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re: Outdoor Jobs
Posted on 3/3/15 at 11:47 am to jimbeam
Posted on 3/3/15 at 11:47 am to jimbeam
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Making more money as well. I don't want to be taking air and soil samples forever. Screw that
I've had two jobs since I left graduate school. Been at my current one for 2 years. Yeah, I make more money than when I was younger, but I have had the opportunity to make shitloads more with other firms. I've never made a decision regarding my job based on money. I suppose it makes up about 25% of the decision, but being happy every day is worth a whole lot more to me than an extra 50% salary.
For you all getting out of school I'd strongly advise basing your career choice on a few important things:
Can you live where you want to live?
Will you have time to do the things outside of work you enjoy?
Is there room for moving up?
Will you be working with people with similar personal interests as you?
Will the demands of your job make each day overly stressful?
Will you be giving up something up front that will dissuade you from leaving the job should you become unhappy?
Are you willing to completely suck at something in order to learn how to do it correctly?
Life is short. Do what makes you happy. There's a way to make everything work (as long as you don't plan on making a living with an art degree).
Posted on 3/3/15 at 12:01 pm to tenfoe
If I could do it over I would have moved to California after LSU and worked in a refinery. Then I would have left there and worked on a sockeye salmon boat in Alaska for a little while. After that I would move back to Baton Rouge and open a restaurant selling chicken fingers named after my dog. That would allow me to fulfill a lifelong dream I have had which is to have the biggest treehouse in the world. Yeah. That's what I should have done.
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