Do you enjoy your career?

[ekguy]

hate mine completely. but working on my certificate and then hopefully a bsc at u of c after. Also slowly working on opening a small business with a friend.

hopefully accomplish both within a couple years. minus the bsc.

Nice to see so many enjoy their current ones though.

[lasimmon]

I am kind of torn.

I absolutely love my job, field of work, etc..

But I hate the limitations it has. I hate how I meet someone from else where and I fully know I can never live in the same city as them without totally switching professions.

[little_wan]

I work as a Respiratory Therapist in acute care so I can give a bit of insight there. It can be a high stress type job due to the situations you're put in, however it's no where as dramatic as TV makes it out to be. After a few codes you kind of become desensitized to it. Acute care is mostly 12 hour shifts, day and night cycles which can be a good or bad thing. I prefer it because it gives me more days off throughout the week.
Since RT's are utilized in so many situations, we see a lot of different things so it's always interesting. There are less acute/stressful jobs as well if acute care isn't for you, like pulmonary function testing, homecare, sleep apnea specialist, etc.
The people are pretty awesome. You're bound to run in to some difficult people in any job, but overall it's pretty good.

[mastercool12]

Vmack,

Is your name Chris by any chance? I might know you...

Did you go to jobworks in Wpg to upgrade your hs marks?

Anyways, I completed first year of the Mohawk-McMaster program and I'm going into ultrasound in the fall. It was a ton of hard work, but I'm glad that I did it.

I remember applying to SAIT for these programs, but I could never get in, otherwise I would have done it. Probably would have been a ton easier as well (no offense to the SAIT people).

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[Type_S1]

Love my current job but going through somewhat of a career change in the next couple of weeks here. Hopefully will love the new one. The new job is headed in the right direction of my "dream" career.

Short term I could see myself doing jobs solely for the $$ but long term I would need to wake up every morning and want to go to work.

[Vmack]

Originally posted by little_wan
I work as a Respiratory Therapist in acute care so I can give a bit of insight there. It can be a high stress type job due to the situations you're put in, however it's no where as dramatic as TV makes it out to be. After a few codes you kind of become desensitized to it. Acute care is mostly 12 hour shifts, day and night cycles which can be a good or bad thing. I prefer it because it gives me more days off throughout the week.
Since RT's are utilized in so many situations, we see a lot of different things so it's always interesting. There are less acute/stressful jobs as well if acute care isn't for you, like pulmonary function testing, homecare, sleep apnea specialist, etc.
The people are pretty awesome. You're bound to run in to some difficult people in any job, but overall it's pretty good.

Thanks man, I'm gonna take a look and see if I can get a job shadow or something. Might give me a better idea about whether or not its for me.

Originally posted by mastercool12
Vmack,

Is your name Chris by any chance? I might know you...

Did you go to jobworks in Wpg to upgrade your hs marks?

Anyways, I completed first year of the Mohawk-McMaster program and I'm going into ultrasound in the fall. It was a ton of hard work, but I'm glad that I did it.

I remember applying to SAIT for these programs, but I could never get in, otherwise I would have done it. Probably would have been a ton easier as well (no offense to the SAIT people).

lol sorry man, its not that small of a world. I was considering going to jobworks tho lol. What kind of marks did you have for mohawk and when you applied to sait if you dont mind me asking

[mastercool12]

I knew a guy named Chris who was at jobworks who basically applied to the same programs (resp therapy, nuclear medicine, MRI in edmonton, etc, too) :P

I think I had like a 93~ average...not like that helped though. For the Mohawk-McMaster program, your forced to take a full courseload and you can't fail any courses or your kicked out of the program.

Even maintaining a C average is difficult because they are all university courses and you've got no electives to raise your gpa. I had to take 2 calculus courses, anatomy/physiology, pathology (like anatomy just 5x more material), university physics, etc...

Was not easy by any stretch of the imagination.

When I applied to SAIT, I applied to MRT and Ultrasound but I don't think I sent in the required documentation and my application was instantly denied as a result. I was granted an interview for nuclear medicine, but didn't get it in the end. There's no jobs anywhere in Canada for that anyways :P

[Vmack]

Originally posted by mastercool12
I knew a guy named Chris who was at jobworks who basically applied to the same programs (resp therapy, nuclear medicine, MRI in edmonton, etc, too) :P

I think I had like a 93~ average...not like that helped though. For the Mohawk-McMaster program, your forced to take a full courseload and you can't fail any courses or your kicked out of the program.

