I've been working in this industry for 6 years now, all I know is that I don't have time to do anything for myself. I used to tollerate winter, but I fucking hate it now. Summer is a bit more chill until all of the huge projects start rolling in. All I want to do is take some time to see my family for christmas. Of course we're supposed to be getting a cubic assload of snow to deal with until after christmas. Theres no such thing as PTO, and if I actually made money I may not be complaining. But this shit keeps happening year after year. I just want to be able to get to a grocery store before they close, let alone travel like 6 hrs out of town and spend a week there.
I had this Idea I'd start self teaching myself computer science, go to school and get a job in that field. My current job however doesn't allow me to have the time or the energy to attempt learning a damn thing. All I know is that I gotta GTFO of this industry before I kill myself with it.