Shortform #118 Changing Profession & Considering Other Jobs
I don’t like doing IT and the thought of doing it years in the future fills me with intense dread. I have decided that I will leave that profession to go do something else and am now considering what other profession or job(s) that might be.
I’m not leaving my current job immediately, I do need to survive in the meantime of course, but having a job-change plan & steadily executing on it will help make the day to day more bearable (it has gotten so bad I’ve been tempted to just walk out multiple times a day, each day of the work week, however...I will not be doing that as I feel that’s not a good thing to do).
I love talking with people, I actually do like the act of selling, I enjoy writing, and above all I really want my next job to be more exclusively people-focused as opposed to technical-focused.
Possible choices:
LW / EA / ACX Organizing full time across a whole region of the US and more if funding is available.
Technical sales; I do still enjoy technology, I merely no longer prioritize tech over other things I’m curious about, plus I like selling things and talking with people, so technical sales could be a rather good job to transition to.
Community organizing, political activism, politics, or other civic / engagement type work.
Support group facilitator
Customer or constituent or other people type support roles, even if it means spending >5 hours a day on the phone (not as ideal as other roles, but still probably more sanity preserving than continuing to work in IT).
Shortform #118 Changing Profession & Considering Other Jobs
I don’t like doing IT and the thought of doing it years in the future fills me with intense dread. I have decided that I will leave that profession to go do something else and am now considering what other profession or job(s) that might be.
I’m not leaving my current job immediately, I do need to survive in the meantime of course, but having a job-change plan & steadily executing on it will help make the day to day more bearable (it has gotten so bad I’ve been tempted to just walk out multiple times a day, each day of the work week, however...I will not be doing that as I feel that’s not a good thing to do).
I love talking with people, I actually do like the act of selling, I enjoy writing, and above all I really want my next job to be more exclusively people-focused as opposed to technical-focused.
Possible choices:
LW / EA / ACX Organizing full time across a whole region of the US and more if funding is available.
Technical sales; I do still enjoy technology, I merely no longer prioritize tech over other things I’m curious about, plus I like selling things and talking with people, so technical sales could be a rather good job to transition to.
Community organizing, political activism, politics, or other civic / engagement type work.
Support group facilitator
Customer or constituent or other people type support roles, even if it means spending >5 hours a day on the phone (not as ideal as other roles, but still probably more sanity preserving than continuing to work in IT).
Any suggestions or recommendations?