Hi there ! thanks for having me in this amazing forums where one can find real serious talks and discussions .
i'd be pleased to get your opinions about the choice i've to decide .
it could be a long story but you have to know all details, however, it might be an interesting story
so, i'm 29 years old, an Egyptian Airline Pilot, i worked for my Country flag carrier airline since 2011,, but after 6 years of flying i started hating my job, always sleep deprived, almost no up social life, every month i work more hours than anyone i know, super hard and risky job, studying all the time with pass or fail exams every 6 months. a toxic work environment with control freaks, sever back pain and 6 herniated discs as a result of too much sitting, and the list goes on ...
so i thought about shifting careers, sadly i don't have a degree, but my other passion was Programming, i finished 2 years of software engineering university but couldn't finish more because of my job, so i started following online courses and found a colleague who was a programmer too who helped me alot, and 18 months ago , i met an amazing Polish girl in Madrid (my current wife), i used to visit her every month in Poland, we traveled together alot, and we got married, and start of this year when i knew my wife is pregnant, i started thinking that noway they can be in a different country than me and i asked her to move but noway she can move to Egypt as she has a big business in Poland and can't leave it , also moving to Egypt would be a big downgrade for her . so i decided i will move with her, in August i resigned my job in Egyptair and moved to Poland, i thought i will convert my Pilot License to European one and work as a flight instructor in a flight school beside my freelance work as a programmer ( mobile developer ) which is really hard to find a gig in , currently i have only one gig going and finding projects is super hard . keep in mind i never saved a penny in my life, as i spent my whole life traveling in my free time and just enjoying life and never thought about the future, so when i quit my job all i had was 1500Euros ( at this moment i have nothing ) . so to cut it a little short, converting my license and getting the flight instructor course will cost 10,000 Euros ( which i don't have any of them now, but maybe i will get them from my wife and pay her back later ) when i find a job as flight instructor my salary will be around 1,500 Euros ( so i will need long time to pay my wife back ! ) , and working as a freelancer is not guaranteed because one month you have a project and the other 3 months maybe you have nothing, and having a stable job as a programmer is not guaranteed also as i neither have big experience nor a degree.
i miss flying but not as an airline pilot, i've suffered alot with it and now i'm so relieved i have normal life ( currently unemployed, waiting for residence )
i've never in my life thought that i would be super connected to my wife and baby like this, my baby is 2 months old, and really if i go out for some time , i miss both of them so much, i'm super happy being next to my family and watching my baby grow old and giving her care and love, and helping my wife with it .
i'm so emotionally driven person , when my baby is cute and not crying im like oh my god i cannot leave u and live somewhere else,
when she is crying super bad and we can't sleep, im like oh my god i have to work abroad :
but at the end of the day, i know it will be super hard for me to see them only couple of days every month.
well, now to the choices ,
scenario number 1 : stay here, get the European license and instructor course ( 10K - borrow from my wife - and minimum 6 months to finish ) , and after i get my residence try finding a job with programming along with trying to get projects with freelancing .
scenario number 2 :
- i've a chance to go back to airline flying in Egypt in a charter company, with triple my old salary and a Captain upgrade, although more messed up rosters and longer flights without layovers, but i would go there for only 2 years to save some money and come back , with maximum 6 days per month consecutive days off .
- same chance but even further, in Korea , half the salary of that in Egypt but guaranteed 11 consecutive days off every month.
keep in mind that i have to decide fast because i have time limit to get back to airlines, which is 1 year from my last flight ( which was in last August )
now, shall i stay here and be patient maybe it gets better by time and i find job or freelance projects, or shall i go for the guaranteed and get this job in Egypt for 2 years save money and come back ?
i don't have a preference but i think the job in Egypt is the right decision if we are logically and practically thinking, while the choice to stay here is the right decision if we are thinking in a more emotional and social way .
p.s. i'm Gemini so i have 2 people each one thinking in a different way and both of them are always fighting , so i cannot decide .
