2013 - 04 : When you grow up.....

What do you want to be when you grow up?
It's a little bit too late fro me to answer that question, i guess...

When i finished my college and started my first job, my nephew was asking me that question. I found that it was very hard to answer as i've already got  a job. i cant even remember what i told my teacher when i was in primary school. it could be something like doctor.
It was easier to answer the question when you were a kid. i had a friend who passionately told me that she wanted to be a gynecologist when she grew up and i didnt even have any idea what gynecologist was. I kind of lost contact with her  but from what i heard i'm pretty sure she isnt a gynecologist.
When i was a kid, it was every parents dream for their kid to be a doctor, engineer, architect, lawyer ( all this high end profession)  A generation before that, it was our grandparents dream for our parent to be a teacher/lecturer, soldier, police, nurse or a government servant.
When i was in INTEC, a lecturer (he was about 50++ years old)  told a story that when he was a kid, his parent told him to study very hard so that he can be a teacher. But now he overheard a woman told her boy to study hard otherwise he will be a teacher.
Now we realized that we can be successful altho we are not a doctor. What we want our kids to be? A lot of things. Artist, dancer, model, singer, blogger, photographer, MLMians, chef etc....it's wasnt an alternative career anymore...my generation approved all this career.
We have pretty good example of millionaire drop-out like Steve Job, Bill Gates, Mark Zuck which put the idea that we dont have to go to college to be a billionaire (or successful). All this examples are breaking the tradition. Education is more than what we get from the classroom or university , experience is an education as well.
What i learned when i was in college doesnt really apply to my career but the experience, exposure and skill that i got from my college year is something that no money in the world can buy. and i glad i choose college and that's might be one of the best choice i made in my life.