New Job What do you guys think

[Jasoncoronet]

Well guys I have been in the document imaging industry for over 18 years. I know you guys are asking what the hell is that. We scan paper to a digital image. I finally am ready to change to a different job or career. I am trying to get a job at a Large company that manufactures exhaust products which is pretty close to my house. My current job obviously has no relevance to the job I am trying to get. I will be welding and prototyping and designing exhaust systems. My passion is cars pretty much like all of you I think but I have to admit I am terrified of the switch. I know I can do the job but for some reason it makes me nervous as hell. You know I guess you get comfortable over the years but I am also tired of spinning my wheels. But as the oppertunity gets closer I find myself looking for reasons not to go. I know it is the right thing to do. Any experiences you guys have I would love to here them maybe I will find some encouragement

Thanks Jason,

 

[ilm65]

No base runner ever stole 2nd base while keeping one foot on 1st.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I always wanted to be a professional circumsizer because I heare that the tips are good and there's a chance to get ahead.

 

[RustyRatRod]

No base runner ever stole 2nd base while keeping one foot on 1st.

No but a lot of um damn sure wanted to real bad. lol

 

[Jasoncoronet]

No base runner ever stole 2nd base while keeping one foot on 1st.

Very true just go for it I guess.

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I always wanted to be a professional circumsizer because I heare that the tips are good and there's a chance to get ahead.

Good joke i did get a good laugh out of that.

 

[Budnicks]

Best of Luck

Jasoncoronet Good luck, sounds like fun, you will be better off for it, especially if it's something you like or love doing, it isn't even like going to work, even if the pay isn't as good.... I've switched occupations/professions a couple of times... I went to school to be an Architect, minored in Agriculture, but became a full time Drag Racer & a Carpenter, I loved it... then became a Range Master after building an indoor pistol range & worked construction at the same time... then became a Plumber/Pipe-fitter, then a Combination Welder for PG&E... then I wanted to be my own boss & became a General Contractor built 1500 kitchens & bathrooms, along with some commercial properties... then Automotive Dealership Facility Management {Contractor related most of my adult life}... then I got a wild hair up my a$$, designed & fabricated, Utility Aerial Equipment cranes diggers/derricks & trucks etc. for a couple years... then became a Professional Golfer, but not the most lucrative idea I ever had {probably the scariest move I ever made, but probably the most fun too} but also that was after kids were all pretty much grown... now just a part time Consultant, part time Golf Pro... Sometimes I didn't even have a choice on changing, some businesses got sold or merged with others, business dried up or dealerships went public & got rid of my dept., lost contracts, or moved to a different area... Hell I moved to Alaska from Concord Ca., for 4 years, when I was young, working in oil drilling industry in Anchorage/Palmer & Prudo Bay seasonally... It's always spooky to change professions, I always went into something, that I felt would be greener pastures, it doesn't always work out like that thou....

 

[2059]

there are always reasons "not to go". However; I have never been in any one place (home) or held the same job for more than 12 years at any point in my life; Most were much shorter. Not nearly as "romantic" as Budnicks life but; Left Indiana at 19 moved to Oregon stayed there for a couple years, moved to California lived there for years in various places, moved back to Cincinnati for several years and now back in Indiana. The interesting thing is that several of those moves had no job waiting. Just hit the papers and the street knocking on doors. I will say the move back to Indiana was a "job" move and it has worked out very well! I firmly believe that the majority of people "suffer" unemployment or underemployment because they are to afraid to relocate or change their field. Good Luck with your choice...

 

[Budnicks]

there are always reasons "not to go". However; I have never been in any one place (home) or held the same job for more than 12 years at any point in my life; Most were much shorter. Not nearly as "romantic" as Budnicks life but; Left Indiana at 19 moved to Oregon stayed there for a couple years, moved to California lived there for years in various places, moved back to Cincinnati for several years and now back in Indiana. The interesting thing is that several of those moves had no job waiting. Just hit the papers and the street knocking on doors. I will say the move back to Indiana was a "job" move and it has worked out very well! I firmly believe that the majority of people "suffer" unemployment or underemployment because they are to afraid to relocate or change their field. Good Luck with your choice...

