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I just made a new move again too. I spent the last...about 6 weeks in a position with a different company that turned out to be horrible. After going through the fishing lure trick to get me there with promises of great things they totally backed out of living up to it. Fortunately my new job now, I can see as a permanent position. I went from a 10 year long job, to a 6 week long horrible mistake, to a new, certainly desired retirement career. Sometimes the promises given in an interview are just fishing lures, that 6 week stint was clear evidence of that for me.

I love how companies talk themselves up, then you get inside and it's the same poop just different names. Everyone is ISO XXXX, but I've found that doesn't mean they're up to any real standards, especially mine! I've been at my new place a little over a year now. They've been writing code the same way since 2001, which was basically 90s VB6, and our SQL practices just make me cringe. The SQL Admins love to say cute things like "I cleared it up." or "We'll add another index." Me: "I'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU DO ON YOUR JOB. I KNOW HOW SQL WORKS!" They're full of cow manure, but hey one of them worked at Microsoft once so everyone believes him?

I started to do things my way, on top of their old styles. The best feeling is when other devs see what you're doing and why. Fast forward a few months, other devs are starting to copy your style. That feels nice. Disclaimer : My style is just copying industry standards and applying them *properly.
 
I’ve been toying with the idea of changing careers mostly because I’m tiredness of doing something too specialized. For me to change jobs I would most likely have to move to another poopty state and TBH I don’t think I even like my career anymore. I really want to move to maui but that would basically require experience in the tourism industry or computer industry that would allow remote work. I have experience in neither...

On my radar is either becoming a realtor like many in my family, or going to school for software coding (which I’m not totally sure I would enjoy).

Anyone else have ideas of professions that are lucrative and allow for remote work or extremely flexible living?
 
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I still couldn’t be happier with my switch. I’m currently on 12 week 100% paid paternity leave. Baby should be here anytime now. I love my job. I have freedom like never before and no boss standing over my shoulder. Yes it’s hot and cold. Attics are the worse right now. But still take it over riding a desk again any day . And the views can be nice 30’ up a pole. Only took eight months and I’m already paid better then when i was doing engineering design.
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Here is an update to my situation, I also have a worst jobs thread where there will be updates as well lol. But essentially, I have just made the confirmation to start an entirely new career path. The last time I posted to this thread I was leaving a machine shop environment of rather poor standards and going onto a certain type of mechanic job working with vehicle modification for the disabled. Well, that did not pan out at all so I left it for what I thought would be better suited for me...a wildlife control outfit. It was a privately owned little operation but again, did not pan out. So I took a break from the working world knowing I would not see any vacation days this year should I jump right back into the work force. I can say that for me, this was a good decision. It gave me the needed downtime to unwind and start seeking new employment in an unprovoked state of mind. When you are working in a job that has gone stale you typically tend to get a lowered attitude in all things generally speaking which any new potential employers will see. Being relaxed and feeling free, I went into two interviews and without question was accepted at both positions.

The first was returning to being a small engine tech, the other was much more intriguing working in a specialty aluminum casting company. I chose to go for the second option due to much higher pay, Monday to Friday 8-4:30 hours and it's just a really cool process to learn. To start off, the interview was awesome, the two that I met were super nice guys and when meeting a couple of the staff members you could see they are respected fellas. That alone goes a long way to say what kind of people you are working for. The other was that they were the only ones to show me a full tour of the facility with the most detailed description about the job. Again, this goes a long way in building confidence for me. It lets you go into the new job with at the very least of a starting point on where you will be working and what you will be doing. Another interesting and fun fact is that the work these guys do is not typical aluminum casting. They produce variants that are not available on any metal supplier's list. This is a one off product with only 2 other companies in the world that somewhat do what they do...or rather I will be doing lol...which puts this into a very niche market. Other neat things are learning some metallurgy, use of the periodic table to develop these rare aluminum blends and some minor machine shop processes. Hopefully it turns out to be a winning long term position but from past experience, I do believe that if the circumstances are justified and valid, making a career change is necessary. We never know what company might be the next one to shut the doors. Up here in Canada land, we have seen some pretty big names make rather fast closures. Cat heavy equipment pulled out basically in an overnight fashion leaving hundreds of people out of work just to save a buck and go to Mexico if I remember correctly. Northern Telecom went down a long time ago but still in a quick manner, Sears Canada just shut the doors for the last time a few months ago. Big business is just as fragile as tiny privately owned ones these days it seems...if not fragile, certainly as unpredictable.
 

