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I agree, I would rather enjoy my work than get paid a lot of money to do something that was uninteresting and not challenging. I have been thinking about this

by chris11 18y ago

I agree, I would rather enjoy my work than get paid a lot of money to do something that was uninteresting and not challenging. I have been thinking about this for the past few days after seeing a job advertisement that's billed as the best job in the world. Basically, Australia is offering to pay someone 100k to go to an island for 6 months, do a a little yardwork, do some interviews, and play for 6 months. While it would be nice to take a vacation, I am enjoying going to school and studying engineering. So it really wouldn't be worth it for me to get behind a year just for a six month vacation. Sure, I would enjoy it for a month or two, but after that I would want to get back into some actual work. And once that happens, the only thing that would keep me interested in staying would be the money that I was getting.

diN0bot 18y ago
link to advertisement, please.
- wallflower 18y ago
  http://www.islandreefjob.com/ http://www.islandreefjob.com/ Feb. 22nd deadline. 60-second video clip application required. Unprecedented global reponse to this PR gambit. Good luck! Ta
bootload 18y ago
"... Basically, Australia is offering to pay someone 100k to go to an island for 6 months, do a a little yardwork, do some interviews, and play for 6 months ..." Also diving and the sharks are pretty active this time of year. The other way of looking at it is by taking a 6month setback for the opportunity of certain payment allowing for free time later on to work on your product - delayed gratification.
- chris11 18y ago
  That's a good point, but I'm just in a time in my life where my major goals revolve around school, and since engineering is pretty regimented at my school, it might set me back nearly a year. Although sharks and scuba diving both sound really tempting... Oh well, I would probably have better odds winning some lotteries than getting this job.

by chris11 18y ago

diN0bot 18y ago

link to advertisement, please.

wallflower 18y ago
http://www.islandreefjob.com/ http://www.islandreefjob.com/ Feb. 22nd deadline. 60-second video clip application required. Unprecedented global reponse to this PR gambit. Good luck! Ta

bootload 18y ago

"... Basically, Australia is offering to pay someone 100k to go to an island for 6 months, do a a little yardwork, do some interviews, and play for 6 months ..." Also diving and the sharks are pretty active this time of year. The other way of looking at it is by taking a 6month setback for the opportunity of certain payment allowing for free time later on to work on your product - delayed gratification.

chris11 18y ago
That's a good point, but I'm just in a time in my life where my major goals revolve around school, and since engineering is pretty regimented at my school, it might set me back nearly a year. Although sharks and scuba diving both sound really tempting... Oh well, I would probably have better odds winning some lotteries than getting this job.