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Old 08-07-2009   #1
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We appear to be in the same boat. I am currently a webdev for an outfit in Savage. The pay is ok and I am good at what I do, but the work just is not something that I feel benefits my life or society. I've been going though some of the free online course work at MIT (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm) trying to figure out what appeals to me. I would really like to be involved in R&D for the next phase of technology (something with advanced lightweight energy storage sounds beneficial to society).

I further echo Scheides in saying try not to force your hobbies into your source of income or you will feel nothing but pressure instead of enjoyment.

Off the cuff: have you thought of a degree in anthropology?

Ah, I knew I wasn't alone

As for the forcing hobbies into income, I see where you're coming from, but it is a balance. I don't want to stifle my passions, but I also want to enjoy what I'm doing more. I'm just a mechanically minded person. I think deep down I am ok with not working with cars, but I'd like to engineer some sort of machine.

Anthropology would be really interesting... but what the hell would I do with that degree?
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Old 08-10-2009   #2
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Ah, I knew I wasn't alone

As for the forcing hobbies into income, I see where you're coming from, but it is a balance. I don't want to stifle my passions, but I also want to enjoy what I'm doing more. I'm just a mechanically minded person. I think deep down I am ok with not working with cars, but I'd like to engineer some sort of machine.

Anthropology would be really interesting... but what the hell would I do with that degree?
Yea that's the catch... although you could probably get a nice grant for niche research like the study of modern cultural phenomena, for instants: how social networking influences cross generational communication, or how World of Warcraft effects breeding patterns of adolescents
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Anthropology would be really interesting... but what the hell would I do with that degree?

Get jobs that don't pay anything, but travel the world for free?

(My sister has an anthropology degree)
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