work

i am seriously thinking about changing jobs... well, sort of.

i was reading this and it got me thinking, maybe i should give home-based a try.  the pros are there and the main one is that i don't have to worry about outfits et al and transportation to go to the office (which has always been a bother to me ever since they told i had to look office-y, ergo no jeans except for fridays).  i don't have to deal with that stupid person again, which again is a major pro in my book.

then again, the cons... you have to work for your pay.  not that you don't do that when you go to the office but there's no set monthly amount for home-based subcons but i think i can handle that.  i mean, i don't get that much of that work done in the office anyway because of other duties which frankly, these other duties are starting to scare the living daylights out of me whenever i think about it no matter how confident i am that i can do those other duties mainly because it means i have to deal with more people and there are times when i really really don't like people.

can you see where i'm going with this?

if not home-based, i'm in the market for going abroad for jobs that match my skill.  i've found a few but they're to a not so safe place so i'm quite leery of that, considering also that i am female and those places are notorious for not really being nice to females at times.  then again, there's always that risk when leaving your country to work in another.

which reminds me.  i was reading through my plurk and an entry caught my attention, which led me to this article and i found myself laughing and wondering if i was ever that... idealistic when i graduated from university.  it's amazing really, when you think about it.  all your academic life -- gradeschool, highschool, college -- you're coddled and protected and then when you enter the REAL world -- not the real world c/o OJTs my friend -- you get a real SHOCK that dang, i didn't realise the big bad world can and will eat me up for breakfast and forget abouit my by lunch.

but there are questions in that article that i would like to answer:
1.  What awaits you in the real world?
a lot of heartaches, triumphs come few and far between, but when you're lucky, there's a break to be had and you can be content.  hard work.
2.  Have you ever thought of leaving the country for greener pastures?
yes.  there will always be that thought in my head.  the call of the almight foreign currencies is loud.
3.  What's your expected salary in your first job?
my first job paid 13K.  my second job got a bit better and from then on i got promoted and thus got a higher paygrade which meant larger taxes to pay *sniffles*.  i'm somewhat resigned to this higher taxes that go with the higher paygrade but that doesn't stop me from bi***ing about it.
4.  Would you consider a job that is not related to your course?
yes.  my course has nothing to do with what i'm doing now.  if i was really selective and just looked for jobs related to my course, i'd be a pauper!  not that my course in university is useless in the workforce, but it's in a field that i needs a bit more training (grad school) on to be more effective and that training usually doesn't pay a lot so if i wanted to pursue that (and believe me i want to) i need to save money, which means getting a job that is not necessarily in line with my course.

haha dire and preaching of doom?  suck it up.  it's for real.

in my reading of the article, mind you, they're all cum laude or magna cum laude graduates from a host of universities, my impression is that those from the more upscale universities have almost similar expectations, in that the workforce will welcom them with open arms and hefty salaries (unless of course, the workforce you are entering is your family business) while those from the not so upscale universities have a more realistic view in what they will be entering into.

i'm not dissing anyone, far from it.  that was just my impression upon reading the article and their responses to the above questions.  there is a fifth question, Why do you deserve your award?, but i can't answer that because i didn't graduate cum laude or magna cum laude.  i just graduated!

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