Maybe you missed the post where I said I was hopeful to get a job at a major. I don't think I'm entitled to anything. I'm patient. I've learned to be patient in this industry. My time will come, whether it's at a major, or somewhere else. I'm looking for that job that maximizes my time off, and affords me the means to enjoy it. I really don't care where it is.
No I didn't miss the point. And this could just be cause of the internets, but the impression whether real or misunderstood that I'm getting from what you're saying is that you want job, but don't want/or like to play the game or have to jump through the hoops to go about getting that coveted job. Because you want maximum time off for yourself, and to spend with your kids.
I commend you on being a father, but life is about politics, and learning and knowing how to play the game and win. Those that play well succeed, those that don't, flounder, become bitter and whine about it and their many short comings. Life isn't fair, nothing s promised. Sometimes you have to make small sacrifices in life in the short term to be able to get what you want in the long term future. It sucks, yes. But such is life. Again I'm not saying hit every conference in creation. But try to find a healthy balance between life, family and putting forth the time/energy necessary to find that perfect forever job. Get your face out there, get your name on recruiters lips. Volunteer, do whatever. Then when you've finally gotten that golden nugget job, not only will you be making more money, and hopefully working less hard/frequent. But that golden ticket job will positively impact your life and thus also your kids life, and you will also
hopefully have more time off to spend with them.
Look I know this story and live and regret it EVERYDAY. When I was eighteen my mom told me, to take the hit today, to guarantee success in the future. But I was young, hardheaded and thought that I knew everything, and besides dealing with some issues, I wanted everything now. Hot clothes, nice car, hot b*tch, stay out late and party, you know all the floss. And I chased it hard and lost site of the goal, and what's important. And that is why I'm thirty-eight and still in college and working FT and going to school FT, and making up for precious lost career time. Because I finally learned the lesson later in life, that my mom was right. And now I'm paying the price for not listening, and let me tell you, that it sucks.