A year ago, I would have been convinced that my life was going nowhere. 8 or 9 months ago, I threw out a lifeline and was going to change careers. Well, I did change careers, but not to the one that I had thought I would change to. I am now a fiber optic cable splicer with Midwest Splicing, Inc. Well, let me tell you, I couldnt be happier. It wasnt easy. It took me getting over some fear of heights (simplified to shorten the post) and getting over some other obstacles to get where I am, but honestly, I couldnt be happier. I have no office to deal with. No interoffice politics, no bullshit backstabbing interoffice competition (which really means selling the other guy down the river to make yourself look good.) None of that bullshit. I go out every day, in my truck and I do my work. For me, by me. It has a remarkably American appeal. It holds the reward of so called instant gratification in the sense that, at the end of the day, what I have done, is tangible. Throughout this time, I have had more social fun and general life enjoyment than I have had in the previous 5 or 6 years. I have been on trips. I have been to concerts. I have spent days just cooking on the beach. Not one moment of any of it has been in any way negative. It was about 9 months ago that I saw an interview with Mike Rowe in which he spoke about the job crisis in this country. To shorten the point, he was speaking about the perception of the lack of jobs. In this interview, he spoke on the point that there were plenty of great paying jobs, but they were jobs that due to previous societal teachings, were considered to be jobs for the lesser person. Well, from experience. being a person that has worked with the most talented and educated people in the IT field, (Except for Google), I can say that Mike Rowe was right. There are great paying jobs in this country, maybe not enough yet, but they are there. The only discerning factor is, which type of work do you prefer to deal with? Its either: A) Clerical / Marketing / IT... Etc... (Which comes with all of the interoffice bullshit) (Pays well!) B) Work that can be physical at times? (Dont even pretend.... those that have less than active jobs pay to go to the gym) Work that can cause you to have to deal with the elements? Work that has ZERO interoffice nonsense, and leaves no one but you accountable for that work at the end of the day? (Coincidentally, also pays well... Maybe even better than office work...) I dunno what my point was other than the fact that I am happy and I am trying to share how I got to be happy. so that maybe someone else can also get happy. :) (Time for a dance break.... Appropriate song in the comments)
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:41:00 +0000
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