The Bipolar Otaku

I guess I have to really think about my job... I'm very well compensated for doing relatively little, until an emergency pops up, at which point I am expected to find and solve problems as quickly as possible, but no quicker, but the real kicker is that I have to remain flexible. I have to be willing and able (with a few occasions of grace, as permitted either by my boss or by co-workers) to work on off shifts and to travel when requested with reasonable warning.

Sadly, reasonable warning consists of a mere 3-4 days. I guess it would be easier for me to accept being shipped out of town, because that way it feels like I'm away from everything back home. However, working off shifts is more like knowing I'm still just a 20 minute drive from my friends or my church or whatever else, but being 8 hours away from them for any practical purposes. And I only get paid a mere 5% more for doing it.

And I have to consider how well compensated I am. I certainly didn't expect to be making 6 digits by the age of 26. I do know that other young people in my field, many of whom I think are at least as smart as I am (at least for job purposes), they are usually making $15-$20 per hour LESS than what I'm making... Plus they get screwed on overtime and travel time and don't have nearly the job security that I have.

I guess that almost everyone either hates their job completely or at least hates certain aspects of the job. I guess that almost everyone still sticks with their jobs because they don't see any other way to go on without their current job, besides changing their lifestyle (and who in their right mind would want to do THAT).

But I shouldn't be complaining. Well, at least not too loud...