Update on possible job at a brewery

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Rk4HWBdrq1Fgc3YvzdMG-Vw&bvm=bv.45645796,d.aWM

 

If you regret not taking it last time, seems like a no brainer. If you have an opportunity to do something you love, take the chance and go for it!

 

yeah let it ride! you'll kill it!

 

aigh that's a tough choice. Guess it really depends upon how much you 1) really love brewing, and 2) don't love chemistry anymore.
I burned out from lab work after 14 years.... didn't take long. I took a small pay cut and now am a prof who is teaching, with very little research anymore. Once again, compromises were an order. Have a MASSIVE commute now. That being said, I'm happier. My job is social (better suited to my personality), and I love the kiddos in brooklyn.
If you really sigh every morning when you go to work, I say go for it. Kinda a shame to toss your phd... never to be utilized again. Wondering if in the end, there's a chemistry application to brewing that you could eventually have a position doing. would be the best of both worlds, really.

 

I remember your previous post, and would fathom to guess that you will probably receive very similar responses this time.

There's a reason for that.

Yes. It will be scary (especially the part time thing), but like you said, it's not as if you don't have a fallback/it's going to cripple you financially. All too rarely do people have the opportunity to do something they genuinely love. If you are as passionate about this as your posts appear (and many on these boards probably are), you absolutely owe it to yourself to take that dive. As someone who has worked with the elderly and dying, the regrets they express are ostensibly that they did not spend as much time following a passion; NOT that they didn't make as much money, or didn't utilize a specific certification.
From your post this time around, it sounds like your environmental lab is at least amenable to accommodating this transition: if (god forbid) the brewery gig should fall through completely, do you think they'd be willing to consider rehiring you for your old position?

It's easy for me to sit here on a keyboard and tell you to throw caution to the winds: it's not my life, and and it's not my consequences should the worst occur. But I can't overstate how awesome this opportunity sounds (and that's before even factoring in the fact that it sounds like the brewery itself [and the people in charge] are pretty cool).

tl;dr DO IT

 

So I have to know. You passed up a job the first time at this brewery. What is that person doing now? Something that you would like?

If you are still in your 20's you still have a good 40 years of work in your life. Think about that.

 

I remember last time reading your post about this too and you stating your regret about not going for it.
Here's your second chance girl! Go for it!

 

I should have read this post before writing my response, because this is perfect. Very well put kemoarps.

 

There is a time where a stable permanent no-frills job is appropriate...that time for you, is not now. My advice is to go for what you think you'll enjoy. There's just no point to passing up on passion for security, especially when you have no dependents.

Go for it. Be happy. No regrets.

 

Forgive me for just scanning this thread.

What if you parlay your chemistry job into a chemist for a brewery. Quality Assurance thing? Sorry if this has been brought up already.

 

Do it.

 

Try this. I mean it isn't the most glamorous but it is necessary (at least for the larger craft brewers). You might be less directly involved in the brewing and development process, but you will be much more indispensable to them, which is key.

 

Do it. You know you want too.

 

If you don't go for it this time, I'd be afraid of the regret you'll feel if the opportunity doesn't present itself again. You've put all the life stuff out there. You guys can get by. I feel like you are trying to talk yourself out of it. I get that. You like the life you have. While the transition may be bumpy in the beginning, you'll figure it out. Go for it and don't look back.

 

Firstly, nothing worth doing is going to be easy. Secondly, as a brewery employee, if you can do the work and I don't have to babysit you and you can learn quickly, you're the bee's knees. Do it.

 

There's your answer right there.

 

You're young, have no debt or kids.. there is NOTHING stopping you. Your boyfriend is supportive and this is what you want to do. Don't look back on what could have been.. make it happen now. If it doesn't work out than deal with that when the time comes.. you'll never know until you try. If the guarantee for full time is there than grind out those few part time months with ramen noodles and PBR and look forward to a job that you'll love doing, rather than one you drag yourself out of bed for. Lemme be the first to say.. ISO: MammaGoose's first brew. Good luck!

 

My 125 pound 26 year old daughter works as a mudlogger on a drilling rig in SE New Mexico, definitely a man's world but she's smart and tough and nobody hassles her. As long as you're confident in your abilities and don't play the helpless girl you'll do just fine. BTW I have about 14 women mudloggers working for me, I don't believe in men's vs women's work-it just needs to get done.
If I were in your position I wouldn't hesitate, I just don't really see any downside. If I were your age with the backup resources you have I'd dive right in and never look back. Good luck, let us know how you like your new job.