1d: try a career of a Pimp. Specializing in Big Pimping.
Seriously, though, I can''t think how can you find a serene and bucolic job that would yield meaningful wage yet keep you stress free outside of employment hours. Hey even a job of a high-flying Pimp isn''t going to be entirely stress free.
Start your own business... it''s like I always say ""If you''re not the man you''re working for him""
It''s ironic that I''m going in the opposite direction. My current job is ""database analyst and monkey"", which I don''t take home with me, don''t care about, don''t want to do....
I''m starting my new career as a high school teacher this fall, where i''m guaranteed to: work 50+ hours per week (including all the after school and at home time), make about 40% less in salary, and be about 100 times happier.
Good luck. 
How about working for constuction I hear it good pay, less stress than working in the office.
As for me, I thought I would have a 9-6 job but turned into 9-till finish. My avarage is 11hours a day, although I still have times when I work only 8 hours but I also have days when I work 20 hours. Plus I would like to kill at least 95% of co-workers, including the two bosses... I have no idea what happen to the third one.
try a semi skilled trade. I personally work in the chemical industry as an operator. Pay and benefits are outstanding, and equivalent to what I was making before as department director (level below v.p.).
How about bartender?
Roo: why are you going for this change, if you don''t mind me asking?
I can''t make up my mind whether I''d rather be a fop or a dandy.
Maybe a kept man. By a woman, preferably, but a gig''s a gig...
I''ve always wanted a suger momma. I could be her token, stay at home man toy and she could lavish me with ridiculously overpriced baubels in exchange for sex.
Contract killer.
Maybe a kept man. By a woman, preferably, but a gig''s a gig...
Nice.
I don''t think such a job exists, and even if there was, I don''t think that you would want it. Do you really want to devote 45-55 years of your life to something that matters so little that you don''t even think about it when you are not ""working""?
That being said, I know EXACTLY how you feel. ""If I have to hate my job, at least give me something that minimizes the pain."" You are just frustrated. There is something out there for you, something that will make you want to get out of bed on Monday morning and something that will make you WANT to stay late. I refuse to believe otherwise. The tough part is figuring out what that something is.
If you find a good way to figure it out, let a brother know, because I have been wrestling with this same issue on and off for the last 3 years.
How about bartender?
Hey hey now...tending a bar isn''t all lollipops and rainbows, I know cause that''s what I do on weekends. You get to deal with a bunch of beligerent douchebags that wouldn''t know a good drink if it was thrown in their face, and then they want to be ""hooked up"" on their drink and then don''t tip on top of it, nice.
But on the other side of the coin you do make decent money every now and again. That and if I wasn''t married to my wonderful wife I could do a little ""hooking up"" of my own. 
Maybe a kept man. By a woman, preferably, but a gig''s a gig...Nice.
I don''t think such a job exists, and even if there was, I don''t think that you would want it. Do you really want to devote 45-55 years of your life to something that matters so little that you don''t even think about it when you are not ""working""?
That being said, I know EXACTLY how you feel. ""If I have to hate my job, at least give me something that minimizes the pain."" You are just frustrated. There is something out there for you, something that will make you want to get out of bed on Monday morning and something that will make you WANT to stay late. I refuse to believe otherwise. The tough part is figuring out what that something is.
If you find a good way to figure it out, let a brother know, because I have been wrestling with this same issue on and off for the last 3 years.
I was once asked why I bother getting up in the morning. A friend who was in the conversation said it''s so I can tell someone something they didn''t know. There''s some truth in that.
I suppose I like sharing things with people; facts, ironies, amusing stories. I suppose it''s a bit like the feeling you get when you tell someone about a new album you''ve got and put a song on for them to listen to. The problem is, though, that I''m incredbily jaded. I don''t get excited or interested easily, but when I do I tend get over excited or interested for a short while and then stop.
