Enjoying your job/career?

[kyuuei]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?
Yeah, well enough. It's worth the effort and the schooling I put into it, and has already paid for itself training wise. I liked my last career, I currently like this one. School was my favorite though.

2. How long have you been doing it?
Less than a year. I was military for 8 years, got out, school, now I'm a nurse.

3. Pay acceptable?
Yup, with lots of room to grow. You can really make as little or much as you'd like.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?
40 typically of actual work time, with probably an extra day's worth of work each month in training.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
First job I got legitimately paid for was a busboy at a chinese restaurant. I was 15.
First 'jobs' I had was baby sitting and cutting grass for neighbors when I was 10 (Back in the days when people didn't freak out about kids so much and you didn't need a laundry list of credentials to be qualified to keep defenseless useless being from dying for a few hours)
I started clearing land with my dad occasionally for pocket money/free lunches.. and I pretty much have always held at least an under-the-table free lance job since then.

 

[Poki]

1. Yes to a degree. I prefer more physical work, but i do enjoy programming and it comes easy to me.

2. For 10-12 years now i think. I dont know exactly, i just kinda migrated slowly from being a ellectonics technician to programming.

3. Very, have no worries about money or retirement with some room for growth.

4: 40 hours a week on average...sometimes a bit more

5: 16 i worked at a clothing company in the mall. Became a part time tire tech at discount tire for 2-3 years while in college. Then a electonics technician at Texas Instruments, then my current job now which i have been here for 7 years.

 

[GarrotTheThief]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?
No. <sarcasm>Occasionally I contemplate a messy suicide.<sarcasm>

2. How long have you been doing it?
10 years.

3. Pay acceptable?
Yes.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?
50-60 hrs.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
Filing papers. 16.

 

[ChocolateMoose123]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

Yes. I am an office manager for a wine distribution company. Worked my way up from a driver within a year. I liked driving. Desk job is...boring but not as strenuous. Trade off.

Career change after 18 years in restaurant industry. Back and front of house and management while I also simultaneously working for 4 years in a motorcycle race shop as a part time tech doing engine rebuilds, mainly.

2. How long have you been doing it?

Year and a half.

3. Pay acceptable?

Yes - but I know I can get more and plan on negotiating when raises/performance comes up again.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

40.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

I worked at a retail store at a downtown touristy location. I was 15 and I met my best friend ENTP there and some of the best memories were from that job. Super fun people.

 

[meowington]

1. Love-Hate, depending on my mood. But so is life for me.
2. 9 years as ICT manager.
3. Acceptable
4. 40 and shouldn't be any more. My type is meant to spend 75% of the time alone, so 40 in a week is sufficient. It's not the work that tends to drain me, but people. I would be better off writing masterpieces in a cave instead. I just started a "time credit" program (as it is called over here), so I can have Fridays to myself for about 10 months I worry about working 40 hours a week for the rest of my life. And I'm aware that's not even that much compared to many. The 30 holliday days each year (construction company, collectively closed) are a blessing though.
5. 5 years as a system engineer on the road. 21 something. Did a lot of short jobs before that (dish washing, gardener, gas station attendant, working at the fish factory (closest thing to hell), ... ).

 

[Yama]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

No. I am a student. I hate school as an institution, but it is the only thing I'm good at. Swore up and down I was done, but now I'm back.

2. How long have you been doing it?

At my current school? Wrapping up my second semester now. Before that, 2.5 years at community college.

3. Pay acceptable?

No pay.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

What is it... like 18 credit hours or something? I don't know how much homework time I spent outside of class. Varies by week.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

McDonalds, when I was 18.

 

[Typh0n]

I don't currently work, I'm in school atm.

Do you enjoy your job/career?

I feel somewhat lukewarm about it.

On the minus side : I feel that its something I don't want to do forever, its just not stimulating enough. I like to be dynamic, to undertake projects, and my librarain science courses don't seem to indicate that thats what I will do most of the time working as a librarian.

On the plus side : I feel a public library is important, so I do feel I'm contributing something, something close to research and literature which are fields I enjoy.

How long have you been doing it?

I started these studies 2 years ago.

Pay acceptable?

