Do you like your job?

**childofprodigy** · 07-15-2010, 05:05 PM

Poll for everyone regardless of what career you're currently in:

Do you like your job? Do you find it fulfilling? Are you happy with your job? Why and why not? Do you like jobs in general or would you rather do something entrepreneurial?

**Monte314** · 07-15-2010, 05:11 PM

My job is perfect for me.

I decide whether and when to work. I stay at home and do math to pursue my own crazy ideas. When something useful results, I email it in. If not, I do something else.

Either way, they send me big checks.

It's exactly what I would be doing if I had no job at all. Except for the "big checks" part...

**aragorn** · 07-15-2010, 06:23 PM

My job provides ample opportunity to be entrepreneurial. In today's economy though, that's no bed of roses.

**PRBori** · 07-15-2010, 06:34 PM

I have a love/hate relationship with my job.

I love my job and I take it more seriously than most of my co-workers, maybe too serious. I hate it because is not flexible and sometimes expectations are unrealistic.

At the end of the day, I dearly love the type of work I do and I do enjoy having the power to provide and implement processes, streamlining processes is something I dearly enjoy because is extremely challenging, that said, the hate part is not as strong as the love. Every day challenges are always welcome and someday in the near future it will lead me to have a much better future for my kids and myself, and maybe enter the enterpreneurial arena.

**Mogura** · 07-15-2010, 06:50 PM

I hate my job, pure and simple. Life is like a box full of shit, blah, blah.

Suicide bombers are invited to "take me out"...

**Mateo1041** · 07-15-2010, 08:43 PM

The position and people, yes. The industry, not so much. :-/

**dontmesswithme** · 07-17-2010, 08:35 PM

I love my job, despite various instances of B.S. You'll encounter that in pretty much any line of work, however. I do find it very fulfilling. I just wish it had better hours and paid more. I'm certainly not going to get rich doing this job! (art modeling) I want to keep doing my job, in some capacity, for as long as I can. Even just here and there, and even when I'm old.

**aliendawn** · 07-20-2010, 11:10 AM

i like the team i work in a lot, they are a great bunch of people but the company makes me shake my head in disbelief every single day...

**Warrior** · 07-20-2010, 11:21 AM

I like what I do. I think I have a good combination of salary, benefits, independence, and flexibility of hours. Although I have been involved to some degree in more entreprenurial ventures, it has been in more of a consultant type role. There are aspects of having my own business that I would enjoy, but many that I would not. Overall, I prefer working for a larger company over owning my own business.

**Imagineering** · 07-20-2010, 11:36 AM

It's alright. It's not a career and I'm not getting any younger.

**Smokescreen** · 07-21-2010, 07:47 AM

Nope. Not at all. I typically clock in, put my iPod on for the entire day, work, clock out.

**masterpeach** · 07-21-2010, 07:51 AM

I love my profession, but not my current job. The company I work for got it all wrong. Currently applying for a new one. Being an entrepreneur is just another job (only with the slight difference that your customers are the companies you were employed at before and you can charge them for being idiots).

**siberia** · 07-21-2010, 02:40 PM

My job is fairly nice. The upside is I work as a grad student doing research, and in industry research labs, doing something cerebral, so it is challenging in a good way, and it is good pay for salaried people. The downsides are it gets lonely being by oneself a lot working on computers, academia seems totally irrelevant to peoples' lives, and I think I could be much more financially successful if I went into finance+entrepreneurship. I'm currently considering career paths of either being a professor or going into finance. I'd feel like a failure if I wasn't successful. I feel as a professor I would always have doubts about myself, even if I was at a top school, because I didn't really become who I thought I had the potential to be. I'd just be paid in prestige to make obscure theories -- some professors are influential, but it is rare, and usually because they made something that impacted normal people, which they're discouraged from doing. On the other hand professor has a better chance of being successful, so hopefully some girl will be interested in me and I can have a family. Finance the downsides are there are a lot of loud annoying douchebags, because of the trader mentality, but they can be avoided if I go into quieter environments like computer trading or hedge funds, also I don't know that much about finance. Upsides are I love making money, and I feel really inspired by Atlas Shrugged, a novel I read. Not at all sure which one I will do.

