1. Do you enjoy working at your job? Do you like waking up in the morning and going to your job?
You know what? I don't know if I enjoy my job. It's my first out of university, and there's reasons for liking it and reasons for hating it.
Do I like waking up in the morning and going to my job? No. Mainly because I had the pleasure of doing that in the South Pacific, and it's much more enjoyable... trust me.
2. If you answered no to (1), why do you continue at your job? What don't you like about you job? Why don't you choose a different company or a different field?
I continue at my job because I get a relatively good amount of money for little amounts of work. Plus, it doesn't hurt when my father is a Principal in the firm, haha. I don't enjoy it, because a) my job facilitates other people to be able to do their work (and I want to do real work), and b) it's not my career.
1) It's hard to find a different job right now, mainly because I'm picky and just haven't looked all that hard. I know they're out there (I work in downtown Calgary, and would like to stay downtown), but I don't know where to start. Lots of jobs are just looking for experienced people and not recent graduates. Oil and Gas, Development, etc.. I'll try anything right now.
2) I think I way know what I want my career to be in - Sports Management or gaming, or business within the high-tech sector. Of course, Calgary isn't conducive any of these industries.
3. Is security important to you in your job? Do you value security, or do you fear not having security?
Security isn't usually important to me. Right now it is though, because I own a condo and have credit card debt and have a girlfriend, but once the debt is paid off, I'd love to sell my condo and move back to somewhere in the South Pacific or Asia. Down there, just work at whatever job I can find. I have a business degree, but the average person doesn't realize how much difference your working atmosphere can make when you've lived and worked in a westernized, semi-tropical location. It's just so much more enjoyable, IMO.
4. How do you feel at the end of the day at your job? Tired? Great? Energetic?
I feel fine. My job isn't stressful in any way, and being in architecture the industry is young, hip, urban and contemporary (well, evolving into this). In such a busy industry, there's surprisingly little amounts of suits / corporatism as compared to other industries here. This is a free-thinking industry with lots of room for creativity, independence and style.
5. A little sensitive, does your job make you depressed?
No. But knowing it's not a career, I always have the idea in the back of my mind that I will have to leave soon.
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