Comments on: Stop Hating the Sh*t You Do

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:49:28 +0000

I don’t know what I was thinking. They are far from Shakiras. Why won’t she marry me?
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By: admin

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:36 +0000

@Rich – Great example and thanks for sharing it here. I suspect that while your hips might not lie, they look nothing like Shakira’s. In spite of that fact, I’m also we were able to connect via Elisa and I look forward to getting more acquainted with your content!

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:21:32 +0000

When my company was acquired in October 2008, my whole HR team knew we were going to be let go eventually and than found out in January that our day would come in March. I was a corporate recruiter for one of the fastest growing software companies in the US and was responsible for all of the hiring in the US as the only recruiter. I loved my job. The situation sucked, and I hated it, but I made the best of it. My smile inside and outside of my body means more to me than anything.

Oracle offered me a position as a HR generalist, and knowing that’s not what I want to do…well I turned it down. Instead of working in a job that I would dislike, I went to Cancun, Key West, and than Vegas to cap off my summer of 2009. In July I started a blog, and realized that I mother chocolate fudging love being a blogger. It’s opened my eyes up to a new world I never knew existed. So many people have reached out to me and welcomed me to their world. Through my blog I’ve secured my next position as a Director of Operations and Business Development for a new start up company. A position that will be a lot of work, and a great deal of risk, but an exciting opportunity.

Excitement. Knowledge. Friendship.

When I turned down a job with an amazing company (oracle) I was taking a big risk. I wanted to vacation and see the world, and I knew that it would be tough to gain employment again. But I did not want to hate my shit. My shit needs to be loved. I will always put myself in a mind set to love the shit that I do, but I will go to great lengths to avoid things I don’t enjoy doing. In my case it appears that it has worked out, but my risk is not over. If i can make this company fly, I will have danced with the devil and made myself look like Shakira.

My shit will always make me happy and my hips don’t lie.
Rich DeMatteo´s last blog ..Why Do Long Interview Processes Fail? (win a professional resume edit, contest details at bottom)

By: Greg Rollett

Greg Rollett — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:44:57 +0000

Kinda crazy about the 1st time commenting thing! I look forward to hanging out a little more often! Have a great weekend.
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By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:53:19 +0000

Well, you KNOW I’m a “you gotta do what you love and love what you do” kind of girl, but I do know people that lead very happy lives just punching the clock and plodding along. Personally that would feel like walking on practically melted burning hot broken glass, but that is part of my personality. Even if it isn’t who you are, I feel like you should still like it and want to be good at it. But I have friends that are perfectly content doing 800 other things and merely showing up to earn the money to do those things. Career is important to some, and less to others. I don’t get it either, but I do know people who are that way.

PS – You’ll be glad to know I created a favorites list in my Google Reader so I can get to blogs like yours first when I have 87 to read like I did last night at the library!

By: Mike from Daily Shot Of Coffee

Mike from Daily Shot Of Coffee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:51:49 +0000

I just wanted to leave a comment that your stop hating the shit you do line, really resonated with me. I’m hoping to be self-employed by early next year, but 9-5, I’m still working for someone else. There’s days when I definitely let it drag me down, I think I need to start looking at it differently.
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By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:07:10 +0000

Good stuff Ryan – I’ve written about it before, the idea that something can be learned from EVERY experience, no matter how much it might suck. Don’t let your work define you, instead, focus on defining the work you do.
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By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:53:25 +0000

I really like what you have to say. I’m part idealist/vagabond/risk taker and also part responsible because I know that a steady paycheck and job is important right now in my life.

I know a lot of ‘unhappy’ people because of their jobs and their current situation because they’re not skipping the country or something wild like that. Truth is, adventure lies everywhere and although things aren’t always ideal we can take it with a grain of salt and enjoy it. I like this level of realism you’re talking about. I like it a lot!
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By: admin

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:37:20 +0000

Now how am I supposed to focus long enough to respond to your comment when I see a Carlos Miceli blog post just staring at me down there?

[Will return momentarily...]

[...Okay, phew, I'm back.]

I don’t for one second think that your job dictates who you are (at least it shouldn’t unless I guess you want it to.) BUT I think that people who are just out to earn a paycheck (if they’re working 40+ hours) will eventually become miserable regardless of their salary and their additional hobbies. 40+ hours a week is a LONG time to endure each week if you’re not happy.

I think that’s the thing all Gen Y needs to realize, especially those of us not even 25 yet. We have a LONG time ahead of us (at least barring anything unfortunate), and while that doesn’t mean to be satisfied if you’re unhappy (life is short) it does mean that we can afford to make strategic moves and really map out a great career for ourselves.

Am I getting better at responding to your comments?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:33:32 +0000

First, thanks for all your valuable contributions to this blog. Without people like you Matt, Stuart, Elisa and others it wouldn’t be nearly as much fun to share my thoughts with ‘this space.’

Second, you bring up a great point. Yes, sometimes your job will suck. Yes, some days are worse than others, but you should NEVER compromise your integrity no matter. If you want out, and can afford to take the leap, go for it, but as long as you’re working somewhere it’s imperative that you always deliver the best work possible. That says a lot about your character, and won’t jeopardize the rest of your career if you try to take the leap and belly-flop.