Do you love your job?

[+Warwagon MVC]

The question of the day "Do you love your job". Some have said if you love your job you don't have to work a day in your life. Being self employed and making a living while working from home I have to agree. 99% of the time it doesn't feels like work. I love my job.

 

Show how about everyone else, do you love your job?

[Max Norris]

Been working for myself for almost 20 years now, yea I'm enjoying it.  Although starting to be a slacker in my old age, may have to fire myself if my attitude doesn't improve.

[pqt]

I'm 20 years old and slowly paving the path to making a large branding company. I've got the website started and already made $5000 in sales, it's been pretty cool watching it grow and the response I've had is already insane. unfortunately it doesn't cover all living expenses so I'm still working for some non-tech guy who want's an amazing website made in about 30 minutes work.

 

I'm on the fence, I love working on my company and it's almost there, but it's technically no because I don't like the web-development work I'm forced to do just to ensure ends meet :/

[WAQT]

Work as a freelancer, so its "for myself / someon else". I love what I do :)

 

To add, the work is mostly support related, but having a background, I also do software QA, software documentation, small webs, macros, and a host of other fun things that I like doing.

[Arpit]

Wish I could chime in with the guys above.  I do a typical corporate 9~5 and would *love* to work on my own but I don't really have a passion for anything, just fleeting interests.  I have done fairly well in terms career progression since I began my career but it never gives me the feeling of satisfaction or happiness.  I do it because I can't afford to quit my job to find myself (I don't have expensive hobbies, just started on a lower rung of the financial stability ladder than many out there).

 

Hopefully, in due time.

[Astra.Xtreme]

I work for a company that's the market leader in the product line we sell, with customers like NASA, Boeing, Lockheed, etc.  As an engineer in the product development department, it's fulfilling to see the products/software I design get used in the real world and be able to work directly with the customer to train them and get their feedback.  

 

I just got back from a customer site last night and I helped them install our product, which will in turn improve the productivity and reliability of their facility.  Some of these applications are really amazing and high tech.

 

It was a tough road to get here, but I love what I do and won't have to worry about job security or finances, so I couldn't ask for more. :)

[what]

Love it. Hard work but it's satisfying, interesting, and pays pretty well.

 

Work in the NHS.

[Barney T. Administrators]

I love my job as a Rapid Response Team Registered Nurse at a very large Level One Trauma urban university hospital. People are flown from all over the United States and overseas to our hospital where we perform all sorts of medical and health care procedures and life saving therapies. My role is to monitor over 650+ patients and intervene if their condition deteriorates, preventing code blues or rapid declines. I work by myself, or with a respiratory therapist, if needed. It is exciting, unique, and very stimulating!

[nabz0r Veteran]

I do love my job and I love what I do. I am a network engineer for a gaming company here in Sweden. I love what I do and therefore I am thinking of starting a consulting company for myself and hire myself for starters to others then hopefully it will expand and get bigger so I can hire others as well but not more than 5 people.

[siah1214]

I'm a pilot for a company that works all over the world.  Some days suck but most days I can't believe I actually get paid (well!) for doing what I do.  Love it. 

[T3X4S]

I love my job... I really loved my old job.... the job I hated the most is where I made the most money.

Current = SysAdmin

Old job = Golf Pro

Most Money = family business

[bguy_1986]

I used to love my job... then I got involved more and more and started learning more.  As I learned more I realized how much of a bonehead our CIO is.  We recently switched to IBM Smartcloud because it has an IBM logo...  Did not compare it to another product, price or features.  We didn't have a plan together on how we wanted to use it or anything.  Most people "administrating" it aren't even aware of it's features or how to use it correctly.  It's a total mess right now.  No structure at all.  And I could go on about converting our current domino email environment over to it, or lack of...

[T3X4S]

I used to love my job... then I got involved more and more and started learning more.  As I learned more I realized how much of a bonehead our CIO is.  We recently switched to IBM Smartcloud because it has an IBM logo...  Did not compare it to another product, price or features.  We didn't have a plan together on how we wanted to use it or anything.  Most people "administrating" it aren't even aware of it's features or how to use it correctly.  It's a total mess right now.  No structure at all.  And I could go on about converting our current domino email environment over to it, or lack of...

God - I absolutely hate it when the head decision-maker is a baffling moron.  I feel for ya man

[badb0y]

I love my job. I am self employed and presently earn around $6k a month. And the best part? I work from home :D 

I expect to earn about $7k / month, by 2015...

