Inventing a job is better than finding a job

[tjtonmoy]

So as we are here, the world economy is in a mess. The world population is increasing, and the amount of land per person is decreasing. People are running out of options and opportunities. In this world the situation we are in right now, which one should you choose or have chosen? Both options have their pros and cons. I want to know from your experience, which one is better than the other. Are you satisfied with the path that you have chosen or do you have any regrets about it?

To explain it a bit more, inventing a job means doing something on your own and creating an opportunity for yourself. This could also include creating opportunities for others too. Those who invent their own jobs can design positions that are in line with their particular skills, interests, and values. This gives them a sense of fulfilment and autonomy that may not be available in traditional employment options.
But it brings risks. In order to create or invent a job, you need investment. Each and every investment comes with risks and this is no different.

Finding a job also has its pros and cons. One pro is that it does not require investment of personal assets. You are working for an organization and you will get paid at the end of every month. With that being said, it is hard to find a job nowadays. Less opportunities and competition have made it so hard that many people are staying at home unemployed after graduation. You need particular skills, knowledge and experience that are required in order to get that job.

So which one should it be? Do you take the risk and invent a job or do you want to keep running the race knowing the possibility of winning is very low and you may never reach the finish line?

[NOTE: if this topic has been discussed before then let me know.]

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[Adbitco]

Inventing a job is just like being self employed or being a self CEO than working for another person, usually having a personal business pays more than working for someone because it's an indirect slavery why because the company doesn't pay you up to their 10 percent of the total revenue of the company and why would a reasonable go after working for company instead of building and inventing their own business. What makes most people go after finding job is that they don't have all it takes to invent a business it could be that they have chance or or they needs an urgent money to take fixed out some personal problems and family issues so these sets of people always finds it very hard to go start up a person business. I have actually came across similar topic just that this looks more of well coodinated than the previous I came cross if I am not mistaking.

[EL MOHA]

I would say the best is certainly inventing a job that is you own this comes with total control and freedom. There are people that wants to practice their profession but the capital to actually invent it is too high and risky. As for me I would prefer both. I have a profession that I would love to practice and also have my own business. So both have an advantage but inventing one’s business is definitely more appealing to many people because of the freedom that comes with it

[mvdheuvel1983]

What you must know is that not everyone you can invent a new job and be good at it. Some persons are the job-seeking type of people.They do not have the potentials to be an employer of labor and if they were, they would be terrible at it. Haven't you heard of people who invented a job, close shop and went back to job hunting after a year or thereabouts because they could not cope with the demands of the invented job.

[Rockstarguy]

This days their are no jobs because of the economic challenge companies are folding up, government is unable to create jobs. I think we are in an era people don't need to expect job from government or any private sector, in this time civilisation and technology has made things to be very easy for people to create things from their head which  can generate money for survival.  Their are a lot of things that can  be done by individuals that can be a source of income. I think we are in a digital world now which people can make money from digital skills and we are in the time of networking that everyone run to the Internet, this days people do run their business on Internet which they make money. Just have a skill and be very perfect in it is the best job anyone can think of having.

[Renampun]

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So which one should it be? Do you take the risk and invent a job or do you want to keep running the race knowing the possibility of winning is very low and you may never reach the finish line?

[NOTE: if this topic has been discussed before then let me know.]

I have done both (being an employee and starting my own business). To be honest, in my mind, working for another organization is much calmer than opening your own business, but the really exciting thing when we open our own business is that we find out that our abilities are not only As long as we work for other people, we can earn more money by opening our own business. Opening a business is never easy, so one way for us to remain consistent with the business we started is to continue learning and continue to be enthusiastic, rest assured, people who build a business from scratch, has the ability to survive better than those who only earn a monthly salary from working with other people.

[passwordnow]

Inventing a job is like you're a businessman and you provide jobs for people or you're making employment for yourself. Like being a self employed or sole proprietor, you can have it on your own. I'm trying to be one someday but it's not that easy at all. I need foundations and capital as well unlike being emplyoed, you just have to apply and that's it.

Because being a business owner, you have to do all of the necessary things, permits, compliance, etc. You know all of those stuff and they're a lot of it. As you miss one, you'll be having some penalties that will teach you more on how to operate a business. Operating a business is like a music to our ears but the struggle is real on it.

It doesn't sound really an ideal thing when you are just starting out because it's not going to help you out when you have a weak heart. Most or I mean all of the successful businessmen now have gone through that hardship and it's not easy to start with. But once you are able to automate your system and business, your only job is to monitor your people.

