My question is guys which do you prefer, a steady monthly salary which you know that no matter what, it must come once the month ends or a business/ trading/ any other thing which you can do that you earn base on performance and you have the capacity to earn ten fold of what a civil servants might earn if you are good at it, but there is also a possibility that you may have a bad day in the office which you may even incurred some loss.
Which do you prefer and why.
When choosing between jobs, the money I not the first thing I look at. Don't get me wrong, I still look at the money but compare other things first.
Immediately after my college degree, I really needed a job, so I applied to a lot of companies related to my field. I had no investments and I was surviving on my savings so I really needed a job and fast, but it didn't come. So I gave up job hunting and learned a digital skill. Within a year of learning the skill, I started earning from it, not very much money but it was okay at the time, not regularly too (you know how it is).
Then a job offer came. about 14-15 months after the interview. It was from one of the biggest banks in my country here.
A year ago I would have grabbed that opportunity with open hands, but now I had to think. A job like this, in a reputable company like this, added to my resume will open career doors for the career I had in mind at the time.
But I didn't accept it. I would be working Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. It was defiantly going to be a hindrance to the skill I was building because I still had a lot to learn and I was at the foundation stage where it required maximum attention.
I thought about things like the stress of going to work every day and only having time for myself only weekends. I know how stressful a bank job can be. Then I thought about the money. In my country, I feel like the idea of working in a big firm is part of your salary. Funny but true. I mean the prestige that comes with such a big company. You have to be either very good or very connected to work in a company like that. The salary wasn't worth the actual job you do.
Years later, I still tell myself I made the right decision and I believe it, not just because I will make it again if I was taken back in time but also because even if I'm not where I want to be, I know someone who took a similar role to the one I was offered and she's been telling me to help her look for another job because she tired of the one she's doing and I, on the other hand, is not tired of what I'm doing after so many years.