Engineers????
I'm not an avid reader but sometimes I make the mistake of reading articles that catch my eye and floor my jaw... And get me to think (Now that's something, ain't it? ;)...)
I've spent most of my life dreaming of becoming an Engineer, only to realize that I can be well-off but not wealthy unless I resort to something "big"... Would I still be working if I had a billion $? Other than toying with the idea of having a go at Bill Gates record, I doubt it...
I see a drastic transition in me from the time I was in school to the time I landed in the industry... Suddenly real estate and the stock market seem like the place to be! An MBA seems a lucrative idea... Someday hopefully I'd say to myself - "Oh I'm just a $ away from that 7 digit figure I've been working towards..." And get into a diff league of people... From 1-999 they're all the same - Millionaires... Money has been elevated to such an important level... From the food that gets to your stomach to the prospective bride's parents, everyone is peeping into that wallet of yours...
At this point you may ask - Is this all about the money? Well, partly yes and partly no. Its about the happiness, the comfort, the security and the power that comes with wealth. Not money, wealth! And what am I doing to become wealthy? Right now, nothing. Infact its just been the downward trend so far. I've "invested" in education, to get a job. I've slogged days and nights to gain knowledge to help me gain a job and learn completely different knowledge from what I've learned in school and make money to pay off the "investment" expenditure. I think about it sometimes and am worried and then I see the bright side of it and cool off. Then I see the future, I believe in my confidence, my abilities, and my luck, neither of which has let me down so far.
Am I regretting being an Engineer? Definitely not... I would have become one anyway because I enjoy what I am doing. But there is a difference between doing something for a living, doing something to be well-off and doing something to make it "big" in life: To be successful! I've not done a very bad job in the first two, but the third, I'm way off it at this point, and to think of it, 90% of the people in my age group are... Yes "big" is relative, but we know what is "big" enough to call ourselves successful... (Modesty has little or no place in that aspect - When we are good, we KNOW we are good! Trust me...)
I tend to walk off the main point in my posts, just because I start dumping my thoughts without further thought or direction, and as a result end up speaking too much of harsh reality. Truth is that I haven't veered too much from my point. I do not regret anything, nor do I wish for things to be different! I only hope that tomorrow is better than a today.
I've spent most of my life dreaming of becoming an Engineer, only to realize that I can be well-off but not wealthy unless I resort to something "big"... Would I still be working if I had a billion $? Other than toying with the idea of having a go at Bill Gates record, I doubt it...
I see a drastic transition in me from the time I was in school to the time I landed in the industry... Suddenly real estate and the stock market seem like the place to be! An MBA seems a lucrative idea... Someday hopefully I'd say to myself - "Oh I'm just a $ away from that 7 digit figure I've been working towards..." And get into a diff league of people... From 1-999 they're all the same - Millionaires... Money has been elevated to such an important level... From the food that gets to your stomach to the prospective bride's parents, everyone is peeping into that wallet of yours...
At this point you may ask - Is this all about the money? Well, partly yes and partly no. Its about the happiness, the comfort, the security and the power that comes with wealth. Not money, wealth! And what am I doing to become wealthy? Right now, nothing. Infact its just been the downward trend so far. I've "invested" in education, to get a job. I've slogged days and nights to gain knowledge to help me gain a job and learn completely different knowledge from what I've learned in school and make money to pay off the "investment" expenditure. I think about it sometimes and am worried and then I see the bright side of it and cool off. Then I see the future, I believe in my confidence, my abilities, and my luck, neither of which has let me down so far.
Am I regretting being an Engineer? Definitely not... I would have become one anyway because I enjoy what I am doing. But there is a difference between doing something for a living, doing something to be well-off and doing something to make it "big" in life: To be successful! I've not done a very bad job in the first two, but the third, I'm way off it at this point, and to think of it, 90% of the people in my age group are... Yes "big" is relative, but we know what is "big" enough to call ourselves successful... (Modesty has little or no place in that aspect - When we are good, we KNOW we are good! Trust me...)
I tend to walk off the main point in my posts, just because I start dumping my thoughts without further thought or direction, and as a result end up speaking too much of harsh reality. Truth is that I haven't veered too much from my point. I do not regret anything, nor do I wish for things to be different! I only hope that tomorrow is better than a today.
posted by Kalchek at 1:05 PM
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