Quit My Day Job
I want to quit my
day job, plain and simple.
My day job is a
quite good job, high pay (close to 6 figures), relaxing (I never had to work
overtime), flexible (very flexible hour and vacation time), long vacation time
(1 month), and of course a very good boss that is understanding and easy going.
Still I want to quit my job, because I am not enjoying the work I do. First I
felt my work is not value-add to the bank. Secondly I am not learning. I have
worked at this job just little under 2 years after I graduated from my
undergrad. This job has taught me a lot, but the learning experience
is now fading. I am simply not motivated to do my job. Everyday I tried to kill
as much time as possible by reading news and etc. Each day felt longer and
longer.
I think this
experience warrant a strong motivation to quit the job. Several things
have constrained me from doing so far. I am an fresh undergrad with work
exp of just 2 years, and currently attending an evening/weekend program for
my graduate degree. Financially I am broke with all those tuitions I
paid with loans over the years. (My graduate program alone cost 70K.)
So if I was to quit this job, I probably need to start at
another job immediately. Hopefully that job's pay is as much as this
one. Given the state of market and financial industry, the likelihood of
finding such job is low, especially that my primary interest
is on market side of this industry. On top of
it, I am unable to relocate to hot market in Asia given my commitment to
the graduate program.
The prospect of
quitting my job looks depressing. On the bright side, I got several things
I started on the side (entrepreneurship stuff) I could occupy myself with. I
call myself entrepreneur, because I believe I have a strong entrepreneur spirit.
Always finding things to do, starting and building things from scratch. Beside
the day job, I have started couple things with a couple friends. I haven't
committed fully to them I felt, although I was about to get by. But
entrepreneurship is also about taking risk. I haven't display that at all
recently. Sadly I have been displaying the opposite trait by staying on this
job. I think it is time to stay true to entrepreneurship, quit my day job, and
get going on an start-up or two.
