Concurr.
I was in IT and hated it - paid well - but hated it..
so I chased my dream - went back to Uni - got a degree in WineMaking... now I am a qualified winemaker.. yay for me.. achieved my goal
Only thing was the bills came along... added a wife1.0... kids came along.. and the house repayme..... etc.
Winemakers don't make as much as experianced IT people
Now I am back in IT...
I think everyone has forgotten that "work" should actually mean "work for someone else" - you are simply getting paid to make someone else life easier.
eg. I pay my neighbours kid to cut my lawn because it free's me to do things I want to do rather than cut my lawn!
You boss pays you so they don't have to work out how to do it themselves - to make their life easier.
Your boss runs a company that produces something for someone else... and makes some money on the way to gain what they want...
etc.etc.etc.
I go to work to make money to allow me to do the things I want... not to be what I want to be...
I tried that - it didn't pay very well... so now I am doing what I am better at (yes, I was good winemaker) earning the money I need to do what I want to do!
Reality check people... plenty of has-beens out there that regret life after their glory days - live it the want you want it to be...
but be mindful of your place in life.. (and go an procreate!)
I like it!
Google "Hugh Piggot" for more on the big units and how whole islands are doing it.
and have a look at www.fieldlines.com for plenty of other projects..
good luck - wish I had it when I was a kid!
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Concurr. I was in IT and hated it - paid well - but hated it.. so I chased my dream - went back to Uni - got a degree in WineMaking... now I am a qualified winemaker.. yay for me.. achieved my goal Only thing was the bills came along... added a wife1.0... kids came along.. and the house repayme..... etc. Winemakers don't make as much as experianced IT people Now I am back in IT... I think everyone has forgotten that "work" should actually mean "work for someone else" - you are simply getting paid to make someone else life easier. eg. I pay my neighbours kid to cut my lawn because it free's me to do things I want to do rather than cut my lawn! You boss pays you so they don't have to work out how to do it themselves - to make their life easier. Your boss runs a company that produces something for someone else... and makes some money on the way to gain what they want... etc.etc.etc. I go to work to make money to allow me to do the things I want... not to be what I want to be... I tried that - it didn't pay very well... so now I am doing what I am better at (yes, I was good winemaker) earning the money I need to do what I want to do! Reality check people... plenty of has-beens out there that regret life after their glory days - live it the want you want it to be... but be mindful of your place in life.. (and go an procreate!)
I like it! Google "Hugh Piggot" for more on the big units and how whole islands are doing it. and have a look at www.fieldlines.com for plenty of other projects.. good luck - wish I had it when I was a kid!