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[–] flarflar 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I did it was a second job I had full time. I worked 35-45 hours at it while getting my business off the ground and at least running good enough to make money. I did this for a year and half.

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[–] beetkin 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Started my own 1 person company, doing same thing for same company but getting more money out of it, being contractor, fuck yea

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[–] fuck_communism 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, and now I work 60 -70 hours a week for myself.

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[–] zbou 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Beware of honest and terrifying answers in this thread.

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[–] show_guy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Eh, yes and no, I quit and I started looking for a job, so far I work far less than I did and have enjoyed the time I've spent with my family but I am now back looking for a new career and I'm hoping it will be one I don't have to take home with me.

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[–] clockwise 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Worked in corporate IT for a multi national and handed in my notice in 97. I hated losing the six weeks holiday and healthcare but it was a trade for sanity. The first couple of years were spent wishing for the phone to ring but after building up a client base it has been a good life. Went through expanding up to 10 employees and ended up stressed out again. Dropped back down to a single person operation and enjoy working a couple of hours a day with no stress. 10/10 would do it again.

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[–] redditaccountlogin ago 

no idea what your situation is but the first few years were a big struggle when i did the same thing. What I realised is that I was starting again from scratch, the same way you do when you first get out of high school/college/whatever. I didn't get a good job straight away then either, had to be a shitkicker for a few years. Same thing happened again when I threw it all in and started again.

No idea if this applies to you or not. But it might do.

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[–] oedipusaurus_rex 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I've done it a couple of times now. I worked at a call center, collecting on credit cards. I ended up moving to NYC and decided not to transfer within the company. I ended up teaching beginner level robotics to spoiled brats at a glorified toy story. I ended up joining the Navy, which was a pretty sweet gig. I didn't want to spend my life doing it though, so I quit when my contract was up. Now I measure dirt and write technical papers about how the wind interacts with it for a living. It's not much money at all right now, but if I can get certified as a geologist and find work, it will pay off quite a bit.

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[–] DjangoRed [S] ago 

What was your job in the navy?

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[–] oedipusaurus_rex 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

CIWS tech.

For the layman: CIWS is a 6 barrel gatling gun hooked up to a couple of radars that will track and automatically shoot incoming aircraft/missiles/whatever as long as it's going fast enough. I did the repair, maintenance, and operated it.

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