A belated update

[robotech_master]

So I got a job. I haven't mentioned this in the LJ, as I really haven't felt the urge to write in it much lately. Haven't had the energy. To be honest, I don't feel like I have the energy even now. But I finally realized, if I don't sit down and do it, it won't get done at all, so I figure I might as well tell the world what I'm doing

Comments

[allbery]

If somebody actually says "oh, it's easier to search for a job when you already have one," they're nuts. However, it is the case that it's easier to get a job when you already have one. The searching is still a pain in the ass, but employers are much more likely to hire someone away from another job than someone who has no job, for a wide variety of reasons.

I hear you on the exhaustion. I have never had a more exhausting job in my life than generic second-tier help desk, and I bet data entry would be even worse. My experience is, counter-intuitively, the jobs that are the most boring and mind-numbing are also the most exhausting. The more interesting the job is, the less tiring it is. (At least in IT sorts of work.)

[anonymous]

Chris, this is your moment of clarity. You are now at the point where you are renting yourself out as a lab animal. This is something that prison inmates do to reduce their sentences.

You should be expanding your horizons. Focus on your existing strengths like your writing skills, and perhaps add some technical expertise to the mix, things like web design or programming or whatever it is that interests you, because those things can be picked up from books and community college courses cheaply, and there is always a market for people who can do this.

Or go in a different direction. Maybe you should be aiming to be the guy who sticks that Holter monitor to the test subjects. But my gut tells me that you can do a lot better than this.

And yeah, maybe it sucks to spend time on things like that or job hunting instead of playing RPGs or surfing, but at least you'll get some sort of return on your investment.

Think about it.

- Roger

[jcfiala]

I did that sort of job in college at nights - typing in bills of lading for the trucking company I was working for. It's not the most exciting of jobs, is it?