So in brief:
I'm a 25 year old who has been out of school for 3 years - I graduated with an abysmal GPA and entered the construction industry where I've rocketed up and am now earning about $160,000 CAD a year, free rental vehicle, and some other perks.
The problem is that I despise my job, I work just about every single day for about 14-15 hours a day on night shift and hate my role. It changes from project to project, but the one I am on currently (18 months now) has absolutely been draining. I've had no life, no time to do anything etc. While I've learned a lot I'm getting extremely burned out and keep having my end date pushed out.
Would I be insane to drop a job that pays so well at this age to do a bullcrap certificate program (in project management) for a year to collect my thoughts & work on some personal projects? If I stick it out 7 more months I am eligible to get my P.Eng (PE equivalent in the US for engineers). I doubt I will ever get this kind of pay in the future even over a couple of decades.
I have saved up about $40,000 in retirement accounts and $140,000 in cash/invested equity so financially I'm sitting in a good spot. I have not dated or lived any semblance of life in the meantime.
This post probably comes across very spoiled compared to the problems many people in the subreddit are facing; but I'm hoping to hear from others who have made the plunge and either come out of it happier or regretted it. Speaking to dozens of others who burned out and left for more regular jobs, paying around the $50,000 mark most say they are a lot happier.
Submitted August 02, 2017 at 05:54AM by LogKit http://ift.tt/2f7FP4D
