Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Given a choice....?
If you were given a choice between a low paying job that you absolutely loved, or a high paying job that you truly hated....which would you take, and why?
11 Answers
- 2 decades agoFavorite Answer
I'm a teacher. Need I say more? :)
I seriously am probably the luckiest person in the entire world job wise. I somehow landed this amazing job at this amazing school with perfectly amazing kids! Do I get an 'amazing' salary? Heck no. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. I so love what I do. And that makes me who I am. I'm happy for it...and need nothing more. Money doesn't mold us.....experiences do. And every day on my job is a new true adventure. I swear these kids teach me more than I teach them. That beats the heck out of any paycheck.
So given a choice......which many of us seriously are, I'd take the low paying job that I absolutely love! :)
- 2 decades ago
I would take the high paying job, sock away the money to live on later and then move to the low paying job I loved.
- 2 decades ago
I would always take a low paying job that i love...money isn't everything in this world...as long as you are happy and can live on what you make at the low paying job....but thats me and i love life...why would i go and do something i dont love?
- 2 decades ago
Dream my friend; one of the biggest dilemmas of life! I personally chose the low paying job, but now doing the same job I earn more money from my other option; if you love what you are doing you could become more successful that you could imagine! This does not mean, however, that this will be easy. I remember that I had to do lots of sucrifices before coming to the point that I am now.
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- Smart KittyLv 52 decades ago
Well, I am a social worker and my husband is a teacher. We chose those professions b/c we like doing what we do. I'd rather be happy (but not poor) rather than rich. Besides, usually high paying jobs come with a lot of stress!
- 2 decades ago
The low paying job that I loved. If you have no money you can be happy, but if you are unhappy no amount of money will help.
- Anonymous2 decades ago
low paying job, as long as at least met my physical requirements. if you hate your job, it permeates the rest of your life, you have no energy or desire to do anything else, even if you have the money, so you hate your life.
however if you love your job, you don't really care if you can't afford the latest sports car or the mansion on the hill.
- 2 decades ago
I would choose the low paying job because eventhough id be doing my job, i would feel that im really doing nothing. on the side i could do another job too without feeling overworked!!
- 2 decades ago
i'd say low paying job, but i've done that, and just barely livung, and never getting to go out or even buy good groceries got to me, and i started not liking my job. better to find some middle ground.