Job--discouraged

Flint · 09-17-2007, 10:03 AM

The average salary for what I do is six figures. I make considerably less than that. I started here from the ground up, and took this job as my own, by learning things and taking over things that other people were unwilling or unable to do, or didn't even know needed to be done. But my pay has only creeped up from what it was before.

I tell myself that I'm still learning things here, and that they are paying for my school, and that is true, I do have skills that I need to build, and I need a degree on paper; but I suspect that I could still walk out of here right now and double my salary.

In the meantime, it's close to home, and I don't have incredible pressures on me most of the time. But, just this morning, I saw a guy in the hall that I know is getting laid off soon (budget crunch), and I thought "If I somehow lost my job here, it would probably be a positive..."

09-17-2007, 10:03 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The average salary for what I do is six figures. I make considerably less than that. I started here from the ground up, and took this job as my own, by learning things and taking over things that other people were unwilling or unable to do, or didn't even know needed to be done. But my pay has only creeped up from what it was before. I tell myself that I'm still learning things here, and that they are paying for my school, and that is true, I do have skills that I need to build, and I need a degree on paper; but I suspect that I could still walk out of here right now and double my salary. In the meantime, it's close to home, and I don't have incredible pressures on me most of the time. But, just this morning, I saw a guy in the hall that I know is getting laid off soon (budget crunch), and I thought "If I somehow lost my job here, it would probably be a positive..." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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