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Without knowing you to me it seems that maybe your biggest obstacle is letting go of the idea that money/salary equals a measure of personal or professional dev
by moocow01 9y ago
Without knowing you to me it seems that maybe your biggest obstacle is letting go of the idea that money/salary equals a measure of personal or professional development. If what you want to do is switch industries and learn new stuff, you should do exactly that and be ok with whatever salary comes with that change. If for some reason your family requires you to be making a very high salary that situation needs to be adjusted to be way more reasonable anyways. Overall I think that maybe you are feeling trapped by a high salary in a not so positive employment situation - I personally wouldn't qualify that as being rich. Perhaps think about using whatever assets you have amassed to change your situation while scaling down your financial obligations so you can take any job that looks exciting.
- algoguy 9y agoThanks for your reply. I think your advice is reasonable, and I've been trying to get my family to lower the expenses (which they have been receptive to try and do). What you say is reasonable, but it feels scary for me to take the plunge. In particular, say I take a 10 times salary reduction, and discover 2 years in that the new job is actually as boring as the old one. I'm afraid of feeling even worse then...
- zapperdapper 9y agoIt may be the new job is just as boring, in which case the only difference is the money. On the other hand you are very unhappy where you are so isn't it worth forgoing the money, in the hope that you do find something more appealing?