...that someone can do without worrying or thinking about when they go home.
I want to change careers. Part of the reason I want to, is that I want to forget about work when I get out of the office. At the moment I can't. It hasn't happened often, but I've been called on a weekend and in the evening. Everything I do is seen by customers and, if I make a mistake, it could cost the company thousands of pounds. I have a chance to make that mistake weekly, if not daily.
If I can't do something that interests me, I'd settle for doing something that I can forget about when I clock off. No stress, no worry. Just get in, do 9-5 and fcku off home. I'd then be free to do stuff in the evenings and at weekends without stress.
Any suggestions?
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Retail jobs. Be directed by someone else. Has its own set of problems tho - you don''t own yourself.
Something other than your current job.
There are plenty of jobs that are as you describe. Unfortunately, responsbility and ability to mess up and cost large amounts of money tend to go along with receiving a higher salary.
To go absurdly in the other direction, you could be digging ditches for a living. The closing whistle blows, you drop your shovel and head for home. Of course, you aren''t going to be making attorney/investment banker/entrepeneur income from that type of work either.
Otherwise, I''d become a school teacher. Then the only thing you have to worry about is warping the minds of hundreds, and over time thousands, of people who are our collective futures.
Why not go an alternative route. Stay with the current job and find a way to destress during your off time, ie: Martial Arts and any kind of workout regimen works wonders for blowing off steam and getting your mind off of your work.
In my case, I am a Firefighter, a fairly stressful job to say the least, and I have a pretty good blood pressure because I work out and am also an amateur cartoonist that I use to get my mind off of my job.
Needless to say I cannot think of any job where you can end up forgetting about it totally when you are at home, I don''t think humans are wired that way, but there are steps you can take to make it a hell of a lot easier on yourself.
I think it''s more important to do something that you really like doing, not just something that pays the bills. If you like what you do and are proud of it, you would probably be a lot more willing to deal with the stress when it hits.
On the other hand, I''ve read that being an actuary has the highest ratio of compensation to reduced stress.
Otherwise, I''d become a school teacher. Then the only thing you have to worry about is warping the minds of hundreds, and over time thousands, of people who are our collective futures.
That would be my job, no stress there all right. Heck it is totally easy to ignore things like No Child Left Behind and its impossible mandates, crappy programs bought by people who have never seen the inside of a classroom but which are still mandatory, a 31:1 student to teacher ratio, and a 1:3 textbook to student ratio. Oh, and let''s not forget the enormous paycheck every month! Nope, no stress here at all 
He was kidding.
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Retail jobs. Be directed by someone else. Has its own set of problems tho - you don''t own yourself.
Also work for lower than low wages...
There are plenty of jobs that are as you describe. Unfortunately, responsbility and ability to mess up and cost large amounts of money tend to go along with receiving a higher salary.
To go absurdly in the other direction, you could be digging ditches for a living. The closing whistle blows, you drop your shovel and head for home. Of course, you aren''t going to be making attorney/investment banker/entrepeneur income from that type of work either.
Otherwise, I''d become a school teacher. Then the only thing you have to worry about is warping the minds of hundreds, and over time thousands, of people who are our collective futures.
Yeah, but they have loads of work they take home. Grading tests, making up tests, lesson plans, decorating classroom, etc. Think about it, virtually everything other than teaching is done outside of the classroom. Not exactly a 9-5 job by any means...
As has been said above, the less stress, the less money. You could always join the military. If we lived in a sane world, I probably would, but as is I won''t unless we''re being actively attacked. Beyond that, if you want OK wages, you could be a cop (well... not GREAT but the pay keeps going after you retire, which is nice...)
As to teaching, I''m seriously considering continuing my education post-graduate and becoming a prof. High-school teaching has too much bull attached to it. And by bull, I mean parents.
Billionaire Playboy? 
As has been said above, the less stress, the less money. You could always join the military. If we lived in a sane world, I probably would, but as is I won''t unless we''re being actively attacked. Beyond that, if you want OK wages, you could be a cop (well... not GREAT but the pay keeps going after you retire, which is nice...)
As to teaching, I''m seriously considering continuing my education post-graduate and becoming a prof. High-school teaching has too much bull attached to it. And by bull, I mean parents.
If I was a bit younger and more physically able, I would re-up instantly right now. Yeah there''s the danger and it''s in iraq, a country I care nothing about. But it''s about having another soldier''s back, I miss that...
Billionaire Playboy?
If he does that then he has to get a cave with a bunch of gadgets and start fighting crime, that is just opening a whole other can of worms on the stress front. 
Billionaire Playboy?If he does that then he has to get a cave with a bunch of gadgets and start fighting crime, that is just opening a whole other can of worms on the stress front. :mrgreen:
Yeah but chicks dig the car!
Yeah but chicks dig the car!
He would have no time for women. The night would be his mistress...uhhhhh, move along, nothing to see here.
Try to get a job as an editor at Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) I used to work there. They have a London office. Pretty mindless gig. You''re not really apt to take your work home with you. In fact, I don''t even think it''s possible to take your work home with you.
I''d love to offer you some hope here, but I can''t think of any such job.
The suggestions of school teacher and police officer are ludicrious. Most teachers I know spend a good deal of their spare time grading papers and tests. Many police officers work off-duty jobs to make ends meet, and can be called up on emergencies. I know there were times I was denied vacation due to staffing shortages at the jail. My buddy who is on the street, has a similar problem.
Consulting has been good to me, but I have been known to bring my work home with me as well. It''s extremely high pressure and there is a lot at stake on this, or any, assignment. Frankly, I love the pressure.
It has been my perception that most jobs have 2 kinds os stress.
