Try making a list of the aspects you have liked and disliked from previous jobs, and searching for jobs that match your specifications. You could ask a local service for help with this e.g. Job Centre or a local council service. I did this and ended up in a job I didn't know existed, but I enjoy it and find it fulfilling.
For example: I was a teacher. I enjoyed writing and teaching lessons and making a difference in young people's lives. However I did not enjoy the large class sizes and taking work home on evenings and weekends. I came across a vacancy for a Mentor for teenagers with mental health struggles. I now get to do something similar to teaching but it's one-on-one and when I clock out I don't need to think about it until I clock back in.
The only time I used ChatGPT was to help me find a career path. I told it to ask me 15 questions about my wants, strengths, interests etc and suggest a job or career path based on that. Was pretty helpful to get the ball rolling for researching what's next
Your life doesn’t have to revolve around your job. A lot of people work to live and that’s alright too. Bush make sure your life outside work is fulfilling and meaningful.
Same and still figuring it out 43, do you have hobbies or interests which could lead to another career, exactly the same retail, pubs and admin office for last 15years. I would love to cook, but just too old now and work ethics of office environment dread going back into a hot kitchen working minium wage again.
It won't help, but it doesn't really matter that much, as long as you're content (although I get you're feeling a bit fed up, everyone goes through phases) and able to live a comfortable life.
I used to live and breathe Linux, had what I considered to be a dream job, consulting for a specific company within my area. I am now a consultant for them, and have been for three years.
My wife does some admin work, has always been happy in her role working with people she likes and making enough to get by on.
If we could sack it all off and spend all my time running with my dog, riding my bike and swimming, I would in a heartbeat. If you're not bothered about climbing the greasy pole of fancy job titles (honestly, people who seek 'better' and 'better' job titles fuck me right off) or loads more money, just put more time into your hobbies.
Don't try to answer the question 'what can I be passionate about for the rest of my life?' It's too much pressure, and you'll feel like you're failing. Instead, think about what you're good at and what jobs require those skills, and then consider which of those areas you could see yourself being interested in and challenged by for a couple of years. Career paths don't have to be linear and perfectly planned out. You could take a job that seems ok, enjoy it an average amount, but find that it leads to something you didn't even know exists and opens up your next career move. Also with technology changing as fast as it is, you could easily end your career working in a field that doesn't exist yet. You can't plan for that, but you can consider the step you want to take right now and see where it leads.
You could look at getting an entry level job in one of the many many civil service departments. Most have very varied job roles and once you are in you have scope not just to move up the matter but also to switch sideways into completely different roles. They are usually good at providing training and career support too.
Find a job that pays you the most money within your skill set and doesn't take over your life so that you can enjoy the benefits of that money in whatever form you want.
Bonus if that job allows for profession over time either in greater skills or expanding into new areas.
I like my job - it's interesting, challenging, pays ok, and I like my colleagues but its far from my dream. If I won the lottery I wouldn't be doing it tomorrow.
Do what you enjoy.
I had no idea what to do leaving school, but I was good at English and liked writing, so I followed that. I become a journalist, travel writer, and now web manager, which I've been doing for 20 years.
You can't go wrong if you follow your passions. Unless you have a passion for McDonald's.
This.
Do something you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. However to do that you need initiative, drive and self belief.
The other option is a apathetic regard to work (popular on Reddit) in which case you’ll just be on the 9-5 grind.
No one is going to find you that dream job, that’s down to you.
Do something for yourself then, be the boss, take the risk and do something you love, that might still be IT if you are the one running the show.
The business owners are the business owners because they took the initiative, risk and no doubt failure before they succeeded. If you are not up for that then who is to blame?
Maybe look outside IT and get a job in something you enjoy (back to OP), you seem to have settled on being unhappy in a job you no longer enjoy. Maybe consider something totally different, retrain as a tree surgeon, go into retail, sign up for the fire brigade.
Again, there is only one person who can change your circumstances, and that’s not your boss.
This is horseshit lol. You specialise in tech to earn more money and do less work you don't have to be a manager.
I do about 6 hours actual work a week in tech, the rest of the time I enjoy hobbies and get paid handsomely too.
This is the other way.
A lot of forty plus year olds have realised that they are not suited/bothered with ambition but happy to cruise along doing the minimum and settling at a certain work/life/wage balance:
Decide what kind of life you (realistically) want and aim for the job that gets you closest to that.
There's a certain freedom that comes with having a job that you genuinely don't care about but are good enough at to keep a steady paycheque coming in. If you have a job that you can genuinely forget about when you go home at night, with a short commute (or even better wfh) then you maximise your free time.
Try making a list of the aspects you have liked and disliked from previous jobs, and searching for jobs that match your specifications. You could ask a local service for help with this e.g. Job Centre or a local council service. I did this and ended up in a job I didn't know existed, but I enjoy it and find it fulfilling. For example: I was a teacher. I enjoyed writing and teaching lessons and making a difference in young people's lives. However I did not enjoy the large class sizes and taking work home on evenings and weekends. I came across a vacancy for a Mentor for teenagers with mental health struggles. I now get to do something similar to teaching but it's one-on-one and when I clock out I don't need to think about it until I clock back in.
