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Looking for a career change? Maybe you should check out this thread started by journalist Rituparna Chatterjee. While some of us might be looking for job security and good healthcare Benefits, Chatterjee wants people to consider what it is about their careers that’s “empowering.”
“What is the one most empowering thing about your profession?” she asked her followers on Twitter. “I’ll go first. Journalism: Amplifying the voices that otherwise would not reach the powerful.”
It’s an open question that people interpreted differently. Some saw it being about what is empowering for them personally in their work. Others saw it as being a question of how they empower others or the world at large through the work they do. Some say outright what their career is, others are more vague on their official job title, which makes me think they might be calling a job empowering that’s actually about brand synergy for influencers and high fructose corn syrup or something.
It’s still a nice framework to think about what you do when the grind is getting you down. Something may not feel like your life’s purpose and still be meaningful and necessary to others. And if it doesn’t seem like that’s true, well, here are some new jobs you might try:
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Disability advocacy and sensitization. Living it, and showing by example how its done
— Payal Kapoor (@payalkp) July 28, 2020
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I help build careers of students, get a purpose and direction in life.
Teach them how to think critically, rationally so that they can get rid of wrong ideas that society often imposes on them –
which is essential for humans to progress and this what empowers them the most.— adarsh utkarsh (@UtkarshAdarsh) July 28, 2020
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I’ll say the same.. since I work at the grassroots mostly, it gives me immense pleasure when i can act as an conduit for them, to share their perspectives on the larger issues
— Swati Sanyal Tarafdar (@Swati_Sanyal_T) July 28, 2020
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Software Developer: It’s like your mind travels the world. You’re impacting a million people with the code you write.
— Avishek Santhaliya (@avisheksanvas) July 28, 2020
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Food Scientist : Reduce wastage of food, ensuring you feed the needy and bring simple joy in life.
— Gourinandan (@gttonpe) July 28, 2020
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Food Scientist : Reduce wastage of food, ensuring you feed the needy and bring simple joy in life.
— Gourinandan (@gttonpe) July 28, 2020
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What is the one most empowering thing about your profession? I’ll go next.
Seamanship: responsible for 90% of world trade movement to feed millions across the world. Same back breaking routine for over a year without any protest. https://t.co/oUmWZEyXhC
— Name cannot be blank? why? (@abracadabra_0) July 28, 2020
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Designer :I get to make beautiful cozy bed linens and make people feel relaxed and loved and my work empowers women too!!!
— Ash JJ (@ashjjkk) July 28, 2020
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My profession is to be there for cancer patients making sure they are compliant and able to access treatment no matter what . My job is to be there for them and their family at all times .There are challenges galore but their love and courage keep me on track and is reward enough
— Viji Venkatesh (@vijivenkatesh) July 28, 2020
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Communications: A reminder that every story is worth narrating. https://t.co/xr3prcVVE1
— Anandi Sen (@anandi_sen) July 28, 2020
