Who would ever thought of working there?

The problem with Asian parents is that they can never imagine their children working as something out of the ordinary. The "normal" occupations that we hear, all the time, and all parent's hope on, is doctors, lawyers and businessmen. These 3 occupations are so appealing because it brings steady income, stable status and confirmation. In short, it's steady, and parents need not worry of their children not being able to earn enough money to even fulfil their needs. But wait, now babies are booming everywhere. Mother Earth is filled with 6 billion denizens! How can these 3 occupations fulfil all 6 billion? Not everyone can be doctors, lawyers or businessmen. So what will happen then?

Luckily as time passed, technology, science, agriculture and arts are growing, and many of the "jobs" that were thought as frivolous are now a steady career. But this takes time, and many who had started the jobs in the first place are putting risk in their own hands. They are afraid that people cannot accept their status as being a contributor to the community, therefore they have to slide back into their own "normal" careers, doing what they can do; but not doing what they like. These "founders" are the people who truly brings the whole world into the 21st century. Without them, many people would be continuing their studies not because they like it, but out of their parents' hopes and bringing back income. Here's a list of what are the new career that we would not consider unless we are "true" professionals of it :

1) Designer
Whether it's fashion, or multimedia, or artistic, designer seems to make life more colourful. Fashion designers gave us an insight of his/her world, through their design of clothes. Futuristic, Melancholy, Bluish, you name it, they have the creation for it. Fashion designers are usually in their own world, and creating their one-of-a-kind dresses, making people drop to their knees with gorgeous attire. Multimedia designers will create logos, background of websites for companies or for groups who try to be outstanding, but a multimedia designer does not stop there. Some of the game designs are to be made by multimedia designers. As gamers demand for more realistic outcome, that's where multimedia designers have to work on their magic. Same goes to artistic designers, where they don't have to suffer the hardships that their predecessors faced and still create art. Some of them will be simple, portraying their wish, some will be complicated, playing with the people's mind, trying to hint something. But notice this, designers are always there since the ancient, just that poeple does not recognise it as a career, until now.

2) Gamer
Yes, gamers. The newly implemented field in the career board. Although it's still not available in Malaysia, I can see the potential of Malaysian gamers going far and wide. So what do gamers do? Basically they have to defeat the game as fast as possible, so that their companies can write a guide, to guide the amateurs through the whole process of the game. If you think it is easy, take note: A gamer must not lose any points in his/her game, and find every nook and cranny available for secrets and missions that are not stated in the storyline. That is time consuming, but they have to beat the game within a time limit, so they have to stay up almost 10-14 hours a day to play the game. It causes stress, but still only hardcore gamers can truly live up to the expectations. Casual gamers (like me) cannot stand the pressure. But still, this is a new career, so it is under the stage of waiting to be expanded.

3) Undertaker
Undertakers are basically people who take care of the whole funeral process. It is not exactly the job that many want to do. The fact that you have to deal with crying families, the dead body and the whole occasion, it is a little depressing for those who are not mentally ready. And funeral companies do not exactly provide a "service with a smile". That will be kind of offensive. I mean, you are smiling when your customer is dead? Well, you had to have dead customers, if that are the means to keep your company from surviving. Which is why a funeral service can cost so much. But this career is something comforting. Some families are too distraught to do all the things to deal with the deceased. So an undertaker should be there to help out. Their service at the house is also comforting, as least the families will know that their deceased loved ones can go with peace.

4) Writer
A writer does not promise income. They must be able to write out a good story, after that they had to convince a publisher to publish their book, and that their book promises good sales, and only through that good sales do the writers earn some money. So, not many would choose writer as a "first option" career. Writer is often an alternative, with the idea coming out after they had suffered from their daily jobs, or when they find no more fun staying in the office. But the good thing about being a writer is that they can invoke creativity into their masterpiece, and unless their topic is controversial enough, it usually takes several years before it becomes famous worldwide. But still, without writers, there will not have stories. Just like how we grow up reading Hans Christian or Enid Blyton's stories, maybe in the future, our children will grow up reading J.K Rowling's stories?

These 4 are just one of the many careers out there which the careers are slowly gaining recognition everywhere. While some are still growing, some are getting reputation. But still, every career is meant for someone out there. That includes us. For me, I hope to be a journalist, somewhere. Everything out there is an opportunity. Some people might feel disgust on some careers, some will just rejoice, while some has no comments. So let us youngsters pray that we will secure a job somewhere, not only for our interest, but also for the sake that we can enjoy every part of it.

By the way, is politician a career?

Just Joking.

Thanks and good day.