>>As discerning readers have noticed, I have been extremely unhappy with my job. Crappy company, crappy project, crappy boss. This morning I quit. Like most of us I am scared of the unknown but it feels so good to shed this job. It's like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. For longer than I care to remember I have hated that job within two steps out of bed every morning.
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>>What's next? No idea. The market is not exactly crawling with FoxPro jobs and that is the only thing I have demonstrable skills for. It's going to be a radical change. But hey, in every catastrophe there is opportunity, right? My two closest coworders said the same thing: this is an opportunity. And I am looking at it that way.
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>>My daughters will not be here this weekend so I am going to indulge myself. I am leaving on the 2:48 train downtown and will revisit the Taste of Chicago. After that, the Westin on Michigan Ave. I could use a heavenly bed.
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>I often wonder why anyone would work in a job they hate. I have had the privilege of doing what I love for the past thirty years. I think that is probably an anomaly from what I see around me. Most people hate or at best tolerate their jobs.
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>I too, am about to embark on a new career and I think the sky is the limit. VFP isn't the only arrow in my quiver, but it's the one I know best and love working with. You are bright enough to do what you want, even though sometimes you let your liberal ways get in the way!<vbg> You'll do fine.


Thanks for the kind words. I hope you're right. And I will be sure not to mention the L word in any job interviews ;-)

I loved my work for quite a while. Then it became tolerating it, then disliking it in this job. With the financial pressure of supporting two households, you know I had to really hate it to quit.