I Go To Work So That I Can Gain Experience
Posted on January 15, 2008
Filed Under Culture
From the department of good-for-them
Most people I have talked to tell me that I need a get a job to gain work experience. To me that’s like saying I should play soccer to get the experience of playing soccer. We gain experience from the act of living, regardless of whether we are employed or not. Take for an example while I was in the army I only gain experience at that job. But we gain experience doing just about anything in our lives.
Many years ago I found out that you learn a lot in the beginning of your job and then you stagnate. This forces you to miss other experiences that would have been more valuable. And jobs don’t last forever esp. those that can and eventually be replaced technology and low cost labor and what happens next is really quite simple. We have seen it a hundred times over. You get laid off and your work experience won’t mean anything to anyone.
In fact, just ask yourself if the experience you are gaining now be any worth in say 10 to 20 years. Will your job even exist?
You have to make your own choice. What kind of experience would you rather get from life? The knowledge of how to do things well which you can only yield by spending your time and money or the knowledge on how to enjoy financial security for the rest of your life without ever needing a job again.
It’s your choice.
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