I can definitely relate. I left corporate IT in 2015 and moved into sales, and let’s just say I have a lot of respect for people who love sales, because it was not for me. It only took me five years to figure that out. Different industries do not mean different job, it just means you are trying to sell a different widget.
My wife and I also run an event production business, where I’ve always been the IT/developer/“figure it out” guy behind the scenes. For years it was seasonal, but this year we had eight events, so I’ve basically been working two full-time jobs for the last five months.
I’m now in year three of teaching high school Computer Science, and while it’s not terrible, it has definitely been more draining than year one. So, when you mentioned creativity fading, that hit home. I used to feel full of ideas, and lately it feels more like trying to put a fresh shine on the same old ones.
Thankfully, our last show is next week, so there’s a little light at the end of the tunnel.
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Yeah, and it's kinda crazy when you leave the "corporate life" and discover that you need to have a lot of soft skills to live as a freelancer/consulting person.
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I can definitely relate. I left corporate IT in 2015 and moved into sales, and let’s just say I have a lot of respect for people who love sales, because it was not for me. It only took me five years to figure that out. Different industries do not mean different job, it just means you are trying to sell a different widget.
My wife and I also run an event production business, where I’ve always been the IT/developer/“figure it out” guy behind the scenes. For years it was seasonal, but this year we had eight events, so I’ve basically been working two full-time jobs for the last five months.
I’m now in year three of teaching high school Computer Science, and while it’s not terrible, it has definitely been more draining than year one. So, when you mentioned creativity fading, that hit home. I used to feel full of ideas, and lately it feels more like trying to put a fresh shine on the same old ones.
Thankfully, our last show is next week, so there’s a little light at the end of the tunnel.
Yeah, and it's kinda crazy when you leave the "corporate life" and discover that you need to have a lot of soft skills to live as a freelancer/consulting person.