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Kfan
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Very few people are extremely passionate about any job. Work is very
different (and much less interesting than) school, as you will soon find
out.
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@Kfan-
I'm 28, not a naive 22 year old fresh college graduate. I dropped out of
college after my freshman year and had to work for what seemed like an
eternity at a job I despised until I finally made the decision to go back and
complete my education. While I appreciate your attempt to bestow upon me
your infinite wisdom with respect to your jaded views of the professional
world, I assure you, I'm well aware of how it works. I'm merely stating that
people who don't enjoy what they do will be less inclined to put in the extra
time to get ahead. Maybe you should try another career, Kfan.
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And I said enjoying most jobs is far fetched. Most people are content
with something they can tolerate, which for me describes accounting.
Jobs are called that for a reason. Maybe you talk to very different
people than me. I have almost never met anyone who was crazy
about their job. That is the reality that I have seen. If you want to call
that jaded, it makes no difference to me.
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almurra1 wrote:
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Which is untrue, since getting ahead has real and tangible benefits which one does not need a passion to appreciate -- for example, more money. A sufficiently ambitious person can overlook enjoying the job for the benefits which come with moving up in the workplace.
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Zeratul wrote:
almurra1 wrote:
I'm merely stating that people who don't
enjoy what they do will be less inclined to put in the
extra time to get ahead.
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Which is untrue, since getting ahead has real and
tangible benefits which one does not need a passion to
appreciate -- for example, more money. A sufficiently
ambitious person can overlook enjoying the job for the
benefits which come with moving up in the workplace.
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You considered majoring in philosophy, correct? Well let
me ask you to tap into that logical skill set to sort
through a scenario for me. Place two people of equal
intelligence in a job...let's control for generally
uncontrollable variables like personality and say that
to all intents and purposes, they are identical. They
differ in one respect: person A is passionate about the
field he is in, while person B is indifferent. While I
won't argue with your contention that someone who lacks
passion for a field can still be motivated through
"tangible" incentives like more money and ultimately be
able to progress vertically through the firm, I will
emphatically assert that person A will likely progress
faster than person B because he enjoys the field and will
be more likely to put in more hours over a shorter time
span. Additionally, someone who doesn't enjoy his job
will become burnt out much faster than someone who does.
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