long hours!

[RobertMerton]

hello all,
I was hoping you guys would give me your insight.

so i'm 18 at the moment,
at uni (freshmen) doing a double degree that takes 5 years (if i don't fail any units)

at the end of the 5 years, i would have the opportunity to decide to which industry i would want to get into.

to simplify the choice, i will present two options.

one is to work in the public sector (working for the government) in public prosecutions. on paper, i would be home most weekends, work 39 hours a week (with anything above being overtime), and earn about $55k.
i would have 5 weeks paid leave a year.
the reality would be different as i'd be working alot of overtime, and most of it probably being 'unpaid' overtime. earning about $65k

life would be good, however i would assume i would find it a struggle to make ends meet, especially with children, due to the high cost of housing.


the other is to work in private practice, in 'top tier', or 'mid tier' firms.
i would probably be working 6 days a week, about 12-14 hours a day.
i would be earning the same figure presumably (55k) at the start, but it would increase to about $80-100k 5 years after i start working, with about $150k-200k as i become a senior associate, 10 years after first starting work.
of course i could burn out within months of employment, or when close to becoming an associate.

this is in contrast to about $100k after 10 years of working within the public sector.

life would be.... okay but i would have no trouble making ends meet (unless i take up a drug habit/become a gambler/). I would also be able to provide for my wife and children financially.

of course money will not buy happiness.

long hours would obviously be a negative effect if i choose the latter option, possibly ending in divorce/psychologically impacted children due to an emotionally absent father.

so should i not have children/not get married?

or perhaps i should get married at 30/35, where i would have become experienced in the industry, join a bontique firm, and thus cut the amount of hours i would work.

but i think the issue of lust would be tremendously detrimental.

 

[Johnnz]

Many of the demands of modern society derive from a set of beliefs that do not take God's principles into account and so are deficient to some extent. Work is one such area where society has lost sight of personhood and reduces people in the workplace to functional roles, to the detriment of family life, community involvement, health and general well being.

As a Christian we must be aware of that, and recognise that any counter values may well entail lower expectations of lifestyle and income. We submit to any Empire on its terms. Resistance may have its costs. But that is what seeking God's kingdom first is all about, living out of an alternative script.

John
NZ

 

[DCHSKNIGHT]

hello all,
I was hoping you guys would give me your insight.

so i'm 18 at the moment,
at uni (freshmen) doing a double degree that takes 5 years (if i don't fail any units)

at the end of the 5 years, i would have the opportunity to decide to which industry i would want to get into.

to simplify the choice, i will present two options.

one is to work in the public sector (working for the government) in public prosecutions. on paper, i would be home most weekends, work 39 hours a week (with anything above being overtime), and earn about $55k.
i would have 5 weeks paid leave a year.
the reality would be different as i'd be working alot of overtime, and most of it probably being 'unpaid' overtime. earning about $65k

life would be good, however i would assume i would find it a struggle to make ends meet, especially with children, due to the high cost of housing.


the other is to work in private practice, in 'top tier', or 'mid tier' firms.
i would probably be working 6 days a week, about 12-14 hours a day.
i would be earning the same figure presumably (55k) at the start, but it would increase to about $80-100k 5 years after i start working, with about $150k-200k as i become a senior associate, 10 years after first starting work.
of course i could burn out within months of employment, or when close to becoming an associate.

this is in contrast to about $100k after 10 years of working within the public sector.

life would be.... okay but i would have no trouble making ends meet (unless i take up a drug habit/become a gambler/). I would also be able to provide for my wife and children financially.

of course money will not buy happiness.

long hours would obviously be a negative effect if i choose the latter option, possibly ending in divorce/psychologically impacted children due to an emotionally absent father.

so should i not have children/not get married?

or perhaps i should get married at 30/35, where i would have become experienced in the industry, join a bontique firm, and thus cut the amount of hours i would work.

but i think the issue of lust would be tremendously detrimental.

I am gonna talk to you like i would talk to my son if i had one...

"Son, i don't care what you do. you could be a mortician for all I care. You could go and learn all the dead languages of the world and be the first person to discover how even speak one. I do not care what you do. As long as you take what you do and do as God Commands, To "As you go" make many disciples... If you do what God is calling you to do, If you honor him with your gifts and give him all the glory, I will be a rich man. If you become a ditch digger, you be the best Ditch digger in the world and honor God, with your amazing ditch digging gifts."

who cares how much money you make. This world is not what matters. If you do what God calles you to do, you will not be disapointed. You will always be provided for, It wont always be roses and happy faces, but it will be good. "consider the ravens and how God takes care of them every day, How much more prescious are you to him then birds?" And remember to store up treasures in heaven not on earth. When you die and turn to dust, you cant take the Corvette with you, but you can take your boss, your best friends, your wife and your children.

I would choose the job that would all me to with all my breath and strength, make sure that I stand before my father in heaven with my wife, my children and my grandchildren. Then go run to the Pterodactyl riding line with them.