Why did I pick THIS for a job?

[Wildsky]

I'm actually "HELPING" another lady in the office to do the same.... she wants to work PART time in the office and part time at home to keep an eye on her kids after school etc....

 

[Cassandra]

I hate working with computers, too. I mean, I don't hate using them for work, I hate them BEING work. And I'm NOT a computer tech or even remotely so. My husband is a systems admin, and over the past 13 years of using a computer and ten years being married to a computer guy, I have learned a few things.

I have always tried to not let my bosses find out I know anything about them, but they always figure it out. All the time now my boss will say from his office (loudly enough for me to here) "Cassandra! I've done messed something up in here..." It's almost comical. It would be funny if I wasn't busy doing something else. LOL

I'm a property manager, which I really like at first. But like with most of you, it has just gotten old and boring and tedious and too easy. I don't hate the job, but I do hate giving up so much of my life to it. I want to stay at home and take care of my family. We're working on it so I can do that in a couple of years.

I'm really encouraged to read that so many other people are finally getting tired of all the bull ****. Humans weren't meant to live this way--enslaved by jobs and material possessions. I've wondered about joining that community in Alaska that, apparently lives totally on their own resources (but they have computers and TV and stuff.) But it's so freakin' COLD up there. LOL

Maybe I should make one in Mississippi.

Cassandra (oh yeah, you'd need a couple thousand acres to do that.)

 

[gypsygirl1421]

TomStephens, were I you, I would look into a career change, or just doing that part time. My dad was a computer programmer, and very money focused, even though my mom always told him money wasn't everything. He finally couldn't keep up with the new technology, watching younger people get promoted over him because they had the most up to date training. A week before my wedding his company let him go and hired a 22 year old to replace him. My dad was 56. 3 days after my wedding he shot himself, having told my mother that morning that he was a failure because he couldn't support his family. If your not happy, don't let your paycheck be the deciding factor in your life, making sacrifices financially to be happy in what your doing might just save your life.

 

[debakadeb]

Tomstephens, I smiled at your first sentence because I can relate to it. "Back in the day" I worked in a data processing department and all the programmers were in a cube..all day. They could interact with other programmers but that is limited. When I decided to go back to college, I completed my undergrad in CIS. I like programming but when I thought of all those programmers in their cubes, I made the decision to make less money and stay in my current position. I work at a College in student services so have a lot of interaction. I'm way too social for a cube

With your years of programming experience you have options. You can teach at a local college, look for some large companies that allow you to work at home part of the time, or be a consultant which would allow you to work from home all the time. You can start the lattter by putting out some feelers, doing work in the evening. Build your business up so that you would be comfortable leaving your job knowing you can still pay the mortgage. Put your resume out there and go visit monster.com. Lots of jobs for programmers.

 

[Mims]

Old post, but I have a question. Do any of you computer programmers have the skills to make an app? I have a great idea, and there's nothing like it out there, but I'm not computer literate enough to develop and create an app. I'd rather work with a fellow chicken lover than hire a random person off the net.