gave my two weeks notice at work.....without another job lined up. hahaha when i told my parents (ive been pretty unhappy for awhile now) my mom laughed and said that i was the only person she knew of on the planet that would walk away from a job in this market. i think the decision came to me at last weeks board meeting. i was sitting there thinking how the fuck i work for a bunch of utter dumbasses. i feel bad for them in a weird sad way. ill leave with all my passwords to EVERYTHING, maybe ill come back in as a consultant....i dont know yet. to give you a bit of an idea, i run the network side of things for a non-profit health care provider with 27 diff sites throughout the bay area. mostly the routers, switches and ms servers. think of it as a small size kaiser with many remote "clinics". i just need a reset of sorts. im 28 yrs old and still have no idea what makes me happy.....
Wow...takes a lot of balls/spine to quit a job, but I can understand. I pulled something similar back in 2006. That sudden realization of "why am I still working here?" Good luck!!
haha, tam its been a long time coming. ive been thinking of doing it for about a year now. i think ill go to mexico for a month and then come back and look for a job.
The state of the economy doesn't matter Steve. GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! If it's not in your heart, get the hell out of there. Life is too short. Find what your passionate about and follow it.........
haha, thanks buddy, the prob is i dont know what im passionate about. its weird but im thinking of totally changing career fields. im tired of computers, lmao.
I couldn't agree more Chase. Especially with Steve's qualifications. Hang in there Steve, you will find something you enjoy sooner than you think.
i was in real estate in south florida from 18yrs old to 24yrs old. i made great money but to me that type of job is just so damn boring. so after talking it over with my wife and mom i started medic school. i graduate in may, im one of the top students in my class and for some reason all the medical stuff just comes easy to me. a few months ago i decided to go back on what my wife mom and i talked about and go against their wishes. im finishing my medic but will be switching my major to psych and working towards getting into investigations. ive always wanted to be in violent crimes particularly homicides and missing persons. as you can see i know how much it sucks to have devoted so much of your time and yourself to careers only to end up trying something else. but i can tell you that when you find what you want and start to follow through with it and finally start seeing a dream you had become reality... its one of the best feelings. good luck.
I'm a Network Engineer in Chicago (one of the best job market areas in the world for Network Engineers) and I wouldn't dream of doing that in this economy. Good luck.
Gotta like waking up and wanting to go to work, or else that's just what it is.... work. Work to live.... don't live to work!
wow, you are a lot like me it seems haha. what kind of network engineer? i specialize in mostly hp switches, cisco routers, juniper firewalls and ibm servers.
steve - it takes a person who has a lot of convictions to themselves and what they believe in to do what you did!! i say good for you! i find myself looking in the mirror every morning and telling myself how fortunate i am that i have a job that never gets dull and that i truly love doing, regardless of our economic conditions.
wow .. congrats Steve. I respect and envy your decision. I am not going to complain but the ongoing headaches and responsibility of my job makes me just want to get away for a little bit. good luck with whatever happens .. just be happy man
Good luck in your hunt for happiness. I guess I count my self as one of the lucky ones. I don't make a lot of money, and probably never will. (especially working for the state :rofl But there isn't a day go by that I regret my career. I love my job, and even when I am at work, it never seem like work. Unless it's one of those days where there is nothing going on...then I just get very, very bored. :wallbash:
I equate it to the difference in having a job or having a career. Good luck Steve. I wish I could walk away and start over.
thanks for all the well wishes folks, turns out theyre offering me a raise, not much but 7%. i smiled a bit when i heard it from hr....the girl i know who works in the office told me thats what they would offer me when i got back from lunch. im still thinking of seriously finishing up my 2 weeks and booking though, ive been on cloud nine all week since my decision was made. haha, i still have your resume dave, if you want it ill put you in touch with the right people. imho though, i think too highly of you to place your brain in the hands of such imbeciles.
Good luck Steve, hope you sort things out and find something that makes you happy. For the record, I'm 43 now and still have no idea, lol!
