Choosing My Job

Should you take up a job, or should you do entrepreneurship? If you are taking up an employment which should you angle for? These five should give you some clues. 

1. Indoor Vs. Outdoor 

What kind of a person are you: indoor or outdoors? Do you like to work from a desk, or move out, meet people, and make deals?   If you were an indoor person, it would be tough to cope with the crowd outside. You should hence prefer desk jobs. But if you are an outdoor person and want to venture and meet people, choose sales, marketing, advertisement etc. 

2. Creative Vs. Challenge

Note every creative person likes to take the challenge. Example: not every actor can be a director and vice versa. While both are creative jobs, the role of a director is far more challenging than that of an actor. Also there are versatile actors who unfortunately have stuck to the same role without experimenting. 

3. Money Vs. Passion

While it’s nice to say money is not essential and we must work where our heart is, money is important. The pandemic has shown us that. Passion feeds the heart, but it is money that feeds the stomach. If I am passionate about being a traffic constable or a painter, I must remember that very few have made their living big being a cop. Our view is that you must take a job and simultaneously work on your passion. When the second one becomes big, you can quit the first. 

4. Be your own Boss Vs. Work with a Boss

Some of us need constant approvals and feedback, while others are confident of their skills and do not brook interference from others. Based on your personality type, decide if you want to be your own boss or would like to work under one. But remember that merely because you are an employee does not mean you are not an entrepreneur. Those who take the initiative and show drive while in employment are called intrapreneurs. You could strive to be an intrapreneur.

5. Onshore Vs. Abroad

Where should you work? In India or abroad? It is a personal choice. There is a view that those who emigrate are doing it for the money. Those who left India in the 1980s spoke about the substantially different quality of work and life. 

Many think that an ex-pat is a second-class citizen. There may be some merit in it but not entirely. Satya Nadella, Indira Nooyi and Sundar Pichai have reached the pinnacle of corporate hierarchy despite being outsiders. Of course, America is a land of opportunities and of immigrants, and the same cannot be said of the rest of the world. The final choice is, of course, rightfully yours. Today you can work in any part of the world: Far East, Middle East, Australia-NewZealand, Europe, Asia, America etc.