[harapan]

Inventing a job is just like being self employed or being a self CEO than working for another person, usually having a personal business pays more than working for someone because it's an indirect slavery why because the company doesn't pay you up to their 10 percent of the total revenue of the company and why would a reasonable go after working for company instead of building and inventing their own business. What makes most people go after finding job is that they don't have all it takes to invent a business it could be that they have chance or or they needs an urgent money to take fixed out some personal problems and family issues so these sets of people always finds it very hard to go start up a person business. I have actually came across similar topic just that this looks more of well coodinated than the previous I came cross if I am not mistaking.

People often generalize and make having a job seem like a very bad thing.
Do you know the amount of business that survive? Majority of businesses fail within the first 3 years. There are jobs that are not good job because of the pay, work environment, time and so on, but there  are also very good jobs. Take football players for example. They have employers, they work for a company, they're not paid up to 10% of what the company makes, but they're richer than most business people. There are also those that work a 9-5 job and are still better than business owners.

Maintaining a business is hard, so is working a 9-5. It's not everybody's dream. It may be your dream to have your own business, it may also be another person's dream to get a very good job in a very good company. It doesn't mean the person is not ambitious. He is ambitious in his own way, the same way you're ambitious in your own way. He wants to build a career while you want to build a business and that's fine.

[gunhell16]

developing a job falls under the category of wanting to establish a business or developing an opportunity business that you believe people in your community will be interested in rather than looking for a job to become an employee.

It's similar to how I got into the cryptocurrency company; it all started with curiosity about what crypto is, till I discovered it and realized it could help me with a financial problem solution. And I discovered how to obtain Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, and I'm still here today because I understand what it takes for most individuals to believe in this sector.

[franky1]

if there is no existing job matching your new thing, then it means no one realised they needed it before(else someone would have provided the solution already)

to invent a job is to:
create a problem that needs a solution, or
solve a problem that needs a solution but never had a solution before
a solution thats better than previous solution

trying to find unsolved problems or better solutions is difficult as most have found solutions already. but to invent a new niche/problem that then causes a new demand, thats twice as difficult

however we do see it happen
bitcoin started a new industry and needed a new skillset/knowledge base of people to expand the industries around bitcoin
bitcoin was not illegal/wrong/problem when it started, but the governments banned bitcoin in subtle shortterm ways or obvious longterm ways to then create a problem they could solve by offering permits and now they too are creating jobs to allow permits for businesses to operate with bitcoin

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to create a new job  requires creating a new product/service/industry/problem-solution, which people didnt realise they needed before, until it presents itself

if you can provide that you can end up doing very very well providing "first mover" status of the new solution

[hatshepsut93]

So which one should it be? Do you take the risk and invent a job or do you want to keep running the race knowing the possibility of winning is very low and you may never reach the finish line?

Your question can't be answered in general because in reality it all depends on the concrete case. A well-paying and easy employment is far better than a low-paying and stressful self-employment, although it also heavily depends on the priorities of the individual ans some people might strongly prefer one type over the other. To put it short, whatever makes you the most happy is the best, there's no ideal case that suits everyone.

[joniboini]

One pro is that it does not require investment of personal assets. You are working for an organization and you will get paid at the end of every month.

One could argue that what you need to get a chance to be hired is your investment. Money to register for a new school, buy books to improve yourself, get a certificate, etc. But yeah, there is no direct investment required most of the time. Some jobs don't require a high skill ceiling, but the payment and competition are insane. Probably just enough to get by without saving anything every month.

Personally, I'm trying to fund a business since I have some spare money. Finding the right people is quite difficult tho, since I need to consider how trustworthy they are. I'm thinking of running a franchise on my own but my personality and health condition are not suitable to do it right now. Hopefully, I can improve it soon so I can dabble in some business here and there.

[Darker45]

I don't quite understand how a simple man can invent a job on his own. He can start a business, yes. He can be a freelancer, yes, He can be a digital nomad, yes. But how can he invent a job? It's possible in a way because you could, for example, develop a new technology or discover something and hire somebody to become, say, a time machine operator. That's a new job, but it isn't available to the huge majority. The realistic option of almost everybody is to be employed, to be a businessman, to be self-employed.

I guess a better way of putting it is to develop new skills or earn new knowledge. In that way, you can come up with new stuff which you can sell or offer services that others may need. I used to enroll in a resin workshop myself because I thought of making resin products. So that's like inventing a new job myself, but not literally.

[blue Snow]

So which one should it be? Do you take the risk and invent a job or do you want to keep running the race knowing the possibility of winning is very low and you may never reach the finish line?

