Career changes
Posted by: hungryhalibut on 03 August 2014
My wife's cousin visited recently, and over dinner the conversation moved to her (the cousin's) daughter, who is (or rather, was) a cordon blue pastry chef. But not any more - she is now a dominatrix, with a dungeon in Orpington, of all places. The remuneration is much better, and rather than paying for a cleaner, men now pay her to dress up in maids' outfits and do the cleaning - it's got to be a win - win scenario.
Can anyone beat that (sorry) for a career change?
Wow, that is a dramatic change. 
I was very close friends in college with an artist. He published poetry, sang and played rhythm guitar in a working rock band, and like so many others in the mid-1970's, dealt drugs to help make ends meet. All too predictably, the dealing led to addiction and to some very erratic behavior. Long story short, after several interventions failed, we parted ways.
Fast forward to late-1980's, and I learned that my former friend had left a well-paying job as an investment banker on Wall Street to become CEO for an energy company startup. I called to congratulate him, and we talked for a while. But predictably, it was like talking to a complete stranger.
Not sure what the moral of the story is, or if there even is one. Life is strange and unpredictable, and I guess most of us just try to figure it out a day at a time. I hope your wife's cousin's daughter knows what she's doing, is not taking too many risks, and is already thinking about an exit strategy.
ATB.
Hook
Do you have a number ?.
Hilarious Scooot, maybe you should have a cold dip in your avatar-pool ?! 
ATB Peter
Wow! Very enterprising. Only the other day my wife was intimating she'd like to have some kind of part time job now the children have fled the nest. I suggested some voluntary work but you've given me another idea. 
Why stay ?. Must be other industry areas where your skills are valued ?
That's really sad. In my industry (mining), I feel that people treat each other overwhelmingly fairly. The people that work in the industry are just regular people and act accordingly. There is no "escalation to evil" as people move to positions of responsibility. Exceptions of course, but thankfully few and far between.