>>it does sometimes help me to really know (not just hypothetically) that it could be worse.
Yeah. In this case it's good perspective. I don't want colleagues to be having a hard time, like you say, but seeing some of them go through stuff like having the majority of their job description suddenly change makes this project cancellation seem less awful.
>>A friend of mine was in IT but her projects getting cancelled over and over until she threw in the towel and went into medicine (now a family physician).
Eugh.
People who pursue medicine as a second career are fascinating, IMO. Among other things, she must have rolled her eyes a lot at the mostly naive youngsters going through med school.
>>I've nearly quit my jobs in the past a couple of times, but just knowing that I *could* helped me not feel trapped, at least.
Yeah, absolutely. Glad that perspective has helped you as well. In fact, the hardest decision I had to make last week was whether to submit an application for a job two people were encouraging me to pursue, including the hiring manager. I came down on the side of it wouldn't be a good fit, but as you say, knowing there are other options like that and choosing to stay helps alleviate the negative feelings.
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Yeah. In this case it's good perspective. I don't want colleagues to be having a hard time, like you say, but seeing some of them go through stuff like having the majority of their job description suddenly change makes this project cancellation seem less awful.
>>A friend of mine was in IT but her projects getting cancelled over and over until she threw in the towel and went into medicine (now a family physician).
Eugh.
People who pursue medicine as a second career are fascinating, IMO. Among other things, she must have rolled her eyes a lot at the mostly naive youngsters going through med school.
>>I've nearly quit my jobs in the past a couple of times, but just knowing that I *could* helped me not feel trapped, at least.
Yeah, absolutely. Glad that perspective has helped you as well. In fact, the hardest decision I had to make last week was whether to submit an application for a job two people were encouraging me to pursue, including the hiring manager. I came down on the side of it wouldn't be a good fit, but as you say, knowing there are other options like that and choosing to stay helps alleviate the negative feelings.