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Before You Chase Your Passions, Chase Reality With A 9–5 Job
Passion doesn’t pay the bills, money does.
Welcome to 2022, the demise of the 9–5. Every Tom, Dick and Harry has quit their jobs to pursue their passions. Millennials and Gen Z spearhead ‘The Great Resignation’, ditching the traditional 9–5 in pursuit of glory, fame and riches.
In a time where our beliefs about work has been tilted on its head, how realistic is it to abandon everything and survive solely off your passions?
Stage 1: The Humble 9–5
The 9–5 gets a lot of hate. As a motto, you’d probably describe your 9–5 grind as ‘overworked and underpaid.’ Long hours, mundane responsibilities, annoying colleagues. Just a few hiccups in our typical workday. It does, however, offer 2 big perks: skills and stability.
A 9–5 job should guarantee two things: either you’re earning or/and you’re learning. If you’re achieving neither, you might want to rethink your current position.
Transferable skills are a set of non-specific skills adaptable to any job. They’re also the favourite buzzwords of every employer, who repeat them over and over like a broken record. But it turns out they’re quite useful. Communication, teamwork, organisation — the skills copy and pasted onto every resume…
