Wages are actually selling their own income

Any truth can only be established in the right place.

However, we always ignore the scenes where the truth is there, and only believe in the truth itself.

If there is so much taste in truth, it really is unbeatable.

For example, there is a saying: "The first job, the salary is not important, it depends on whether you can improve."

You must have heard this sentence, right?

And for a student just getting into society, the first assignment was of course getting to know the rules of the world as quickly as possible, and becoming proficient in job skills.

Comparing the two, money doesn't really matter.

However, when we got more serious, we found that this was a big problem.

Relatively high salary If your college classmate, Danniel, was not as good as you, and went to another company, but earned more than you, what does this mean?

It shows that Danniel will choose better than you, and the industry or company he chooses is willing to give him better treatment.

Whenever you talk about judgment, other people can give you better treatment, which often means that the position is more important and has more potential.

So, in 5 years, Danniel will grow up to be better than you.

At this point, can you still say that salary is not important for your first job?

You see, "Danniel" is a virtual scene that I made. Through this scene, we can understand many things.

Some time ago, I saw a piece of data. I tracked 3,000 people at work and found that their salary and income level after 10 years were positively correlated with their newly started income.

This means that the higher the salary for the first job, the higher the salary after 10 years.

It also fully implies that the "first salary doesn't matter" can't be sustained in most scenarios.

Regarding wages, it is important to look at both place and time.

A friend came to me for consultation. He now has two choices. First went to a large company to do user analysis, with an annual salary of $ 48,000.

The second is to go to an educational platform for planning and promotion, with an annual salary of $ 30,000.

He prefers the second job, but the salary for the first job is so high that he doesn't know how to choose.

After understanding the situation, I found that the first job was highly paid, but I had to work 12 hours a day, and I often had to work overtime on Saturdays and Sundays.

The second job is 7 hours a day, no overtime on Saturdays and Sundays.

Apart from other factors, you can find out by converting them to hourly earnings:

The hourly salary for the first job was $ 10, and the hourly salary for the second job was $ 20. The salary for the second job was actually even higher.

Hence, sometimes an annual salary, a monthly salary, etc. Simply bluff, you have to convert it, and certain hourly earnings are more relevant.

I once went to a company for consultation. Their sales team had big problems, their hearts were scattered, and their combat effectiveness was weak.

I understand that many sales people have second jobs, and some sales are valuable moms. I make cards in the morning and go shopping in the afternoon to pick up my kids from school.

At the forum, sales staff complained about low revenue.

I said: "I made a sale. You did the math. The money the company is giving you now divided by the time you actually worked to calculate your hourly earnings. As a result, you don't have to tell me. You feel your conscience and ask yourself is it not really gone? "

After I finished speaking, dozens of sales were silent.

Many friends chat, say that you have a high salary in the top 500, why do you want to go?

I replied: "It's because you only look at the offer from the other side and don't see what I have to offer.

Friends who are in the top 500 should be able to understand the meaning of this sentence.

You take your income and sell yourself most of your time. Is this business still useful?

Hence, the question becomes, " How much money can I give you to buy you a year of freedom?" From this perspective, I feel that I am a little cheaper.

Moreover, there are additional parts, such as your emotions.

If you're in a system, you have to deal with people you hate, and you have to say things you don't want to say.

KPI indicators, overall ratings, criticism from leaders, complaints from subordinates ... It will upset your mood regardless of day and night, weekdays and holidays. Isn't this an expense?

More importantly, it buys other possibilities .

You seem to be in a ditch, surrounded by high walls, you can't see what it is like on the outside, you can only move forward in the trench.

And when I got out of the system and started my own business, I realized that the outside world was huge and my income had already exceeded the original.

Of course, this has paid a lot of price in the early stages, and opportunities are also favored.

Writing this essay is not to encourage you to start a business or become a freelancer.

I've written articles before, entrepreneurs and freelancers are not easy to do, you see me, only "survivor effect".

I just want you to understand that the size of the salary has to be matched with the atmosphere and the time, so that you are not deceived, and you can see the value of the income.

The fact is, frankly, we all betray ourselves, including time, emotions, and energy.

What we have to do, therefore, is find the one with the best price / performance ratio.