I also like making people laugh. I feel like I''ve failed if a witticism or something doesn''t even raise a smile. There''s got to be more to life than stock control or web upates. There has to be something that allows one to feel enthused and to have fun while sharing things and making people happy.
I want to be able to do that full time. I want to be able to exercise my mind and my sense of humour. I need to be able to do that full time. I can''t sit in an office like this, pretending to be interested in something I''m not. Pretending to care about something inherently meaningless. Perhaps that''s I feel angry most of the time.
Roo: why are you going for this change, if you don''t mind me asking?
It happened when I had just gotten a promotion and 20% raise. I stopped and thought, ""Wow, is this what I want to do with my life? Is this ''success''?""
It hit me immediately it was really not ''success'' as I define it. I was just making more money than I grew up with (single mom who was a nurse). And then I thought for a second and remembered how much I loved tutoring and teaching. And I''ve been doing music (singing) my whole life.
It took me a year and a half to get up the nerve to make the big change. Didn''t hurt that my work...needs me. So I work there part-time Sept to April, and full-time May to August.
I''ve already been teaching the ""lab"" portion of a 100 level music class for elementary education majors (non-music people). Just through teaching piano, conducting, and recorder I''ve had a chance to influence how some future teachers look at themselves, their current classes, and even their lives. Especially the women who come in thinking of themselves as ""back row, just get through it"" students""--that doesn''t cut it for teachers. In two to four years, they''ll be in front of a classroom, they will be the show. Time to start practicing. I know I''ve had a big impact especially on these low self-esteem, formally ""hide in back row"" future teachers.
That''s success. I walk out of teaching my one hour a week..floating. It''s awesome.
I student teach starting in January. I can''t wait.
EDIT: Also see 1dgaf''s post above. that''s alot of why i''m getting into teaching. interaction with real people that matters alot, every day, in a subject area that i''m always interested in (i''m going to teach h.s. choir).
My perfect job: Staff writer at Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
They just posted a job announcement on the bulletin board here at work: Civilian Police Instructor in Iraq. 12,750/mo (and I believe it is tax free). Minimum 6 month committment. If I had 2 years, 10 months more on the job I could retire and do that for a year and then I''d be set. But my wife would kill me if I even brought up the idea.
My perfect job: Staff writer at Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
Sounds like a good gig... too bad they require talent and stuff liek that...which I''m out of 
My perfect job: Staff writer at Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
If that''s comedy, then I think you''d be good at it.
Basically grown up cartoons based on older cartoons many of us grew up with. http://www.adultswim.com/
And: I wish.
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/index....
Looks like you should be a UPS delivery man!
"SwampYankee" wrote:My perfect job: Staff writer at Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
Sounds like a good gig... too bad they require talent and stuff liek that...which I''m out of :D
No they don''t. At least judging from their shows... 
I know *exactly* how you feel, 1d. My current job is the result of my last ""career epiphany"" a couple years ago -- ""who cares what my work is, as long as it''s close to home, pays well, and ends at the end of the day."" That''s nice and all, but I find my job to be totally empty. I don''t feel like I accomplish anything or help anyone. It''s almost like I''m angry that I have to come to work every day. This attitude is (obviously) starting to affect the quality of my output, and those in charge of me have taken notice. I told them how I felt, and the answer was basically, ""well, if you can think of any reasonable way to make it better, lemme know."" Of course I can''t, short of finding something else. It might be time to procure some fingerless gloves and a stovepipe hat (with the top ripped open) and become a hobo. My wife might not be down for the lifestyle change, though.
Make sure you get a kick ass laptop with wireless and sleep under bridges with wireless nodes, Bag. We''ve got games to play!
