| |9 APRIL 2022HIGHERReviewing, startup culture is what you will find exciting. The ques-tion to ask yourself is what matters to you, and honestly, re-spond to yourself.3. The Future of the Industry, Role or Technology you are Considering: Time is precious, and since you will be in-vesting your significant years learning and trying to make a difference, your efforts must be invested in industries or technologies of the future. Working in very crowded in-dustries or mature technologies means that you will be one amongst millions, with limited growth potential for the long term. Doing adequate research to evaluate the industry's rel-evance, role or technology for the foreseeable future will be critical to begin your journey on the right path.4. Choosing the Company to Work For: Researching about the company where you apply for a job before even putting in the application will be worth the investment of time. It is critical to check what opportunities for learning and growth the company provides ­ after all, time is lim-ited and working in jobs that don't offer a chance to fill the gaps in your skill and expertise will not add value. If you have worked for large companies before, you may want to try joining a startup or a smaller company to get more hands-on, extensive exposure to multiple work aspects, and this is perhaps what your career may need.5. Continuous Self Assessment: Self-awareness is the first step of self-assessment. It is essential to listen to one's inner voice, become more conscious of one's strengths & weaknesses, and find ways to manage them. In addition to understanding your personality, introspecting on your val-ues and interests would be critical. Choosing careers that provide a fitment with your personality traits would get one closer to the path of a happy and productive career. For ex-ample, if you are not detail-oriented, choosing a career path in finance or law may not be the best. Likewise, if you are not comfortable interacting continuously with people, a custom-er-facing role may not be the best fit. Of course, personality traits change with time; hence it could be helpful to do a periodical self-assessment to make course corrections.Building enduring happiness in one's career requires deliberate efforts. Getting beyond prominent pay and posi-tion elements to focus on fulfillment is imperative to create a long-term happiness quotient. Money, fame, and position are lasting by-products of this happiness quotient which will automatically come in based on the outcomes one delivers.Working in very crowded industries or mature technologies means that you will be one amongst millions, with limited growth potential for the long term
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