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by FormerDevSam 1264 days ago
Every job is cool until you start doing it professionally. I was an electrical engineer before I became a programmer. Then I realized that most jobs are like running on a mouse wheel. You're earning as long as you're running but the money stops if you stop running. Plus, if you don't like running, you can't outsource it to someone else. But if you're running a business, you can do whatever you want. Don't like something, find someone else to do it. The business grows leaps and bounds when it's successful. In a couple of years you can have a business that's worth a cool million if you're successful. You have to learn how to sell though. And until you do, you'll be a slave to your job wondering whether the grass is greener somewhere else. Working on cars, place and ships sounds rosy until you realize that you'll be working on a really small mundane part over and over because that's what you're good at and that's what brings value to your employer. And the employer will try to squeeze every bit of profits out of you while paying as low as possible until you start making your own deals and learn negotiation.
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Think this hit the nail on the head, every job is just a "job" at a certain point.