Sunday, April 24, 2011

Repetitive things in life - in terms of working ?!

Gd Mornings peeps! (hey rick the blog isn't dead, just tt the owner is lazy)

A great sunday morning so far, except that I am still getting fatter everyday (da*n it man).

anyway I had a talk to a few friends recently. Well i guess all of us will be facing this problem , or has been thinking bout this problem, or is/are facing this problem: what kind of job is suitable for u?

Well, ppl say ops is boring. repetitive. mundane. well, in my two cents' worth of thought (maybe more at least 5 cents since this is the min denom in sg now), isn't sales, middle office, or any other industry the same?

Sales in a nutshell: u wake up everyday trying to close deals, earn more commission for urself, and but still wad u do is repetitive and 'boring' (for ppl who dun like to talk /psycho other ppl to invest).

Middle Office: ya cool for being a real analyst or maybe making recommendations to ppl, but as long as u stay in ur job scope u r constrained to do the same old stuff every day, huh?

OPS: deemed to be the most boring job in banking industry - maybe some data entry and stuff liddat. repetitive to the max, but hey, is it that bad?

If u think bout other jobs, like auditor, admin, marketing, coffee shop helper, vege stall owner etc; well, they also do the same thing everyday rite? or at least the bulk of the job is relatively the same. just that it could be considered like more alive for marketing (different products each time) but still the same thot process repeats huh? maybe jobs like project manager will be more interesting.... same as marketing.....

So, point that i'm thinking (maybe i aren't correct anyway, but hecks, this is my blog, so i can voice out my views rite? anything just comment loh... ho ho ho) is that wad kind of repetitive job can each and every1 of us endure?

maybe more ppl can endure sales cuz at least it's rewarding (commission mah).

or maybe job satisfaction ( u think that being able to market a product successfully adds to ur confidence n ego)

or maybe it's the endurance for the job prospect ( i heard that if u can endure in auditing, most prob u can promote and become a manager, but hey, are u willing to burn ur weekends also? ==> gross pay isn't too bad; ignoring the per-hour-wage conversion)

I guess my above question is also linked to how much each $ of us actually need ??

I have told my friends be4 that if i am paid 5k a month, i dun mind being a road sweeper. haha.

so den, wad kind of 'career' u want , depends on how much pressure u wanna take, $ u want to earn, and other importance of wad da career can bring to u (eg. prestige), maybe ur other half will have a huge influence too.

At the end of day, wad have u chosen?

Time for me to take a nap!

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