Agreed. I'm still young (25 in a month) so I can plot my way out.
The environment is just downright soul-crushing and toxic. There is no way I can do this for the next 5 years even, let alone 20-40.
It turns you into a drone, with no life or passion inside. I look around my office and I know these people are not happy, you can see it on their face. But they have kids/mortgage and cant do anything about it. It's awful
Exactly. And it's very easy to get comfortable cause you get a cushy salary, benefits, sick days, etc and all that is cool but like you said, it rips you up inside cause you know it's nothing you truly want to do for the next 20-30 years but so many people got kids, mortgages, and they're stuck. I have what most would consider a "good" career and many would want to be in my position and I feel ungrateful at times but I'm like hell, this shyt is wack. Especially when you work for a "big" company, you just a cog in their machine and you see it crystal clear with office politics and the way management operates. shyt truly is soul crushing.
Luckily for me, I have no kids, mortgage but I can't be doing this. If I do have to be a corporate drone, I need to do it somewhere in California or something where I can be depressed but at least go to the beach after a fukked up day in the office