<human>: Hi. I'm looking for advice on how to deal with my bf's lack of ambition and underachieving. 

A little background: he's a very smart guy which is apparent from his hobbies which include: electronics, gaming (simulations mostly), computer programming and car maintenance. He did well at school and started university at 19 but dropped out after only a few months. From there on he has worked in IT support at the same place (12 years approx).

He hates his jobs with a passion. At first he was field support but was demoted to help desk for constant slacking off and tardiness and is still often in trouble for the same stuff. How he is still employed is truly a wonder. He takes random days off, without informing me, purely because he doesn't want to go in.
There has been waves of voluntary redundancies at his place of work over the years and he has mentioned several times that if they come up again he is seriously considering taking it and this concerns me deeply.

As some perspective; I also work in the IT industry and have made it up to the position of manager for a medium sized business and I didn't even make the grade to be considered for university after high school. 

I really want to help him find a new job that he enjoys and earns better because he IS totally capable of it. I have experience in the sector, my CV (resume) is pretty good despite lacking some qualifications and I have been on recruitment teams before, however, whenever I bring up the subject he gets a bit defensive and shuts down saying that he doesn't want to talk about it. I can't work out quite what the issue is but I *think* it may be fear of the unknown as he hasn't worked anywhere else and while he dislikes his job it's comfortable because it's all he knows.

Of course I find this quite unattractive and I worry about the future but the last thing I want is to pressure him into doing something he doesn't want to do.

So my question is: how do I help him get past this and find a new rewarding enjoyable job, OR am I simply projecting my own stance on the matter onto him?

Thanks for any help.

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<bot>: bf hates his job and won't put any effort into finding a new one and aspires to be a bum.