**Scintilla** · 07-22-2010, 04:11 PM

I love my job (teacher). The pay is bad, but the work is hard. It still surprises me how much fun it is. I have a lot of freedom, awful hours, and one great colleague. I like writing new course materials best, trying to be precise and clear (and brief!), and to constantly improve.

**Feral** · 07-24-2010, 12:53 PM

For the most part, it's kind of a shit job.
Tech support!
But I rather like it. I basically get to solve puzzles all day over the phone, while I screw around on the internet! :P

The pay could be more, but it's decent. The benefits are pretty good. My coworkers are great. The work is very challenging, but not impossible.

It's not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but it's certainly a good place holder.

**pcardiff** · 07-29-2010, 10:25 AM

Here's the way I tote it up:
1. commute: I take metro one way, skate home often the other. commute takes 33minutes by metro and 1:05 skating
2. freedom: I can do anything I want. there is NO structure
3. pay: the salary is fine
4. stress? What stress?
5. stability: There's about a 1% chance of being fired from the government.

So, yeah, it's a cushy sinecure. Obviously sometimes I wish it weren't so easy - remember that Twilight Zone episode where the dead gambler couldn't stop winning and likened it to "The Other Place" (i.e., Hell)? It's like that sometimes.

**The One** · 07-29-2010, 11:08 AM

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	5. stability: There's about a 1% chance of being fired from the government. .

Not in this economy.

**Julpepper** · 07-29-2010, 11:19 AM

As per my discussion of the "job home", I hate my job but I love my career choice. Just can't seem to find the right place to work.

**plushbug** · 07-29-2010, 04:38 PM

Grunt programmer and love it.

**Brittle** · 07-31-2010, 05:26 AM

Tricky. My actual job would be awesome if my bosses just let me get on with it. The pay is good and my co-workers are great. It's just unfortunate the 2 people at the top of the food chain are systematically destroying the business and morale with their short-sighted and stupid decisions - which ultimately leave me despising having to go to work each day.

On the flip-side, it's inspired me to relaunch my copywriting business (from home), which is something I really do love (hopefully I can quit the other one in a few weeks).

**Sforza** · 07-31-2010, 05:54 AM

I hate my job (in sales and marketing) so much that I'm taking a 2nd degree in a completely unrelated field through night classes despite feeling completely drained at the end of every day. Can't wait to resign.

**New Guy** · 08-01-2010, 10:36 PM

The bonus money yes, the people I have to deal with to get bonus money, no.

**green** · 08-11-2010, 09:23 PM

This is - perhaps - an intrusive question, but I would really like to hear some answers. From my brief time on the boards, I have the distinct impression that some people are happy in their work and some are not. I also understand that many people have opted for careers that "fit" INTJ in some way- analysis, time alone, etc. I would love to know, from those who enjoy their jobs, what careers you pursued and why you find it satisfying.

The reason I ask is because I may have to make a major career transition this year. It is not by choice- I went after a doctorate with no practical application outside of academia. With the job market the way it is, I may be forced out, like many other PhD's. So I am weighing my options in terms of other degrees, or jobs that I could perform. I would love to hear from those who enjoy their work so I might gain some perspective in terms of options for myself.

Thanks in advance!

**Mogura** · 08-11-2010, 11:57 PM

What are you studying in grad school? Do you enjoy it?

**Autumnleaf** · 08-12-2010, 01:11 AM

Walking away with a PhD but no job is nothing to do lightly. What field are you in and what do you need to get a job with your degree? Think of all you know and have learned and multiply it by the people on this forum and realize your resources here are formidable indeed.

I'm an overnight pharmacist. I like the work most of the time and I work alone in the pharmacy but with others nearby. Its a great job for me.

