Hard Work Does Pay Off

[hornadylnl]

After 15 years of working my way up in my current job, watching the good ones quit, watching the bad ones regress, and the incompetents they've hired and wondering why I do it all, it finally paid off. I may be starting my new job as early as the 17th of this month. With about a 50% pay raise.

At 38, I'm nervous as hell about starting over and giving up seniority. Even if this job doesn't work out, it will open the door for better opportunities in the future. But I hope to retire at this one.

Now to spend every waking minute studying for the upcoming whizz quiz.

 

[Booya]

Congrats on the new gig!

 

[mbills2223]

Congratulations!

 

[hoosierdoc]

Congrats! Just use your wife's pee, unless she's pregnant...

http://www.medicaldaily.com/mans-dr...y-due-stolen-urine-egypt-mandate-blood-309512

 

[MCgrease08]

Nice work Horn. I'm sure it feels great to be recognized for your work.

 

[mrjarrell]

Way to go, horn! Glad to see all your heard work is paying off.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Awesome news. Happy to hear it bud. Wish you all the best

 

[chezuki]

Congrats on the new gig!

I'd have assumed you were much older.

 

[findingZzero]

To quote Booya, BOOYA!

 

[1911ly]

Every job change for me was a plus! It's a tough thing to walk away from a known in to a unknown! I procrastinated something terrible. I wish I hadn't. Best of luck!

 

[Indyhd]

Hope all works out well for you.
Remember to study hard.

 

[hornadylnl]

I went grumpy early.

Thanks guys! My personality doesn't let me just give up on a task. For years, I watched my coworkers throw their hands up while I continued to learn and grow and got nothing for it but more responsibility. Even if I could have never moved on to a better job, my pride is worth more to me than that.

 

[spec4]

Congrats. I got my dream job at 36 and never looked back.

 

[mbills2223]

Congrats on the new gig!

I'd have assumed you were much older.

It's because he's such a meanie, isn't it?

 

[hornadylnl]

One of the biggest things I'm looking forward to is going from one of the smartest guys in the room to one of the dumbest. I'm sure I'll see electricians who've been doing it longer than I've been alive.

 

[MCgrease08]

I too go by the motto, "if you're the smartest guy in the room, you're in the wrong room."

 

[bmbutch]

Congrats on the new gig!

I'd have assumed you were much older.

Oh yeah, I pictured him as late 60's, kind of Mr. Burns looking.

Seriously, congratulations on the new opportunity, pray (reported) all goes well.

 

[hornadylnl]

I too go by the motto, "if you're the smartest guy in the room, you're in the wrong room."

I pride myself on being a pretty smart feller and have a pretty good mechanical aptitude but what does it say when production management, degreed mechanical engineers and maintenance management calls me to figure out seemingly every issue of the day because they're either too incompetant or too lazy to figure it out?

 

[Denny347]

After 15 years of working my way up in my current job, watching the good ones quit, watching the bad ones regress, and the incompetents they've hired and wondering why I do it all, it finally paid off. I may be starting my new job as early as the 17th of this month. With about a 50% pay raise.

At 38, I'm nervous as hell about starting over and giving up seniority. Even if this job doesn't work out, it will open the door for better opportunities in the future. But I hope to retire at this one.

Now to spend every waking minute studying for the upcoming whizz quiz.

Sounds like a new adventure. Good luck, though I doubt you'll need it.

 

[Miller Tyme]

Congrats Hornadylnl,
I told you that fry cook job would lead to bigger things.