I work at an IT company as an engineer, making 60k each year. I like the job, but can't say loving it to death. But recently the bad performance of the company plus incoming massive layoff makes me feel disappointed about the company and the industry.
I start thinking if I have a future with career in the food industry. I can say that I love cooking to death and I look forward to making dinner every day. I just realized that I have been making different dishes for dinner every day no repeat for months! So I'm thinking maybe I'll enjoy being a chef, and I want to become a celebrity chef!
But then I looked up the average salaries a chef makes (not a celebrity chef), I'm surprised how little they make comparing to how hard they work. In my current job, I'm a relatively new and young guy and I easily make twice as much as a chef does at the same level. Besides, a chef's salary usually tops at no more than 85k as an executive chef, which is pretty much my next immediate pay grade promotion, which I will get after a few years of experience.
If I leave the industry and pursue a career as a chef, my immediate concern is that I can't even support my family with the measly salary, without introducing dramatic change to the lifestyle of my family. If I was single and homeless, I would be fine with it; yet I have a wife and daughter to support who don't work.
Now I feel my future is gloomy. I don't really enjoy the job that I'm working, and yet I can't afford to pursue what I want to do. But I know I have talent and skill, including:
research skill. I can reverse engineer any dish!
I'm very good at teaching difficult concepts to people
critical thinking and troubleshooting skill, which is very much recognized by my coworkers
Design skill - one of my favorite part of my current job, and on the food side, I design my own dishes all the time.
I'm proud of those skills, but I can't put them together and envision a successful _____ (fill the blank). I mean, there got to be something I can do to fully utilize my talent!
Maybe someone here has good ideas for me Thanks!
I start thinking if I have a future with career in the food industry. I can say that I love cooking to death and I look forward to making dinner every day. I just realized that I have been making different dishes for dinner every day no repeat for months! So I'm thinking maybe I'll enjoy being a chef, and I want to become a celebrity chef!
But then I looked up the average salaries a chef makes (not a celebrity chef), I'm surprised how little they make comparing to how hard they work. In my current job, I'm a relatively new and young guy and I easily make twice as much as a chef does at the same level. Besides, a chef's salary usually tops at no more than 85k as an executive chef, which is pretty much my next immediate pay grade promotion, which I will get after a few years of experience.
If I leave the industry and pursue a career as a chef, my immediate concern is that I can't even support my family with the measly salary, without introducing dramatic change to the lifestyle of my family. If I was single and homeless, I would be fine with it; yet I have a wife and daughter to support who don't work.
Now I feel my future is gloomy. I don't really enjoy the job that I'm working, and yet I can't afford to pursue what I want to do. But I know I have talent and skill, including:
research skill. I can reverse engineer any dish!
I'm very good at teaching difficult concepts to people
critical thinking and troubleshooting skill, which is very much recognized by my coworkers
Design skill - one of my favorite part of my current job, and on the food side, I design my own dishes all the time.
I'm proud of those skills, but I can't put them together and envision a successful _____ (fill the blank). I mean, there got to be something I can do to fully utilize my talent!
Maybe someone here has good ideas for me Thanks!
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