how do people chose there career for the sake of money or for the sake of responsibility?
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Everyone has a different motivation for their career choice.  I had wanted to be a nurse since I was 3 years old.  I only wavered once...in 11th grade, I considered being a pediatrician.  Lasted only a short time and I was back to the idea of being a nurse again...and I did become an R.N.
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It depends on your responsibilities.  If you are single and not supporting anyone then you have a freedom to take the risks of a dream job with a lot less pay.  However with this freedom, you also have the added responsibility of living with in your means.  \nIf you are supporting a child, or your parents in old age, then the ablility to pay the bills is likely to be more important than the excitement of having your dream job.\nIf you are married, then the answer is somewhere in between.  You spouse should be supportive and want you to be happy, but you should also both be contributing financially to your partnership.  \nIt really is a question only you can answer for yourself given your values and your situation.  Also keep in mind that you can try one or the other and if it does work out, try the other.  Changing careers is very common these days.
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uh...you can't tell directly...perhaps you need a year or so to find out.\n\nYou have chosen the right career when:\n\n*You are sastified with it\n*You find great interest in it,\n*You are happy with it no matter what the salary,\n*You can co-operate with your boss,\n*arguments happen once in a blue moon.
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I am no expert,but I think that the way to a successful career is to choose something you are familiar with(and not necessarily an expert)but that you ENJOY and will enjoy doing every day.\nI do not think money should be a factor, but if it is...you'll be stressed out eventually if you are not happy.
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Never take a job soley based on making money. The best job is the one you can enjoy day in and day out. Do that and the money will follow because your attitude will create wealth. Chase the money and you will be unhappy all the day. You need to decide what is more interesting to you
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Generally, I believe it is not a good idea to always go for the job where the money is. Yes, we all need money to live. And of course, the more you have, the more you can spend and enjoy life. However, happiness is something that money can't buy.\nGetting satisfaction out of what you're doing, is very important. Because don't forget that you spend a great deal of your time at work. And always telling yourself that you do it for the money you get, can become very troublesome if there is nothing else.\nHowever, I like the suggestion to go for a part-time job first. Because quite often, we believe there is something that is really attractive to us but once we start doing it, it turns out that it wasn't great and becomes boring very fast. To be honest, I personally imagine that working with hardware really means setting up machines at clients most of the time as the actually assembly of any computer is most likely done in low cost countries.\nTherefore, can you actually describe what exactly interests you in hardware? Maybe there are other jobs where you can make sue of your skills and interests but apply it in a different way? Maybe the suggestion that was given considers your interests, just in a different ways? Is there any chance for you to go to some kind of agencies/seminars where they could offer a variety of different jobs and the backgrounds? \nKnowing your real skill profile would surely help for you to make a better, more informed choice.\nWhile it is generally true that a degree pays of, as you can choose between more jobs and better paid jobs, you surely should have an idea about the direction you're going.\nGraduation not always means that it will be exactly this job and nothing else. Graduation a lot of time shows that you can work in a certain way, independently, without much supervisions. Depending on the type of graduation, it can teach you how to 'think better', how to solve any type of problem more efficiently.\nBecause especially as you're interested in hardware, keep in mind that most of the jobs that simply deal with mechanical tasks without requiring that much other skills, will be moved sooner or later to low costs countries, at least for a certain amount of time. So make sure you have qualifications that are above such simple tasks.\nWell, although I can't answer your question very specifically, I hope you get at least an idea about what you should consider...
