My Career?
I went to college. My parents struggled to send me to Catholic School, and I was taught to be altruistic, not haughty or self-centered. When I was finishing my degree (after studying high-minded others-focused subjects as language and philosophy), I got a job in the burgeoning Biotech sector, right where I belonged. Then, at about the same time came the contested 2000 election and the gigantic world slowdown.
I still got jobs, but ended up in sales. With the tech companies shrinking and closing, or being bought by Indian companies, upward mobility became very frustrating. Maybe I could have gotten better at it, or maybe started a third or fourth company, trying to adapt. But now I'm working for myself.
If I'm right, and I usually am when I get like this, my business will take about 6 good months to get off the ground and stay there. Meanwhile, my wife has been out of the work force since our first was born, almost 8 years. She's been looking for a job since my last one disappeared, about 6 months now.
I have hope, and I have cautious optimism. It should work. But I feel starved. Frustrated. Drawn.
