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So I drone on to ask a simple question, what made you do it?
Would you give up a well paying career to start over? To do something meaningful?
Do you feel your jobs are meaningful, do you come home proud, and accomplished?
- I initially went to my EMT license after I joined my department's SWAT team and found out we didn't have any medics on the team. Seemed pretty stupid to me so I figured I'd put myself through the classes so I wouldn't have to watch someone die because the scene wasn't safe for EMS.
- That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm giving up my law enforcement career that'll guarantee me of a salary of at least 70k a year in just a couple years because I now hate it.
- My job as a police officer is meaningful and I know I'm doing good but dealing with low lives all day, every day take a serious toll on you. I have become incredibly cynical because of it.
At my current job I currently make about 50k/year. But I wake up every morning depressed, hating life. Because my job sucks. And im a slave to it. I have no other job skills beside law enforcement.
So im living proof that money isnt the key to happyness.
Same here, I'm also a police officer making in the low to mid 50k a year. We have a union contract so I can tell you my exact pay for many years to come and will be in the 60k range in two years not counting OT. While I have been very successful in my law enforcement career I don't care for the job at all anymore.
I started working part time as an ED Tech and will be using the tuition assistance to pay for my ADN and then my BSN. Hospital jobs are much more stable, easy to come by, and pay better than law enforcement so it'll be a win/win. Not to mention I won't have people trying to kill me on a regular basis. My only regret is not going for my ADN right out of high school and wasting money on my Criminal Justice degree.