What would you choose?
cush job in new place with great weather and lifestyle but less pay and future earning potential; or,
challenging work with greater pay and earning potential but in a stressed filled city
What pay differential would sway your decision?
I go with #1.
There is no number. Life is too short and you can not take it with you.
Well not being financially secure can be a huge stress in and of itself. So it’s really hard to say which one.
If I was secure in my future savings and present condition #1. If not I choose #2 until I can rest easy at #1.
I already chose #2. Cush jobs that are not challenging grow old very quickly.
Both options will only take you so far, and I don’t believe anyone’s work should define their lives. Work for the most part is work, it provides you(hopefully)with a means to live a life that makes you happy and allows to you to do things and experience life as you see fit.
I don’t buy into to all this having a job you love = a fulfilling happy life crap that seems to be vomited all over you everywhere you look.
I think it’s age and experience dependant. When I was 27 I loved the challenge of my work. At age 47 I would love to be in something that consumes less time and imparts less stress.
Damn getting old blows!!
One rule. No matter the amount of money they’re paying you. If you dislike the job…it aint enough.
I chose #1. I make a hell of a lot more than I used to, and don’t stress at all.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Both options will only take you so far, and I don’t believe anyone’s work should define their lives. Work for the most part is work, it provides you(hopefully)with a means to live a life that makes you happy and allows to you to do things and experience life as you see fit.
I don’t buy into to all this having a job you love = a fulfilling happy life crap that seems to be vomited all over you everywhere you look. [/quote]
I couldn’t agree more.
As for which option to choose, basically I’d go with 1.
It can be hard to find a cush job which is compatible with your education and provides at least decent earnings, though. Some qualifications and fields of education are geared towards having a career as opposed to simply having a job. Conversely, accepting a job where education is not important usually doesn’t provide a high degree of financial security which, as it has been said before, can be stressful itself.
I work to pay for my hobbies. If I make a little extra to pay the gym/dojo fees, feed my gun habit, and let me toy around with my car/truck, then I be happy.
#2, definitely.
I like challenge, and I like excitement. I like to test myself. I especially like to be rewarded for being such a badass.
Maybe when I’m old and weak I’ll take it easy.
#1 because isnt that the whole point of working your ass of anyway? i say fuck the middleman, give me that shit now.
[quote]Otep wrote:
Maybe when I’m old and weak I’ll take it easy.
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Dooh that hurt!
[quote]greystoke wrote:
One rule. No matter the amount of money they’re paying you. If you dislike the job…it aint enough.[/quote]
What if it’s a billion dollars?
Everything is a trade off.
I left a so-so paying job in a big stressful long-drive-to-work city where there was a lot to do outside of work to take a better paying job in a more quiet location. I was fed up with commuting for so-so wages.
I work more hours now, but I like the work better and it pays much better. The drawback, is that the hours away from work bore the living shit out of me. So I spend more time at work than I would in a more interesting location.
Regardless, work is a 4 letter word, just like shit, fuck, damn, piss and hell.
Everything is a trade off.
I left a so-so paying job in a big stressful long-drive-to-work city where there was a lot to do outside of work to take a better paying job in a more quiet location. I was fed up with commuting for so-so wages.
I work more hours now, but I like the work better and it pays much better. The drawback, is that the hours away from work bore the living shit out of me. So I spend more time at work than I would in a more interesting location.
Regardless, work is a 4 letter word, just like shit, fuck, damn, piss and hell.
Just know how to manage your $$$ regardless of what you decide. That alone is the key to success in being stable in life!!!
Thanks everyone.
I was having an offline discussion with a friend, and we were trying to take into account the following other factors:
Age & Salary Jumps: Unless you’re a superstar, the big salary jumps apparently don’t happen after 40.
Cost of Buying into Location: No matter what your salary jumps are now and the foreseeable future, they probably cannot keep up with the long term increases in your real estate if you laid down your roots in the city where you want to retire.
Hmmm… Worry about this now or go for a bike ride?