# What to do? (my job)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-job/181588>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 13, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-job/181588 "2003-06-13T15:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-job/181588/1 "2003-06-13T15:22:42Z")

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So I have kind of been half looking around for a job…  
and as I started to look harder and actually send out my resume a few times, my employer just paid $2000 for me to take a 6 month training course… it is only 1 class per month… and it is basically things that I could learn so I would be able to teach otehr people…  
It doesn’t have much “real world” knowledge appeal… so I am really not going to gain much value from the course for myself… but my boss will be happy because I will be able to train other people, and he will charge them money for my time… and I doubt I will see any of that…

So what do I do?  
Stick out the course, and then start looking for a job?  
or just keep looking and jet at a good opportunity?

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-my-job/181588/2 "2003-06-13T15:30:26Z")

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If the class has no benefit to you or your career, and you want to look for another job, then what’s the dilemma? Keep looking for a job. Take the class. If you find a job before the class ends, that’s just your company’s tough luck.