{"id":343,"date":"2013-01-13T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/smilodonsretreat\/?p=343"},"modified":"2013-01-13T11:49:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T17:49:37","slug":"2013-is-not-the-year-to-quit-for-most-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/smilodonsretreat\/2013\/01\/13\/2013-is-not-the-year-to-quit-for-most-people\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 is NOT the year to quit… for most people"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that’s a constant on the internet it’s people telling other people what to do.\u00a0 This article is a case in point<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ten reasons to quit your job in 2013.\u00a0 Let me say that I love my job.\u00a0 It’s interesting.\u00a0 I’m good at it.\u00a0 I’m pretty well respected in the organization.\u00a0 I could use a bit more money, but as corporate jobs go, it’s fantastic.<\/p>\n

Most people are not this lucky and I get that.\u00a0 I’ve been in some truly shitty jobs.\u00a0 At one point, I was sitting on the side of my bed with a gun in my hand wondering if it would be easier to never go to work again.\u00a0 I quit that day and things were rough, but I survived.<\/p>\n

The economy is not so good now.\u00a0 I know lots of people with multiple degrees and loads of experience who can’t get jobs (or even interviews).\u00a0 Several people in my office have recently quit to pursue their dreams.\u00a0 One of my friends quit to become a real estate agent… three months later, he had his real estate license and was teaching 7th grade to pay off the debt from getting his certification.\u00a0 Another friend is pursuing her dream of being a full time artist and she continues to do OK.\u00a0 I think most of her work is now is as a writer for the company she just left though.\u00a0 She’s got the same work and pay, just without the surety of more work after the assignment is finished.<\/p>\n

I guess it’s OK for the writer of that article to promote being your own boss.\u00a0 After all, he’s been an investor and made his millions.\u00a0 He can do whatever he wants now.\u00a0 Including promote dumb ideas.<\/p>\n

So, if everything in that article is true (and I don’t think that it actually is), then what?\u00a0 Well, let’s say that everyone in corporate America does decide to quit this year.\u00a0 By 2014, there will be no employees in major companies.\u00a0 What does that mean?<\/p>\n

Well, we still have to have telecommunications service (especially for the work from home types) and food and electricity and medicine and hospitals etc. etc. etc.\u00a0 So, either all those employees will be hired back as consultants to do the same work for more money (Ha!) or a lot of these services and products will go away.\u00a0 We would have a nation of people selling cookies to each other (until the wheat and sugar ran out).<\/p>\n

I totally understand that corporate America is out of control.\u00a0 The CEOs are raking in billions while salaries have stagnated and employment levels have dropped.\u00a0 This results in more work for fewer people who get the same pay.\u00a0 It sucks.<\/p>\n

Everyone quitting is not the answer.\u00a0 The answer is corporate law reform.\u00a0 The days of people doing amazing research in their garages are over.\u00a0 I’m willing to bet that the world will never see another Steve Jobs garage –> Apple success story again.<\/p>\n

I really don’t think that most people in the US (or most people at all) have the skills or drive to succeed as entrepreneurs.\u00a0 I don’t.\u00a0 I wouldn’t mind doing some consulting or some speaking events, but I couldn’t ever make a living off of it.\u00a0 Am I scared?\u00a0 Yeah, I’m the only person in my entire family that has a full time job.\u00a0 That’s a heavy burden and I salute the courage (but question the intelligence) of people who, under similar conditions, quit their job and decide to do their own thing.<\/p>\n

My artist friend, she has been selling her work for years before she quit.\u00a0 That’s a good start.\u00a0 She also lined up some work for immediately after she quit, that was smart too.\u00a0\u00a0 My other friend just quit.\u00a0 I think I would have tried to work on a certification or license while still working, then quit.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I tend to be skeptical of people promoting certain strategies as if they would work for everybody and everything.\u00a0 This writer is obviously skilled at something, but I don’t think he gets it.\u00a0 I think he’s missing something.\u00a0 He’s missing that not everyone is like him.\u00a0 In my experience, the Type-A people (for lack of a better term) often don’t understand that not everyone is as driven as they are.\u00a0 They truly don’t understand why not everyone works (or wants to work) 80 hours a week.<\/p>\n

Anyway, are you planning on quitting your job this year?\u00a0 I’m not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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