sorry its been long story and i think i didnt put it in a good way, but im messed up
i'd be pleased to get your opinions about the choice i've to decide .
it could be a long story but you have to know all details, however, it might be an interesting story
so, i'm 29 years old, an Egyptian Airline Pilot, i worked for my Country flag carrier airline since 2011,, but after 6 years of flying i started hating my job, always sleep deprived, almost no up social life, every month i work more hours than anyone i know, super hard and risky job, studying all the time with pass or fail exams every 6 months. a toxic work environment with control freaks, sever back pain and 6 herniated discs as a result of too much sitting, and the list goes on ...
so i thought about shifting careers, sadly i don't have a degree, but my other passion was Programming, i finished 2 years of software engineering university but couldn't finish more because of my job, so i started following online courses and found a colleague who was a programmer too who helped me alot, and 18 months ago , i met an amazing Polish girl in Madrid (my current wife), i used to visit her every month in Poland, we traveled together alot, and we got married, and start of this year when i knew my wife is pregnant, i started thinking that noway they can be in a different country than me and i asked her to move but noway she can move to Egypt as she has a big business in Poland and can't leave it , also moving to Egypt would be a big downgrade for her . so i decided i will move with her, in August i resigned my job in Egyptair and moved to Poland, i thought i will convert my Pilot License to European one and work as a flight instructor in a flight school beside my freelance work as a programmer ( mobile developer ) which is really hard to find a gig in , currently i have only one gig going and finding projects is super hard . keep in mind i never saved a penny in my life, as i spent my whole life traveling in my free time and just enjoying life and never thought about the future, so when i quit my job all i had was 1500Euros ( at this moment i have nothing ) . so to cut it a little short, converting my license and getting the flight instructor course will cost 10,000 Euros ( which i don't have any of them now, but maybe i will get them from my wife and pay her back later ) when i find a job as flight instructor my salary will be around 1,500 Euros ( so i will need long time to pay my wife back ! ) , and working as a freelancer is not guaranteed because one month you have a project and the other 3 months maybe you have nothing, and having a stable job as a programmer is not guaranteed also as i neither have big experience nor a degree.
i miss flying but not as an airline pilot, i've suffered alot with it and now i'm so relieved i have normal life ( currently unemployed, waiting for residence )
i've never in my life thought that i would be super connected to my wife and baby like this, my baby is 2 months old, and really if i go out for some time , i miss both of them so much, i'm super happy being next to my family and watching my baby grow old and giving her care and love, and helping my wife with it .
i'm so emotionally driven person , when my baby is cute and not crying im like oh my god i cannot leave u and live somewhere else,
when she is crying super bad and we can't sleep, im like oh my god i have to work abroad :
but at the end of the day, i know it will be super hard for me to see them only couple of days every month.
well, now to the choices ,
scenario number 1 : stay here, get the European license and instructor course ( 10K - borrow from my wife - and minimum 6 months to finish ) , and after i get my residence try finding a job with programming along with trying to get projects with freelancing .
scenario number 2 :
- i've a chance to go back to airline flying in Egypt in a charter company, with triple my old salary and a Captain upgrade, although more messed up rosters and longer flights without layovers, but i would go there for only 2 years to save some money and come back , with maximum 6 days per month consecutive days off .
- same chance but even further, in Korea , half the salary of that in Egypt but guaranteed 11 consecutive days off every month.
keep in mind that i have to decide fast because i have time limit to get back to airlines, which is 1 year from my last flight ( which was in last August )
now, shall i stay here and be patient maybe it gets better by time and i find job or freelance projects, or shall i go for the guaranteed and get this job in Egypt for 2 years save money and come back ?
i don't have a preference but i think the job in Egypt is the right decision if we are logically and practically thinking, while the choice to stay here is the right decision if we are thinking in a more emotional and social way .
p.s. i'm Gemini so i have 2 people each one thinking in a different way and both of them are always fighting , so i cannot decide .
sorry its been long story and i think i didnt put it in a good way, but im messed up