It's Sounds Like You Don't Want to Work!

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[anthonypezzino]

"can you hear me okay?"

"Better than I deserve"

[ruthzeller]

My freshman year engineering class I realized, if I continue on this path I will be inside the rest of my life. So I changed paths. Agriculture brought me satisfaction and money.

[FreeAgent]

At 24 years old I was making $11/hr and lost. This guy is pretty fortunate to be in the position that he is in. Sounds like he's bored with his life if you ask me.

[dyrandoms]

We don’t want to retire at 60 like most folks do. We want to retire at 40-45 and be able to enjoy life. There, I said it for him.

[GrumpyCat-mwxl]

I’m a doctor. I don’t like everything about the job but I like it enough to keep doing it. It pays well enough to save money and have some hobbies. For me it was music. His best bet is to have a well paying job and use his spare time to do what he feels like doing.

[Omonike]

Sounds like he needs a hobby.
He has a good paying job, but needs an outlet.

[janicefinch]

He should look into the FIRE movement. A lot of software engineers maximize their incomes and savings and retire early. Then he can spend all day outside. Making 90k at 24 he can probably do it if he tries

[ronijr]

I'm 21 and making $18.75 and pretty happy to go make money, but I'd be happier to go to work for $90k a year.

[intuitive_duck]

He could just go outside more often in his off time, utilize vacation time, get an outdoor hobby. Maybe he just needs balance & needed someone to spell it out for him.

[rons.]

A perfect candidate to go backpacking in Europe.

[wolfgangtritone]

Working for someone sucks. It sucks your soul away. This guy is a prime example.

[jenna___]

I don't want to work because working 9to5 is a pain - PERIOD

[tranggoebel]

Sounds like he’s been told what career he should pursue, but he really wants to be a park ranger

[Fedgery]

I like this kid. He’s on the verge of reprogramming his brain so that he’s not still brainwashed by society and the school system that you DO have to sit at a desk in a cubicle and work for the rest of your life. And if you’re a computer engineer working for a large company that’s what you’re gonna do. You’re a cog in the wheel.

I say keep pushing. Read books. Open your mind. Don’t do what everyone else is doing.

[pmbarro]

People are tired of running the hampster wheel.

[krewpunk]

You mean no one at the university told you when you get out of school it will still be boring long hours at your job? Regardless of pay

[michaelwoods]

I sympathize with the aversion to typical jobs. I was a CPA but became a Marine and went to Naval Flight School. It was fulfilling and had variety. Later, when the Marines retired me, I had lived the life I wanted and desk work was OK because it was just a way to keep busy and get a few bucks. My life and space on the planet had been validated in Naval Aviation. The difficulty with that course of life is that ten or twelve of the guys I flew with didn't survive to retirement. The other satisfier in my life has been raising successful children and loving my grandchildren.

[roman]

“Sounds like you don’t want to work” yeah, most people don’t WANT to. They HAVE to.

[donyee]

To put myself through college, I worked manual labor jobs in retail and in restaurants for little pay. My job is partially a desk job and part away from my desk doing tech support for decent pay and benefits. I'm glad not to clear tables and mop floors anymore. I feel lucky to have this type of work.

[AaronandAsh]

As a *new Software engineer* that *graduated recently* i understand where ur coming from. So you worked really hard to go to college. Worked hard to graduate. Then when u reach your goal of actually getting a good job. Then u realize that It feels like u worked so hard for more

Don't forget that ur alive and live. Don't live the next decade to "pay your dues". Instead live to enjoy the options that u earned. A good salary. Great job. Amazing ppl around you. Heck you have alot of resources and oppurtunities accessible to you to make an amazing life out of