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07-15-2010, 05:05 PM	#1
childofprodigy Member [28%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,132	Poll for everyone regardless of what career you're currently in: Do you like your job? Do you find it fulfilling? Are you happy with your job? Why and why not? Do you like jobs in general or would you rather do something entrepreneurial?
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07-15-2010, 05:11 PM	#2
Monte314 Core Member [412%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16,504	My job is perfect for me. I decide whether and when to work. I stay at home and do math to pursue my own crazy ideas. When something useful results, I email it in. If not, I do something else. Either way, they send me big checks. It's exactly what I would be doing if I had no job at all. Except for the "big checks" part...
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07-15-2010, 06:23 PM	#3
aragorn Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 95	My job provides ample opportunity to be entrepreneurial. In today's economy though, that's no bed of roses.
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07-15-2010, 06:34 PM	#4
PRBori Core Member [111%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,457	I have a love/hate relationship with my job. I love my job and I take it more seriously than most of my co-workers, maybe too serious. I hate it because is not flexible and sometimes expectations are unrealistic. At the end of the day, I dearly love the type of work I do and I do enjoy having the power to provide and implement processes, streamlining processes is something I dearly enjoy because is extremely challenging, that said, the hate part is not as strong as the love. Every day challenges are always welcome and someday in the near future it will lead me to have a much better future for my kids and myself, and maybe enter the enterpreneurial arena.
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07-15-2010, 06:50 PM	#5
Mogura Core Member [176%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,067	I hate my job, pure and simple. Life is like a box full of shit, blah, blah. Suicide bombers are invited to "take me out"...
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07-15-2010, 08:43 PM	#6
Mateo1041 Member [04%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 196	The position and people, yes. The industry, not so much. :-/
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07-17-2010, 08:35 PM	#7
dontmesswithme Core Member [129%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,163	I love my job, despite various instances of B.S. You'll encounter that in pretty much any line of work, however. I do find it very fulfilling. I just wish it had better hours and paid more. I'm certainly not going to get rich doing this job! (art modeling) I want to keep doing my job, in some capacity, for as long as I can. Even just here and there, and even when I'm old.
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07-20-2010, 11:10 AM	#8
aliendawn New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 40	i like the team i work in a lot, they are a great bunch of people but the company makes me shake my head in disbelief every single day...
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07-20-2010, 11:21 AM	#9
Warrior Core Member [236%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,449	I like what I do. I think I have a good combination of salary, benefits, independence, and flexibility of hours. Although I have been involved to some degree in more entreprenurial ventures, it has been in more of a consultant type role. There are aspects of having my own business that I would enjoy, but many that I would not. Overall, I prefer working for a larger company over owning my own business.
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07-20-2010, 11:36 AM	#10
Imagineering Member [46%] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,845	It's alright. It's not a career and I'm not getting any younger.
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07-21-2010, 07:47 AM	#11
Smokescreen Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 209	Nope. Not at all. I typically clock in, put my iPod on for the entire day, work, clock out.
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07-21-2010, 07:51 AM	#12
masterpeach Core Member [210%] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 8,431	I love my profession, but not my current job. The company I work for got it all wrong. Currently applying for a new one. Being an entrepreneur is just another job (only with the slight difference that your customers are the companies you were employed at before and you can charge them for being idiots).
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07-21-2010, 02:40 PM	#13
siberia New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 4	My job is fairly nice. The upside is I work as a grad student doing research, and in industry research labs, doing something cerebral, so it is challenging in a good way, and it is good pay for salaried people. The downsides are it gets lonely being by oneself a lot working on computers, academia seems totally irrelevant to peoples' lives, and I think I could be much more financially successful if I went into finance+entrepreneurship. I'm currently considering career paths of either being a professor or going into finance. I'd feel like a failure if I wasn't successful. I feel as a professor I would always have doubts about myself, even if I was at a top school, because I didn't really become who I thought I had the potential to be. I'd just be paid in prestige to make obscure theories -- some professors are influential, but it is rare, and usually because they made something that impacted normal people, which they're discouraged from doing. On the other hand professor has a better chance of being successful, so hopefully some girl will be interested in me and I can have a family. Finance the downsides are there are a lot of loud annoying douchebags, because of the trader mentality, but they can be avoided if I go into quieter environments like computer trading or hedge funds, also I don't know that much about finance. Upsides are I love making money, and I feel really inspired by Atlas Shrugged, a novel I read. Not at all sure which one I will do.
