# Need some help please, with job changing advice in later life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-please-with-job-changing-advice-in-later-life/963394 "2022-04-25T02:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-please-with-job-changing-advice-in-later-life/963394/2 "2022-04-25T03:41:36Z")
You might see something useful in this thread: > [@I quit my progressively crappier job and got a dream job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-my-progressively-crappier-job-and-got-a-dream-job/926324): > > TL;DR: My old job was going to shit, so I got a job as a carpenter. So my old job (gosh, I love typing that) was ok for a while. I worked for the state government, in a regulatory position for an industry. Investigating violations etc. It was getting progressively worse though; one thing I liked about it was being able to go out and see people, and obviously that’s not a thing anymore. And I was getting really tired of babysitting “customers” who were not cooperative. Used to be I could just sh… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-please-with-job-changing-advice-in-later-life/963394)._