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What's the difference between a job and a career?

TheCatWoman

When I left school, we were expected to get a job, now everyone seems expected to have a career, why? It's not like everyone stays in the same sector, work morphs and some job types seem to disapear altogether. 

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  • I remember when I was a kid there was this song that came out that was someone talking positive things -I've had to look it up, it's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" released in 1997 by Baz Luhrmann.

    There's a line that always struck me

    • "Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't".

    I had a 'career', though going backwards in it now, but I always thought the most interesting people have worked in different jobs, they just have much wider life experience.

    When we were younger, me and my husband might sometimes socialise with other people from work and it was always exciting to talk to people's partners who had real life jobs outside the games industry. 

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  • I remember when I was a kid there was this song that came out that was someone talking positive things -I've had to look it up, it's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" released in 1997 by Baz Luhrmann.

    There's a line that always struck me

    • "Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't".

    I had a 'career', though going backwards in it now, but I always thought the most interesting people have worked in different jobs, they just have much wider life experience.

    When we were younger, me and my husband might sometimes socialise with other people from work and it was always exciting to talk to people's partners who had real life jobs outside the games industry. 

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    the most interesting people have worked in different jobs, they just have much wider life experience.

    Yes, that's true and very comforting. There've been elements of every job I've had, including cathedral cleaner and security guard, I've really enjoyed; yet parts I hated - Practice Managers & team meetings in the NHS. Perhaps 'career' should not be perceived as focused on one field or role, rather than career advisors helping pupils find elements they might enjoy over a variety of jobs, not necessarily at the same time.  I drew this as an example: