[jluetjen]

It's funny, I had a great job, that turned into a soul-crushing job (at least for me). I was a factory sales and marketing guy for backplanes, a fairly ho-hum component. But I was selling to a great industry -- Aerospace. I had a couple of "defense" accounts, but really I was selling into missle warning satellite programs. Otherwise it was all of the commercial avionics accounts like Honeywell, Allied (now owner of Honeywell), Smiths, Rockwell, Boeing. Got to work with great people contributing to products that made people's lives better. Even got to be on TV talking about our products when they went up in the Space Shuttle.

Then my business was sold from a Technology driven company to a Financially driven company. The whole world changed, nothing was as fun any more. I was so frustrated that I just quit a few months after the sale. It helps to have a wife with a good income, and to not be too hung up on income and material things. We cut a few corners for about 9 months, took a cheaper vacation close to home and I found a new job working from home as a salesman in the Semiconductor industry. Once again working great people, it's still a technologically driven industry even though it has matured. The pay's OK, but lots of people make more then me. Oh well. I'm enjoying myself and still making a good income.

There is hope. You just have to make up your mind to do something about it.