[Job-Discussions] Making that Career Choice

[Kris Colcock]

How do you choose a career path? As blind individuals, many times a
career path is suggested and sometimes chosen based on what people
believe you can do instead of your own abilities. Steve Jobs says that
we can get “trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other
people’s thinking.” He warns that if we aren’t careful, we can “let
the noise of others’ opinions drown out [our] own inner voice.”
Here is his advice about careers:
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only
way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And
the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t
found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the
heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship,
it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So, keep looking
until you find it. Don’t settle.”
The easiest path in this life seems to be the one that we take by
default, the one that at times feels pre-chosen for us, either by
society or someone else in our lives. It seems to be a path of
mediocrity that somebody else somehow led us to believe should work
for us too.
I had to realize this for myself, and if you haven’t realized it yet…
there is no better day than today.
Take control over what you do have control over. Make the most of
every opportunity.
And most importantly, follow your gut, your heart, and your intuition
in your decision-making. Just like mine brought me to
entrepreneurship, yours will lead you to where you need to be too."

What does this passage mean to you? Do you wait for that perfect job
or do you take work that can be used as stepping stones?