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post 1574807071 03-01-2019, 10:36 AM
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11 years into a "career" and have a strong wtf am I doing moment

Do any of the careercels here ever stop and question whether or not they made the right career choice? I ask because I've been doing the same type of work for 11 years now and recently started becoming very unmotivated, bored and unfulfilled. My reasons for staying are: job demand, understanding the industry, regular paycheck and great benefits. I then analyze why I'm working and it's to pay for living necessities and amenities which is great, but I get ZERO enjoyment from the work. Is this careertour over for me or am I in too deep to make any changes now?

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same work for 11 years
incredibly bored and unfulfilled
thinking of starting over
am I too late?
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Originally Posted By colbski⏩
Do any of the careercels here ever stop and question whether or not they made the right career choice? I ask because I've been doing the same type of work for 11 years now and recently started becoming very unmotivated, bored and unfulfilled. My reasons for staying are: job demand, understanding the industry, regular paycheck and great benefits. I then analyze why I'm working and it's to pay for living necessities and amenities which is great, but I get ZERO enjoyment from the work. Is this careertour over for me or am I in too deep to make any changes now?


cliffs:

same work for 11 years
bored and unfulfilled as chit
thinking of starting over
but is it too late?
obviously depends how old you are / if you have family and people depending on you. Lots of people change careers, paths, degrees etc at any point in life. I had a 65 year old in my professional degree. If you're having doubt now, the regret that you'll live with for the rest of your life will haunt you. Attempt a change and if it doesn't work out come back to what you're doing now
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I have this feeling all the time. The only thing that distracts me from this thought is miscing at work.

At the same time, I am not sure what my passion is. I wanted to be in law enforcement back in the day but it's too late now.
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I quit after 15 years. Had the fortune of financial independence at that point though.
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My job is pretty unfulfilling. But I make good money and I can telecommute when needed which is a massive perk having kids with snowdays ect. I'm ok with the situation because this job makes my life outside of work much better.
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Welcome to the machine.

A lot of people have this after the first 2 years.

View your job as the x hours per week that pay for doing what you like. Find your hobbies and passions again and enjoy them outside work. Too many people give these up over time and I think that can directly leave you in an unfulfilled state.

That keeps me going. My hobbies would pay horribly so the tradeoff is a boring azz job that my contributions at dont matter (pushing paperwork in an office).
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I think eventually I'd like to get into management at some point. Can't do tech chit over and over.
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Originally Posted By RubberBandMang⏩
obviously depends how old you are / if you have family and people depending on you. Lots of people change careers, paths, degrees etc at any point in life. I had a 65 year old in my professional degree. If you're having doubt now, the regret that you'll live with for the rest of your life will haunt you. Attempt a change and if it doesn't work out come back to what you're doing now
Totally understand how circumstances could dictate the direction. Luckily it's just my wife and me so we truly only have to worry about ourselves. The doubt I'm having now stems from the lack of fulfillment and enjoyment. It's a job that pays bills, keeps us insured and helps with retirement savings.. but that's it. The people here are absolutely miserable and I suspect this has something to do with my change of heart. I see why they're miserable and I foresee working here or elsewhere will have the same end result.. no enjoyment!
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Have you been with the same company for 11 years?
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you must be low test
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Originally Posted By Destor⏩
Have you been with the same company for 11 years?
I haven't -- 10 years with one, left to try something new all together (blue collar/tradie chit) hated it, went back to the office environment and now all I can do is daydream about doing what I'm inherently passionate about.
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if you've been in it for 11 years I'd say you made the right choice

assuming you're compensated well
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yes sometimes. When I read stories of Wall Street brokers, or hedge fund managers, I regret not taking my studies more serious in college, and regret not going down that path .
But my current job helps pay the bills for me and my fiancé, is flexible, and has a good opportunity for growth. I also like to think, I would not have met my fiancé if I was living in New York or somewhere else, so its worth it.
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Originally Posted By HouseOfISRAEL⏩
you must be low test
could have low test... who knows.
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Originally Posted By batmanman⏩
if you've been in it for 11 years I'd say you made the right choice

assuming you're compensated well
That's just it though... it's more of a comfort thing and getting paid to do something I give two chits about.
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Originally Posted By EBarbz⏩
yes sometimes. When I read stories of Wall Street brokers, or hedge fund managers, I regret not taking my studies more serious in college, and regret not going down that path .
But my current job helps pay the bills for me and my fiancé, is flexible, and has a good opportunity for growth. I also like to think, I would not have met my fiancé if I was living in New York or somewhere else, so its worth it.
You think being a broker or fund manager is fullfilling?
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Originally Posted By wave_length⏩
You think being a broker or fund manager is fullfilling?
I think the money is
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Such is life for an officecel, but on a serious note either shoot for a promotion or side step into a similar role in a different industry.

Gotta take into account re-training, going thru newbie chit again with your peers etc. Do you really want to do that for perhaps different pay, scenery?
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Originally Posted By EBarbz⏩
I think the money is
If you make enough so that you can quit after a few years, yes. The „job“ itself can‘t possibly be fullfilling.
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I know exactly how you feel. Ive been working as a design engineer for 11 years. Its not what I wanted to do, but what I could get a job doing when I graduated. Its not bad, pay is pretty good, work isnt all that hard and Im doing great here but the stress level is pretty high and its not what I want to do with my life.

They keep trying to push me into management, and I dont want to deal with people. Hell I dont even want to keep doing this because its all run like crap (been with 3 companies and its all the same BS)

Id love to start over doing something I actually enjoy, but my pay would go down drastically. So Im left with staying where I am and working my ass off and invest until I can pretty much retire in 10 years. Then Ill get a stupid job doing something easy and fun.

Seeing the blank faces on some of the guys that have been here for 20-30 years...nope, dont want any of that.
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
Well only if money is your ONLY goal in life. If you also value family, friends, hobbies, gym, traveling, leisure, sleep etc then you’d be miserable because you would not have time for any of that.

The only people who make it to the top in those fields are people who ONLY care about work and money and nothing else. Those people have families just for social status and appearances, but they don’t have time for them and don’t really care about them because they’re never around. Their life is 100% about work.
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If you are not self employed, your work can be viewed as a means to do the things you do enjoy. Its a nice hypothetical to think everyone can CEO10k/day and be extremely fulfilled, but it's rarely the case.

Ask yourself OP, what do you dooutsideyour work that makes you feel meaningful or contributes to your views/society? If the answer is vague, might want to address that.
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At least you’ve had sustainable income for 11 years. Life isn’t perfect; take what you can get.
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I have that feeling also, then I got a notice and am unemployed in August and wished I had a fkng job .
Health is total chit , and the combination of that and being old put you in a very dangerous place , so I’d be happy to be in your position
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It happens to the best of us bruh!! I was about 5y in myself , was just having a fkd up day and all of the sudden this WTF feeling came over me... started questioning why I had ever wasted so much time and energy for this $hit... ended up with a pretty $hitty attitude and cost me a couple of jobs, real talk. But I think a lot of it was who I was working for... I had couple of humungous cocksuckers for bosses and had zero respect for them. Finally settled in with a company who employed good people and everything fell into place.
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Originally Posted By jeshelton⏩
If you are not self employed, your work can be viewed as a means to do the things you do enjoy. Its a nice hypothetical to think everyone can CEO10k/day and be extremely fulfilled, but it's rarely the case.

Ask yourself OP, what do you dooutsideyour work that makes you feel meaningful or contributes to your views/society? If the answer is vague, might want to address that.
I appreciate your sentiment and it holds a lot of truth. I truly feel that my "work" should contribute to society my views and my overall sense of well-being. If I'm working in a field that I'm inherently passionate about the end result would promote a better self and contribution.
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