What careers pay well?
What careers/jobs pay comparable to a mid level programmer/developer? I know I always complain about work, and I try to pin down what it is that I don’t like about it. Some days I think it’s the people, some I think the actual job, some days I think I am lazy, sometimes I think it’s the boss, and sometimes I think the amount of work. Today I’m thinking it’s the type of work. I am just sort of disinterested. With the addition of new people coming on board, who are so geeky they read tech books and study different programming methodologies outside of work, I’m realizing that I have no interest to further my work skills on my own time. When I leave work I don’t like to think about it. But it seems that plenty of others do … by choice. I stay at the job and just continue to complain because for the field I’m in (technology) it’s about as good as it gets. With the exception of pressure to work more, there’s not a whole lot that would be any different anywhere else. And I don’t think I cou