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Who here loves their job?

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100% love it. Work for a company in Silicon Valley and it continually exceeds my expectations, especially after how my previous jobs have treated me.
 
I use to have a job I loved - Manufacturing Engineer. However, the wife landed a job in a different city so I transferred within the same company into a Field Service role that's contracted with Intel. My unofficial title is "WEE" - Whine Elimination Engineer.

I love the fact that I'm not chained to a desk and can do whatever I want from 8-5 as long as my pager doesn't beep. I HATE the fact that anytime I want to do something productive [paint, install baseboards, install flooring, work on my car, re-learn ASP.net/Database programming, re-learn level design, etc] - the "WEE" alarm goes off and I get paged. So I end up doing mundane things during the day.

The type of job I'd love is one that involves programming / level design with some creative input - something that challenges my mind more than what I do now.

"Epic Win" picture is exactly how I would like to feel about working. However, it's completely the opposite with regards to my job.

http://www.collaborativengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Epic-Win.png
 
I work as a field service manager/marketing/technician/liaison/arbiter for a medical device start up. In the field about 4-6 days a week. I believe in our product and love the traveling but gets lonely sometimes.

Last 2 weeks:
Colorado
Norte dame
Tom Brady's house in LA
Michigan State
Chicago Bears
Currently in Toronto

Heading to Hawaii next week hehe
 
If I give it consideration and reflection I can say that I have no reason not to love my job. The pay is good (great even). Location is good. I enjoy what I do, I actually really do like (nearly would say love) the company I work for and feel it's a secure job with a long future ahead. I also am constantly remind how amazing this company is compared to every other company I've ever worked for due to many reasons. A few reasons though are they actually have a defined process that makes sense and is followed company wide for reviews raises and promotions. They encourage and push people to grow and be promoted even if it means a short term "pain" for a department letting go of someone that's a key player so they can move onto bigger and better things within the company.

My manager and his boss and his bosses boss have all started off below the position I'm in (which is what I started in almost 6 months ago now) and they all worked their way up over the years. That gives me great hope and examples that show I too can progress as desired.

There's really nothing I can single in on that I could say makes me dislike my job but I guess I never thought "do I love my job" until just now and I'd have to say, yes I do.
 
Unless you are working a job without the need of money, I don't trust anyone who "loves" their job. I'll give a pass to charity-like positions, but the rest of you are freaks 🙂
 
slayer202 said:
Unless you are working a job without the need of money, I don't trust anyone who "loves" their job. I'll give a pass to charity-like positions, but the rest of you are freaks 🙂
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Perhaps not having the ability to be reflective and realize that what you have actually IS good or great can lead to being to cynical to realize it's a self imposed cause for one to feel they cannot love their job?
 
IT tech. I fix computers software/hardware love the work but not how it is run. I work for a large bank and they cut us thin so we tend to get over worked. We had bought a few banks in the last few years and it been a big stress on all of us to get them merged. Right now we are the head shark and the little banks are going to get gobbled up.
 
lokiju said:
Perhaps not having the ability to be reflective and realize that what you have actually IS good or great can lead to being to cynical to realize it's a self imposed cause for one to feel they cannot love their job?
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huh?

You can fully realize that you have a good job and you are lucky to have it without being deluded into thinking it's enjoyable. Unless you can't think of something you rather do than work at your job, I don't think you can say "I love it."
 
slayer202 said:
huh?

You can fully realize that you have a good job and you are lucky to have it without being deluded into thinking it's enjoyable. Unless you can't think of something you rather do than work at your job, I don't think you can say "I love it."
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So if I'd rather be banging a pair of supermodels then I don't love my job?

lol

I really do love my job. I'm making double what I did 2 years ago and am treated 500% better. Because of my job I'm able to provide for my family all on my own which enables my wife to go to college full time so she can pursue a career in medicine -- something she's always wanted to do.

Last Thursday I had to rack and stack a SAN for a client. We agreed to start at 9am. I got out of bed at 7:30am and was there at 9. We worked until 3pm and I went home. That was my work day.

The following Friday I had no work to do for any clients so I went grocery shopping with my wife and kids, we ate out for lunch, then came home. That was my "work" day.
 
child of wonder said:
So if I'd rather be banging a pair of supermodels then I don't love my job?

lol

I really do love my job. I'm making double what I did 2 years ago and am treated 500% better. Because of my job I'm able to provide for my family all on my own which enables my wife to go to college full time so she can pursue a career in medicine -- something she's always wanted to do.

Last Thursday I had to rack and stack a SAN for a client. We agreed to start at 9am. I got out of bed at 7:30am and was there at 9. We worked until 3pm and I went home. That was my work day.

The following Friday I had no work to do for any clients so I went grocery shopping with my wife and kids, we ate out for lunch, then came home. That was my "work" day.
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You're doing something you don't find horrible. Not everyone can say that, but to say you love it is ridiculous. You love some of the benefits and what they let you do, but that's different. Or you love it relative to other jobs. Do you love racking and stacking SANs, whatever the hell that means? I'd imagine it would be pretty weird if you did.
 
Engineer for a power utility. Just graduated from school (last year) so I only have a year under my belt... can't say I don't like it. Pay is good (school loans suck), people are cool, area is great. Just trying to get a couple of years experience here and then see where it takes me.
 
slayer202 said:
You're doing something you don't find horrible. Not everyone can say that, but to say you love it is ridiculous. You love some of the benefits and what they let you do, but that's different. Or you love it relative to other jobs. Do you love racking and stacking SANs, whatever the hell that means? I'd imagine it would be pretty weird if you did.
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Sure, I do. It's pretty bad ass going into a company, setting up a cool technology they don't understand, teaching them how to use it, and then leaving.

However, you're delving into the philosophical by stating "you love the benefits X provides, not X itself." Isn't that the case with ALL love? One could argue no one truly "loves" their spouse they love that the positive aspects of their relationship greatly outweigh the negatives and that they "love" the benefits the relationship provides: sex, companionship, etc.
 
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