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Learning something new, please write a correction. Please write a correction. I am quickly bored. When I start something new, I will learn it, I will know it, if it is tested I will get a high score... But then I am bored with it again and I forget it. It's not very beneficial for my career. And the latter is even worse now I am facing unemployment. I lately studied Korean. But now my employer wants to fire me, and it's useless. It already was useless, since the Koreans I work with do not know English very well, but before I would talk Korean better than their English, I should have studied it for a year or two at least. So, I actually did it to impress Korean waitresses and stewardesses, and this was a success. But, what to do now? I have thought about the following options: First Aid. I have my First Aid diploma, and I am a volunteer for the athletic club. If I study this further, I can be First Aid coordinator. That always sounds good on your resume. You can say you have organizing skills and become a manager. But, I do not like management. Not really. Not as a primary task in my job at least. English. It's of course the language most used in trade and science. But it's boring. It's no challenge. I think my English is good enough for a technical guy, and since I do not want to be a teacher or a translator, I doubt if improving it has any use. German. The thing with German is, I studied it last year, and I got a certification, but my score was far too high. I did a sort of 'B1'-level test, got 90%. I then subscribed for a 'B2'-level test, got 90% again! I should have tried a 'C1'level test, but I was already bored with it again. Information Science. Worst and best option. Worst since it totally bores me, since I already do stuff with computers 40 hours a week. Best since, it would be the most beneficial for my career. I am, after all, a computer programmer. I should then probably study a thing called WPF, if that rings a bell with you. Well, what should I do?

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Learning something new, please write a correction.

 

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I am quickly easily bored. When I start something new, I will learn it, I will know it, and 
if it is tested I will get a high score... But then I am get bored with it again [didn't think it was necessary since you only introduced the "something"] and
I forget it. It's not very beneficial for my career. And the latter [not sure what "latter" is referring too" Was it the forgetting?] is even worse
now that I am facing unemployment. I lately studied Korean. But now my employer wants
to fire me, and it's useless. It already was useless[no comma needed] since the Koreans I work with
do not know English very well, but before I would talk Korean better than their they talked
English, so I should have studied it for a year or two at least. So, [didn't think it was necessary--but were you using "so" as an interjection or a 'pause-word' in this case?] I actually did
it to impress Korean waitresses and stewardesses, and this was a success.

But, what to do now? I have thought about the following options:

First Aid. I have my First Aid diploma, and I am a volunteer for the athletic club.
If I study this further, I can be First Aid coordinator. That always sounds good
on your resume. You can say you have organizing skills and become a manager.
But [OR: However], I do not like management. Not really. Not as a primary task in my job at least.

English. It's of course the language most used in trade and science. But it's boring.
It's no challenge. I think my English is good enough for a technical guy, and since
I do not want to be a teacher or a translator, I doubt if improving it has any use.

German. The thing with German is, I studied it last year, and I got a certification,
but my score was far too high. I did a sort of 'B1'-level test, got 90%. I then subscribed
for a 'B2'-level test, got 90% again! I should have tried a 'C1'level test, but
I was already bored with it again [OR: bored with it by then. ... was that what you meant?].

Information Science. Worst and best option. Worst since it totally bores me, since as
I already do stuff with computers 40 hours a week. Best since[no comma needed] it would be the most
beneficial for my career. I am, after all, a computer programmer. I should then
probably study a thing called WPF, if that rings a bell with you.

Well, what should I do?

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Thank you for your compliment. :-)
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Thanks. By the way, your English is very good!!
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Hey, I had the same feeling as you in the past. I am an accountant and everyday I only deal with numbers and working behind the computer to meet the deadline. It is no fun to do anything again and again everyday though it is your hobby. There was one day, I suddenly found that in between my work and producing reports I can find some new things to develop. I have to deal with vendors on their invoices, coworkers on their claims and etc. that are all things besides nubmers. Thus, I try to learn how to work with others and the communication skills. And from there I learn some new things. And from those new things I learn some other new knowledge. Even a person with the most interesting job in the world, there are still things would let that person feel boring. So, no matter which option you choose, try to find the special something from it and you may enjoy it a bit. Wish you all the best.
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Well, I think every job would bore me. There are two things. First you do it 40 hours a week, and everything I would do 40 hours a week would start to bore me, whatever it is. Also, working is always under pressure. You have to do it within a certain time, otherwise the customer gets mad, the boss complains. If you put together an Ikea chair at home on Sunday, it can be fun. If you have to do it Saturday night, while your wife says in two hours we have to go to my mom, so hurry up, it's less. If you have to do it for a living, and do at least one chair in 30 minutes every day, week in week out, it's starts being hell. Of course it's a strange comparison, information science has far more technical interesting facets then an Ikea chair, but basically, being working makes everything less fun.

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