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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 9:59 am
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FLgrr
 
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As an IT project manager, traveling all the time gets old. Find yourself a career you like. I did. It just so happens I travel a lot doing it. That is better I think. Since you are young (and I feel old), you will understand after it all starts.

Think about how your life is now. Do you like to watch your favorite football team every Sunday? How about your local hockey team? Travel every Sunday while the game is played, and you lose touch with them. Maybe you are home one or two nights a week, you often will spend less time going to the local hockey game cause you have to catch up and prepare to leave again.

Though I have had fun experiences. I am a big hockey fan. I have gotten 'free' trips to a few NHL cities and seen games in places I would never have taken the time to get to.

I have spent a lot of time in LA and SF. Great cities to wonder around. But there are some smaller Southern cites that being stuck in downtown with 3 restaurants and no car, well after a few weeks of the same restaurants, it wears on you.

When I first moved to FL, I started travel to Atlanta. I knew Atlanta better than the Tampa/St Pete area. And FL was my home.

So pros and cons. Again, best to find a major you like, a job you want to work in. Then find the job that allows the travel.
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