Have you ever made a big change in career? Taken a giant leap into the unknown? Did it work? Would you do it again?
Biggest Career Chance You Ever Took?
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I once was a driver for a wealthy aristocrat with a database.
He fired me because I would not play his games.
He fired me because I would not play his games.
Was he a reindeer?Gerald Ford said:
On a more serious note, I'm trying to move into freelance article writing. Competitive; hard to get paid; but something that I know I can do, and that I love.
I went from having a successful business working as an IT Consultant and selling off my clients and going out to work for the most innovative computer companies on the planet out West.
Not sure since i just started working for them in December, but it seems like a good move as i am getting the same pay regardless.
Not sure since i just started working for them in December, but it seems like a good move as i am getting the same pay regardless.
Go for itVancouver Femme Fatale said:
FREELANCE means you are able to sell to anyone who will buy. Might be a slow start but if you have a product people want to read you will do well.
Thanks guys! Always good to know other folks have taken the plunge and are alive to tell the tale...I'm also making sure that I can do my new work from anywhere on the internet-enabled planet. While I adore Vancouver, I am getting the travel bug again and want to be able to support my dreamed-of travels to the Near and Far East. UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, etc. Plus the city of Shanghai. Like to start off doing sex-related non-fiction articles, a little custom erotica, and eventually move into travel writing.
I've been published in well-known lit mags in an earlier incarnation; now have to dust off old connections and start networking again...thankfully creative types love unorthodox lifestyles, so my days as a 'bad' girl will help rather than hinder me...also kinda nice to use the education I've been using escorting to pay off!
Working on a proposal for a literary agent at the moment
I've been published in well-known lit mags in an earlier incarnation; now have to dust off old connections and start networking again...thankfully creative types love unorthodox lifestyles, so my days as a 'bad' girl will help rather than hinder me...also kinda nice to use the education I've been using escorting to pay off!
Working on a proposal for a literary agent at the moment
Thats awesome! It can be very scary to steer life in a new direction. Im in the same process and cant wait to see how my life will play out and what challenges i will face.
You dont know untill you try. Good luck!
You dont know untill you try. Good luck!
I hear you make a killer lasagna.Gerald Ford said:
I quit the safety of corporate life to own and operate my own businesses. Its both rewarding and stressful, work becomes your life, and you give up the opportunity for balance... there's no longer any difference between work and personal time. I dont know that I would do it again, but I'm glad I took the chance to do it once.
The payoff is when someone wants to purchase your sweat equity. I cant afford my own full-time driver, but then again I dont need one.
Most of China but particularly Shanghai is booming and a fascinating place to travel. However, several of the countries you mention are closely monitor e-mails and would take great pleasure in prosecuting you for salacious traffic - certainly true of the PRC and Saudi Arabia. Further as you no doubt know the later isn't one of the best places for an unaccompanied western woman to travel. Those cautionary notes aside I hope all goes well. It is difficult starting in on a new career, but it certainly is possible, particularly if is something your heart is in, I know I’ve done it myself.Vancouver Femme Fatale said:
I've been seriously considering quitting my job and starting my own company in my line of work.
I had tried to convince 3 other guys I work with to do the same and form a partnership, but they all lack the balls.
Right now, I am on the fence. I have my security with the company I work for, however, I feel I am capable of much more. The only problem is that in my business, clients look for big for the most part, even though the jobs are typically done by 2 or 3 people. Opening my own company, I'd be a very small outfit and even though I am known and I think that they respect me, it would be hard to convince them to give me work.
I had tried to convince 3 other guys I work with to do the same and form a partnership, but they all lack the balls.
Right now, I am on the fence. I have my security with the company I work for, however, I feel I am capable of much more. The only problem is that in my business, clients look for big for the most part, even though the jobs are typically done by 2 or 3 people. Opening my own company, I'd be a very small outfit and even though I am known and I think that they respect me, it would be hard to convince them to give me work.
JTK not knowing specifically the line you are in, I would say just one thingjames t kirk said:
"NICHE MARKETING"
Find the niche you wish to exploit then target that area and grow after the fact to the bigger targets
Kudos!Vancouver Femme Fatale said:
Keep us inform of your work.
Lonely Planet, Frommers & Conde Nast seem to be dipping into the colourful aspect of travelling. Perhaps VFF be our Lisa Lang of National Geographic.
GT is a travel addict. Jump at moments notice to experience life. Perhaps we'll cross path in foreign land.
Good Luck. Get out there!
"The greatest journey begins with the 1st step."
Changed Jobs 4 times in 40 years... Military, Union worker, Computer Director, Entrepreneur... I have found that you have to step back a bit to go forward... Each change has cost me about 40k per position.... The on I'm doing now has net me the most, and is still growing ...
Never be afraid of change... It will always make you better, even if you think it's a mistake...
Some of the places you mention, I've had the fortune of visiting, others are still on my list, but it's like Forest says "life is a box of chocolates... you never know what you got..." Keep smiling
Never be afraid of change... It will always make you better, even if you think it's a mistake...
Some of the places you mention, I've had the fortune of visiting, others are still on my list, but it's like Forest says "life is a box of chocolates... you never know what you got..." Keep smiling
