[hacksoi]

Your job should be your identity. You do it 8 hours a day. Your growth is extremely important. Ideally your job aligns with your values. If you haven't found this job yet you should keep searching. Do not complicate this with "economic arrangements" - you're just afraid.

[j0hnyl]

This is such awful advice. Some folks are lucky to have the job/identity thing going on, but for everyone else it's a means to an end, and that's fine.

[chasd00]

> Your job should be your identity

if your job is your identity then be sure and put away some savings for therapy. The moment something happens to your job outside your control like getting laid off, company going under, workplace harassment, even nasty office politics then a mental crisis will soon follow.

[hacksoi]

Typical worst case scenario thinking that prevents you from even trying.

[FooBarBizBazz]

Compromise: Your vocation can be your identity (and you may not have found exactly what it is yet). Though if your particular workplace situation gets bad, you may want to detach from that one job, or find ways in which the imperfect job/situation can further the larger mission.