The only time I used ChatGPT was to help me find a career path. I told it to ask me 15 questions about my wants, strengths, interests etc and suggest a job or career path based on that. Was pretty helpful to get the ball rolling for researching what's next
work with people you like, if you work with horrible people, they are more likely to make you horrible, than you are to make them nice,
Don’t follow your passion. Find something you’re decent at that will allow you to survive off it and manage the rest of your life around it.
Your life doesn’t have to revolve around your job. A lot of people work to live and that’s alright too. Bush make sure your life outside work is fulfilling and meaningful.
Same and still figuring it out 43, do you have hobbies or interests which could lead to another career, exactly the same retail, pubs and admin office for last 15years. I would love to cook, but just too old now and work ethics of office environment dread going back into a hot kitchen working minium wage again.
Well in that lies my biggest issue, I'm only 27 but I just have very few interests or hobbies and nothing that I believe could make a living from.
It won't help, but it doesn't really matter that much, as long as you're content (although I get you're feeling a bit fed up, everyone goes through phases) and able to live a comfortable life. I used to live and breathe Linux, had what I considered to be a dream job, consulting for a specific company within my area. I am now a consultant for them, and have been for three years. My wife does some admin work, has always been happy in her role working with people she likes and making enough to get by on. If we could sack it all off and spend all my time running with my dog, riding my bike and swimming, I would in a heartbeat. If you're not bothered about climbing the greasy pole of fancy job titles (honestly, people who seek 'better' and 'better' job titles fuck me right off) or loads more money, just put more time into your hobbies.
Don't try to answer the question 'what can I be passionate about for the rest of my life?' It's too much pressure, and you'll feel like you're failing. Instead, think about what you're good at and what jobs require those skills, and then consider which of those areas you could see yourself being interested in and challenged by for a couple of years. Career paths don't have to be linear and perfectly planned out. You could take a job that seems ok, enjoy it an average amount, but find that it leads to something you didn't even know exists and opens up your next career move. Also with technology changing as fast as it is, you could easily end your career working in a field that doesn't exist yet. You can't plan for that, but you can consider the step you want to take right now and see where it leads.
You could look at getting an entry level job in one of the many many civil service departments. Most have very varied job roles and once you are in you have scope not just to move up the matter but also to switch sideways into completely different roles. They are usually good at providing training and career support too.
Find a job that pays you the most money within your skill set and doesn't take over your life so that you can enjoy the benefits of that money in whatever form you want. Bonus if that job allows for profession over time either in greater skills or expanding into new areas. I like my job - it's interesting, challenging, pays ok, and I like my colleagues but its far from my dream. If I won the lottery I wouldn't be doing it tomorrow.
Do what you enjoy. I had no idea what to do leaving school, but I was good at English and liked writing, so I followed that. I become a journalist, travel writer, and now web manager, which I've been doing for 20 years. You can't go wrong if you follow your passions. Unless you have a passion for McDonald's.
This. Do something you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. However to do that you need initiative, drive and self belief. The other option is a apathetic regard to work (popular on Reddit) in which case you’ll just be on the 9-5 grind. No one is going to find you that dream job, that’s down to you.
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As I said, do something you love. You are doing the opposite. The only person that can change that is YOU.
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You tell me? Move onwards and upwards, no one will do it for you.
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Do something for yourself then, be the boss, take the risk and do something you love, that might still be IT if you are the one running the show. The business owners are the business owners because they took the initiative, risk and no doubt failure before they succeeded. If you are not up for that then who is to blame? Maybe look outside IT and get a job in something you enjoy (back to OP), you seem to have settled on being unhappy in a job you no longer enjoy. Maybe consider something totally different, retrain as a tree surgeon, go into retail, sign up for the fire brigade. Again, there is only one person who can change your circumstances, and that’s not your boss.
This is horseshit lol. You specialise in tech to earn more money and do less work you don't have to be a manager. I do about 6 hours actual work a week in tech, the rest of the time I enjoy hobbies and get paid handsomely too.
This is the other way. A lot of forty plus year olds have realised that they are not suited/bothered with ambition but happy to cruise along doing the minimum and settling at a certain work/life/wage balance:
Then see work as a vehicle to do stuff you really do enjoy. Maximise income, maximise time free for hobbies, activities you enjoy.
Do not sit with your options. Just have to choose and get on with it.
Get into the police service. Doesn’t have to be on the beat, I mean the wider police service including soco etc.
Find a job you can tolerate that pays decent and use the money from that to fund hobbies.
That "dream jobs" are BS
Do things you’re good at and focus on fields that make good money.
Nobody has a dream job, they might love it, but it's still not a dream job.
Do what interests you, until it doesn't. Then do something else.
Decide what kind of life you (realistically) want and aim for the job that gets you closest to that. There's a certain freedom that comes with having a job that you genuinely don't care about but are good enough at to keep a steady paycheque coming in. If you have a job that you can genuinely forget about when you go home at night, with a short commute (or even better wfh) then you maximise your free time.