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If you were burned out in IT work what would you do?

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Originally posted by: Arkitech
Originally posted by: ness1469
Welcome to the world of "I hate my job." Most people do. As long as it pays the bills, who cares?

Exactly how long have you been doing this job? What kind of certification do you have? Why is it that you want to get out of IT? Chances are you want to get away from computers entirely, but doing anything else would require both time and money to accomplish. You have to ask yourself "Do I see it getting better in the next 2 years", because that's about how long it will take for you to complete training and education in any other job, as a minimum.

The problem lies mostly in the fact that you don't KNOW what you want to do... wondering into an already unstable job market not knowing what you want to do could totally land you in a place where you are worse than you are now.

It may be that your are burned out of your job because you come home and play on the computer after doing it for a living. Get out of the house, exercise, find a hobby that has nothing to do with computers and see if the job is easier to bear.
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I guess my biggest gripe is the distance, I drive nearly 70 miles in one direction. And in Chicago during the winters a commute of that distance can be anywhere from an hour and a half to three hours. I recently changed my hours to start at 6 in the morning to beat traffic, so I usually end up leaving home around 4:30 to 4:45 in the am.
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Wow, you must get paid hella good to travel far. When i was working in Boston, i had to travel 50 miles one way and I thought that was bad. Those winters are a b!tch

 
Originally posted by: CT2TXtech
Originally posted by: Arkitech
Originally posted by: ness1469
Welcome to the world of "I hate my job." Most people do. As long as it pays the bills, who cares?

Exactly how long have you been doing this job? What kind of certification do you have? Why is it that you want to get out of IT? Chances are you want to get away from computers entirely, but doing anything else would require both time and money to accomplish. You have to ask yourself "Do I see it getting better in the next 2 years", because that's about how long it will take for you to complete training and education in any other job, as a minimum.

The problem lies mostly in the fact that you don't KNOW what you want to do... wondering into an already unstable job market not knowing what you want to do could totally land you in a place where you are worse than you are now.

It may be that your are burned out of your job because you come home and play on the computer after doing it for a living. Get out of the house, exercise, find a hobby that has nothing to do with computers and see if the job is easier to bear.
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I guess my biggest gripe is the distance, I drive nearly 70 miles in one direction. And in Chicago during the winters a commute of that distance can be anywhere from an hour and a half to three hours. I recently changed my hours to start at 6 in the morning to beat traffic, so I usually end up leaving home around 4:30 to 4:45 in the am.
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Wow, you must get paid hella good to travel far. When i was working in Boston, i had to travel 50 miles one way and I thought that was bad. Those winters are a b!tch
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The pay is pretty good but I got forcibly moved from the downtown office (which was only 20-30 minutes from my home) to the current location I'm at.
 
At my age/experience I know a lot of people burned out in IT. The one universal thing they all want to do instead is invent something.
 
hack, write a worm to embezzle funds into your off shore acct.

on a serious note, if it ain't yer thang, go do whatever you always wanted to do, and follow your dreams. just dun tell your wife that yer quitting your work to become a starving artist.
 
Originally posted by: sciencetoy
At my age/experience I know a lot of people burned out in IT. The one universal thing they all want to do instead is invent something.
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Yea. I've been trying to come up with an idea for my own business, but can't think of anything I want to invest time/money in yet.
 
Depends on your family/economic situation really. I did something similar a few years ago. I went to pharmacy school back in mid 90's and computers were always my hobby. As of 2001 I quit my job in the pharmacy and went back to college to study IT. Its tough, but fortunately my wife has a stable job and we have zero children.

Id say do what makes your happy! Good luck to ya.
 
Originally posted by: Arkitech
Originally posted by: CT2TXtech
Originally posted by: Arkitech
Originally posted by: ness1469
Welcome to the world of "I hate my job." Most people do. As long as it pays the bills, who cares?

Exactly how long have you been doing this job? What kind of certification do you have? Why is it that you want to get out of IT? Chances are you want to get away from computers entirely, but doing anything else would require both time and money to accomplish. You have to ask yourself "Do I see it getting better in the next 2 years", because that's about how long it will take for you to complete training and education in any other job, as a minimum.

The problem lies mostly in the fact that you don't KNOW what you want to do... wondering into an already unstable job market not knowing what you want to do could totally land you in a place where you are worse than you are now.

It may be that your are burned out of your job because you come home and play on the computer after doing it for a living. Get out of the house, exercise, find a hobby that has nothing to do with computers and see if the job is easier to bear.
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I guess my biggest gripe is the distance, I drive nearly 70 miles in one direction. And in Chicago during the winters a commute of that distance can be anywhere from an hour and a half to three hours. I recently changed my hours to start at 6 in the morning to beat traffic, so I usually end up leaving home around 4:30 to 4:45 in the am.
Click to expand...


Wow, you must get paid hella good to travel far. When i was working in Boston, i had to travel 50 miles one way and I thought that was bad. Those winters are a b!tch
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The pay is pretty good but I got forcibly moved from the downtown office (which was only 20-30 minutes from my home) to the current location I'm at.
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If you didn't have a say in the matter, then I believe the company is required to pay you the difference for your gas. Are you getting this? I dunno, for me I wouldn't care too much about the drive, at least not as much about paying for 3 tanks of gas a week. Did the other office shut down, or were you given a promotion with the condition that you'd have to drive further? I guess thatt's beside the point, really.

Regardless I think distance is a pretty overwhelming factor here. 2 hours of driving everyday would tend to do you in, only to sit at a computer and listen to people gripe about their computers everyday.

What I would do is to start browsing local job openings to get a feel for what is needed in your area so you have a better idea of what would be worth your time, then when all your bills are squared away like you said, start pusuing some of the lower-end jobs that are closer to home. Since you won't have to spend 2 hours driving you'll be able to spend more time working and probably make up the difference in what you are earning with the extra 10 hours a week. (yes, that a little far-fetched because it relies on the company ensuring you those hours, but hey, can't hurt to think!) Then if you get in good with a company, you might get them to pay for some training to take a better position.

You might just try blindly sending a resume to some companies close by. You won't catch any fish without putting bait in the water.

Bottom line, before you do anything, do two things: One, get your bills squared away like you talked about, Two, browse the local want ads to get a feel for what is needed.

Good luck buh-day!


 
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Software development stays pretty fresh for me since I never write the same code twice, but if I did get burned out I'm also a bookworm, music nerd, film buff, and at least mildly interested in other sciences like astronomy and physics. I've also thought about going into teaching one of these years, when I have enough saved to be able to get by on the lousy pay.
 
Originally posted by: FiLeZz
What is IT
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Can you feel it, see it, hear it today?
If you can't, then it doesn't matter anyway
You will never understand it cuz it happens too fast
And it feels so good, it's like walking on glass
It's so cool, it's so hip, it's alright
It's so groovy, it's outta sight
You can touch it, smell it, taste it so sweet
But it makes no difference cuz it knocks you off your feet
You want it all but you can't have it
 
Originally posted by: FiLeZz
My fellow friends are to EASY BUHAHAHAHAHHA

IT was a JOKE

Get it IT was a JOKE..

🙂
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We aren't easy, we just know that the switch to turn the idiot magnet off broke about 5-6 months ago here at ATOT and they've been coming in droves and spamming like no one's business 😉

 
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