careerJob Dissatisfaction
#RI-69f837bb·5 months ago·
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“I just stopped going to my job one day and I don’t fully understand why”
What Actually Happened
Hello everyone,
I (29M) studied aerospace engineering, my last job was at a major airline, and before that I worked at a few other large companies. By any reasonable measure, things have gone well. Stable jobs, respectable positions, no obvious failures.
But I’ve walked away more than once. Not because something blew up there was no conflict, no breakdown, no story I can point to. Just a quiet internal disconnection, and then I’m gone.
What I keep noticing is that the bigger and more “prestig
What I wish I knew
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If I could tell you one thing
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Regret Index
5/10
Significant downsides.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
Complicated feelings about the outcome.
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career Category
2,654
career decisions logged. Avg regret 5.7/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
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of career decisions land in the mixed band the same as this one.
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