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Canadian. Thanks tho.

Honestly, I’d love to help people or animals with my time. I’ve looked at jobs that would let me do this, we’d have to sell the house and I’d still not be spending that time with family… If I’m going to be unhappy about a job, I should just stay in tech so I can potentially work from home and afford the lifestyle we currently have.

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blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Imo, the 2 things that keep people unhappy in their jobs are

Not aggressively pursuing jobs that could be marginally better than their current job.

Not believing that their dream job could exist, or that they would ever be good enough for it, and settling for something that is “good enough”.

Also, my Mustaschian side is cringing at the combo of high paying tech job + soon can’t pay the bills + afford our lifestyle. My response to that would be: rein in lifestyle, get any job that pays any money, and keep the bills paid. Then work back up to the high paying job, but keep lifestyle reined in, and build up a healthy cash reserve. Then, using the economic buffer you’ve built in, aggressively pursue a job that pays you even more money, but also gives you flexibility, time with family, and lets you play with puppies.
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