When Are You Going To Get A Real Job?
Shannon over at startupspark wrote this great post about other people essentially always wondering when we’re going to get a real job. Shannon’s article really **sparked** something in me that I wanted to touch on today.
The real reason, I think, that people are always questioning and doubting you is because they don’t know understand. Hence, they’re ignorant. They’re ignorant to what you do, why you do it and how in the world you get paid for it! Before I became an entrepreneuer, as the majority of us here are, I too wondered and made light of the person who was “doing their own thing.” It just didn’t make sense that anyone could sit at home all day and bring in an income. It just sounds more reasonable that someone should:
leave home early
fight traffic to get to work
sit in traffic for hours
go to a job they do not love
work with people they do not like
work late
fight traffic some more going home
then come home all to do home responsibilities with kids, dinner, homework, household fix-it projects, etc.
Hey, that makes all the sense in the world to me, doesn’t it to you? Absolutley not! Somewhere along the way, our minds have been doctrinated to believe that real, honest work comes from:
Working for others (corporations, organizations, industries) growing their ideas. There’s more stability in that. (huh?)
Going to a traditional hourly job, i.e. 9-5, Monday through Friday.
Receiving commiserate pay raises for your “job well done” - - no extras, no additionals, period.
Waiting patiently for your turn to be promoted. Don’t ask it will come.
So, when are you guys going to get a REAL job?!
Check back with me tommorrow as I share with you how I convinced my friend to get a slacker job, like me!
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2 opinions for When Are You Going To Get A Real Job?
Marijke
Jan 19, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I can really identify with what you say here. People who don’t work at home often just can’t fathom it.
Now, add to that if you do something seemingly abstract, like writing.
Because much of my writing is for corporate work, my name is not seen on the resulting copy. So, I can’t point it out to others and say, “see! I do really work.” Which is why I jump for joy when I do have a byline and I email it to every person I ever had contact with over the past year. :-)
Bridget Wright
Jan 23, 2008 at 7:05 am
Marijke, you are sooooo right about the writing life. People tend to dismiss things that they don’t understand, and that’s unfortunate. Writing can be very tedious and require LOTS of concentration. I very often spend HOURS on one piece editing, fixing it and adding to it just to get it right. And they say we’re not working?
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