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Be born very wealthy. Your question reads, "MAKE A LIVING"...that implies you are willing to work...rephrase please to..."will someone support me because I am the most wonderful person ever born. "  If you are exceptionally good looking, well built, and bright, you can find someone to do just that.....for a while. After that, you are on your own...we all age, and not that well. Good luck
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It's really great that you're thinking seriously about career matters. I think the best advice I got was from Joseph Campbell, you might have read it too: "Follow your bliss."\n\nHe says you can choose an "easy" or safe career, and make money, but then you might also miss your calling in life.\n\nIf you choose to follow your bliss (what makes you feel truly alive), then you will end up with the money also (as did Campbell).\n\nOf course, some fields are more competitive than others. But the media world is experiencing explosive growth, and there is so much opportunity (just check www.brightcove.com for example to see a bit of the future).\n\nThe "competitiveness" or job prospect data of any industry out there, only serve to discourage people who do not have courage. With determination, passion, a focus on excellence and boundless courage, you can do anything in this life.
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I thoroughly loved my work when I was working - retired now and thoroughly enjoying that too.  However, I think it is important to keep life in perspective.  \n\n"Work is what you do so that someone will give you money so that you can do the things you really want and need to do.  It is a real plus if your work is something you really enjoy and it makes you feel satisfied and productive."
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You need to weigh what you have to do now against the result in the end.  Can you afford it?  Some people spend much more than that for college.  If that is what you want to do with your life, and you can afford it, go for it.  There is nothing like going to work and enjoying what you do, regardless of the pay.
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experience has shown me that if you pick based upon money you will be unhappy in the future.  \n\nyou will find a job, no matter what you do.  question is what you like.\n\nif you really want to pick taking everything into consideration - future employment, tolerability over time, pay - pick medical imaging - particularly interventional radiology.\n\ngood luck.
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I'd pick choose what you love to do. In the end, you won't regret it.
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People will always follow the higher salary/ better working environment -condition.\n1stly you would choose a job that pays better, then you see the shitty working conditions and look for a job that doesn't pay so well but with better working conditions.\nThis is all a evil cycle and once you are satisfied with your working condition you don't make enough money so it begins again.
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confucious said \n\nif you choose to do what you love you'll never "work" a day in your life.\n\nit really depends on what you want to do.  though i will say there is a lot of money to be made in real estate.\n\nbut then it depends if you want to make a lot of money or not.  you may be happier running a small furniture shop and making enough to live on and thats all.  its really up to you.  \n\ntake control of your own destiny dont ask US to tell you what to do.  if you need people to tell you what to do than you AREN'T REEADY for the world of business.  certainly not to be the boss.  Hell you don't even know what you want to do with yourself.  otherwise you wouldn't be asking us.  if you need to ask somone what to do with your life, then ask GOD.  you may be surprized by the answer. but whatever it is I garantee you will love it.  he wouldn't give you something that wasn't perfect for you.\n\nI will agree with confucious though.  choose something you love.  something you can do well.
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Why do you have to choose?  In reality, life is full of changes.  If you have the luxury to make choices like this, why not take a high paying job while you are young, save your money and work on your love in your spare time.  \n\nYou could then leave your high paying job at a time of your choosing and pursue your love in life and still be comfortable.  There is no reason to suffer all through life, but one should have to make sacrifices for the luxuries.\n\nIf you don't mind living simply, then the answer is obvious, teach elementary school, wait on table while acting off-off-broadway (or in Omaha Nebraska).
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A career is based on four things:\n\n- your talent: what you do better than other people\n- the world's needs: what solution you can provide, to help solve a problem or need experienced by other people\n- your passion: what you like to do\n- your sense of purpose: what gives you a sense of contributing to a  better world\n\nNot everybody will have all four covered, especially if the person is young and starting out. But you should definitely focus on your talent as well as solving a real need in the world.
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You really don't have to choose one thing. Very few people can go through life doing just one thing enjoyably.\n\nInstead, learn yourself and the things which please you and choose yourself. Use every opportunity available to you to experience as many things as possible, even the activities which don't particularly appeal to you now. Personal tastes always change with time and a variety of experience is invaluable in life. Watch for opportunities to grow, not for a career.\n\nIf you pay attention to the types of activities which make you happiest and seek those, your career(s) will choose you!\n\nGood luck!\nWK