Mastering careers

Greetings!

The world is currently at a stage where anything you're doing to earn a living is applaudable because life is tough (as it is in my country). I mean anything at all you're doing; that's why even internet fraudsters and politicians are being applauded despite the negative things they're practicing to earn money. I'm not supporting these people; I'm stating the truth based on what I've seen in the world I live in currently.

This is why, in my candid opinion, anyone going into multiple careers just to earn a good living is not bad.

As long as the person is able to foot the bills for such training and, in the end, masters it, there's absolutely no problem.
It becomes a bad thing if the person just goes around jumping into different careers just to get the 'paper' certificate without being able to defend it or using such knowledge for anything, making it a case of being a jack of all trades and master of none. Instead, let it be a jack of 10 trades and master of 9, atleast.

In April, when I traveled home, I had the opportunity to meet a cousin I hadn't seen for many years. When I asked him what he's currently doing, he said he's into high-profile security functions. I had to pressure him until he made it clear to me that he's in the police force, which is not actually bad. This person graduated from the University of Port Harcourt, where he studied microbiology and subsequently went into field practice. When that didn't work well for him, he ventured into technology, though not through a formal school per se, but by acquiring skills from a small firm in his area. He even opened operational shops, but that’s the last I knew about him until now when he’s in the police force.

Let's say he mastered all of these fields but maybe because the time he ventured into them to make a living, things just didn't fall into place. There's the possibility of him going back to any of those fields again as soon as a better opportunity presents itself. Just like me right now, I have good knowledge and experience in accounting work, and although I’m not currently in that field, once a good deal presents itself in the future, I wouldn't need any other training to quickly align with it.

This lifestyle is similar to the experience of acquiring a 'paper' certificate (degree) in Nigeria. Most times, there's no guarantee of using the certificate to gain a job immediately after graduation, but it's good to have it in case an opportunity arises unexpectedly. You know, it will be a huge advantage for the person who already has the certificate compared to the person who would need to go to school first before applying for such a job.

Conclusion:
As I said earlier, it's totally fine by me for someone to have multiple careers. It all boils down to the individual—if he or she has the finances to cover all the training costs and also masters the careers well, not just for show-off.

Thanks for reading.

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