Ned - I've never had a job long enough for it to define me. I'm not a good enough artist of any kind for that to define me either. When people ask me what I do, I generally either joke and say, "you mean today?" or "I watch T.V. generally," or I just say whatever my current job is as if I have had a career at it. It has become a big problem really. I've not built any skills. You may think your job is easy, but that's because you are surrounded by it everyday. Whether you feel you are an expert or not, you are. You've started a career, built on it, and now it seems like cake. You're paid for your knowledge, not your difficulties in performing the job. God, I'd be a millionaire if I could just be paid for the stress I create for myself. I honestly cannot think of a single profession that I would be comfortable doing for the rest of my life. Most people probably don't. The difference between me and most people though is that they are willing to stick with something long enough to make that thing comfortable. I think the key to this whole career thing is to pick something and stay with it for at least 10-15 years. After that you should be able to make safe financial moves towards things of interest instead of necessity. I'm not saying that there aren't those special people that love what they do, but to me that fits into the same catagory as finding that one person that is made for you. Either you are lucky enough to trip over that or you're not. I don't think either is something you can search for. Anyway, I'm starting to think on both of those issues that you should grab the best thing you can find and then work at staying with it. (Did I just do a plug for monogamy? ... and in that sense am I suggesting that you should give a relationship 10-15 years until you can make a safe emotional move towards something of interest instead of necessity... hurm...)