Hi gents,
Long time no see... In a few days I'm becoming 27, I've done a job for the last 3,5 years which takes me around the globe and puts me in a position above my level (technical superintendent of a big working boat). So far, life has been good, although I've become a massive workaholic, working 14 hours per day. Last year I worked 275 days in total, at that schedule. I've got to the point I wanted to achieve, be responsible for the biggest vessel of this type and now... I'm fed up :crazy: . The job has taught me a lot of things and I’m grateful for the experience I’ve had, but I feel it’s time for something new.
Considering my devotion my boss is of course trying to get the most out of me, pushing me to work even more. Now I'm teaching the new guys how to do the job, but the ridiculous part is, they're earning more than me (25% more), because I have a lower degree. Anyway, that's aside the point, but it has helped me make my decision that I want to quit (and I have given my resignation). I talked to my boss about this wage difference and told him he has to bring me to the same amount or I'm out, he said no, I said bye.
And honestly, I'm tired of working on somebody else his dream and not my own. I would like to start a business on my own, that's my dream, try to help people while doing my own thing. But my problem is I don't know in what. I don't have anything that I specifically like an extreme lot, and my old profession does require boats to which I of course don't have the capital, so that's no option. I do have ideas that I think could work:
- Nondestructive measurements (Can't lose too much money on this one)
- Mechanical designer (I think I need to work in a designer company for a while first though, smarter to learn the techniques from them first)
- Study on my own on the subjects I prefer (C++, tribologics, thermodynamics, regenerator theory, chemistry)
- Study specific topics which interest me at a college (C++, tribologics, thermodynamics, regenerator theory, chemistry)
- Try again for my masters...
- (my last craziest idea: start a brewery in Brazil in the city my gf is from... I know you think it's stupid, but I honestly think it can work)
I've also thought about taking a year off and working on my skills, because due to my job I've not had the time to do so yet. I have raised a good capital now, so I can do what I want now, enough to pay my next education. In the past I've made the decision to learn technical things such as mechanical design, yet I was always better at programming. I did this because I thought I could learn programming on my own and in the short time I've had, I have learned C++. Of course I still have to work more on it but I have a good basis which I would really like to work more on. My family is not supporting me much and is pushing me to get a job AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, but then again, it's my life.
So what do I do? Any advice please?
On top of these decisions I have to make, my gf is Brazilian who now lives in Portugal. With my job it's been 'ok' because every 3 months she sees me 1 month, but in this summer she's going back to Brazil. I actually don't really have a home anymore so I wouldn't mind following her, but it is really a life decision there and I feel that we need to get to know each other a lot more before I can make that one. (She's here until August so I'm better of waiting until then to see if I'm still willing to follow her) Is it crazy to follow your girlfriend to another country? ...
Long time no see... In a few days I'm becoming 27, I've done a job for the last 3,5 years which takes me around the globe and puts me in a position above my level (technical superintendent of a big working boat). So far, life has been good, although I've become a massive workaholic, working 14 hours per day. Last year I worked 275 days in total, at that schedule. I've got to the point I wanted to achieve, be responsible for the biggest vessel of this type and now... I'm fed up :crazy: . The job has taught me a lot of things and I’m grateful for the experience I’ve had, but I feel it’s time for something new.
Considering my devotion my boss is of course trying to get the most out of me, pushing me to work even more. Now I'm teaching the new guys how to do the job, but the ridiculous part is, they're earning more than me (25% more), because I have a lower degree. Anyway, that's aside the point, but it has helped me make my decision that I want to quit (and I have given my resignation). I talked to my boss about this wage difference and told him he has to bring me to the same amount or I'm out, he said no, I said bye.
And honestly, I'm tired of working on somebody else his dream and not my own. I would like to start a business on my own, that's my dream, try to help people while doing my own thing. But my problem is I don't know in what. I don't have anything that I specifically like an extreme lot, and my old profession does require boats to which I of course don't have the capital, so that's no option. I do have ideas that I think could work:
- Nondestructive measurements (Can't lose too much money on this one)
- Mechanical designer (I think I need to work in a designer company for a while first though, smarter to learn the techniques from them first)
- Study on my own on the subjects I prefer (C++, tribologics, thermodynamics, regenerator theory, chemistry)
- Study specific topics which interest me at a college (C++, tribologics, thermodynamics, regenerator theory, chemistry)
- Try again for my masters...
- (my last craziest idea: start a brewery in Brazil in the city my gf is from... I know you think it's stupid, but I honestly think it can work)
I've also thought about taking a year off and working on my skills, because due to my job I've not had the time to do so yet. I have raised a good capital now, so I can do what I want now, enough to pay my next education. In the past I've made the decision to learn technical things such as mechanical design, yet I was always better at programming. I did this because I thought I could learn programming on my own and in the short time I've had, I have learned C++. Of course I still have to work more on it but I have a good basis which I would really like to work more on. My family is not supporting me much and is pushing me to get a job AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, but then again, it's my life.
So what do I do? Any advice please?
On top of these decisions I have to make, my gf is Brazilian who now lives in Portugal. With my job it's been 'ok' because every 3 months she sees me 1 month, but in this summer she's going back to Brazil. I actually don't really have a home anymore so I wouldn't mind following her, but it is really a life decision there and I feel that we need to get to know each other a lot more before I can make that one. (She's here until August so I'm better of waiting until then to see if I'm still willing to follow her) Is it crazy to follow your girlfriend to another country? ...