[Phouchg]

I love and hate it at the same time (no option for that). Officially, I'm an RMA engineer, in a small company. Unofficially, kind of "Ramirez, do everything", from RMA testing and processing to building new computers to installing software to packing stuff to communication both up and down the supply chain to direct sales. Bad business culture of the 3rd world pretty much requires that. While I often feel overloaded and behind every single schedule because of that, it's actually for the better - it is and it isn't quite the same every day. In fact, if it was just warranty complaints all the while, I'd have left a long time ago.

 

I love shiny (and expensive!) PC tech (have lesser feelings for notebooks and tablets, one can reliably tell that I'm PC Master Race and not offend me at all). I get to play with most new stuff as soon as it's released, even if just putting it all together (sometimes apart, too) and if only for a rather short time. Or maybe just holding it. I dislike that our boss routinely puts his own interests above those of his own company and also doesn't really care unless money stream starts drying up. I can fully understand why - the money usually still flows, he's the sort that has learned to cope with chaos and minimum, and if it goes down, he'll himself manage with or without it all - but while I'm down there, it's detestable, often paves way for recurring mistakes, sometimes greatly drops efficiency and interferes with things. I hate defects, testing, cheap crap and most people. Especially people... man, they're all a bunch of cs *cough*.

 

Now, it's really not very far away from beginnings of a career progression, but I've also kind of hit the ceiling, because of already mentioned bad business culture, but also lack of pride, low self-esteem. Also, I'm lazy. I tell myself that my long commute and overload is preventing me from taking up some courses and certs that would then or later help rising up. It does, but I'm also plain lazy, and it sucks.

 

I can afford some lesser things I want, other than that I just make my ends meet. I cannot afford (not that I plan or even want to) a family or even just my own car or my own place.

[perochan]

no. looking for a new job now.

[Jarrichvdv]

As a .NET software consultant, some projects are more fun than the others. So it depends.

[nabz0r Veteran]

As a .NET software consultant, some projects are more fun than the others. So it depends.

That is the job of a consultant. You get good and bad projects where you deal with horrible people.

[T3X4S]

Im surprised how often people in here (not just this thread) are so open with how much/little they make.

I realize it could be BS, but I was always taught that is nobody's business.  When asked I will say some crazy # higher or low just to let the person know they will never get an accurate #.

"Chris, how much you bringing in these days ?"
---    "About 42 cents a month - yeah its tight right now"

"Chris, you probably bank - what do you make ?"
----  "Last I checked it was $43 billion a week"

[Jarrichvdv]

That is the job of a consultant. You get good and bad projects where you deal with horrible people.

I know; but the fact I get to work at a lot of different companies, different enterprise environments... also get to meet a lot of nice people outweights the bad side of it.  I like my job; also the extra advantages like a company car and free fuel are nice additions, Overall I'm pretty happy.

[Hum]

Yup -- I love to work at nothin' all day. :p

[imachip]

I don't either love or hate my job but I do enjoy the people who I work with and they probably make me want to stay more than the job itself.  That said, if I had a good offer, I wouldn't hesitate too much.

 

I work in IT, sort of a semi-tech role between rapid application development, providing some assistance to the more technical teams and supporting apps/products.  It's a nice mix although it's a small department so there isn't room for any real sort of progression and because we're not an IT company, we don't invest in our staff like they do.

 

My only concern is that the lack of focus (I go into different environments/projects so I'm sort of a jack-of-all-trades but master of none) will cause grief if they let me go one day.

[Symal Taneous]

I love my job! I mean, sure, some days it's not the most enjoyable, but overall, I do love my job. It's essentially one of my dream jobs.

[nabz0r Veteran]

I know; but the fact I get to work at a lot of different companies, different enterprise environments... also get to meet a lot of nice people outweights the bad side of it.  I like my job; also the extra advantages like a company car and free fuel are nice additions, Overall I'm pretty happy.

I was actually looking for a consultancy job before I get my current one. As you mentioned you get to meet a lot of people, work in different projects, learn a lot of stuff, meet people that have been in the feilds for ages and you learn from them, etc. I actully love to work as a consultant, I know it will be PAIN in the nect sometimes, but it'll be good.

[astropheed Veteran]

I love my Job most of the time.

 

I'm a Programmer for a Company that's currently leading that field in Australia. If all I had to do was Software Development then it'd be my "Dream Job" but sadly I'm also the Network/Database Admin, I.T. Support, Web/Print/Marketing Designer and "Guy who knows how to use Excel pretty well". I do pretty much all my programming in Python, PHP and jQuery (JS), but lately have been getting to do a fair amount of C# which is great fun.

 

I also have my own little programming hobbies and will be releasing my first Mobile Game soon. I expect it to do fairly well on the Android/iOS markets.

 

 

I make quite a lot of money but I'm not the bread winner... So sometimes it feels like it doesn't even matter. I'll never catch up to her.... :(