Even maintaining a C average is difficult because they are all university courses and you've got no electives to raise your gpa. I had to take 2 calculus courses, anatomy/physiology, pathology (like anatomy just 5x more material), university physics, etc...

Was not easy by any stretch of the imagination.

When I applied to SAIT, I applied to MRT and Ultrasound but I don't think I sent in the required documentation and my application was instantly denied as a result. I was granted an interview for nuclear medicine, but didn't get it in the end. There's no jobs anywhere in Canada for that anyways :P

Lol I know there aren't any nuclear med jobs but I plan to use it to meet entrance requirements for MRI 2nd cert programs at Nait or Red River. And WRHA may pay for some of my Nuc schooling apparently

[DeleriousZ]

The only people I know that say money isn't everything are the ones who have money.

[max_boost]

Money=Opportunity=Experiences

Damn it if I had more money I can travel more, see more, eat more, do more, play more etc. Life would be even better

[Sugarphreak]

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[DeleriousZ]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Not surprising... once people finally get a good amount of money, and how it really changes nothing in their life, they start realizing how worthless it really is in the grand scheme of things.

Um, no.

It's usually the fact that they're not worrying about being able to make rent every month so it doesn't run their life.

[toor]

Certainly you have to see some purpose in what you do, or get paid enough to justify the effort to yourself, otherwise you'll have one hell of a time dragging yourself out of bed in the morning. Does it have to be something you really enjoy? We can't all be videogame+weed testers, pornstar auditioners or racecar drivers. I've tried incorporating activities that I really enjoy into my career, but honestly it ends up turning them into WORK and totally ruining it for me.

Imagine that you're really passionate about scuba diving and open a shop in your dream spot. Well, all of a sudden you're not diving for yourself anymore: your days are dictated by customers, you end up with a predictable routine, plus your favorite activity suddenly has major financial implications and stresses that come with a job. It probably won't completely destroy your love of diving, and some days will be great, but the relationship is not the same.

Personally, I look for challenge and growth that fits my interests, lifestyle and personality. If I'm already a pretty damn good scuba diver, maybe I'll work on a boat that will teach me sea-faring skills, or become activities coordinator at a resort; things that keep me close to diving, but allow me to grow in related areas. People are so different and get satisfaction from so many different things so it's impossible to say for sure, but definitely watch this:



PS. I've only scuba-dived once, but met plenty of ex-pats in tropical places who have been through the hobby/business wringer. My experiences are a decade in tech with detours into soft skills, marketing, travel, etc.

[suntan]

It used to matter to me a lot more.

Now that I'm older and have kids, I've realized I could probably just do whatever for a career and be happy at it.

As long as I get a lot of flex and vacation time.

[thrasher22]

Tough choice... I love my current job at a fun start up with great hours, good vacation, work with friends, but the pay is only medium.
On the other hand, I had an interview at a major Oil and Gas today for a job that would have slightly longer days, probably more vacation and I'd probably make 20k more a year... but I know I'd probably be bored everyday and eventually dislike my job.

On one side, enjoying my life. On the other, having an alright time but being able to save up for a house.

[a social dsease]

My job is pretty good, when I'm at work I don't mind it at all and I couldn't picture myself doing anything else. The only thing I don't like is that I have to go to work everyday.

[sabad66]

Originally posted by DeleriousZ


Um, no.

It's usually the fact that they're not worrying about being able to make rent every month so it doesn't run their life.

[seadog]

Originally posted by DeleriousZ
The only people I know that say money isn't everything are the ones who have money.

True, I'm at the point I could maintain my lifestyle for while and not work. Money seemed a lot more important when you are hungry and need to figure out how to make rent. Money isn't everything, but all else being equal, I don't know many people who would say that less money > more.

Back to the original question, I don't love my job, I don't even really like it. I tolerate it. Typical oil field stuff, truth be told I would love to work less even with a big paycut. I believe there are truly very few people who "love" their job. Love in the sense they would do it even if they weren't getting paid. Even people who do fun stuff like dive/surf/ski instructor. If any thing I hear doing those things as a job can take the fun from it, even when done recreationally.

I think the 4 hour work week put it best. (paraphrased) "Yes there are a few truly fortunate people who actually do love their jobs, but for the vast majority of people, the best job for them is the one that takes the least amount of time to complete"

[DeleriousZ]

Originally posted by seadog
I think the 4 hour work week put it best. (paraphrased) "Yes there are a few truly fortunate people who actually do love their jobs, but for the vast majority of people, the best job for them is the one that takes the least amount of time to complete"

haha that's interesting, I just picked up that book. Saw Tim Ferriss on Rogan's podcast and decided to check it out!