tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post115018684275115519..comments2024-03-27T03:57:15.929+05:30Comments on Time and Tide: Job satisfaction or money?Pradeep Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150360579186449462006-06-15T14:06:00.000+05:302006-06-15T14:06:00.000+05:30Good to see a lot of reaction coming in. Some frie...Good to see a lot of reaction coming in. Some friends, to whom I had sent the link, chose to comment by replying to me on email, rather than post a comment on the blog. Only that bloggers missed reading those intersting points. <BR/><BR/>Thanks a lot, each of you, for putting down all those lengthy, very interesting comments. All of them are so insightful... I think it'll lead me to another blog posting based on these comments.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150346074855659822006-06-15T10:04:00.000+05:302006-06-15T10:04:00.000+05:30Well, Pradeep, you answered your own question when...Well, Pradeep, you answered your own question when you wrote ``Should they stick on to, and grow in their favourite profession, which gives them immense job satisfaction or, should they quit to join BPO firms just for a fat pay packet?''. The answer lies in each of them, and there couldn't be anything wrong whichever of the two options they choose. Because each has, or must have, his own trajectory of satisfaction _ some hope to get a lot more of it earning a lot more money than they would even if that means deviating from or compromising with their career path. Others hope to achieve it from sticking to the security, contentment and even joy offered by their familiar professional furrows, no matter if it means earning less. Nothing wrong in doing either, as long as one wouldn't need to regret it afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Earning money per se, is no crime. Neither is splurging or flaunting it harmlessly if it gives him or her the satisfaction sought. Especially if he or she thinks it makes his/her life happier or fuller. <BR/><BR/>High thinking and simple living is perfectly fine for those who think that is what would make them happy. But pursuing its opposite philosophy too need not be sneered at, as long as its practice doesn't intrude into other people's happiness. After all, enjoying life to the hilt is no crime. See below what our seers wrote about some 5000 years ago:<BR/><BR/>Yavat Jivet: Sukham jivet<BR/>Rinam Kritva Ghritam Pibet<BR/>Bhasmi Bhutasya Dehasya<BR/>Puna Agamanam Kudah?<BR/><BR/>(Live Joyously as long as you live<BR/>None can escape death's searching eyes<BR/>When once this body of ours they burn<BR/>How can it ever return?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150339495285527392006-06-15T08:14:00.000+05:302006-06-15T08:14:00.000+05:30Parents have a lot to do with setting the offsprin...Parents have a lot to do with setting the offspring on the path of 'Right Attitude' towards life: Simple Living, High Thinking and Contentment, happiness with one's lot. (pun intended - BTW do we ever say one's few?!)Swarnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623334723468773313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150286909784904722006-06-14T17:38:00.000+05:302006-06-14T17:38:00.000+05:30The lure of the moolah is more than anything else....The lure of the moolah is more than anything else. Yes, one puts the question to oneself before opting for a job/career what is the her/his real passion. But in the rat race and way education is becoming more and more competitive, I think there is little scope for youth today to think and opt for a career they love to be part of.<BR/>Youngsters are caught up between making a mark in the world __ which grades success with the money you earn, though here I am not generalising __ and proving themselves to their family. <BR/>They are pushed to a corner and end up making the wrong decisions.<BR/>Gone are the days when people would work in the same job for years together and be satisfied, accomplished, today's youth is not wrong in making money in the prime of their youth. But there must be a judicious discreetion of what one would want to do with it. The money might be for a family or personal need (say funding education) then working in a high aying job without satisfaction (there is no time to think about satisfaction and following one's heart when there are compulsions and resposibilities) does help.<BR/>May be with youngsters getting into jobs early,there is always a second chance to do the job that you love to be in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150277892227371762006-06-14T15:08:00.000+05:302006-06-14T15:08:00.000+05:30Lets ask this basic question to the youth today --...Lets ask this basic question to the youth today -- Do they take up courses in college according to what they want their vocation to be? In fact, lets forget even this for now. Rather, lets ask, on what basis, <I>exactly</I>, does the average youth decide his/her future profession. Is it the interest or is it the money.<BR/><BR/>A good percentage of people decide their profession on the basis of the "in-thing" in the market. It is automatic for these people then, to make their career thrive on pay-packages.<BR/><BR/>another effect of this situation is that we have wrong people for the job. More than half of the people that I have worked with in IT, dont have the aptitude/attitude for it. We have programmers, alright, but do we have <I>good</I> programmers? I doubt it.<BR/><BR/>My experience is (and that is not much, I must warn you :), keep working in what your heart is in and the rest of the things fall in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150276095095940672006-06-14T14:38:00.000+05:302006-06-14T14:38:00.000+05:30The choice also depends on ones personal situation...The choice also depends on ones personal situation I think. It is much easier for a person who does not have to work for the money ( in the sense if the family is better off) to pursue his/her passion and work for satisfaction. But if you have responsibilities and are starting up in life, the lure of money is stronger. The consumerist culture is another strong force which makes the youngsters make a choice towards money. There are more avenues to spend money and there is more need for it. I feel that if there was not such a disparity in the income levels in different industries, youngsters would not be faced with such a dilemma. This is precisely the reason that most of the bright students want to opt for engineering and hardly any takers for science subjects. I sometimes worry about who is going to teach the next generation in schools.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150245445712048682006-06-14T06:07:00.000+05:302006-06-14T06:07:00.000+05:30"Time is Money" is something they taught me. But ..."Time is Money" is something they taught me. But what I learned from life is "Time is death and Knowledge is money". IT is a cyclic industry. When people talk about dotcom millionaires, they forget about the big bust that happened in 2001. I have seen the same B'lore with thousands of unemployed youth and hundreds of half-finished buildings. Peoples memory is short. One man with a long beard sitting in Afghan can screw-up the lives of all these peoples. But knowledge remains and remains forever too.PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893789803934107491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150216189704070492006-06-13T21:59:00.000+05:302006-06-13T21:59:00.000+05:30Nice article. But here is my take to it. "Make hay...Nice article. But here is my take to it. <BR/><BR/>"Make hay while sun shines".<BR/><BR/>20-somethings should be ready to do any crap as long as they can make money legally. <BR/>The BPO industry is not going to mint millions for ever. So whosoever has the opportunity should move, make money and save for a rainy day. Later they can go back to a profession of choice ala all those Dot com IPO millionaires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1150193602094602282006-06-13T15:43:00.000+05:302006-06-13T15:43:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Vaishnavamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643120297330491598noreply@blogger.com