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Here is an update to my situation, I also have a worst jobs thread where there will be updates as well lol. But essentially, I have just made the confirmation to start an entirely new career path. The last time I posted to this thread I was leaving a machine shop environment of rather poor standards and going onto a certain type of mechanic job working with vehicle modification for the disabled. Well, that did not pan out at all so I left it for what I thought would be better suited for me...a wildlife control outfit. It was a privately owned little operation but again, did not pan out. So I took a break from the working world knowing I would not see any vacation days this year should I jump right back into the work force. I can say that for me, this was a good decision. It gave me the needed downtime to unwind and start seeking new employment in an unprovoked state of mind. When you are working in a job that has gone stale you typically tend to get a lowered attitude in all things generally speaking which any new potential employers will see. Being relaxed and feeling free, I went into two interviews and without question was accepted at both positions.

The first was returning to being a small engine tech, the other was much more intriguing working in a specialty aluminum casting company. I chose to go for the second option due to much higher pay, Monday to Friday 8-4:30 hours and it's just a really cool process to learn. To start off, the interview was awesome, the two that I met were super nice guys and when meeting a couple of the staff members you could see they are respected fellas. That alone goes a long way to say what kind of people you are working for. The other was that they were the only ones to show me a full tour of the facility with the most detailed description about the job. Again, this goes a long way in building confidence for me. It lets you go into the new job with at the very least of a starting point on where you will be working and what you will be doing. Another interesting and fun fact is that the work these guys do is not typical aluminum casting. They produce variants that are not available on any metal supplier's list. This is a one off product with only 2 other companies in the world that somewhat do what they do...or rather I will be doing lol...which puts this into a very niche market. Other neat things are learning some metallurgy, use of the periodic table to develop these rare aluminum blends and some minor machine shop processes. Hopefully it turns out to be a winning long term position but from past experience, I do believe that if the circumstances are justified and valid, making a career change is necessary. We never know what company might be the next one to shut the doors. Up here in Canada land, we have seen some pretty big names make rather fast closures. Cat heavy equipment pulled out basically in an overnight fashion leaving hundreds of people out of work just to save a buck and go to Mexico if I remember correctly. Northern Telecom went down a long time ago but still in a quick manner, Sears Canada just shut the doors for the last time a few months ago. Big business is just as fragile as tiny privately owned ones these days it seems...if not fragile, certainly as unpredictable.

congrats man! Looking foward to seeing the ski parts you will be making there. :)
 
So I am looking into changing jobs as my current job is driving me crazy in terms of pay and schedule. Not content with working every other weekend and the pay sucks so bad I had to get a second job. So I applied to be a case manager for the same organization I currently work for. Double salary and mon-fri 8-430. Could ride my bike to work and would get to see my kids more. They finally contacted me today, apparently my resume didnt transfer over. So pretty excited to see what becomes of this.
 

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I just read through this for the first time in many years and it hit me how much has changed for me since my last post on the thread.

I was at my first place out of the Navy for 21 years and finally left in 2016 after 2 years of looking around. It was comfy, but I was IT Manager (but also worked on automation) for the company with no help under me and it was obvious I wouldn't get any and since I 'knew things' like the disparity in bonus structure for the top 7 salaried employees vs everyone else and had been outright lied to by my boss the CFO, I just had to get out.

I landed at a huge food company doing 100% IT with no automation on a nationwide team of ~16 people. At first it was great, pay was better, but then the travel kept ticking up to 30% in 2019 and I had a new 'team lead' over me after our manager went to director level who was a complete POS for a 'manager'. I started looking again and landed at an automotive Tier 1 supplier to one of the Big Three after 4 years at the food company.

I now have no travel, as in 0%, pay bump again, have 2 guys working for me, and my boss the plant manager is excellent. I'm also back to working with automation a bit, more on the data side only but my experience really helps.

Patience has paid off for me in my changes, and unfortunately the 4 years with the food company enlightened me to how badly one person can screw up a team's morale.
 

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My travel is currently between 65 and 70%. Money is good enough to overlook it though, the team is awesome to work with and the work is still challenging and exciting.

I have earned enough hotel points in the last year alone to be able to book a two week stay in a decent hotel near anywhere in the US.

My Chase "Reserve" card rewards are linked to Amazon and have bought me a TIG Welder and a CNC Plasma cutter in the last 6 months. :)

And while the whole world is reeling from COVID, we in the wood industry are making a killing from all you handymen at home doing remodels and home improvements.
Board prices are at an all time high and we are looking to get one of the best annual bonus payouts in our companies history.
 
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Today starts my new job as a case manager for the home health company I have worked part time for the last 10 months. I have no clue what I am doing but excited anyways. Big pay jump from my hospital job, and no micromanaging. Biggest issue I see is getting people scheduled to see. And I still work full time at the hospital so theres that. Gotta turn in a notice but try to get all my pto from them before I turn in my notice. Other than that its time to get out there and get paid!
 
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