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For love....or money....

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Originally posted by: Jero
Between two careers. One position paid quite a bit more then the other, but wasn't exactly something you enjoyed. The other position would be something you really love to do, but the pay barely covers your expensives (you could still save money though if you were really careful). To make this more interesting, you would be stuck in either position for at least 3-5 years.

Which one would you choose?

If you choose money, how much money would you need to make from the "other position" to make it worth your while?

If you choose love, would you wonder what you could of done with that extra money made from that other position?

Since I do not know what kind of salaries people need to survive in wherever you folks live, i can't include speciifc salaries in this post. Please use your own judgement.

edit: this is according to your current situation. If you have kids, then kids are in the picture. If you don't have kids right now, then you don't have kids in the picture yet. etc.
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Always in interesting dilemma.

I all depends on the kind of person you are. And I mean, comparing both jobs, now the job which you aren't too thrilled with pays quite a bit more, so I assume this means you can live comfortably (not living paycheck to paycheck). While the other job is cutting it much closer to your mean. Now myself, I cannot living at my mean, I have done it and it stresses me out far more than I would like. So I tell you for me, the added enjoyment of having a job I like is completely wasted on the fact that I have to very carefully watch my money. Especially considering life does love to throw those unexpected things at you. But thats me, you might be able to do that, alot of people can. You have to determine if you can live that way for a while.

Also there is other things to consider, the job you like, do you have the ability to move yourself up, or the job you don't like, is there ways you can do better work in the future.

Just some thoughts.

 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: edro13
I'd take the money. Money makes you happy, rather you think it does or not.
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sorry not me.

i would rather watch a movie on my couch at home cuddling with my GF ($0) than go out and drink and party with all my friends ($ a lot).

i would rather do anything with my GF regardless of the cost than do other things because i feel the happiest when i'm with her, even if we are doing nothing. money helps you get things that make you happy, but to me, there is plenty hat i can be happy with and not have to spend any $$ on it.
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Definitely true, money doesn't make you happy. But I can tell you that not having enough of it has its own set of problems.

While you might find a quick moment of happiness cuddling with your girlfriend, you'd be surprised how few and far between those times can be when money troubles start to strain a relationship. Like when your a month behind on a few bills because you needed to get your broken down car fixed because you needed it to get to work, so you can make just enough money to try to get out of the red.
 
if you are young...suck it up...bank some coin.

if you are older and have money saved...do something you love.
 
Since I'm shallow and I want is cash, I'd take the higher paying job. I'd suck it up and just take it out on buying stuff. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Stunt
if you are young...suck it up...bank some coin.

if you are older and have money saved...do something you love.
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I agree with that. I'm 27 and am stuck in the middle but still would do the young thing. No kids yet.
 
I'd rather do something I enjoy but if it was only 3-5 years, I'd go for money given that it was substantially more than the other job. 3-5 years is not that long.
 
I'd take the cash. Doing what I love but being barely able to get by isn't worth the life scrifice just so I can like my job. I can have a worse job and do things after work that I truely love.
 
Originally posted by: Ynog
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: edro13
I'd take the money. Money makes you happy, rather you think it does or not.
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sorry not me.

i would rather watch a movie on my couch at home cuddling with my GF ($0) than go out and drink and party with all my friends ($ a lot).

i would rather do anything with my GF regardless of the cost than do other things because i feel the happiest when i'm with her, even if we are doing nothing. money helps you get things that make you happy, but to me, there is plenty hat i can be happy with and not have to spend any $$ on it.
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Definitely true, money doesn't make you happy. But I can tell you that not having enough of it has its own set of problems.

While you might find a quick moment of happiness cuddling with your girlfriend, you'd be surprised how few and far between those times can be when money troubles start to strain a relationship. Like when your a month behind on a few bills because you needed to get your broken down car fixed because you needed it to get to work, so you can make just enough money to try to get out of the red.
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Exactly. There are very very few women who will love you even though you don't have a job and live out of your car.

 
I'd have to go with money at the moment (as I'm doing, pretty much). Maybe next year I can look into love a bit more...
 
It depends on how bad the other job is. If it was clubbing baby seals then i'll probably go w/ the job I love, but if it's just slightly annoying then i might do that for the benefit of my family.
 
How long am I stuck at this job?

Right now I'm single so if I knew I wouldn't be stuck in this job forever, I would probably take the one I love over the one that pays more. In fact, I'm sorta living the consequences of that decision right now 🙂

What would change it is if I had a wife and/or kids. I could imagine being able to stomach a job that "wasn't exactly something I enjoyed" as long as I could come home to the right wife and know she was comfortably supported.
 
I'd go for what I loved... and I love money and what can be bought with it... so I'd take the position which offered more money. 🙂
 
The money. I believe I can flip the stoic switch on and do anything for a period of time. You can put up with a lot of crap for the money. Besides as long as you don't increase your spending along with the increase in budget you can invest all that extra loot you are making. Just avg 10% on your investments a year and retire early or quit cuz you have a nice cushion and start doing what you love.:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Jero
Between two careers. One position paid quite a bit more then the other, but wasn't exactly something you enjoyed. The other position would be something you really love to do, but the pay barely covers your expensives (you could still save money though if you were really careful). To make this more interesting, you would be stuck in either position for at least 3-5 years.

Which one would you choose?

If you choose money, how much money would you need to make from the "other position" to make it worth your while?

If you choose love, would you wonder what you could of done with that extra money made from that other position?

Since I do not know what kind of salaries people need to survive in wherever you folks live, i can't include speciifc salaries in this post. Please use your own judgement.

edit: this is according to your current situation. If you have kids, then kids are in the picture. If you don't have kids right now, then you don't have kids in the picture yet. etc.
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If I'm desperate for money, then I would stick with the higher paying job, since I have only 3-5 five years to commit. However, if not, I would take what I enjoy the most. I never want to find myself doing something that I do not like. Even though I am not paid as much, let it be what I enjoy; be it a detective, lawyer, programmer, mathematician, philosopher, statistician, historian, physicist, an accountant, etc. I would hope that I know how to manage the little or average that I make, so that I shall not starve or want.
 
It depends on how desperate I was for money and what the job entailed. If I just hated the higher paying job, I'd probably take it, but if the higher paying job is selling crack to kids or something like that, then I'd take the lower paying one.
 
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