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Re: I'm ill enough to just straight-up diss you for no reason
06/20/14 05:43 AM
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> 2) If you don't like your developer job, get another one. There's tons out there. If
> there aren't tons where you are, move. Keep trying until you find a job you don't
> hate. You don't need to love or even like your job. If it pays well and you don't
> hate it, you're doing good. Also, the average duration at a single company for and IT
> worker is around 3 years. You should expect to start to feel the itch to find a new
> job around the 3 year mark.
Fuck it, I'm going to hate any job that has anything to do with software or finance. I've spent over a decade becoming very good at something I hate doing. Hence I will do something else, I just need to work out what. If I end up hating it, I can try something else again.
> 3) If at all possible, get into some form of government contracting, either at the
> state or federal level. The contracts can be really unstable, but they normally pay
> you enough that you can bank a good chunk of it so you can ride out the inevitable
> government shutdown and congressional sequesters or whatever.
Fuck no! Government projects are the height of mediocrity. I know a bunch of people who do this, and they're exactly the kind of people I don't want to work with. Also doesn't pay as much as finance anyway.
> 5) The most powerful thing you can do is be debt free. Zero debt plus money in the
> bank equals power. The power to say "fuck you" and quit your job whenever you want.
> To take a job because you WANT a job, not because you NEED a job. In your early
> years, work hard to pay off your student loans. If you buy a car, buy a used one and
> pay cash. Move somewhere where property taxes are low and homes are reasonably
> priced. Buy a smaller house than you need and make it work. Don't buy a house until
> you can put down at least 20% and then make extra payments to get it paid off as soon
> as possible. Be thrifty. Live frugal. Get roommates and share living expenses. Don't
> piss away money going to the movies, or on expensive cable packages.
Already debt free with a pile of cash and the deed to an apartment. No cable TV, in fact I don't even waste my time on free to air TV (did get a Wii U for the wife and kids, though). My electricity usage is so low that the service provision fee is higher than the usage charges.
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