Money or fun?

[Kärnfysikern]

If you had the chooise betwen a extremely high paying job that is EXTREMELY boring or a medium paying job that you would love.

What would you choose?

[NotSmall]

Depends on what your definition of high and medium pay is, just how bad the boring job is and whether you are talking about a job for life.

Having a job you enjoy is the dream though.

[spencer]

fun.

[Kärnfysikern]

Depends on what your definition of high and medium pay is, just how bad the boring job is and whether you are talking about a job for life.

Having a job you enjoy is the dream though.

Assume its a job for life. Or that the offer comes only once and the job you turn down will never be aviable again.

hmm well high could be 30k/month

medium 5k/month

[shortie]

Well, looks like I chose the money-but if I could do it all again.....

[DamnYouMSN]

hMm but having money equals fun......

[DamnYouMSN]

bah i would probably take the medium job just because i know what it feels like to have a well paying boring job.

[NotSmall]

Assume its a job for life. Or that the offer comes only once and the job you turn down will never be aviable again.

hmm well high could be 30k/month

medium 5k/month

With that sort of differential in the money the fun job would have to be porn star fun and the boring job would have to be pretty mind numbingly boring for me to consider getting paid 1/6th of what I could earn if I knuckled down.

Don't think of it as earning 6 times as much, think of it as only working for 7yrs till you retire instead of 42.

Having a job you enjoy is the best thing in the world but wasted potential is the worst.

[G-1000]

medium paying job

[Liftnainez]

prob the mula..

[RuhlFreak55]

i'd prolly have to take the money......afterall you'd be able to retire from the boring job much earlier....and then have fun all the time

[spywizard]

yep, depends on the $$$ and how old the person is that is doing the job..

[diezell]

the money

[NotSmall]

i'd prolly have to take the money......afterall you'd be able to retire from the boring job much earlier....and then have fun all the time

Exactly, I could understand guys taking the fun option if we were talking about 1/2 as much money but we're talking about the difference between 60k a year and 360k a year, work your ass off for 10yrs investing your money wisely then live it up baby!

[Kärnfysikern]

With that sort of differential in the money the fun job would have to be porn star fun and the boring job would have to be pretty mind numbingly boring for me to consider getting paid 1/6th of what I could earn if I knuckled down.

Don't think of it as earning 6 times as much, think of it as only working for 7yrs till you retire instead of 42.

Having a job you enjoy is the best thing in the world but wasted potential is the worst.

I think of it like this. If I had a job I love I would not want to retire early and I would easily live on 5k I could not possibly stand spending 40 hours a week on something I hate. I would go nuts retirering young

[NotSmall]

yep, depends on the $$$ and how old the person is that is doing the job..

Well we're talking about 60k or 360k a year and I took it that we were talking about someone Johan's age - it's a no brainer.

[NotSmall]

I think of it like this. If I had a job I love I would not want to retire early and I would easily live on 5k I could not possibly stand spending 40 hours a week on something I hate. I would go nuts retirering young

Well without the two job descriptions that's the best I can do.

I will say though that what you think is a fun job now may not be fun after you have done it for a few years, then where will you be?

If you had earned 360k a year for say 10 years think of the money you could have invested ready for your retirement, no need to "go nuts" if you're sat on a pile of cash - travel the world, hell start your own business venture if your work ethic is that strong.

[Kärnfysikern]

Well without the two job descriptions that's the best I can do.

I will say though that what you think is a fun job now may not be fun after you have done it for a few years, then where will you be?

If you had earned 360k a year for say 10 years think of the money you could have invested ready for your retirement, no need to "go nuts" if you're sat on a pile of cash - travel the world, hell start your own business venture if your work ethic is that strong.

The description would be different for everyone I guess

For me the medium paying fun job would be as a physicist actively in research in some field I love.
The high paying boring job to me would be some kind of management job.

I would probably never get sic of the fun job since it would never get old to me and I would be doing something I would choose to do even if I didnt get payed.

I guess it all depends on what you think is a fun job though?

[Gra]

Money

[Kärnfysikern]

and with go nuts I mean that if I had a boring job that I was forced to spend 40 hours a week on I would feel like putting a bullet in my head.

The sentance was structured a bit wierd

[NotSmall]

The description would be different for everyone I guess

For me the medium paying fun job would be as a physicist actively in research in some field I love.
The high paying boring job to me would be some kind of management job.

I would probably never get sic of the fun job since it would never get old to me and I would be doing something I would choose to do even if I didnt get payed.

I guess it all depends on what you think is a fun job though?

If the research job is honestly the most fun you can imagine having then I guess that's the way to go for you. As hard to believe as this may be for you you may not always feel the same about it, we all change as we get grow older.

I'd love to have a job I enjoyed but I am a mercenary person and a 6x difference in pay would be too great for me to ignore.

"SHOW ME THE MONEEEEY!"

[NotSmall]

and with go nuts I mean that if I had a boring job that I was forced to spend 40 hours a week on I would feel like putting a bullet in my head.

The sentance was structured a bit wierd

I thought the "go nuts" statement was in reference to boredom from retiring early.

[crash187ct]

hMm but having money equals fun......

exactly

[Kärnfysikern]

If the research job is honestly the most fun you can imagine having then I guess that's the way to go for you. As hard to believe as this may be for you you may not always feel the same about it, we all change as we get grow older.

I'd love to have a job I enjoyed but I am a mercenary person and a 6x difference in pay would be too great for me to ignore.

"SHOW ME THE MONEEEEY!"

yeah. the question was I guess to se if people feel so strongly about some possible job that they would pic it over cash if they had the chooise.

A fun job could be beeing a sponsored bodybuilder for a bodybuilding freak or something like that.

[Kärnfysikern]

I thought the "go nuts" statement was in reference to boredom from retiring early.

now Im confusing myself it was both to retireing young and to have a boring job.

if I retired young I would be so utterly bored that it would be insane

[NotSmall]

A fun job could be beeing a sponsored bodybuilder for a bodybuilding freak or something like that.

That might just float my boat!

If a well equipped home gym, food, anabolics, personal trainer & dietician and £5k a month were all included then I think we've got a deal.

[NotSmall]

now Im confusing myself

... and me too!

[Kärnfysikern]

lol well lets say unlimited supplements and 5k a month

[NotSmall]

lol well lets say unlimited supplements and 5k a month

You have my list of requirements, I will not settle for anything less

[Kärnfysikern]

You have my list of requirements, I will not settle for anything less

greedy bastard

[NotSmall]

You have my list of requirements, I will not settle for anything less

Oh and please not that I said £5k not $5k.

[NotSmall]

greedy bastard

You'd better believe it booboo!

[Kärnfysikern]

Oh and please not that I said £5k not $5k.

I noted $5k was maby a bit cheap for the medium wage job when I think about it.
7k would be more like what I had in mind since I was thinking about 50k swedish kronor.

[NotSmall]

So when can I start?

[Kärnfysikern]

gonna have to make a call to old man weider

[TAlexa]

High paying job bro.

[needmorestrength]

Money is nothing... Having a happy healthy family is everything!! Waking up and looking forward to your day is even better!!!

[elmerhendershot]

I would take 5k a month

[crash187ct]

what!?! are you poor!??! because only a poor person would say that....

[Doc.Sust]

if the job is only boring, and it isnt stress ful, thani would takethe one that paid better, now if i had to work real hard and long hours for it and it was stressful, i wouldnt do it