So I am currently going through a third-life crisis and hating my job and was going to start a SERIOUS non-creepy thread asking the same question to my friends and HDC'ers (minus salary requirements because that's just a tacky faux pas) to try to get some professional guidance, advice, and/or inspiration.

Guess you beat me to it. There goes that idea. :mad:

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I'm a Product Manager for a software company that designs online poker and casino software (www.everestpoker.com and www.everestcasino.com). Used to be a blast, but now it SUCKS. Fortunately (yet unfortunately) I'm over-paid, so I'm having a HELL of a time trying to find a new job that wouldn't be TOO much of a pay cut.

And now I'm going to ask the serious question...

What do you guys do? Do you hate it? And have you been in a place where you're ready for a career change but SERIOUSLY worried about a pay cut?

Right now, I'm a freelance writer and editor waiting for another job to start, so I make only a hundred dollars here and there. It sucks, but for the most part we survive on my girlfriend's checks and they're not much. When my job starts, I'll get 400 a week, which isn't much, but it's a hell of a lot better than what I make now, hopefully enough for me to move.

i work in university admissions office - mainly filing paperwork - i make $13.20 an hour - 37.5 hours per week - 50 weeks per year.

yeah...................................

Do you get to attend the school for free? I'd love to work at a university, but it's tough to get in (pun intended :D ).

I deliver car parts.
It's okay, but I don't see myself there much longer.

I work for a marketing research firm that collcts data on new movie previews. It used to be a cool job and really laid back and fun. Now 6 years later the company has gone through so many changes with so many moronic policies and restrictions it's not fun at all.

However, I have no illusions- I'm 52 and lucky to have a job in this economy, Our company seems to be doing well.

^^^^ Wouldnt have picked you out to be 52 for some reason.




Im a shop forman (final assembly dept) at a place that restores classic cars. Ive been doing this since I was 16. ( Im 30, Ive known the owner since before I could walk). Used to come in after school when I was in high school.

I make 18.65 an hour. I could probley move to a bigger place and make more money, but like I said, Ive known the guy all my life. He's taught me alot, most of it came from letting me screw things up and having to fix them by myself.
And after all, money isnt the most important thing in life.

I've been working for free for almost a year now.
beat that.

i collect cans, on a good day i can fill one and a half garbage bags that'll fetch me a whopping eight dollars. just enough to buy underwears and a carton of smokes.