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I know the feeling but it's not the smartest idea - unfortunate as it sounds. Look at your present job as funding for your future life. Do everything you can t

I know the feeling but it's not the smartest idea - unfortunate as it sounds. Look at your present job as funding for your future life. Do everything you can to get your next life going without losing the money from your present job. If you dislike your present job then more the reason that you optimize fir your next job and let your boss worry when to stop your "funding". :) ... Seriously look at your present job as funding for as long as you can.

polyfractal 15y ago
I've been doing that, to some degree, for the last six months. When I decided I needed to get out, I started diverting as much money as possible to savings (~30% of my monthly, basically everything that isn't food/rent/utilities). The real problem with my current job is that it's both time intensive (50-60 hours/week) and pays next to nothing ($32k pre-tax, living in Boston). I should probably be working in the evenings to save more money, but I'm trying to work on my coding skills so I can actually make the transition. The job originally made perfect sense if I wanted to stay in academic biology, since I would now have a killer recommendation from MIT. Hell, the salary is better than grad students! But since I want to change careers, it is a complete dead end that I need to get out of.
- keeptrying 15y ago
  Your doing the right thing. LEarning to code. But I would try to get two or three projects and at least 1 paid project under your belt before you quit. Once you dont have money coming in on a regular basis you have to deal with all the psychology that goes with it. Its hard - really hard. Also cut back to 40 hours a week in your day job ... I mean you dont care right? Use that time to start doing coding work. But get to paid work first and get bunch of clients. If you cant then I would say at the very least go stay with your parents or anyone who would have you. $7K is really not enough. I stuck it out 1 year extra when I hated my position. And I'm very very happy I did that.

polyfractal 15y ago

I've been doing that, to some degree, for the last six months. When I decided I needed to get out, I started diverting as much money as possible to savings (~30% of my monthly, basically everything that isn't food/rent/utilities). The real problem with my current job is that it's both time intensive (50-60 hours/week) and pays next to nothing ($32k pre-tax, living in Boston). I should probably be working in the evenings to save more money, but I'm trying to work on my coding skills so I can actually make the transition. The job originally made perfect sense if I wanted to stay in academic biology, since I would now have a killer recommendation from MIT. Hell, the salary is better than grad students! But since I want to change careers, it is a complete dead end that I need to get out of.

keeptrying 15y ago
Your doing the right thing. LEarning to code. But I would try to get two or three projects and at least 1 paid project under your belt before you quit. Once you dont have money coming in on a regular basis you have to deal with all the psychology that goes with it. Its hard - really hard. Also cut back to 40 hours a week in your day job ... I mean you dont care right? Use that time to start doing coding work. But get to paid work first and get bunch of clients. If you cant then I would say at the very least go stay with your parents or anyone who would have you. $7K is really not enough. I stuck it out 1 year extra when I hated my position. And I'm very very happy I did that.