$$$ or a job you love...

***CaliGuy*** · 08-24-2007, 07:48 PM

That is the question...What is more important to you? Making a stack or having a job you love?

**jasonandre** · 08-24-2007, 07:50 PM

EDIT: I can't read.

Fat stack yo.

reaper702 · 08-24-2007, 07:52 PM

right now i'm in a job that i'm not very happy and pays really well for someone my age. they also pay tuition reimbursement, but i wish i could get a better job with less stress even if it paid less, just not a lot less cuz i like to mod my car

cobra9244 · 08-24-2007, 07:56 PM

Money! Fortunately, I love my job and it pays really well.

Aeth SI · 08-24-2007, 08:00 PM

Money doesn't cut it if you're miserable doing something 8, 10 or 12 hrs a day. Last year I walked out of a six figure salary and started my own business. The money isn't there yet, but it will be...and I've never looked back. Do what you love

e60.deluxe · 08-24-2007, 08:15 PM

i hate having to have a job.

having a job i love is not gonna do anything except take something i love and make it something i hate.

having a job that makes more money is gonna make me able to not have a job sooner.

of course theres the law of diminishing returns....what i mean is, are you gonna take 200k/year over 250k to switch to something you love? probably. that extra 50k probably doesnt mean as much as say 20k vs 70k.

***07mugencivic*** · 08-24-2007, 08:19 PM

i love my job right now...great pay....and rubber band fights

MBK · 08-24-2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

i hate having to have a job.

having a job i love is not gonna do anything except take something i love and make it something i hate.

having a job that makes more money is gonna make me able to not have a job sooner.

of course theres the law of diminishing returns....what i mean is, are you gonna take 200k/year over 250k to switch to something you love? probably. that extra 50k probably doesnt mean as much as say 20k vs 70k.

finally puts up an avatar!!!

918civic · 08-24-2007, 09:18 PM

Love of the job. I knew I would never get rich going into my career field but it was just my calling.

firstsi · 08-24-2007, 09:27 PM

money is nice but when your miserable all day it comes home with you and everything sucks

magicballer2001 · 08-24-2007, 09:30 PM

well id go for the money, so i can buy all the toys that will make me happy, then once i have all that ill get a new job with less pay i guess

kelmar · 08-24-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firstsi

money is nice but when your miserable all day it comes home with you and everything sucks

That's what I'm realizing now. I had a job I loved. I didn't realize it until I moved cross country.

Take the job you love (but make sure you get paid enough to survive)!

Vince · 08-24-2007, 10:07 PM

I've got both right now...for the most part, like 95%. A good place to work, good environment is something that money can't touch. Well it can sort of take the edge off of it. I've worked in places, made enough to get by and pay my bills, and been absolutely miserable because the environment was horrid.
If the choice was one or the other, place of work over $$$.

**firmhonda** · 08-24-2007, 10:37 PM

I would rather have the money with a job I hate man.. If I made enough cash to stash some for retirement then I wouldn't work as long and could live a life that I truely would rather live sooner.

Just the way I see it. Of course.. I have no job right now....

mattsbobo · 08-26-2007, 08:22 AM

I have truly come to loath my job. I don't make much, and I feel as if I have no life (except to be there when they need me which is often). It makes me want to blow my brains out, or eat a bottle of pain pills. I know what you're all saying, "Just quit!", well it's not as easy as all that. I wish I could.

lowerlevel · 08-26-2007, 08:39 AM

in the grand sceme of things.. if you work a job u hate or are to stressed out, you will end up far worse than making less money.. stay healthy and live a full life..

life is about being happy, not money..
find your self a good wife that loves you for you and is frugle.. peace

**atruhondagrl** · 08-26-2007, 09:38 AM

I hate, no loathe, my job. THe money is good. I could have stayed here longer but I'd rather come home, go back to school and make less doing something I love rather than spend one more miserable moment getting dumber doing what I do. I loose brain cells by the minute.

Aeth SI · 08-26-2007, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

i hate having to have a job.

having a job i love is not gonna do anything except take something i love and make it something i hate.

Disagree...loving it even more now and will be able to retire in my early 50's set for life. Not everyone will make it something they hate. No one wants to have a job, but that's life...

Aeth SI · 08-26-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firstsi

money is nice but when your miserable all day it comes home with you and everything sucks

+1

Aeth SI · 08-26-2007, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atruhondagrl

I hate, no loathe, my job. THe money is good. I could have stayed here longer but I'd rather come home, go back to school and make less doing something I love rather than spend one more miserable moment getting dumber doing what I do. I loose brain cells by the minute.

Move farther north...I need people

View Poll Results: Which is more important to you?
I would rather make less and have a job I love	34	62.96%
I just want the money, even if my job is awful	20	37.04%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

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atruhondagrl Brodie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Near the escalator Posts: 24,181 iTrader: 23 / 100%	I hate, no loathe, my job. THe money is good. I could have stayed here longer but I'd rather come home, go back to school and make less doing something I love rather than spend one more miserable moment getting dumber doing what I do. I loose brain cells by the minute. __________________ AWD is RWD with training wheels.

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e60.deluxe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Forest, CA Age: 22 Posts: 5,183 iTrader: 3 / 100%	i hate having to have a job. having a job i love is not gonna do anything except take something i love and make it something i hate. having a job that makes more money is gonna make me able to not have a job sooner. of course theres the law of diminishing returns....what i mean is, are you gonna take 200k/year over 250k to switch to something you love? probably. that extra 50k probably doesnt mean as much as say 20k vs 70k.

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*07mugencivic* Whos The Whore NOW Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern CA Age: 24 Posts: 100,571 Toe Knee iTrader: 4 / 100%	i love my job right now...great pay....and rubber band fights

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firstsi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: shooting womprats from 3 parseks Posts: 4,266 iTrader: 0 / 0%	money is nice but when your miserable all day it comes home with you and everything sucks

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Vince Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Platte City, MO Age: 36 Posts: 901 Stephen "Vince" Carter iTrader: 0 / 0%	I've got both right now...for the most part, like 95%. A good place to work, good environment is something that money can't touch. Well it can sort of take the edge off of it. I've worked in places, made enough to get by and pay my bills, and been absolutely miserable because the environment was horrid. If the choice was one or the other, place of work over $$$.

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mattsbobo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Age: 34 Posts: 5,027 Who watches the Watchmen? iTrader: 8 / 100%	I have truly come to loath my job. I don't make much, and I feel as if I have no life (except to be there when they need me which is often). It makes me want to blow my brains out, or eat a bottle of pain pills. I know what you're all saying, "Just quit!", well it's not as easy as all that. I wish I could.

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lowerlevel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin,Texas Age: 30 Posts: 1,070 dave iTrader: 5 / 100%	in the grand sceme of things.. if you work a job u hate or are to stressed out, you will end up far worse than making less money.. stay healthy and live a full life.. life is about being happy, not money.. find your self a good wife that loves you for you and is frugle.. peace