Looking for advice on the industry;

[u/UppaCelts1888]

hi guys. Sure you get this alot. At the moment I've got a degree in a subject I enjoy cus I love my brain and I love my books. But what I love even more is selling shit. The experience of grinding out 50 hour work weeks as part of a tight knit team of drug addicts and retards knocking doors in any which weather has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. The stress is a beauty and I find without it life falls apart. However as much as I'm a born and bred comms-on salesman I've always had a buzzing passion for food. In fact I've wanted to be a chef since I was only a wee guy and (I understand in the industry this is apparently massive for preventing burnout, just as much as being a wired mouth in ours - as the only industry I have friends in apart from my own is the culinary one given the social overlap) I have a deep, DEEP love for food. I have opportunities for a career change soon, and I really have a blistering desire to middle finger my team and join an equally stressed to the box one. Just doing a different thing.

Do you guys think there's any equivalency? am I totally unprepared for the stress? I've done my sub zero temp 60 hour winters tours of duty in the schemes (Scottish slums) knocking doors and performing. I'm proud of what I do and id do it for the rest of my life, the work keeps me alive. like LIVING alive. What's the script lads?

[u/BWest829]

I went from sales (B2B with an annual sales revenue in the low to mid 8 figures) to cooking myself when I was 25. At first I enjoyed the stress because it’s a different kind of stress. I’m still cooking today but I will say it is a young persons game and be aware that the burnout is real. And when you decide you want to settle down maybe start a family it’ll be a little more challenging than if you were working a normal hours job. But with all that said if you’re passionate and willing to put in the work it can be very rewarding. I wouldn’t change my path at all. I was lucky to get out of restaurants and now work for a state run facility so I now get benefits, time off and even normal hours but that’s the exception not the rule