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Did you ever quit your job to try something else and it failed?

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Like pursue a career in the arts or start your own business?

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allenysm@reddit

Sort of: I was in a dead end IT job for 8 years and went part time to attempt a conversion masters degree in computer science that I was way out of my depth for. I feel now and at the time that they didn’t screen me effectively but it was my choice so it’s 100% on me. After a good start I failed the two modules I didn’t understand and quit at the start of the second term before it cost me any more money. My job couldn’t take me back full time and said they’d give me 6 months to find a new job before they made me redundant. I found another IT job that was the best interview I ever did, then quit that job after two days when it became apparent that the best part of the role wouldn’t happen for 18 months, but mostly because I realised I fucking hated working in IT! Ended up working in construction with my dad and brother and ensured some very lean times. Im still doing it now but experience has meant the money has gone up a lot and it is a laugh most days. My ambitious fuckup almost cost me my relationship with my now-wife, so while my intentions were good and noble, it was very foolish in hindsight. Currently redoing my maths and biology GCSE’s in the hope I can go back to uni in September to study Physiotherapy. 🤞
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soverytiiiired@reddit

My ex would be impulsive and quit jobs for really stupid reasons with nothing else in the pipeline. He once quit a manager position because the top manager “looked at him funny” and it was the last straw for him apparently. At this point I was studying, working part time and doing volunteer work, and he would beg me for money to keep him afloat but I just couldn’t afford to do it. When he quit job number 3, I was friends with his bosses wife so I went in behind his back and asked him if he would take him back as I didn’t have the money to support him. His boss called and amazingly he accepted the job back and he never what I did. I always suspected that he was doing this so that he could move in with me rent free and the relationship didn’t last long after that. I heard through my friend that he impulsively quit again and ended up begging for his job back but the manager didn’t want him this time.
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VolumeNeat9698@reddit

Yup. I left an $85k/annual job in Canada, brewery tap room manager. Went to sell drop shipped clothes (my niche was reflective gear). Ended up delivering on Uber eats on an ebike (fortunately before everyone else hopped on that) so I earned $20-45hr depending on the day (best day was snow days, $60/hr but I really could only be out for 3hrs). But in all honesty, you can’t do 8hrs a day with that, so I was mostly pulling in enough for rent & food. Ended up getting a wfh job which has been lucrative, so now things are comfortable. IF I’d have known what I know now (about advertising/business etc) I think I could have made it work very well with the e-commerce tbh. Timing eh? However, overall, I am glad I did what I did, though it was years of struggle and eating beans on toast as a 30yr old, living in a HCL city.
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Savings-Carpet-3682@reddit

Not me but a friend of mine left his unskilled (but very stable and fairly paid) job to go and be an estate agent in Dubai. I questioned the legitimacy of this, and when I tried approaching his family about it they just accused me of being jealous, trying to burst his bubble etc etc Turned out this job actually cost more money than he made, so he turned up back absolutely skint and out of work. Good tan though
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