Too funny...My life romantic...LOL.. that's a hoot, glad someone thinks so, I think it was more like hectic or chaotic, raising 3 girls & a boy mostly all by myself.... yeah you go where the work is & when you have an opportunity, to do something you love, you got to step out on a limb & grab it....

 

[Jasoncoronet]

Wow budnick and 2059 i am pretty sure if i had that many moves or jobs i would for sure have had a heart attack or stroke. You guys have way more guts than i do. Maybe i just have never been in any of those situations before. I am trying to get into my new job i hope i get it. Maybe then then i will be the resident exhaust guy around here. Lol. It just feels weird to take te step. Not to forget my current work will be devisated i think. Not like i am special i just do allot more now than my original responsibilities.

 

[snakeoil24]

Go for it the change with expand your horizon. Saying at one job to long today is not good/ Employers want people with varied backgrounds. I have been in sales 30 years 7 different companies i represented. Some where good some where ok a few where bottom feeders. Life is short. Ypu will amazed what the human kind can do when they push themselves out of the comfort zone.

 

[MarPar]

Go for it J!!

“The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn't take”
-Somebody who took a risk :toothy2:

 

[2059]

I was once told by an old RV veteran; "When you leave a company it's like removing a fist from a bucket of water"

Wow budnick and 2059 i am pretty sure if i had that many moves or jobs i would for sure have had a heart attack or stroke. You guys have way more guts than i do. Maybe i just have never been in any of those situations before. I am trying to get into my new job i hope i get it. Maybe then then i will be the resident exhaust guy around here. Lol. It just feels weird to take te step. Not to forget my current work will be devisated i think. Not like i am special i just do allot more now than my original responsibilities.

 

[CudaChick1968]

When you love what you do, you don't work a single day in your life. Relax, take a few deep breaths, see your happy End Result where it all works out just fine, and start down your new path. It's a 50/50 shot that it will be fantastic and everything you ever dreamed ... quit concentrating on that other 50 percent and go for it.

 

[747mopar]

Been there, for the most part every move I've made has been for the better with one exception (chemical plant). I never knew what I wanted to do because I enjoy to many things so I ended up in Industrial Maintenance where I get a little of everything and it's always something new (machine work, welding, fabricating, designing, rebuilding, etc). I just look at it as a new challenge which is something you should embrace not fear. You know when it's not right and when you do don't waste your life hating your job "move on". Sounds like a fun job, the exhaust is always one of my favorite parts of the build (always build my own custom exhaust). Good Luck

 

[Jasoncoronet]

Thanks for all the posative post everybody and sharing some of your experiences. I guess everything will work its way out some way or another. To be honest when put in perspective this really is no big deal I should make it a good thing and go foward and thats what I am going to do.

Thanks Again,
Jason

 

[coloradodave]

I always wanted to be a professional circumsizer because I heare that the tips are good and there's a chance to get ahead.

I heard of a similar job in the elephant circumcision facility. The pay wasn't much but the tips were big...

 

[HT413]

For what it's worth, I made a similarly huge career leap a few years back. Construction superintendent to high school teacher. Do it. That little tinge of fear you're feeling will be replaced with a feeling of satisfaction. Do it.

 

[tallhair]

Go for it J!!

“The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn't take”
-Somebody who took a risk :toothy2:

Show him your meat sign Mario

 

[Duda]

I always said follow your dream, don't work something you hate to do the rest of your life. I started on the railroad in the 70s and it was very strange, a lot of traveling and it was all Oder guys and we were all young. It was complicated story but I would always return to cable work as I thought it was fun and I would part time after work for 4 or 5 hours and every Saturday. I ended up leaving the RR on a furlough and started my own cable contracting business in the 80. I donot regret it but do miss the pension I would of had and been retired now. I say go for it and best of luck to you.

 

[MarPar]

Show him your meat sign Mario

mmmmm...bone-in ribeye...that's the Meat Man's cut right there.