Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
I became a university lecturer simply because I drank beers on a thursday with the right people. It had nothing to do with ability or hard work.
I got out of it for reasons similar to what you describe with the "Newcastle Club".
I now work in a low wage job and I am having the time of my life.
So that's my point. You went one way, you weren't happy, so you changed.
You won.

I just wish more people looked at that as the goal rather than status/money/adulation from people they don't like anyway.