Sorry, is there actually a story here? Summary: random IT guy quits for the same reason most people leave their jobs("I’d become bored of doing the same thing day in, day out").
Can only agree. Now this just reads like: has Apple in the title to generate more views, but has nothing to do with it whatsoever.
I also kinda frowned upon the sentence "have been living with a depression for the last 7 years". Of course I cannot know for sure, but I know these days there's too much people using 'depression' to describe the typical not-so-happy feeling any sane human has from time to time about himself or the world. And that comes nowhere close to a _true_ depression.
And yet in the first paragraph he claims he had worked there for 4 years?
>In March of this year, as close to 5 months ago as makes no difference, I quit my job. It was my first full time job, and I had worked there for all but 4 years.
Huh? Am I failing reading comprehension here? I think I have a sinus infection but I don't think my brain is THAT off today...
I thought it best I chime in on this, as I wrote it.
This was not intended to be shared on a site like this, it was written with those around me in mind. It just so happens I like Medium.
If you think that I wasn't here very long, that's fine. If you don't like the content, that's fine. You weren't the target audience. I just posted something to explain to those around me why I was making what a lot of them thought was a bad choice.
I admire people that roll the dice like this, and I've probably done it more than a few times myself.
The one that stood out for me though - was being healthy and losing weight. It can be just as difficult to be healthy when you're doing nothing, when you're travelling, when you're working for the man, when you're doing 80 hours a week in your own startup -- or even this guy, who says he was in his (perhaps) ideal job.
A lifestyle reboot has it's place, but I've found thought-processes like "if I wasn't working here I would be healthy" are rarely true.
Thanks for the comment. This was supposed to be nothing more than an explanation to my friends, and perhaps someone else would think "I've been wanting to quit my job, why don't I just do it already?".
If I can inspire one person to do something they love rather than do something they think they're expected to do, even better.
[+] [-] stbtrax|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] stinos|12 years ago|reply
I also kinda frowned upon the sentence "have been living with a depression for the last 7 years". Of course I cannot know for sure, but I know these days there's too much people using 'depression' to describe the typical not-so-happy feeling any sane human has from time to time about himself or the world. And that comes nowhere close to a _true_ depression.
[+] [-] adenot|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] davvid|12 years ago|reply
This article has no substance, and even if it did, he was not at Apple for very long.
[+] [-] otakucode|12 years ago|reply
>In March of this year, as close to 5 months ago as makes no difference, I quit my job. It was my first full time job, and I had worked there for all but 4 years.
Huh? Am I failing reading comprehension here? I think I have a sinus infection but I don't think my brain is THAT off today...
[+] [-] Smutchings|12 years ago|reply
This was not intended to be shared on a site like this, it was written with those around me in mind. It just so happens I like Medium.
If you think that I wasn't here very long, that's fine. If you don't like the content, that's fine. You weren't the target audience. I just posted something to explain to those around me why I was making what a lot of them thought was a bad choice.
[+] [-] jwilliams|12 years ago|reply
The one that stood out for me though - was being healthy and losing weight. It can be just as difficult to be healthy when you're doing nothing, when you're travelling, when you're working for the man, when you're doing 80 hours a week in your own startup -- or even this guy, who says he was in his (perhaps) ideal job.
A lifestyle reboot has it's place, but I've found thought-processes like "if I wasn't working here I would be healthy" are rarely true.
[+] [-] Smutchings|12 years ago|reply
Before starting this role, I was working towards losing weight and had lost about 14lbs. I have a plan, and the job doesn't fit it at the moment.
[+] [-] michelpereira|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] adamlj|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Smutchings|12 years ago|reply
If I can inspire one person to do something they love rather than do something they think they're expected to do, even better.