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   Bayesian Inference

   

   dorpus, Mar 19th, 2004 @ 10:55am

   
   

   But what if tons of people become florists, because they thought it would make them happy? I bet floristry would quickly become an unhappy profession.
   
   
   

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   Actually

   

   MLO, Mar 19th, 2004 @ 11:20am

   
   

   I switched from administrative assistant to technical work because I was very curious about the computers I was working on and what made them go. Initially I loved what I did and sucked up any and all knowledge that I could
   
   However, as demands have increased at work and I am forced to not only attend to serious network issues as well as lots and lots of user calls, I find it increasingly stressful and less enjoyable.
   
   I'm at the point where, once I get home, I dont want to touch a computer, let alone go online and pick up email. Oddly enough what I initially liked doing turned into something that drains me.
   
   MLO

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   Hate my job, love the work

   

   Charles W., Mar 19th, 2004 @ 3:48pm

   
   

   I love computers, and working on them, but I hate my job. The work can be interesting, but the stress, and BS from management tends to negate the enjoyment I get from the actual work. Also the problems caused by those people you mentioned that got IT jobs because "it pays well". They never learned the job, they just do it for a paycheck. So those of us who love IT, and know it forward and backwards are constantly fixing problems caused by those "amateurs". I don't yet have a degree, so I don't have much oppertunity for a different job(yet). So I would be one of the unhappy people in the servey, but I enjoy the work.
   
   Charles W.
   

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   Dead Techies Rain From the Sky

   

   dorpus, Mar 19th, 2004 @ 5:57pm

   
   

   I have known plenty of engineering or CS majors who refused to go anywhere near programming, who thought their degrees made them "better" IT professionals than anyone else. I've also found that the way to raise the blood pressure of an engineering major, to make veins the size of telephone chords bulge under his skin, is to accuse him of not being able to write English.
   

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   Are self-employed peopel happier

   

   Aonghus, Mar 22nd, 2004 @ 6:12am

   
   

   I can't help but notice that the professions at the top of the list are probably more likely to be self-employed. Is it the fact that they are more in control of their job what makes them happier?

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   Working in the tech field ...

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 22nd, 2004 @ 7:41am

   
   

   
   
   Lather,
   
   Rinse,
   
   Repeat ...

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