Did you have a major career change?

#77
#77
SWIL said:
I've found that it doesn't matter how much money you make, you'll always want more. I figured out how much I need for my family and me to be "comfortable" and then focused on doing something I don't hate and not succumbing to the corporate ratrace. For me, work-life balance has become more important than money. I want to enjoy my life along the way, not when I'm old, gray, and retired.

Busted my tail and earned the trust of my employer and now I work 4 days a week remotely.

Every job has something about it that sucks... just find a career and make some goals that are worth suffering for.
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Agree.
 
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Back in 2008 I went to work for a bankers bank headquartered in Atlanta called Silverton Bank. My office was in Tampa. This was the greatest job. 1st day, company car, credit card, etc.

For those that don't know what a bankers bank is, it's a bank that provides loans and services to community banks. If you recall the timeframe (2008) it was in the early/middle stages of the bust...and my bank took a lot of community banks down with them. There's nothing like showing up to work on Monday morning with US Marshals, IRS, & State Troopers waiting on you. The funny part is no one understood what we did. They didn't understand a bankers bank didn't hand out checking accounts, etc.

So the scramble was on to find a job even though I was told my dept. would be safe and acquired very soon. I didn't want to take that chance and accepted a job in Coral Springs to run the acquiring division of the processing software company. It was a job I didn't want, but it was a job. I built my side of the company up over 500% with 0 debt in just over 2 years. I absolutely hated every minute of it.

So in 2012, the owner of my company sold the portfolio I had built, so I left and started my own company. Everything that could go wrong nearly did. I'm now making decent money and found out the main bank that I work with is being sold. I don't know what that means for me at the moment but I, too, am looking into getting into something new.

What I have right now is a steady stream of income and time to learn a new line of business while keeping my current business going. I just don't know what to do. I've been to a couple of franchising meetings but I just don't know which way to go.
 
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Boca, banking must be a tough industry still these days. As I mentioned earlier, I am changing careers mid-life, and there is a bank manager that I'm going to law school who is resigning from the bank, cashing in his 401k, and going to law school. I'm in my early-mid 40' and he's closer to 50. Anyway, good luck on your journey!
 
#83
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KSPVol36 said:
Boca, banking must be a tough industry still these days. As I mentioned earlier, I am changing careers mid-life, and there is a bank manager that I'm going to law school who is resigning from the bank, cashing in his 401k, and going to law school. I'm in my early-mid 40' and he's closer to 50. Anyway, good luck on your journey!
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Same here and good luck as well.

After owning my own business the thought of going to an office/ cubicle is nauseating.

Plus, getting a job after owning your own business isn't the easiest thing in the world.
 
#87
#87
Has anyone ever owned vending machines? Just curious as there are some interesting ones out there.
 
#88
#88
Thinking selling pay phone franchises... just don't see many of those around. Time might be right... could be Yuge! So, many options out there, just need to narrow the field a bit.
 
#89
#89
The real money is in tv preaching. I will be starting a church before the year is out. I'm tired of being poor and definitely don't want to work for a living.
 
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Boca Vol said:
Back in 2008 I went to work for a bankers bank headquartered in Atlanta called Silverton Bank. My office was in Tampa. This was the greatest job. 1st day, company car, credit card, etc.

For those that don't know what a bankers bank is, it's a bank that provides loans and services to community banks. If you recall the timeframe (2008) it was in the early/middle stages of the bust...and my bank took a lot of community banks down with them. There's nothing like showing up to work on Monday morning with US Marshals, IRS, & State Troopers waiting on you. The funny part is no one understood what we did. They didn't understand a bankers bank didn't hand out checking accounts, etc.

So the scramble was on to find a job even though I was told my dept. would be safe and acquired very soon. I didn't want to take that chance and accepted a job in Coral Springs to run the acquiring division of the processing software company. It was a job I didn't want, but it was a job. I built my side of the company up over 500% with 0 debt in just over 2 years. I absolutely hated every minute of it.

So in 2012, the owner of my company sold the portfolio I had built, so I left and started my own company. Everything that could go wrong nearly did. I'm now making decent money and found out the main bank that I work with is being sold. I don't know what that means for me at the moment but I, too, am looking into getting into something new.

What I have right now is a steady stream of income and time to learn a new line of business while keeping my current business going. I just don't know what to do. I've been to a couple of franchising meetings but I just don't know which way to go.
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Hey Boca, I'm a fellow Coral Springs Native. We should catch a game sometime at ale house or Brus room. I'm the only othe guy in Springs with vols gear all over my car lol lol
 
#95
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sofflavol said:
Hey Boca, I'm a fellow Coral Springs Native. We should catch a game sometime at ale house or Brus room. I'm the only othe guy in Springs with vols gear all over my car lol lol
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I'm on the W. Coast of FL now but over there often on business. Used to play poker at Bru's Room.
 