Doesn't seem like it from what I hear, money is important to me.

many hours do you put in a week?

To be clear : I don't work yet in my field, currently unemployed, so this question I cannot answer.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

It was working in a garage, I was 18-19.

 

[five sounds]

Yeah I'd say I'm happy in my work.

I've been a speech therapist for 5 years, I've been doing it part time with restaurant work part time for 2. The last two have been the happiest.

Yeah I get paid well.

I work between 40-50 hours per week.

First real job after babysitting was scooping ice cream at Baskin Robbins when I was 15.

 

[Dyslexxie]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?
If I didn't get paid to do what I do, I surely wouldn't be doing it.

2. How long have you been doing it?
About 2 years I guess?

3. Pay acceptable?
Acceptable.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?
40-60ish.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
14 or 15? Making boxes at a processing plant.

 

[Cellmold]

 

[/DG/]

Why the hell do people respond to this and not put what they do for a living?

 

[Typh0n]

Why the hell do people respond to this and not put what they do for a living?

Its not asked for in the questions. Maybe ZombieNinjaPirate didn't deem it important, so he didn't ask.

 

[ceecee]

Why the hell do people respond to this and not put what they do for a living?

The OP didn't ask that. But if you want to know, I'm a medical coding analyst.

 

[Metamorphosis]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

No. The work life balance is amazing when I don't have much going on at work and that, combined with the pay, makes it hard to leave but ultimately it is not fulfilling at all and I have always had a fear of being one of those people that just puts up with their job for the money and security even though they don't like it so I'm planning on sticking it out until I finish my current Master's program and then I'm most likely going to take a different path.

2. How long have you been doing it?

9 months

3. Pay acceptable?

Yeah, it's great.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

40 most weeks but it can go up significantly depending on what's going on.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

First job was as a waiter in college. I was probably like 19-20.

 

[September0861]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

I do. They pay me to break things with my friends in the outdoors. It has downsides, but it's fun. I do meaningless work for no apparent reason frequently, and I work too much, but it's a good time at the end of the day.

2. How long have you been doing it?

A little over a year.

3. Pay acceptable?

No. The pay sucks.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

Between 30 and 100 or so. Maybe more. It depends on the week.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

Installing fire alarm systems when I was 16. It paid well and was alright work.

 

[magpie]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

I'm in college.

2. How long have you been doing it?

I've been in college for a very long time.

3. Pay acceptable?

No, it costs too much.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

I live it.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?

I was 14. I was a greeter at a fruit farm. I made 4.75 an hour.

 

[Adfectus]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?

I'm a Nursing student right now, and loving every minute of it. I haven't started clinicals yet, but will in the fall.
I also work as a Starbucks Barista part time. It's an okay job and I love my coworkers.

2. How long have you been doing it?

Sophomore atm, will be a Junior in the fall. Starbucks for 1 year.

3. Pay acceptable?

SCHOOL IS TOO EXPENSIVE.
Starbucks pay is great for what I do. (almost $11/hr)

4. How many hours do you put in a week?

I'm always working or studying something.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
Cashier at Target when I was 16. Worked there for two years.

 

[Snoopy22]

1- Yes
2- Since 2010
3- It does and doesn’t pay.
4- 24/7
5- Paper route 7th grade.

 

[Tazzie]

1. Do you enjoy your job/career?
Eh, it ok. I dont love it or hate it. I clean houses with my mom and clean office buildings for 2 different companies. But i like the flexibility it allows me to have and i can travel whenever I want and I dont have to work with others beside my mom once or twice a week.

2. How long have you been doing it?
Done it for about 10 years.

3. Pay acceptable?
Some are ok and some are good. I work for 3 different companies at the moment.

4. How many hours do you put in a week?
Each week different since i get paid by the job not hours but minimum is 9hrs a week.

5. What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
I help my mom clean houses at age 18 and still do it.

 

[Amethyst]

. Do you enjoy your job/career?
Absolutely not.
2. How long have you been doing it?
7 Months
3. Pay acceptable?
Meh, it pays the bills.
4. How many hours do you put in a week?
45
5.What was your first job and how old were you when you started it?
I was sort of a mail delivery person/assistant during the summer. I was 14.