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Do you like your job?

Do you like your job?

Because man, thare has GOT to be something better than this! ;-)

Ok, so we've all got to get up out of bed in the morning and go earn a living, but do you love the work you do? Why even Brad has to go to work, or that spiffy Jag he just bought goes back to the dealership, and that would be sad for those of us who live vicariously[?] through him.

But I digress. Do you love the work you do, if not what would you like to be doing? And try to be realistic.

Myself for example, I work as a clerk in a civil service job. It pays the bills, but I would love to have a job working in computer animation. Especially after I saw The Incredibles!
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I'm still a student at University. At this point life seems easy...later on dunno though...my dream-job awaits...want to become archaelogist...at worst of cases i'll have to compromise to high-school teacher...but for the moment i enjoy student's life...have a nice day everyone...
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Congratulations on the new gig SD
I've found that it's all attitude at work. A good attitude can infect the people around you, and makes the day much more enjoyable. If I "really" hated my job I'd have to change, even if it meant making less money. Money is overrated.
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I love my job....I'm Tattooartist... I'm my Boossss
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No apologies necessary DZ....... I knew what you meant, I was just a bit of fun with ya.
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The current one is that I enjoy the most from the past 5 jobs I ever had.
Line manager of 10 telco engineers working with systems integration and system support. Also involved in operative issues, just have analyzed a 120 meg IP trace from a live mobile network, and took part in redesigning partial system architecture. I set the balance for myself in managing the group and getting involved in engineering issues. The group is prospering nicely. Some of the experts with great 'can do' attitude are inspiring the rest of the group. Until there are scandals, I have full independence. If I show control in scandals I have full independence.
(Though I can't afford a loan to buy a house with a 1 and a 3 year old daughter while my wife's on 3 years' maternity leave, so I could imagine the same with improved math )
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Work = work that's why its called work, not FUN or SEX, or JOY!

To be honest I would so much rather be doing skins and web design full time then the crud i have to do. But since i have made a total of about $700 doing skins in my life, i don't think that's gonna get the bills paid. The Web design is a good part time job but its not gonna make me rich. Unless there is someone out there that needs a full time web designer, that wants to pay me outrageous amounts of money!

or maybe someone will just pay me to make desktopx meters all day.. hell id be happy to make $0.01 / download on each widget. that would at least make it worth while.
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notice how the fun words are 3 letters .. while the bad one is a 4 letter word...
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I love my job. I've been a college professor for 17 years; an administrator on campus for a year and a half. I spend tons of time teaching (which is great, especially when students admit that they actually enjoyed the class [it's organic chemistry, no one takes it as an elective!]) and solving problems for students (which is very rewarding). Wouldn't change it.

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Reply #34 Top
Do you love the work you do


No. That's why they pay me to do it. If loved it, I would have to pay them!
There's worse jobs, so I can't complain too much. I drill gas wells.
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I take packages (on avarage of 35 - 45 pounds) out of a truck and on to what is called an extendo that brings these packages into the facility and into trucks going to your home.

You be surprised how many times I use my training from school to move these packages. My degree (what is called a Bachler in Science... otherwise known as a B.S. of which I find very interesting) affords me the high pay and thrill of getting dirty in a dusty truck as boxes fall on my head and feet. For what its worth, I even use some of my grad school training to figure out ways for even more boxes to hit my head.


I love my job. Why? Because my last one was worst.
Reply #36 Top
I like my job more now but I still don't love it.
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I would love to enjoy any job. Disabled for ten years and hate it. Sitting around wasn't the way I was raised. Proficient in computer graphics would be nice though.

Diability pay sucks by the way. No Jag for me. X-(  :SNIFF!: 
Reply #40 Top
I don't have a job. I'm a student. My job is to study. I'm good at it, but I hate it.
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Also, what's with BUMPING a 3 year old thread?
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Also, what's with BUMPING a 3 year old thread?


It's a necrothread...we raise them from the dead sometimes.

I loved my old job. I got to blow stuff up, shoot stuff, cruise around the ocean, jump out of helo's, scare an entire Tunisian village when we landed an entire MEU on the beach...ah good times.

My now job isn't too bad. It pays the bills mostly. I hope I don't retire from this job.
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I have not any job more than half of year. So I can't like or hate zero...  (:( 
Reply #44 Top
Do you like your job?


I Just love it .....

sleeping 16 hours every day  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 
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MD....Love the work, love helping folks.....HATE Insurance Co.'s!
Reply #46 Top

In 1973 I did my first commercial drawing...was a 2500 sq.ft solid brick house for my driving instructor [got my licence that year].  By '74 I was working in a drawing office [we built 'em too] and we built that first dwg of mine.

35 years later and I'm still drawing houses.

The sense of achievement when you see one in the flesh [built] is still the same....but the utter bullshit you have to go through with Councils, etc got very old very fast.  Over the years I probably have been instrumental in removing about a half-dozen from their employment...because they were somewhere between incompetent and arsehole.

I also have broken up several fisticuffs between builders, tradesmen and Inspectors....one 'brave' one was getting between the builder [about my size] and the Inspector [a Tongan probably my size laying down]....;)

If I never did another drawing I'd miss the creative challenge....but if I never had to deal with another regulatory body [eg. Council planner] I'd be a happy chappie.

As with ALL careers Architecture has its darkside...;)

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As with ALL careers Architecture has its darkside...


You forgot to put in lights?
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You forgot to put in lights?

I'm just gonna have to slap you.....;)

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but if I never had to deal with another regulatory body [eg. Council planner] I'd be a happy chappie.


ain't that the truth!
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I don't even know where to start. I'm on the verge of quitting. My responsibility to my family is all that is holding me back. Over the past year, my job has gone from something I looked forward to everyday to something I dread. The past six months I have had to carry around nitro pills and I am only 45. Things are probably going to hit the fan over the next week and I only know that nothing will change. I've been a chump and they got me dirt cheap and now intend to use me to remove a problem employee.

I would love to find something where I could work from home. We could fire the babysitter and save a fortune. I think I would actually relish cooking the meals and taking care of the house for a while and spending some real Daddy time with the kids. I could write for hours on this. Suffice it to say, I am miserable at my job.