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07-22-2010, 04:11 PM	#14
Scintilla New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 4	I love my job (teacher). The pay is bad, but the work is hard. It still surprises me how much fun it is. I have a lot of freedom, awful hours, and one great colleague. I like writing new course materials best, trying to be precise and clear (and brief!), and to constantly improve.
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07-24-2010, 12:53 PM	#15
Feral Veteran Member [61%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,459	For the most part, it's kind of a shit job. Tech support! But I rather like it. I basically get to solve puzzles all day over the phone, while I screw around on the internet! :P The pay could be more, but it's decent. The benefits are pretty good. My coworkers are great. The work is very challenging, but not impossible. It's not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but it's certainly a good place holder.
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07-29-2010, 10:25 AM	#16
pcardiff New Member [01%] MBTI: intj Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 37	Here's the way I tote it up: 1. commute: I take metro one way, skate home often the other. commute takes 33minutes by metro and 1:05 skating 2. freedom: I can do anything I want. there is NO structure 3. pay: the salary is fine 4. stress? What stress? 5. stability: There's about a 1% chance of being fired from the government. So, yeah, it's a cushy sinecure. Obviously sometimes I wish it weren't so easy - remember that Twilight Zone episode where the dead gambler couldn't stop winning and likened it to "The Other Place" (i.e., Hell)? It's like that sometimes.
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07-29-2010, 11:19 AM	#18
Julpepper New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 62	As per my discussion of the "job home", I hate my job but I love my career choice. Just can't seem to find the right place to work.
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07-29-2010, 04:38 PM	#19
plushbug Member [29%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,181	Grunt programmer and love it.
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07-31-2010, 05:26 AM	#20
Brittle Member [23%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 958	Tricky. My actual job would be awesome if my bosses just let me get on with it. The pay is good and my co-workers are great. It's just unfortunate the 2 people at the top of the food chain are systematically destroying the business and morale with their short-sighted and stupid decisions - which ultimately leave me despising having to go to work each day. On the flip-side, it's inspired me to relaunch my copywriting business (from home), which is something I really do love (hopefully I can quit the other one in a few weeks).
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07-31-2010, 05:54 AM	#21
Sforza New Member [01%] MBTI: INtP Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 71	I hate my job (in sales and marketing) so much that I'm taking a 2nd degree in a completely unrelated field through night classes despite feeling completely drained at the end of every day. Can't wait to resign.
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08-01-2010, 10:36 PM	#22
New Guy New Member [01%] MBTI: INFP Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 3	The bonus money yes, the people I have to deal with to get bonus money, no.
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08-11-2010, 09:23 PM	#23
green New Member [01%] MBTI: intj Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42	This is - perhaps - an intrusive question, but I would really like to hear some answers. From my brief time on the boards, I have the distinct impression that some people are happy in their work and some are not. I also understand that many people have opted for careers that "fit" INTJ in some way- analysis, time alone, etc. I would love to know, from those who enjoy their jobs, what careers you pursued and why you find it satisfying. The reason I ask is because I may have to make a major career transition this year. It is not by choice- I went after a doctorate with no practical application outside of academia. With the job market the way it is, I may be forced out, like many other PhD's. So I am weighing my options in terms of other degrees, or jobs that I could perform. I would love to hear from those who enjoy their work so I might gain some perspective in terms of options for myself. Thanks in advance!
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08-11-2010, 11:57 PM	#24
Mogura Core Member [176%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,067	What are you studying in grad school? Do you enjoy it?
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08-12-2010, 01:11 AM	#25
Autumnleaf Core Member [234%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 9,399	Walking away with a PhD but no job is nothing to do lightly. What field are you in and what do you need to get a job with your degree? Think of all you know and have learned and multiply it by the people on this forum and realize your resources here are formidable indeed. I'm an overnight pharmacist. I like the work most of the time and I work alone in the pharmacy but with others nearby. Its a great job for me.
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