I did both in the past, get a job and be invested in a job. I work in the company and open a small business at crowded place. I opened an avocado shake drink shop and managed by 1 employee. So, after work, I have to check how much income today in the shop and then begin to shift with my employees. But, it's hard to manage my time, because I have 2 jobs. sometimes I am back at midnight, and back to the company to work in the morning. so at that time I had to think, I had to leave something behind, because my salary on company was bigger than shake drink shop, then I left my own business and focus on my main jobs.

[franky1]

there are some schemers in communities

imagine you repair house guttering.. you put leaflets through peoples letterboxes on a tuesday. and tuesday night using a rope with a hook you throw it up to random peoples guttering and tug on it to break, bend or displace it.. then wait for the phone calls. or revisit them on a wednesday. knock on their door and make them aware of the split guttering and the leaflet you left them before.. and then give them an on the spot quote

imagine you are a car mechanic. a person just wants their tires changed. and while they are in the waiting room you undo the oil reservoir cap and let some oil out just to a point where it would soon trigger the oil light. you inform them that you can do a free oil check while they wait. and show them the oil is low, quoting them a oil service price

imagine you work in an office, you set up a process other NEW co-workers need to follow that takes an extra step. you note to the boss that productivity rate is 90% for the new recruits but you can get them to 100% in a week if he promotes you. you then give the new recruits the standard process and the boss sees the improvement immediately

[cabron]

So many jobs invented due to the internet, Vlogger seems a job for everyone which is probably a good option and all a person need is a good camera and some even just use the phone talking while walking in the park seems literally easy to do.

You just have to talk about the things you really understood well but hope to collect as many subscribers to make money. Seen a lot of them making a huge income for this which any one can do.

[bettercrypto]

Inventing a job is, in my opinion, part of a person's strategy to find a way to earn money. In this day and age, most people around the world use all strategies to earn money, including online jobs that you can earn even if you're at home, affiliate marketing, and so on.

Now if we search in the traditional way, this is where we will sell things that we think people will like, either food, perfume, toys, or others that we think we can make money from.

[Oasisman]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the term inventing your own job is no different than building your own business right? Or turning your passion into profit, or is it inventing your own product and sell it to the market? Well, this seems not an easy decision to make. You will need 2x or maybe 3x of your time to work on this, compared to when you're working for a company. You will also need dedication and perseverance to continue working even if you don't see much of a difference and meet your expected result in a certain period of time. So, this explains why there were only few people who followed this path.

Finding a job also has its pros and cons. One pro is that it does not require investment of personal assets. You are working for an organization and you will get paid at the end of every month.

Not entirely true. Sometimes, it requires investment of personal asset for you to be able to compete with the on demand skills, knowledge, and expertise especially in the freelancing industry nowadays. So, you'll need to enroll yourself into a specific course for upskilling and with that, you'll also need to pay for that short course.

[knowngunman]

So which one should it be? Do you take the risk and invent a job or do you want to keep running the race knowing the possibility of winning is very low and you may never reach the finish line?

You already know that both has its advantages and disadvantages but I don't think there'll be anyone who will prefer to be a job hunter when they have opportunities to invent their own job. I will definitely go for inventing my own job if it's just about saying and done but no you must work hard to achieve that. By inventing your own job, you are totally independent with absolute freedom to do and undue. But it takes creativity, hard work, patience and of course a lot of money to invent a job which not everyone can succeed in it and that's why we have few job inventors with millions of job hunters around the globe. Being a job hunter comes with peace of mind because you worry less about prosperity and expenditures but there comes the tension of being fired at any time and all your dreams will seem unrealistic.

Inventing a job is, in my opinion, part of a person's strategy to find a way to earn money. In this day and age, most people around the world use all strategies to earn money, including online jobs that you can earn even if you're at home, affiliate marketing, and so on.

Now if we search in the traditional way, this is where we will sell things that we think people will like, either food, perfume, toys, or others that we think we can make money from.

In your first paragraph, those are not example of job invention mate. Affiliate marketing or any other sort of online business and job is not job invention unless you own the site where people are working and you earn your commission at the end of the day if not you are still a job hunter and the owner can close down the site at unexpected time. Setting up a business like you listed in the second paragraph may fit in the category of job invention but you need money to do that.

[Hewlet]

The decision to either become self employed which could lead you to creating a job or seeking for employment opportunity in an already existing firm is totally a contextual one and depends a whole lot on a number of factors ranging from experiencee level, age, financial strength and a whole lot of other variables. Creating a new job isn't an easy something that anybody can just decide to venture into and at the end of the day the person will just become successful at it. For you to even create jobs it's even best to have worked under an existing firm, see howw things are done, get some connection and then with time you should have known if you can successfully venture into setting up a firm or business that will require  you to employ the service of others.