Your advice for me

My sister is a full time vet tech in Texas. It pays $13 per hour

I left my job to follow my passion, it was a huge risk as I own a house and have a horse, two dogs and a rabbit to pay for. I made a little savings account, sold my new car and bought an old one. I haven't regretted it for a single second. Something will turn up for you

If you can find a secure position doing what you love then I say go for it. It would suck to work 20 years doing something you aren't happy doing. Good luck.

You should definitely go for it if you can secure a job before leaving the one you have now! I also sit at a computer all day and am starting to lose my mind...absolutely meant to be on my feet and talking to people and I hardly ever do that here! Good luck!

I think you should follow your dream and do what makes you happy even if it is a pay cut at least you will be happy! Thats what I did and I love my job and couldnt be happier

If you don't have people that are dependent on you, like children than I say follow your passion. If you are doing what you love the money isn't that important cause you don't really mind putting in more hours, cause you love it. Good luck with whatever you decide.

While saving up a nest egg to make the move, you could volunteer at a shelter to get a little of what you love in your life.

I agree that you should not quit your job until you have another one and you should always measure the financial impact as well. I don't know what you are making now but you would at least need pay comparable to keep your standard of living the way it is and dont forget to consider any benefits you have as part of that.

Another thing you might want to pay attention to is something that you've already experienced. No matter how much you love your job (when you were a kennel tech), it all really comes down to how much you like the people you work with. You loved your old kennel job but not enough to stay when the boss started taking advantage of you. (of course)

Of course you should be able to do what you want, but you have to be able to take care of yourself too. Which is why I suggest volunteering at a shelter until you find a job you love. At least you get to help and work with animals while still having a stable job you know helps you make a living.

Still, go for it Just do it sensibly.

Why don't you stay at your current job and take some classes. With a degree or some type of cert you should make more.

I'm a dirt-broke artist, so I'm not someone to ask about career advice, but doing something you love has value that can't be counted in dollars and cents.

I've been a vet tech, too, and loved the job itself. Unfortunately, I have a hard time finding a vet to work for who isn't batpoop crazy in one way or another. I support the idea of small businesses, but so many vets have major god-complexes and, since they're working for themselves, there's no recourse if things get weird, as you already found. My situation was so bad that I was able to quit and win an appeal to collect unemployment, which is really rare that the state agreed that quitting was the only option.

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you can also look into volunteering at animal shelters and such while you're in your current job. that makes for good animal experience, which could bump your pay up a little.

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You should check into working as a vet tech at a University. I work at Oklahoma State University and can tell you that they pay their techs well (more than you make now), plus it would be a State job with good leave benefits, Health Benefits, teachers retirement benefits, and oppurtunity to grow. While they do like the people who get the certificatation, it's not required. You have a good chance of being hired with experience. You aren't far from OKC so maybe you should check into what OU or some of the other OSU OKC extension offices have to offer, or some of the other colleges around. Good luck!