Job monotony is killing me!

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I'm an application support analyst for a large company.. My job basically entails coding SQL scripts, cleansing rubbish SQL data, and generic front end support. Whilst I enjoy what I do, I crave something exciting, more interesting.. The monotony of doing the same thing every day is boring me!

Is your job fun and exciting? Have you made the switch from something monotonous to something that's constantly different?
 
How about getting some ideas about how you would like to progress your career, while retaining the enjoyment/satisfaction factor?

I generally move on from a job when I stop learning things from it (or dont enjoy it).
 
moawan said:
So do i but the Job market is flooded with out of work people and this is probably the worst time to move, with all the cuts coming.
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The worst time to move will be the next few years AFTER the cuts. If you're considering moving, do it. I've just moved and landed myself a fantastic dev job in financial services.
 
I'm moving from marketing to project management. I was looking for marketing work following my placement but I got a project management offer based on some of my projects in marketing and I'm starting it soon. On reflection I think it's something my skills are better suited to. I'm too organised and call bull**** enough to work in marketing.
 
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Good luck rodo. The best project managers I've worked with are the ones that can get the following three things right:

1) Organisation. Get those developers, engineers, managers whatever to do their bit and track to every deliverable.

2) Calling bull**** as you put it. Someone doesn't do something because their elbow hurts? BS. System X isn't capable of Y? BS etc.

3) Subject matter understanding.

The last one is hard. The worst PMs I've dealt with are those that don't try to understand the subject matter. Those that do have been able to manage some very complex and technical projects, and it significantly helps with 2).
 
Luckily my first placement (grad scheme) is explaining the offerings to the customer (60-80% of working week) so looks like I'm going to have to understand it :p

Thanks for the advice!
 
I moved from IT to art in the games industry. Best move ever for me as IT support was driving me nuts. Loads of jobs going for people with Maya, C++ skills going at the mo.
 
My job is killing me too at the moment - just a dry project but it will get better I hope. I just regret not going for commercial pilot like I always wanted. Soon to have wife and mortgage I don't think it will ever happen.
 
I'm in the air force, I've gone from fixing the odd PC fault to driving around Kuwait at 3 in the morning whitnessing head on collisions to flying into Iraq in a USAF blackhawk helicopter......all in one day......quite boring... :p
 
Just switched from Siebel support for Hewlett Packard to paid union official for PCS - much more exciting and more travelling plus something I really enjoy doing.

Hard work getting the Diploma in Ermployee and Industrial Relations in order to make the switch though. Tough juggling studying and full time work.
 
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