Job Dilemma

रहा नहीं ब्रह्मास्त्र एक इससे क्या आता जाता है,
एक शस्त्र बल से न वीर कोई सबदिन कहलाता है।
नयी कला नूतन रचनाऐं नए ग्यान नूतन साधन,
नये तेज नूतन उमंग से वीर बने रहते नूतन॥

----------दिनकर “रश्मिरथी”

Gone are the days when people used to get a degree, get a job and that’s it. Life is secure, no tension of bread and butter. Those people were working in the same organization for all their career. My father, for example, is in his 33rd year with Hindalco Industries. But now, he askes me to change the company for “faster growth”. He just got his B.Sc. before getting this job and never studied after that. And the other day he was suggesting me, “May be you should go for an MBA degree, full time or part time. This will give you that extra edge.” Enough proof of the changing time. Now I can not expect to get a monthly pay cheque all through my career for the skills I have acqired.

Alvin Toffler once said, “The illiterates of twenty first century will not be those who can not read or write, but those who can not learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Continuous innovation and change is what in demand. If I can’t do this work better, there are many who can. So I have to do it to survive. Yes, this is living in FEAR. So the best option is starting own business. Innovation is required there also, and the work is much harder than the 9 to 6 job. But I will be doing my own work. Other’s mistakes will least affect my growth.

किसी के तजरिबों का क्या भरोसा,
मैं ख़ुद गिर के सम्भलना चाहता हूँ॥

Let’s see.