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#96
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TennVOLS93 said:
I'm not sure what has come over me the last couple of months, but I think I may take the plunge into going back to school. I graduated college with a bachelor of science in accounting 2 years ago. Since then, I realize I hate this field. I currently work for a financial institution as an analyst and I get no fulfillment out of it whatsoever. Maybe I'm just in a slump? I make decent money at a young age and it's not a "terrible" company to work for. Although I can't stand the thought of getting up every morning, driving 30 minutes only to set in a cube and play with excel all day. The drama in my department has only escalated me into giving this deeper thought. So I've thought about going back to school to pursue my first passion....physical therapy. Pretty drastic change I know. My biggest hurdle is the debt that I would incur. Estimating around 100k because it would take me 3 years. A DPT program is expensive and I wouldn't be able to work much if any. I'm currently debt free other than my house and taking on that much debt turns my stomach. At the same time, I have 40+ years of work left in my lifetime. I want to enjoy what I do. DPT's rarely make 6 figure salaries. At least in the short term. So it's really hard to justify the financial impact. My question to volnation....do you have a similar experience? Am I just young and in a career rut? Should I just seem a new employer in the same field? A quick note as well; I would need to go back and do a year of pre reqs at a community college. Which I could do while employed and pay as I go. The DPT program I'm looking at is 2 years after that.
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Go for it.

Don't look back, just take the risk, execute the plan and be happy.

The only reason to stay is if you look at up the chain in your field and see jobs that would make you happy and what you are doing now is just earning your stripes. If those upper level jobs don't appeal to you then leave now while you are young.

Don't worry about the debt, that will work out in the end.
 
#97
#97
Most folks spend 40+ hours/week doing the work and another 5-15 hours/week in commute. That's a majority of our waking hours ~5 days/week. We need to get more out of this than a paycheck and access to health care coverage. The actually work we do, the company we keep, and the enterprise of which we're a part should give us some satisfaction.

Yes, there are some who are 'trapped" by circumstance and responsibilities in a job or jobs that yield nothing more than pay. That's not most of us. Most of us like something or someone on the job. There's some satisfaction other than getting paid.

That's the ticket. Are you proud or at least unhesitant to say, I'm a such-in-such for so-and-so. It may not be the vocation of which you always dreamed, but if your meeting your bills, putting some hay in the barn for emergencies, hobbies, vacations, and such, and enjoying the tasks, the company of coworkers, and/or the business of which you're a part, then, you've got gravy.

If you're bored, in a rut, or just don't like the business or the company you're keeping, and you've got funds to cover for a bit, your options aren't just staying put or returning to school for credentials for a vocation you once thought of pursuing. What else are you qualified for right now? Could you make a lateral move from accounting into another area? General business management? Human resources? Training? Etcetera? What if you were to "keep the books" for physical therapy outfits for a bit, learn the biz reqs from the inside, associate with the actual therapists for insight?

It may help you to make an informed assessment of the calling, yourself, and your motivations et al.
 
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#98
About three years ago, at 36 years old and after 14 years as a paramedic, is decided I needed a little bit of change, so I went to nursing school. I worked full time at the same time, putting myself through school. As if things weren't already complicated enough, my (at that time) wife decided that she "wasn't happy", so I got divorced during all that as well. For the past year, I've been working as a nurse in a small town ER, and it's been a great change for me. I could make more and/or not have to work as hard in many other hospitals or areas, but I love the people I work with, and it's home for me. I keep money in the bank, even in savings, and I don't go without anything I need, nor most things I want. If I could just get out of the friendzone with this girl I'm really fond of, my life would be perfect, or at least close enough.
 
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Regulator said:
About three years ago, at 36 years old and after 14 years as a paramedic, is decided I needed a little bit of change, so I went to nursing school. I worked full time at the same time, putting myself through school. As if things weren't already complicated enough, my (at that time) wife decided that she "wasn't happy", so I got divorced during all that as well. For the past year, I've been working as a nurse in a small town ER, and it's been a great change for me. I could make more and/or not have to work as hard in many other hospitals or areas, but I love the people I work with, and it's home for me. I keep money in the bank, even in savings, and I don't go without anything I need, nor most things I want. If I could just get out of the friendzone with this girl I'm really fond of, my life would be perfect, or at least close enough.
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Good luck with the girl
 
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