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pinky0926 posted...

I've done all three in my life:

1. Miner in australia, earning a 6 figure salary with all travel, expenses and accommodation paid for. Working 12 hour days, 7 days a week, shifting bags of cement in the australian desert
2. Campaign manager for a marketing start up, managing 50+ campaigns across 30 client accounts, basically stealing customer money and dealing with their phone calls every day. 60+ hours of mental hell
3. Current job - software consultant for a software dev company. Cruisiest job I've ever had. 38 hours a week, always leave on time, 1 hour for lunch, virtually no KPIs, management is very easy going. About half the paycheck of the first two.
If I could go back to my early 20s I would work the first job again and this time be really sensible with my money. If I was financially literate back then I could be set for life now. I don't think I could do that job now, too physically taxing and not stimulating enough.

I would never take the second job again. Worst job I've ever had. Paid decently and I got to live in the city, but the anxiety was overwhelming every day.

My current job is pretty good. pay could obviously be better, but I never feel stressed about going to work and that is invaluable.

how many days off a month did you get in your first job? That honestly sounds ridiculously tiring.

I've done physically and mentally stressful jobs also. Working 12hour shifts at a printing press after graduating college with a liberal arts degree. 3 days one week and 4 days the other. Grave shift. I hated the job and it was impossible for me to go back to school too with that schedule.

I've also worked another physical job where I was exposed to chemicals (particularly at the end of shift,k. never again.

As I get older, work life balance matters more. Timephysical and mental health are important. I can't compromise those.