Low Paid Job In Startup - A blessing in disguise
So as some of my followers know I quit seemingly-perfect-but-different-inside job which I got from college , It used gave me everything we want when we wanted to land in our when out of college - a medical insurance , a good work-life balance , a fat paycheck .
But soon I realized job is not just about money I was tired of the corporate culture there . The ass-licking hierarchy , the unsatisfying and monotonous work
I decided to give it a shot to quit and after a long hunt of 1.5 months I got into another - A not-so-known startup which paid almost the half the salary then the previous one. Still there were reasons I chose it -
1)Interesting Technology - The combination of ERP with AI and ML was something damn fascinating and that was something that made me interested in the Job
2)Smaller team More authority - They just had 6 developers in the team , I was the seventh one to join which meant there was more of teamwork than a hierarchy . It even came out to be true later our seniors act more like our mentors than coworkers
3)Challenging Work I love challenges and the growing list of clients with a limited sources made it much challenging than I could've imagined that adds so much to my learning
4)Ambitious CEO - I feel
The ambitious the leader , the better the growth of the team
He is really a good leader and works for the growth of company day and Night .
Also with great merits comes great demerits too -
1)Lower Pay The pay I get is just sufficient to pay my rent and have foods along with conveyance and the money I make from drop-shipping is mostly going to investments of many kinds.So goodbye to lavish dinners and matinee shows on weekends
2)Hectic Work hours - With greater power comes great responsibility. Just like my previous company was flexible with work-hours this one is too with a different context
Here flexible work hours means they can give you a call whenever they want.
I even had to work on a weekend :(
3)Pressure and Deadlines-As the clients trusts the company less , we need to give our best even after being so low in numbers , Its just been 2 weeks and been around 10 instances when CEO is standing over my head to get things done .
How is it blessing in disguise
1)Lower pay is making me learn to manage my finances better. Today I spent my evening playing soccer with some kids in locality rather than spending on some big movie tickets and overpriced coke.
2)The challenging work is making me learn a lot of things in a real quick time.I value Stack overflow more now :)
3)The pressure and hectic work hours make me tired enough to have a great sleep
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Loved reading your post!
wishing you all the best ! In 3 years you will learn tons of things which will help you stay relvant while time replaces any guy/girl with corporate experience ...
Congrats and finding the positive in the changes.
i think you are brave for choosing to leave the confort and security of the old job and go and get one that it may not sound like a better one but it makes you feel more exited about life then in my opinion is way better that the last one.
i hope it all keeps getting better and better for you but know that if it doesnt and you have to change to another job, you can do it you already did it once, you have to be happy where you are, cause you could have all the money in the world and still feel like you have accomplish nothing of importance and be unhappy.
good for you for searching for your happiness!
great post. What products do you dropship?
Some electronic components and motherboards like RaspBerry Pi and Arduino their sensors
interesting. I've looked into doing dropshipping(not those exact things) but i don't how to get initial traffic.
Don't try making your own selling platform go with eBay Amazon Alibaba with lowest of profit first win atleast 1000 customers and then make your own
I forgot to tell you, I got a job!
Yay , Happy days are here again