Reply to: The I hate my contract thread

[Advocate]

Money is an inadequate compensation for happiness. The best years of most people's lifes are when they were students, and in those days they had no money. I can't convince myself this game is worth it any more.

Actually I was far more frivolous with my cash than now, looking back with a hazy red glow (ok ok it's not long ago) I had more disposable cash than in a permie role! Admittedly most of that cash belonged to the bank!

[kali]

if you mean, am i a hair gelled, loudmouthed simpleton whose taste in music should be classified as a war crime, then no, i am not "Mr Life and Soul of the party".

I mean as in "interesting and fun to be with" sweetie

[lambrini_socialist]

Hmmnm I'm guessing you weren't Mr life and soul of the party then?

if you mean, am i a hair gelled, loudmouthed simpleton whose taste in music should be classified as a war crime, then no, i am not "Mr Life and Soul of the party".

[kali]

being a student was dreadful, i had cock all money, hated the course, hated the unwashed thicko hoards of marketing/leisure & tourism/sports science students and was thoroughly miserable. getting a job doing meaningful, real work and having enough money to eat and get p1ssed regularly was a revelation.

Hmmnm I'm guessing you weren't Mr life and soul of the party then?

[Bagpuss]

Well said pussycat

[VectraMan]

being a student was dreadful, i had cock all money, hated the course, hated the unwashed thicko hoards of marketing/leisure & tourism/sports science students and was thoroughly miserable. getting a job doing meaningful, real work and having enough money to eat and get p1ssed regularly was a revelation.

I agree. Though it's fair to say I've never had the social life I did as a student, everything else about real life has been much better. And the student social life mainly consisted of hanging around with friends talking about how miserable we all were, because we couldn't afford to do anything else.

[Lucy]

Well said pussycat

He's not pussycat.

He's Mr Fimee.

[ace00]

I only do it because I'm completely incapable of holding down a real job.

That, and the money. Plus the fact that I'm a misanthropic git drifting into a bitter twisted midlife crisis.

flip, I need to stop doing something for a while.

WHS
In fact, are you me?

[BoredBloke]

But in student days, coupled with no money you had no responsibilities - rent, enough food for 1, clothes and as much beer as you could afford. Now saddled with a mortgage and commitments I'd say I'm happier with money than without it. If I didn't have money but had the same commitments I'd be soooo much more miserable than I am now.

[lambrini_socialist]

Money is an inadequate compensation for happiness. The best years of most people's lifes are when they were students, and in those days they had no money. I can't convince myself this game is worth it any more.

being a student was dreadful, i had cock all money, hated the course, hated the unwashed thicko hoards of marketing/leisure & tourism/sports science students and was thoroughly miserable. getting a job doing meaningful, real work and having enough money to eat and get p1ssed regularly was a revelation.

[kali]

Money is an inadequate compensation for happiness. The best years of most people's lifes are when they were students, and in those days they had no money. I can't convince myself this game is worth it any more.

Well said pussycat

[Bagpuss]

Money is an inadequate compensation for happiness. The best years of most people's lifes are when they were students, and in those days they had no money. I can't convince myself this game is worth it any more.

[Rantor]

It has an abundance, too many keeners. I think I've had enough of contracting.

I only do it because I'm completely incapable of holding down a real job.

That, and the money. Plus the fact that I'm a misanthropic git drifting into a bitter twisted midlife crisis.

Feck, I need to stop doing something for a while.

[DimPrawn]

Most contracts are utter tulipe.

I had only two that were exceptional.

The rest have been intellectual but the money has been

[kali]

...turd polishing and fixing other people's badly written code

dull dull dull, but....

...only 12 days left now