[carisear]

To all the people in here ragging on going to Alberta tarsands: what's wrong with being a labourer? Or a tradesperson? How is that considered 'mindless' when inputting numbers into a spreadsheet isn't? How is the outlook for family life more bleak for them?

It's easy for me to see the people in here who think they are better than others based on their job choices.

Next thing is: Just because you have 2 masters degrees in comp sci and something else doesn't mean you are entitled to a high paying job, or even a job for that matter. If you want to make money, you find what need there is, and then fill it. If there are 100 million people with compsci degrees now, then wouldn't that be as completely useless as people with a religions degree?

You may absolutely hate your job, but you fill a niche, and make good money by doing it. If you want to exert your 'freedom', you can -- you can rack up $100k in debt learning things that are fun to you, but not necessarily useful to ANYONE else.