I know *exactly* how you feel, 1d. My current job is the result of my last ""career epiphany"" a couple years ago -- ""who cares what my work is, as long as it''s close to home, pays well, and ends at the end of the day."" That''s nice and all, but I find my job to be totally empty. I don''t feel like I accomplish anything or help anyone. It''s almost like I''m angry that I have to come to work every day. This attitude is (obviously) starting to affect the quality of my output, and those in charge of me have taken notice. I told them how I felt, and the answer was basically, ""well, if you can think of any reasonable way to make it better, lemme know."" Of course I can''t, short of finding something else. It might be time to procure some fingerless gloves and a stovepipe hat (with the top ripped open) and become a hobo. My wife might not be down for the lifestyle change, though.
Let me ask a general question, however. Do you all really think that anything will be that much better that it offsets more than a tiny difference in salary?
I have questioned for a long time whether there really is anything out there that I would really love and enjoy. Let''s be blunt; I''m not a ""even if I won the lotto, I''d still work"" kind of guy. I don''t enjoy work. I do not enjoy having to do something day in and day out, regardless of what it is. I am fairly comfortable that I would enjoy the trust fund baby lifestyle of just waking up in the morning and deciding what I want to spend money on/do today. Anything that become mandatory or repetitive in itself will not work.
Unfortunately, I am not a trust fund baby. I blame my parents.
Let me ask a general question, however. Do you all really think that anything will be that much better that it offsets more than a tiny difference in salary?
I have questioned for a long time whether there really is anything out there that I would really love and enjoy. Let''s be blunt; I''m not a ""even if I won the lotto, I''d still work"" kind of guy. I don''t enjoy work. I do not enjoy having to do something day in and day out, regardless of what it is. I am fairly comfortable that I would enjoy the trust fund baby lifestyle of just waking up in the morning and deciding what I want to spend money on/do today. Anything that become mandatory or repetitive in itself will not work.
Unfortunately, I am not a trust fund baby. I blame my parents.
I''m right there with you, Sly. I only work because I need money. If I had money I would not work. I really enjoy doing side projects of my own and learning new things; however in this world a ""career"" requires you to do the same thing over and over because it''s a skill you have. I''m not sure there''s much I could do (career-wise) that would make me happy. I get bored so easily. Which is really sad. I am lucky that I even have the opportunity to have a job that pays for my house and all that stuff. Lots of people don''t, yadda yadda. So I find myself in an internal conflict.
I was happy at a job once, but it was at a dot-com in the boom days and was basically a summer camp with computers. Obviously that ended horrifically. Oh and Swampy, as a hobo I''d demand that the trains I hop have at the very least some sweet wifi hotspots. Setting up my bigscreen and xbox could be a challenge, but when I make Boxcar Willie my Female Doggo in Links I think he''d help me out.
I have found that ""working to live"" - being able to tolerate your job, and enjoying friends and family the rest of the time, is an acceptable way to live for me. I''m not happy here, I''ve topped out, but I can take care of my family and get a toy now and again.
My dad used to get laid off a lot and that scared me as a kid, maybe why I got a stable guv''ment job, but I always feel that not liking your job is one hell of a lot better than wanting a job.
At least you guys have careers. I''m 25 and trying to shotgun my way through college. While I was dicking around in the Marine Corps, doing my best not to get shot, most of my friends from high school we in grad school or in successful white collar gigs. Now I go to school full time and work full time. My life feels like it''s been on pause for the last seven years.
I told you I''d send you an application next time we test. I was serious.
Also, you have life experience those guys never will. But you can''t expect to cash in on it immediately Sanj. It''ll take time but in the long run you''ll be better off.
Sheesh! Do you even read the emails I send with my CIV turns?!
I concur with civilian government employee depending on the organization... Once you get tenure - at least here in the States - you can be a complete boob and still retain your job...
I told you I''d send you an application next time we test. I was serious.
Also, you have life experience those guys never will. But you can''t expect to cash in on it immediately Sanj. It''ll take time but in the long run you''ll be better off.
Sheesh! Do you even read the emails I send with my CIV turns?! ;)
Eh? Weren''t you complaining about your job earlier? Don''t trust him, Sanj.
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