Revenge of the nerds? Maybe…
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So, having left my analytical left brain job (or rather I will on Friday) to go and work in a more creative field, I was greatly heartened to read We’re not sporty, but when it comes to spelling we Indians are the bee’s knees, explaining why India (and China I suspect) are rising stars of the business world.
Why? Because I’m currently reading Dan Pink‘s A Whole New Mind. Combined with a few of Seth Godin’s books, and a very scary chat on a train which made me realise I was killing myself to better the investment of a bunch of other people, leaving my current job became obvious.
It’s scary, and I hate the word “quitting” (I’m not quitting the job because I can’t do it – I’m leaving to work else where). I could “stick” it for another ten years, but it would slowly kill me. I think leaving is the right thing to do. Everything I do can be outsourced (if not now then in three years), automated (less so than the outsourcing, but not impossible) or is simply unrequired.
Time to go learn some new skills, and invest in me a little bit more.
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