I was laying here today wondering, who am I, what do I want from my career, my life. It's a hard question to answer. For I think the answer probably changes daily, sometimes more than that. I was offered a awesome job opporunity last week and had to decide by this weekend if I wanted it. Ok a little background is in order here.
I was looking online on craigslist at different job postings and came across a posting looking for photography to take fan pics. Well I was curious so I replied. Turns out this company basically hires photographers for different events. We are responsible for taking pictures of fan as they enter the event. Once the picture is done you give them a card. That night they log into a website where the photos are loaded and have a option to purchase the pic. Whether they buy or not isn't my job, my job is to get the photo. It's pays 35 cents a photos but you could take up to 400 plus photos a day. This event was for the president's cup, a PGA tournament. Your talking about huge named people could show up. It was exciting to think I could be doing that. This would be a huge step up in my career. One thing, old people, golf people. Well they look down on people like me, you know tattooed, piercings and odd colored hair. I was told if I wanted to do the job, I would need kaki pants, long ones to cover all my tats. Long sleeve Polo Shirt to cover my tastes, remove my lip ring and recolor my hair. I would have to change my whole image for this job. My image is who I am, should I really change all that just for a job. Do I really want to do this Jay for a job?
After a long, hard decision I decided that I would turn down the job. I'm not sure if that was the right decision but it is for now.
As for where I want my career to go, I'm not sure yet but I do know I don't want it going there!
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