Careers
Over the past few days, I interviewed two business professionals about their careers for the learning plan assignment. Working in the corporate world is very appealing to me, but so is working as a self-employed entrepreneur. For this reason, I chose to interview a man who works as a corporate executive and a man who owns his own business. Though each job is relatively different in terms of specific responsibilities, I found that the most apparent difference is actually just the level of risk and potential reward. For that reason, it also became apparent throughout the interviews that working in the corporate world is a good place to start a career, and that owning a business is usually better to do in the latter part of one’s career. Hearing that opinion from both men was reassuring since I had already come to that same conclusion.
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Posted on: October 8, 2006 09:48 PM
I also have two professions in mind at this time, and I found it interesting to compare the advantages of each as I was working on my individual learning plan. Your comment about starting in one career path that gives you valuable experience to work towards the next is very applicable to me as well. I have been trying to decide whether I want to go straight into business after college, or if I want to become a teacher. It never occurred to me before that I could work as an economist, accountant, etc. before moving myself into a teaching position of a related subject. Even if things didn't work out as a teacher, I would have my business profession to fall back on.
Posted by: Matt Collins
Posted on: October 8, 2006 09:50 PM
I also have two professions in mind at this time, and I found it interesting to compare the advantages of each as I was working on my individual learning plan. Your comment about starting in one career path that gives you valuable experience to work towards the next is very applicable to me as well. I have been trying to decide whether I want to go straight into business after college, or if I want to become a teacher. It never occurred to me before that I could work as an economist, accountant, etc. before moving myself into a teaching position of a related subject. Even if things didn't work out as a teacher, I would have my business profession to fall back on.
Posted by: Svetlana Binshtok
Posted on: October 10, 2006 01:18 AM
I want to go into film so I interwiewed one of the head producers of a major company in NYC and a the head producer of a small procution company in Cleveland. I also found that the only real difference between the jobs is the amount of risk and level of rewards. In the end, it's possible to strike a balance between the two extremes. Perhaps you can work in a company first and then branch out into your own company (or vice versa).
Posted by: Asta Gerbec
Posted on: October 13, 2006 10:03 PM
I agree with your two professionals. I think this same strategy is successful in many paths of life. Working in a corporate world is very fulfilling to make money, but for real happiness, own your own business in an industry that you enjoy.