Are you happy?
I’m looking to get into finance, but haven’t really thought about WHY.
Those who are in good positions, would you change your decision if you had to pick again today?
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I work in finance out of necessity. I studied Political Science and Economics in college, which don't yield you any practical skills. I wanted enough money to afford a certain standard of living, and with my limited skillset, Finance fit the bill.
Given the variables at play, I didn't have any other choice. I am happy enough. My career means almost nothing to me, and I focus all of my attention on enrichment of my personal life.
In retrospect, I probably would have studied something that I cared more about. Maybe Geology or environmental science. I just didn't have the guidance when I was 15.
Would you have done something related to Geology/Env Sci if you had made that decision?
Or still go into finance?
Probably the former. I didn't do all that well in high school and went to a shitty state school. There would be no avenue for getting into Finance if I'd studied one of those majors.
The biggest problem, for me, is once you start making good money, it's hard to go backwards. My family never really had much. If I'd never started making good money, I'd probably be generally happier right now, doing a job I actually care about.
completely agree
I'm happy after I have my morning coffee. Before then, nope.
I think so
Take that how you will given you asked more than one question there.
Yes. But I don’t think your job should be “the thing” that determines your happiness. It can definitely make you unhappy.
Imo this is almost always a function of your superiors, and much less the nature of the job itself. Similarly, if you expect to get all of your fulfillment out of your job, you’re in trouble.
I think you’re doing pretty good if you like a good amount of your job and you actively dislike ~15% or less. You’re adding value to society in some way, by working. And you’re making money which enables you to live and do fun and interesting things. Change how you view your job. It’s something that can be fun, you can continually improve, find things you could do better, make it interesting. But it doesn’t need to be your world.
The trick is to then do fun and interesting things when you’re not working. Maybe make some art. Learn an instrument. Workout. Play a sport with some friends. Meditate.
The point is most people can be equivalently happy in a very wide range of jobs. What matters is less the job itself and more the specific people you work with, how you view the work, and what you do outside of the job
This is WSO. Most people want to be Patrick Bateman, without the serial killing. Of course they define themselves by their job status, that's pretty much a prerequisite to being in finance in general. No one has a passion for mergers and acquisitions, they have a passion for the status and money being on Wall Street brings
Just follow your heart. You will probably never get satisfaction and high performance if don't really like your job. Hence, you will be out of good income.
idk man kind of I guess. I've been grinding on this music project that I have got for like 8 months with the amount of effort I'm putting into it progressively ramping up over time but I feel like I'm slamming my head against a brick wall in terms of trying to grow the project and figure out distribution like it's been extremely challenging I think I will be happier once I get my project from level 0 to level 1
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