The_Universe
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Eh - I am not attached to my job AT ALL. If something better comes along, I'd turn in my two-weeks without blinking an eye.
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Do you have an emotional attachment to your job?
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alsih2o
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I am my job.
I am not sure if I love it or not. That would be like loving my blood type or shape of my skull.
I don't think I see any line between my job and me. I definitely don't feel as if I have ANY time off. At a friends recent wedding I spent more time scouting local museums than visiting. I sketched my way through my nieces graduation. Dinner out with my wifes boss got me caught completely out of the conversation drawing profile curves on the table with condensate from my drink.
I frequently hate or love what has recently happened at my job but I rarely feel these emotions for what I do. I just do it.
And I don't want to imagine life any other way.
Hope that helped.
I am not sure if I love it or not. That would be like loving my blood type or shape of my skull.
I don't think I see any line between my job and me. I definitely don't feel as if I have ANY time off. At a friends recent wedding I spent more time scouting local museums than visiting. I sketched my way through my nieces graduation. Dinner out with my wifes boss got me caught completely out of the conversation drawing profile curves on the table with condensate from my drink.
I frequently hate or love what has recently happened at my job but I rarely feel these emotions for what I do. I just do it.
And I don't want to imagine life any other way.
Hope that helped.
der_kluge
Adventurer
I have loved what I do in the past, but not so much right now.
When I worked for Wal-Mart (the home office), I was a programmer. And I was the most technically brilliant member of my team (my peer evals even said so!) I went into work in the morning, pulled up whatever program I was working on at the time, and coded until I was done in the evening. I was single then, so "when I was done" might be an hour or more after close of business. I wrote so much code there it was unbelievable. Shell scripts, C code, Visual Basic, 3-page sql commands. You name it. I'm sure they're still using most of it.
But it wore me out. I burned out on that, and not because I didn't enjoy it, but because my management refused to acknowledge the contributions I had made. They didn't want to promote me, or move me to new challenges. Maybe I did my job too well?? The culture there is really obnoxious, and it's not an environment I'd want to work in with a wife and child. It's not family-friendly at all. But I loved the learning, and the technology, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I left, and while I've had good times and bad, I'm completely and utterly bored where I am currently. I haven't done more than about an hours worth of work in a day since January. So, I've worked on products for HARP, worked on modules, posted gobs on ENworld, worked on my master's degree. So yea, I've accomplished lots of stuff, but it's more or less unfulfilling. The company here is going through some reorganizations, so all the managers are managing "upwards" and are focused on saving their own butts, and not focused on projects, or creating more work. It's quite an inefficient place. I see a lot of opportunities here, but it's going to take a while before it really comes into its own. It's a fairly young company.
I just got an email from a recruiter in Raleigh, who was asking about a job there whom I had talked to when I accepted my current position. So, I'll hear what he has to say. Who knows, maybe I'll move again, and love it! We'll see. I hate moving, though.
When I worked for Wal-Mart (the home office), I was a programmer. And I was the most technically brilliant member of my team (my peer evals even said so!) I went into work in the morning, pulled up whatever program I was working on at the time, and coded until I was done in the evening. I was single then, so "when I was done" might be an hour or more after close of business. I wrote so much code there it was unbelievable. Shell scripts, C code, Visual Basic, 3-page sql commands. You name it. I'm sure they're still using most of it.
But it wore me out. I burned out on that, and not because I didn't enjoy it, but because my management refused to acknowledge the contributions I had made. They didn't want to promote me, or move me to new challenges. Maybe I did my job too well?? The culture there is really obnoxious, and it's not an environment I'd want to work in with a wife and child. It's not family-friendly at all. But I loved the learning, and the technology, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I left, and while I've had good times and bad, I'm completely and utterly bored where I am currently. I haven't done more than about an hours worth of work in a day since January. So, I've worked on products for HARP, worked on modules, posted gobs on ENworld, worked on my master's degree. So yea, I've accomplished lots of stuff, but it's more or less unfulfilling. The company here is going through some reorganizations, so all the managers are managing "upwards" and are focused on saving their own butts, and not focused on projects, or creating more work. It's quite an inefficient place. I see a lot of opportunities here, but it's going to take a while before it really comes into its own. It's a fairly young company.
I just got an email from a recruiter in Raleigh, who was asking about a job there whom I had talked to when I accepted my current position. So, I'll hear what he has to say. Who knows, maybe I'll move again, and love it! We'll see. I hate moving, though.
MrFilthyIke
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Mr. Lobo said:
I could send a pic, but Eric's Grandma would NOT approve.
I'll be starting a new job on the 11th with Suntrust. I'm leaving Delta behind,
and trying something new. But the only thing I'm attachted to is the wife and
the games.
Breakstone
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I absolutely love college. It's only my first year at UC Santa Cruz, but I'm completely and utterly in love.
That said, it requires money. So during the summers I've been working full-time as a temp.
I definitely have an emotional attachment to being a temp. But the emotion isn't love- it's pure and utter loathing.
HOWEVER, as I said, I love college. And being a temp pays incredibly well. So for me, doing what I love (college) is worth a few months of hateful work.
That said, it requires money. So during the summers I've been working full-time as a temp.
I definitely have an emotional attachment to being a temp. But the emotion isn't love- it's pure and utter loathing.
HOWEVER, as I said, I love college. And being a temp pays incredibly well. So for me, doing what I love (college) is worth a few months of hateful work.
I love my job (real estate) - everyday is a new crisis or three, the clientel are on emotional rollercoasters, not a day goes by without a threat of a lawsuit, and not a month without threats of bodily injury. Yet it's all challenging and new. I tried working the 5 day a week office route and failed. This is the career gaming prepared me for!
Plus building developments is just like a boardgame - Monopoly with bigger houses.
Plus building developments is just like a boardgame - Monopoly with bigger houses.
MrFilthyIke
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adwyn said:
You should see rela estate in Florida.
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