Mr._johngalt
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I've posted before about DW's opinion on this, as well
as my indifference to the problem (I was gone by then
and wouldn't have worked for anyone else anyway).
Most of my close friends who are still working are self-
employed or own their own companies (like I would
if I was still working). My brother is an exception.
He is 58 and not entreprenuerial at all. For the past
25+ years he has worked in sales management and
has
changed jobs about 8-10 times, including earlier this year. Two (2) things were interesting to me. First,
over those 25 years he seems to be moving sideways,
never up. He may be making more money, but I'm not even sure of that recently. Secondly, when I was
conducting a job search I thought I went at it about as
hard as I could. One time in my life when I was very
organized and did some heavyweight planning. In talking
to my brother, I can see I didn't come close to his level of effort.
He is aware of the "age thing" and puts on a
tremendous effort, leaving absolutely no stone
unturned. As a result, he has never had a long period of
unemployment in his life. In contrast, I sometimes
held out for the biggest (and riskiest) job, enduring long
periods out of the workplace. Another reason for this difference in our approaches could be that I never minded being unemployed. I worked so hard when I did
work that sitting on the sidelines was a welcome relief.
JG
as my indifference to the problem (I was gone by then
and wouldn't have worked for anyone else anyway).
Most of my close friends who are still working are self-
employed or own their own companies (like I would
if I was still working). My brother is an exception.
He is 58 and not entreprenuerial at all. For the past
25+ years he has worked in sales management and
has
changed jobs about 8-10 times, including earlier this year. Two (2) things were interesting to me. First,
over those 25 years he seems to be moving sideways,
never up. He may be making more money, but I'm not even sure of that recently. Secondly, when I was
conducting a job search I thought I went at it about as
hard as I could. One time in my life when I was very
organized and did some heavyweight planning. In talking
to my brother, I can see I didn't come close to his level of effort.
He is aware of the "age thing" and puts on a
tremendous effort, leaving absolutely no stone
unturned. As a result, he has never had a long period of
unemployment in his life. In contrast, I sometimes
held out for the biggest (and riskiest) job, enduring long
periods out of the workplace. Another reason for this difference in our approaches could be that I never minded being unemployed. I worked so hard when I did
work that sitting on the sidelines was a welcome relief.
JG
