# Remind Me Again Why I Shouldn't Quit My Job?

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**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-i-shouldnt-quit-my-job/152498 "2003-02-03T14:56:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-i-shouldnt-quit-my-job/152498/41 "2003-02-04T03:39:38Z")

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Answer: Because you want to wait until the next economic uptick before taking that kind of risk. You can always search confidentially, if you have the time & energy.

There’s a federal job training program that’ll pay for up to half of your OTJ training for a few months. I don’t know how to find it on the web, I heard about it from a person at the Michigan Works. If you can qualify, it may be an incentive for an employer in another field.

Knowing it exists might be a start. Good luck.

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**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-i-shouldnt-quit-my-job/152498/42 "2003-02-05T00:37:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \*  
> [I’m the real deal, baby! No magazine I launch has EVER failed while I’ve been with it. Watch me work.

How many have failed after you left?

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**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-i-shouldnt-quit-my-job/152498/43 "2003-02-05T01:24:12Z")

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I’m a fellow publishing pro, and feel your pain. I’m a freelancer, so I don’t even have benefits . . . or a steady income most of the time.

Love the Obit mag idea. But instead of ads for the death care industry, celebrity collectible companies might want a piece of the action. Angled that way, you are more likely to get funding. Just a thought.

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