Fresh Start

[bigshotprof]

Let's say you were going to quit your job/career whatever in six months and do something else. What would you do?
Limitations:
can't do the same thing somewhere else. NEW work.
can't be a fantasy job--write my novel. Be a bush pilot. has to be something YOU could and would actually do.
go back to school isn't a job. You can go get training for your answer but training can't BE your answer.

Oh and "In this economy? Are you nut?" can't be the answer ignore the present woes.

[ariastar]

In this economy, you aren't nuts. There seems to be more stability in self-employment than working for someone else. I do work for myself. Aria Couture

Are you planning to leave your job? What kind of skills do you have? Or is this just a hypothetical question?

[tokenuser]

If it has to be a completely different field it would be -

Lead light (Stained) glass art.

Not a fantasy. I have the tools. I have the skills. I could do it tomorrow (actually I have a box of came downstairs - so it could be this afternoon).

Lead lighting (and I am including copper foiling here), is a great cross between engineering and art. If I knew I could make a living off it, I would be doing it ... but like all arts, you only make money once you have the reputation.

Hoping our next house is an older place (mission style, 1920-30) where we can build and show off some great art glass projects.

If it can be related, I am writing an app for business iPhone users. I wont be leaving my day job, but it could provide a nice income boost.

[rabidbadger]

Token, check out my old friends (http://w3.gorge.net/mcgrain/html/gallery.html) stained glass, it's awesome, you most probably saw his masterwork at the Rochester airport.

http://w3.gorge.net/mcgrain/assets/images/airport_50.jpg


But back on topic, I would, and should go back to my first love, oil painting, art in general. Both making and teaching. Would mean more school for me to be able to teach though.

[bigshotprof]

In this economy, you aren't nuts. There seems to be more stability in self-employment than working for someone else. I do work for myself. Aria Couture

Are you planning to leave your job? What kind of skills do you have? Or is this just a hypothetical question?

Purely hypothetical.

[alaskalonewolf]

Let's say you were going to quit your job/career whatever in six months and do something else. What would you do?

Well, the first thing I'd do is inventory my assets. Start with tangibles.
List items in one of two categories. Need and not need. Then list them
by priority and minimize the list to bare basics, purchasing replacement
items or upgrades to fulfill any individual function or combine two into one.

Define my skills in a brutally honest weighted scale, measured against
others who are similarly situated. Define my weaknesses, not leaving
out any hidden or secretive traits and temptations.

Start a business, with myself as the first employee.


Limitations:
can't do the same thing somewhere else. NEW work.

Picking a new venture is based on three elements, location, location, oh
yeah, and location. Picking the right place to start over is crucial to any
form of true success.


can't be a fantasy job--write my novel. Be a bush pilot. has to be something YOU could and would actually do.

I suggest photographer, hot dog vendor, moonshiner, wall-street day-trader,
spam-server-farm guru, industrial espionage, amateur boxing, pool shark,
poker all-star, IT system network engineering security consultant, and oh,
maybe a pimp...

go back to school isn't a job. You can go get training for your answer but training can't BE your answer.

Oh and "In this economy? Are you nut?" can't be the answer ignore the present woes.

Join the navy. They promote faster.