Is the salary the prime criteria while selecting a career?
By b4balaji
@b4balaji (410)
India
March 19, 2010 9:37am CST
Everybody has his own ambition or dream. One can dream of becoming what he has seen in his childhood, like a boy dreaming to become a cricketer or a girl dreaming to become a actress.
But after some time in your life, when you really step out of the phase of childhood, and you are into a position to decide what you are going to do, Are you picking what you desired during your childhood?
Isn't money playing its part in deciding what career to chose after you get matured? Or do you still proceed with a low paying but stable career?
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4 responses
@BRAHMAVIDYA (101)
• India
11 Apr 10
ya..i agree with @beautifactor...you have to choose something that you are passionate about..indeed money is important..but job satisfaction is not less important...
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@writecheck (40)
• United States
20 Mar 10
If you only pick a career for the money, you may find yourself miserable in a short while. I taught school which was certainly not a high paying job, but I would not have traded the experience for a job paying 100 times as much. You have to do what you love and feel comfortable doing. Money is not everything.
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@tomcat23 (622)
• Old Forge, Pennsylvania
19 Mar 10
Salary is definitely a prime criteria. The reason we work is to survive and perhaps even get ahead. If a company is making making millions or even billions and its executives are getting a fat paycheck and very substantial bonuses, I see no reason why the other employees who are really the back bone of the operation should not be paid enough to survive. I quit one job because the way I saw it, I can't afford to do volunteer work. If you can't afford to pay your employees, I guess you simply have to do the work yourself or find people who don't mind being underpaid so the owners and "bigshots" could line their pockets.
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@Beautyfactor (1512)
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21 Mar 10
Of course money plays a huge part in choosing a career, butr I also think that you have to choose something that you have a passion and enthusiasm for otherwise things may get a little bit dull after a while regardless pf the size of the pay check. For you to get fulfilment out of your career I think you have to be motivated by your subject and never get bored with it.
