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re: Career options
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:48 pm to auwaterfowler
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:48 pm to auwaterfowler
Consulting is an option I think about often but would be more of an “Early retirement” gig just to keep my potential bad habits at bay as an old man.
Too risky at this point with 3 kids in early teens.
Too risky at this point with 3 kids in early teens.
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:54 pm to mequan
At 46, I was a partner in a medium-sized law firm. I left that position to join a medium-sized oil company. Never looked back.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:54 pm to mequan
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My gut says suck it up and plow through this mid-life crisis.
Your gut is right.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:57 pm to W2NOMO
Thanks fellas. Will disregard my mental state and chug along like the rest of the world.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:14 pm to mequan
Chevron?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:25 pm to mequan
After almost 30 years in the corporate grind, I made good money, but if you're not first pulling the dog sled, the scenery doesn't change much. I owned my house, kids' college was paid for, wife was working. I decided to go off on my own in a completely different direction.
I was lucky, I was better at marketing than I thought, and it was successful. After five years someone bought the operation, I had to wait for the non-compete to expire, and I did it again.
The moral to the story is simple, if you're smart and have some management skills, invest in yourself, it pays much better than a 401K.
Yes, I know a lot of people who retire from Exxon or Shell with a nice nest egg, but I loved being my own boss and calling my own shots. Only you can judge if you have the knowledge and self-discipline to make it on your own.
When I was getting ready to turn in my resignation, I asked a trusted financial guy if he thought I was crazy. He said I'd be crazy if I didn't make the move, he said most failures he sees come from people who start out like a ball of fire, then buy a few toys, boats or cars, then when it gets tough, they go under. Older people are smarter, they put some away until they can survive anything, that what I did, I didn't pay myself a buck for the first year.
Take a Saturday class at SCORE, it helps a lot.
I was lucky, I was better at marketing than I thought, and it was successful. After five years someone bought the operation, I had to wait for the non-compete to expire, and I did it again.
The moral to the story is simple, if you're smart and have some management skills, invest in yourself, it pays much better than a 401K.
Yes, I know a lot of people who retire from Exxon or Shell with a nice nest egg, but I loved being my own boss and calling my own shots. Only you can judge if you have the knowledge and self-discipline to make it on your own.
When I was getting ready to turn in my resignation, I asked a trusted financial guy if he thought I was crazy. He said I'd be crazy if I didn't make the move, he said most failures he sees come from people who start out like a ball of fire, then buy a few toys, boats or cars, then when it gets tough, they go under. Older people are smarter, they put some away until they can survive anything, that what I did, I didn't pay myself a buck for the first year.
Take a Saturday class at SCORE, it helps a lot.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:32 pm to andouille
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Yes, I know a lot of people who retire from Exxon or Shell with a nice nest egg
Meh, that’s really no different from any other company with a 401k and stock options. The real prize is the pension!
Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:00 pm to 777Tiger
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yep, by far the biggest (in a sawed off runt type of way,) insecure, incorrect, abrasive, douche bag on this place
The midget energy is strong with him
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:11 pm to andouille
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Take a Saturday class at SCORE
What that is?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:18 pm to mequan
Have you considered becoming you own boss as a handyman? They can make upwards of 60k/year and able to work their own hours. This works best if the wife has a normal job that can cover heathcare, retirement and pto for vacations.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:22 pm to mequan
Suck it up and ride your ride.
Few are the corporate O&G, or even plant workers, that can successfully transition to small private businesses. Most fail miserably.
In business we all have the same “meaning”, be profitable, survive and advance.
Few are the corporate O&G, or even plant workers, that can successfully transition to small private businesses. Most fail miserably.
In business we all have the same “meaning”, be profitable, survive and advance.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:25 pm to 777Tiger
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yep, by far the biggest (in a sawed off runt type of way,) insecure, incorrect, abrasive, douche bag on this place
You mean he's that way on purpose? It's not a "bit"?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:31 pm to shutterspeed
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Take a Saturday class at SCORE
Service Core Of Retired Executives.
SCORE
I got very useful info from here. I had zero marketing experience, my mentor helped a lot. Now it's more than live classes, webinars are available.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 10:20 pm to andouille
Ahh... cool.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:21 am to mequan
Everybody's situation is different but this is probably the worst time in the last decade to be looking for a job.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:25 am to mequan
If they wisely stop adding ethanol to gasoline, corn prices will plummet. Be a good time to crank up a distillery in the garage.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 6:02 am to mauser
That's the plant baws you need to talk to. Lol
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