If you could, would you stay in your occupation or change?

[mvd]

I realize that if you are a grade school student, there's no choice of changing that, at least in the U.S. I'm still not employed, but I'm looking to be self-employed. If I could make more money and be independent, I'd become a music critic. I'm always making best of lists and rating albums. Here's how I'd rate some albums on Metacritic.com (out of 5 stars). Ratings are for their latest release. If I haven't heard the whole CD, I'll give thumbs up or down according to what I heard:

50 Cent (2/5 - but take my rap ratings with a grain of salt)
Avenged Sevenfold :thumbsdown:
Band Of Horses :thumbsup:
Bat For Lashes :thumbsdown:
James Blunt :thumbsdown:
Vanessa Carlton (5/5)
The Cave Singers :thumbsup:
Kenny Chesney (3.5/5)
Keyshia Cole :thumbsup:
Dashboard Confessional :thumbsdown:
The Donnas (4.5/5)
The Eagles (want to hear it but have not)
Steve Earle (4/5)
Earlimart :thumbsdown:
Eisley (5/5)
Melissa Etheridge (3.5/5)
The Fiery Furnaces :thumbsdown:
Foo Fighters (4/5)
Deborah Harry (4/5)
PJ Harvey (3.5/5)
Imperial Teen (4.5/5)
Iron & Wine :thumbsup:
Jimmy Eat World (4/5)
Kid Rock :thumbsdown:
Korn :thumbsdown:
Ben Lee (4/5)
Annie Lennox (3.5/5)
Jennifer Lopez :thumbsdown:
M.I.A. (0.5/5)
Lori McKenna (4/5)
Thurston Moore :thumbsup:
Roisin Murphy (meh)
The New Pornographers (5/5)
The Pipettes (2.5/5)
Radiohead (4.5/5)
Rilo Kiley (4.5/5)
LeAnn Rimes (2/5)
Josh Ritter (5/5)
Rogue Wave (4/5)
Patti Scialfa (2/5)
She Wants Revenge :thumbsdown:
Siouxsie :thumbsup:
Britney Spears (1/5)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (5/5)
Stars (4.5/5)
Serj Tankian :thumbsup:
KT Tunstall (4/5)
Carrie Underwood (4/5)
The Weakerthans :thumbsup:
Kanye West (4/5)

A couple others:

Backstreet Boys - Unbreakable (2.5/5)
Skye Sweetnam - Sound Soldier (3.5/5)

So if you could change profession, would you?

[MrCoffee]

1. tough question...i left my profession on purpose

i'm not practicing law right now because i wanted my kids to recognize me when i got home. it was readily apparent to me right out of law school that in order to be a "successful" attorney (not necessarily a wealthy one) would require so much of my time that everything would be put on the back burner. so i left the firm and took a job with a 40-hour workweek.


all things being equal, i'd rather be a working attorney. as they are, i think i'll stay where i am for a while longer

[mvd]

6. Understood

That's why I think by owning a franchise, I'll have a chance to pick how it affects quality of life.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Yes

[ThomCat]

3. I wish that I could afford to pursue my chosen profession.

But thanks to the craptacular debt load from student loans I had to take jobs that actually pay well. So here I am in corporate hell. :(

[mvd]

4. Sorry about that - you are not alone

Bush would probably veto more aid. I have high bills from college, too. With some help I'm paying on them, but not much.

[Parche]

5. I Would Become A Pimp

:hi:

[Orsino]

7. Sit. Stay.

I love my job, and I know how rare that is these days.