So I'm Quitting my Job...

[why06]

I have been thinking about it for several weeks, and just lately decided I should do it this week. I was having misgivings about it, but today confirmed what I thought initially. It was the worse day I've had in a long time. Not that I'm quitting because I had a bad day, but I think it's just a little encouragement to go through with what I have been planning for some time.

Why am I quitting?

Quite simply... because this isn't where I want to be "Fast-food" that is. I know what ur thinking "well tough-shit" that's all ur gonna get, but I have decided I don't want to work just for the money, though I would if I had to. I'd much rather take next to no wage and work in a job that I can see myself having a future in. And since I get next to no wage already, this was an easy decision. The fact of the matter is everyday I spend working in an industry I don't want to be in is wasted. I've worked at this restaurant for 6 months, and it is busy "ALWAYS".

I wanted to work initially mainly just for the work experience, and I feel I have that, and have proven I'm willing to work. I could understand if I wanted a career in the retaurant industry, but I don't, so frankly it's time to move on, and start to build my portfolio or what have u in a direction I actly want to be in 10 years down the line. So meh, that's all there is to it. I'm going to write out my 2-week notice, and go through with it. I don't need the money yet, and when I do I'll get another job, but I don't think I want to stay in this city, in this state, and definitely not this industry. So I quit. =/


TL;DR read it again, there's definitely something related to code in it

[whit]

I felt the Same Way awhile Back....
But then i got promoted to projections Manager from being a Door men...

Do what ya gotta do...I got ya Back

[Stephen]

It's time to sit back and roll one up. Good times in the Programming section. :]

[edgareatis]

Good luck bro.

[B1ackAnge1]

Impress with me with that little test I sent you and I'll pay your for another project I dont have time to get to.

On the flip-side- you know my background/story and how long i've been deving and i'm sick & tired of my main dev job too (though it pays the mortgage etc - and yes it's .NET haha).

[SoWhat]

That text is too long ...

[radnomguywfq3]

If you need the money, the first law of employment is:
Don't quit your current job if you've not been accepted by the second job.

['Bruno]

I kinda agree that if you don't really need the money. And you are are not doing what you want for your future, then yea, look for something that you feel comfortable with while you are "young".

[why06]

Impress with me with that little test I sent you and I'll pay your for another project I dont have time to get to.

On the flip-side- you know my background/story and how long i've been deving and i'm sick & tired of my main dev job too (though it pays the mortgage etc - and yes it's .NET haha).

@B1ackAnge1 Will do, to tired to think properly today, though I worked a little on it yesterday, I was just worn out, today. Sometimes it's crazy. They expect us to to deal with such a high volume of customers and yet they cut back everyone's hours to lower costs.

@@$0WhaT ?WhaT ?WhaT ? ikr

@Jetamay meh First rule about taking advice, don't. Figured that out myself... o_O

@Brinuz Remove that from ur sig. :L

[radnomguywfq3]

@B1ackAnge1 Will do, to tired to think properly today, though I worked a little on it yesterday, I was just worn out, today. Sometimes it's crazy. They expect us to to deal with such a high volume of customers and yet they cut back everyone's hours to lower costs.

@@@$0WhaT ?WhaT ?WhaT ?WhaT ? ikr

@Jetamay meh First rule about taking advice, don't. Figured that out myself... o_O

@Brinuz Remove that from ur sig. :L

Fasdf, my step sister did the same thing and now she's been looking for a job for a couple weeks.

[why06]

Fasdf, my step sister did the same thing and now she's been looking for a job for a couple weeks.

Sorry for ur sister, but I'm not just up and quitting. I'm doing this the right way. 2-week notice, then quitting, and I still get 2 weeks of checks after my last week because it's offset like that. And I don't need the money.

@Brinuz: Damn it's hard to kid around with u. You take me too seriously. Gawd just put it back. Just stripped all the humor out of it, and made me seem like a jerk. Like I would have ever posted that if I didn't want to. ,

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[radnomguywfq3]

Sorry for ur sister,

Don't be, I fkn hate that bitch : @

[Jason]

Wait wait, hold up a sec. I thought you were just in your fast-food job 'cos you were still at school. That's what most kids back in highschool did for money; worked in the nearest mickey d's. Just hit the freelance sites hard til you start getting good at more 'real world' coding projects (sounds like BA has got you set on the right path for that), build up a contact list and you'll be set in no time. I only have about 2-3 direct contacts (one of which is my aunty...lol) but you can get a lot of work via them if not directly from them. For instance my Aunty does graphic design for a crust and repeatedly gets requests to do site designs and graphics, though she has never actually learned HTML or anything. She used to turn them down, now she just send all of those jobs to me .

With your coding skillz you should have no trouble getting some coding shit together (well, I assume you were looking at heading in the coding direction...as that was the only reason I could think of why you would post this in the CL )

YAY, another TL;DR novel courtesy of Jason