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[quote=Anonymous]Like many people here, I suspect, I have always done the “right” things career and education wise.  I went to the hardest schools I could get into, tried to stay as close to the top of the class as I could, accepted the job after graduation that would look best resume wise and give me the most options later, killed myself at said job etc.  Having done that for 7-8 years, I find myself living in a city I don’t really like (NYC) for a job that has become mediocre, where I just learned that I won’t make a certain promotion and need to be out the door before they kick me out (it’s an up or out environment).  Like millions of other Americans, I am now job searching in this economy and finding that it’s next to impossible to get noticed, even when your network is pushing your resume along.  So much for all that sacrifice . . . .

I could go to another similar place and kill myself to see if I can make the same promotion but part of me just wants to say screw it all -- keep collecting the paycheck here for however long it lasts and then just move on.  I can afford to bum around for a while though it will totally screw up my resume.  I would like to end up in DC -- not sure what I’d do for workbut I am looking.  And part of me thinks that if all else fails, I open a modest small business and live on whatever that brings in (I realize it’s not easy as it sounds and the ice cream shops, convenient stores etc have their own struggles.)

I’m just so tired of working so hard and then getting screwed because the politics doesn’t go my way or the firm decides that its 5 year plan is to shrink my department so they aren’t going to promote any others or essentially because I'm not the drinking buddy of any of the top decision makers. (I'm not saying I bear no fault in getting passed over but the feedback I'm getting is that it is more about the business model than about me and no one is likely getting the promotion.)

Is there a time in life when you said “I’ll do something else just for the paycheck” or “my life/health matters more.” Thoughts?[/quote]

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