Should I leave my mining engineering job and start something else?

[Satyajit310]

I have partly gone through the inspiring book, "The millionaire fast lane". I would humbly request you to go through a few simple facts pertaining to my career and advice, if possible, the best course of action to get on to the fast lane.

1) Age - 45 Years

2) Sex - Male.

3) Marital Status - Married with a 15 months old kid.

4) Nationality - Indian.

5) Current Profession - Mining Engineer employed in M/S Tata Steel Limited in an underground coal mine.

6) Annual Income - 12 Lakhs Rupees (Indian Currency).

7) Level of Job Satisfaction - Zero. The job is not to my liking. It is a daily drudgery.

8) My passion -

(a) Research on space and time in pure physics (But as yet, no formal degree in the field).

(b) Keen interest in Mathematics.

(c) Software Programming (I do have a PG diploma on the subject, but it was way back in 2004 and I have forgotten everything. I had, however, designed a few programs to solve complicated mathematical problems).

8) Financial Status - No acute financial problem at the moment, but at the same time, I am stuck with my 9 to 5 daily routine and do not have freedom.

9) What I badly need at the moment - I badly need financial liberty, most importantly, freedom form the drudgery of my job and do something that not only satisfies my intellectual thirst, but also gives financial freedom.

I shall be highly obliged to have some advice from the forum.

Yours Sincerely,

Satyajit Chakrabartty

City - Dhanbad.

State - Jharkhand.

Country - India.

 

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[amp0193]

I would humbly request you to go through a few simple facts pertaining to my career and advice, if possible, the best course of action to get on to the fast lane.

Unfortunately, "how" to get on the fastlane is different for everyone, and it's difficult for anyone other than You to know the best path for you.

Think about the products or services you frequently use, is there something you do or make better than what's out there. Something that solves a big enough problem, that people would pay for the solution?

Listen to what your co-workers complain about when they are in conversation. Complaints are often a sign that there is problem that needs fixing.

 

[PatrickWho]

I think the first step would be for you to go completely through the Millionaire Fastlane as well as Unscripted . It's hard to answer you here without repeating what is already in the books.

If you have specific questions after you've read them both, I think you'll get more out of this forum.

 

[OldFaithful]

1) Age - Ignore this.
2) Sex - Ignore this.
3) Marital Status - Use this as fuel...perhaps your "WHY".
4) Nationality - Ignore this.
5) Current Profession - Use this as a source of "NEEDS".
6) Annual Income - Ignore this.
7) Level of Job Satisfaction - Use this as fuel...perhaps your "WHY".
8) My passion - Ignore this.
8) Financial Status -Ignore this.
9) What I badly need at the moment - Use this as fuel...perhaps your "WHY".

@amp0193 gave you some great advice, I'm not going to try to refine it any further.

Think about the products or services you frequently use, is there something you do or make better than what's out there. Something that solves a big enough problem, that people would pay for the solution?

Listen to what your co-workers complain about when they are in conversation. Complaints are often a sign that there is problem that needs fixing.

 

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