There is ""good stress"". This is the stuff I thrive on. High pressure, new technology, steep learning curve, strict (but reasonable and well planned) deadlines, tough challenges. I love this stuff. I live on it. It keeps me in this job market despite the fact it is barely growing.
There is ""bad stress"". It''s stuff like poorly thought out requirements, impossible deadlines, tedious work in large volumes, micro-management, you get the idea. I think most people frustrated with their jobs have this problem. No challenges, and no joy.
My advice? You won''t find a decent paying job that doesn''t weigh on you somewhat, but you can find employment that you can enjoy. I think the question you need to ask yourself is, ""What kind of environment have I enjoyed working in?"" I discovered my preferred environment working in food service. Now I enjoy the same kind of pressure, but doing so in technology.
He was kidding.
Thank you. I''m glad someone noticed; I was starting to feel like Ted Nugent at a PETA rally.
School teacher = simple job - JOKE! PLEASE REFER TO ORIGINAL POST TO REVIEW JUMBLED TOGETHER WORDS AND PHRASES FOR POSSIBILITY OF JOKE. AUTHOR ADMITS HE MAY BE HUMOR IMPAIRED; FUNCTIONALITY OF JOKE MAY ALSO BE IMPAIRED. ALL WARRANTIES AS TO ""FUNNINESS"" OF JOKE OR ""SUITABILITY OF JOKE"" BASED ON READER''S OCCUPATION IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
That would be my job, no stress there all right. Heck it is totally easy to ignore things like No Child Left Behind and its impossible mandates, crappy programs bought by people who have never seen the inside of a classroom but which are still mandatory, a 31:1 student to teacher ratio, and a 1:3 textbook to student ratio.
Is there any chance you could break Mr. Kotter''s now famous 18:3 Sweathog to normal student ratio? They thought that record would last forever, but with the steroids you guys are taking these days, I bet no record is out of reach. Look at Payton Manning.
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"Alien13z" wrote:He was kidding.
Thank you. I''m glad someone noticed; I was starting to feel like Ted Nugent at a PETA rally.
School teacher = simple job - JOKE! PLEASE REFER TO ORIGINAL POST TO REVIEW JUMBLED TOGETHER WORDS AND PHRASES FOR POSSIBILITY OF JOKE. AUTHOR ADMITS HE MAY BE HUMOR IMPAIRED; FUNCTIONALITY OF JOKE MAY ALSO BE IMPAIRED. ALL WARRANTIES AS TO ""FUNNINESS"" OF JOKE OR ""SUITABILITY OF JOKE"" BASED ON READER''S OCCUPATION IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
Since I''m a preschool teacher I guess I didn''t get the joke at first either. 
I thought you were serious about thinking teaching is a stress-free job.
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"SlyFrog" wrote:"Alien13z" wrote:He was kidding.
Thank you. I''m glad someone noticed; I was starting to feel like Ted Nugent at a PETA rally.
School teacher = simple job - JOKE! PLEASE REFER TO ORIGINAL POST TO REVIEW JUMBLED TOGETHER WORDS AND PHRASES FOR POSSIBILITY OF JOKE. AUTHOR ADMITS HE MAY BE HUMOR IMPAIRED; FUNCTIONALITY OF JOKE MAY ALSO BE IMPAIRED. ALL WARRANTIES AS TO ""FUNNINESS"" OF JOKE OR ""SUITABILITY OF JOKE"" BASED ON READER''S OCCUPATION IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
Since I''m a preschool teacher I guess I didn''t get the joke at first either.
Never take me seriously. Unless something happens and you should take me seriously, otherwise it could be disasterous not to (on that particular day of course). I will try to wear a red people hunting hat on the day of reckoning, so that you will know for sure.
As to teaching, I''m seriously considering continuing my education post-graduate and becoming a prof.
Being a prof isn''t easy either. Getting tenure requires a ton of work - six years under a massive workload (courses plus committees plus advising, and did we mention you should be putting 40 hours a week into your own research?), requires good skills managing a research team full of newbies (i.e., grad students), and you need to constantly beg for money from all sorts of sources so that your grad students don''t starve to death...
No, thanks. I''m taking my PhD to the industry.
Being a prof isn''t easy either... requires good skills managing a research team full of newbies (i.e., grad students)
""So I told Professor Doihaveto, ''ph334r my 733t th3s1s papX0r,'' and he was all ''STFU n00b.''""
I got it: Yoga Teacher. You also get to look at great bodies all day.
One of my friends just began working for Gold''s Gym, and he keeps talking about all the hawt women he''s met since. Yeah! I found the solution.
Maybe dance instructor could work too! Hey, even Stripper!
I got it: Yoga Teacher. You also get to look at great bodies all day.
Or, alternatively, a mortician.
On the other hand, I''ve read that being an actuary has the highest ratio of compensation to reduced stress.
Well, that''s good to know :). A right pity one has to go through lots of highly stressful exams to get there though...
I got it: Yoga Teacher. You also get to look at great bodies all day.
One of my friends just began working for Gold''s Gym, and he keeps talking about all the hawt women he''s met since. Yeah! I found the solution.
Maybe dance instructor could work too! Hey, even Stripper!
Maybe in LA or something... Yoga and dance can also have its share of shall we say.... Not-""Hawt"" bodies
I can''t beleive no one has said it yet, but...
Get a Gov''t job! It''s wonderful! It helps if you don''t think of it as ""taxpayers"" money and think of it as ""your tax dollars at work!""
I highly recommend Project Manager. It also helps if your organization has no money for projects. Be prepared to deal with mind numbing boredom.
""So I told Professor Doihaveto, ''ph334r my 733t th3s1s papX0r,'' and he was all ''STFU n00b.''""
High comedy.
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