If I got paid for my hobby I would be making decent money to hunt, fish, and fly! Some good venting going on here. I can relate to almost everyone. The fact that it's ok not to love your job(how many people actually do?) or that many others get bored after a while as well is comforting.
Another thing, and I may start a separate thread, is the fact that I look relatively young and come off as being a nice person. That's just my personality. I have discovered these things to be career suicide. Unless I am imagining things, I just get the feeling that nobody listens to anything I say, regardless of how much I know. In metings, people sometimes talk over me but will listen to others without interrupting. On the phone (I guess I sound more mature) I can get people to pay attention to me, but as soon as they see me and learn my real personality, it seems like it all goes out the window.
I know other people can probably relate to these things. What methods do you use that work? I hate to change my personality, and become an artificial as***le, but sometimes I feel like I might not have a choice if I want peoples attention.
Another thing, and I may start a separate thread, is the fact that I look relatively young and come off as being a nice person. That's just my personality. I have discovered these things to be career suicide. Unless I am imagining things, I just get the feeling that nobody listens to anything I say, regardless of how much I know. In metings, people sometimes talk over me but will listen to others without interrupting. On the phone (I guess I sound more mature) I can get people to pay attention to me, but as soon as they see me and learn my real personality, it seems like it all goes out the window.
I know other people can probably relate to these things. What methods do you use that work? I hate to change my personality, and become an artificial as***le, but sometimes I feel like I might not have a choice if I want peoples attention.