There are a couple of threads regarding jobs here on HBT, but I don't know if anyone has ever started a thread on job satisfaction. As much as we all groan about work, I'd bet that some of you actually enjoy your job. I'm curious to hear likes and dislikes, as well as why you feel the way you do.
To explain what I do, I am in the US Navy and my job is Submarine Sonar Techician (might sound cool to some). What I do underway on a submarine most of the time is stare at computer screens making sure we don't run into anything or vice versa. When the submarine is in port, I'm on a computer taking care of admin.
I'm currently on shore duty, training submarine crews to stare at computer screens to do the above job. So now I watch people staring at computer screens, or spend time in front of one myself entering data on performance or taking care of routine admin.
Honestly, I really don't like my job at all. I'm here only because I didn't prepare myself to get out earlier in my career, now I'm close to drawing a retirement check, and the pay is pretty decent. Regardless of how I feel about my job, I still try to do it well. Other than the separation from home and the routine BS of everyone at a higher paygrade having the ability to tell you what to do, my job isn't really difficult, just not rewarding in the least bit.
My dad always told me growing up to "make my living with my mind, and not my hands," and since I grew up during a major technology boom that probably seemed like sound advice to him. But I actually enjoy a job where I can see the end result. I would enjoy being a mechanic, farmer, or construction worker so hopefully I'll be headed to a more labor intensive job in the next few years.
To explain what I do, I am in the US Navy and my job is Submarine Sonar Techician (might sound cool to some). What I do underway on a submarine most of the time is stare at computer screens making sure we don't run into anything or vice versa. When the submarine is in port, I'm on a computer taking care of admin.
I'm currently on shore duty, training submarine crews to stare at computer screens to do the above job. So now I watch people staring at computer screens, or spend time in front of one myself entering data on performance or taking care of routine admin.
Honestly, I really don't like my job at all. I'm here only because I didn't prepare myself to get out earlier in my career, now I'm close to drawing a retirement check, and the pay is pretty decent. Regardless of how I feel about my job, I still try to do it well. Other than the separation from home and the routine BS of everyone at a higher paygrade having the ability to tell you what to do, my job isn't really difficult, just not rewarding in the least bit.
My dad always told me growing up to "make my living with my mind, and not my hands," and since I grew up during a major technology boom that probably seemed like sound advice to him. But I actually enjoy a job where I can see the end result. I would enjoy being a mechanic, farmer, or construction worker so hopefully I'll be headed to a more labor intensive job in the next few years.