Just say no to yuppie angst!

This last week I've been filling in for my boss. No I'm not a glutton for punishment nor am I a suck up. I did it because I wanted to see if I could do it.

I've known for a while that I haven't actively pursued promotion even though others have clearly thought me ready for it. I've hesitated because I've seen so many people regret the decision.

1. Promotion caused a huge spike in their stress level.
   
2. It caused them to be different outside of work.
3. It made them hate their jobs a lot more than when they were mere worker bees.
4. It forced them to care about stuff (boss stuff, subject matter stuff) that they would have preferred not to waste their time with.

Based merely on this brief list, I figured promotion was a non-starter for me.

But I had to be sure.

So I did it for 4 days, clearly not enough time for a representative survey...but enough...enough for me to know that it would siphon the life right out of me. So instead, I'm going to try to train myself in a related discipline and figure out how to do some freelancing on the side. That way, perhaps I can make a little more money without bringing more yuppie angst into to it...