a pay cut to go to this new job and it took its toll on us and now my mum said she couldn't look after my daughter for one day a week so that's another £160pm on top of the £340 we were already paying so I just don't have the time to grind it out and work my way up the ladder.

I don't think I failed because the plan was working but I did start to discover that a corporate life wouldn't of being for me as you have to step over people to get a head which isn't who I am and also the it easy to choose going back to my old day job simply because when I worked the 2-10 shift every other week I didn't see my daughter other than for about 2 hours in the morning. I know there will be a lot of banter from my old work mates but Iam actually looking forward to going back

At the end of the day, you've got to do what's best for you and your family. Trying something and deciding that it's not the best option once you've had a chance to evaluate it is better than never trying anything new at all, or falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy and sticking with something that isn't a good fit just because you don't want to look like you've quit or "failed".