Which Job/Career

[Wales85]

Even though it sounds cliche and stupid, I think you should do whatever you are passionate about. Not what is easy or what you are good at, but what you are passionate about. I truly believe that in the long run you will do just fine if you go down this path. I would also try to do something difficult, something that most people are not good at (ie: engineering, science, med) because not only is it more rewarding on a personal level it will also usually translate to a higher paying job in the long run. If you do an "easier" field you will have to do extraordinarily well in it in order to be ok financially. In my first go round I went finance because it was extremely lucrative at the time, and then the bottom fell out and it ended up not being a great field (although I did luck out with a good job). So if you pick something for the money right now, it could very easily change.

If you are interested in being a mom first and a career person second, I would certainly not recommend medicine and absolutely not recommend surgery. I think pharmacist (my wife is a pharmacist) have an excellent work/life balance, at least if you make an effort to make it that way.

If you are very good and passionate about what you do, you will be fine. I know a girl who dropped out of pharm school to be a makeup artist, now she makes wwwwaayyy more money than she would have as a pharmacist.

I hope you got something out of this ramble... i am cramming for finals and not in the best state of mind. :-)

God Bless,

W

[Sikh_Soldier]

Even though it sounds cliche and stupid, I think you should do whatever you are passionate about. Not what is easy or what you are good at, but what you are passionate about. I truly believe that in the long run you will do just fine if you go down this path. I would also try to do something difficult, something that most people are not good at (ie: engineering, science, med) because not only is it more rewarding on a personal level it will also usually translate to a higher paying job in the long run. If you do an "easier" field you will have to do extraordinarily well in it in order to be ok financially. In my first go round I went finance because it was extremely lucrative at the time, and then the bottom fell out and it ended up not being a great field (although I did luck out with a good job). So if you pick something for the money right now, it could very easily change.

If you are interested in being a mom first and a career person second, I would certainly not recommend medicine and absolutely not recommend surgery. I think pharmacist (my wife is a pharmacist) have an excellent work/life balance, at least if you make an effort to make it that way.

If you are very good and passionate about what you do, you will be fine. I know a girl who dropped out of pharm school to be a makeup artist, now she makes wwwwaayyy more money than she would have as a pharmacist.

I hope you got something out of this ramble... i am cramming for finals and not in the best state of mind. :-)

God Bless,

W

lol i would, to the final yr med student, there are gynacologists/surgeons in india that have attained v high avastha (they have sangat of mahapurakh i no) it's perfectly fine to do hard graft in terms of ur career... and they're women

[Wales85]

If they want to do it, they can do it, and I am sure they can also be fantastic moms. Seems to me it would be very hard to manage life as a mom and a doctor, and excruciatingly hard to be a typical "mom" and a surgeon...only so many hours in the day. Doesn't mean it can't be done, just think it would be really hard...

[Guest Career Advice]

There are some jobs that Sikhi restricts you from doing.

For example, you can't become a butcher or work for a company that gains profit from the killing or suffering of animals.

Again you can't join the special forces in the military, as you'll have to kill and eat animals for survival training.

You can't become a medical researcher if the field of work involves animals are being harmed or killed for medical research.

You can't do a job where you must wear a helmet, for example, an astronaut or deep sea diver.

Also, you can't work for a company that profits from the selling of tobacco etc

So just be careful what job you choose.

[Guest Kaur89]

Gurbani says make God your employer

Vahegurooooo!

[Guest Kaur89]

Why do we get jobs? Why aren't we as Sikhs good at everything? like our Guru wanted us to be? Why are there so many specialists? Why do we keep having go to so many departments? God knows everything, and God lives in our hearts. Why aren't the Sikhs of today providing for others? How did we get so dependent? Why do we take orders from those who do not even know who the Guru is, let alone follow the Guru!

We don't need to get a job, because the Guru already gave us one! We have work to do. God brought us here to sort ourselves out and to help out the whole of humanity at the same time! Why are we so limited? When our Guru is infinite potential?

Just think aslong as you need money your dependent on a manmukh made system. People die because they don't have enough money, yet we have enough food and water for everyone! Do you know how rediculious that sounds? That people starve even though there is enough food for everyone! We have the insignia of the Lord embedded within our hearts, yet we are not qualified? We must gain qualifications? We are not experieced? What better experience than life itself!

People work so hard, for something which does not even go with them in the world hereafter. And how little time we spend focused on the Guru, our true goal. From which all knowledge and wealth derrives! How little time we spend with our families, and community, but know we just work for money. "you can't do anything without money" so they say.

Just think aslong as we live our life this way, if we just accept "oh well thats just the way things are" Well i say NO! We will never get to God this way. We need revolutionary thinking! As Sikh's we should be able to do everything, we should be Warriors, healers, Teachers, everything etc, but of truth. Teaching truth and not the lies tought in school.

Schools teach theories, and a materialistic way of life, as if we don't know the answers. But in Sikhi, Guruji actually gives us the TRUTH! And all the answers to life!

We think we have got no power, but Guru lives inside us, we have all the power in the world. We really need to change the world. But remember the Guru says conquer your mind, conquer the world! How can we ever conquer our minds by taking orders by manmukhs, and following primitive systems, when know we have the Guru help us!

Do you really think God put us here, so we could get some slave job? We work for God, we do not work for anyone else. But when you work for God, you work for everyone, because God is everyone!

Doctors mean to have pure intent, im sure they want to help people, and same with teacher, sure they want to help children, but its not the right way. They don't tell you about the creator of the universe, they don't teach us the truth of where we came from, they just say we are an accident, and that we evolved from apes. Doctors only help the pharmaceutical companies, they prescribe drugs, which cure the symptoms, but we forget the root of the problem. All diseases come from our heads, because of our karma, we got do sort out our spirituality not do drugs. There are many alternative therapies that work better than anything a doctor can do, but doctors are never taught this. The military has many cure to things, we don't even know, but if we could ever cure all diseases, then that would be the end of the big pharma companies. They would go out of business and they don't want that. It's a money making scam!

So we as Sikhs need to get out power back, we need to become leaders not sheep! Why aren't we getting taught sikhi? by Sikhs? I remember when they were teaching "sikhism" in school and they said the Sikhism was a combination of Islam and Hindu. TOTAL RUBBISH, and a fabricated lies. But the teachers don't know any better. Its the people who make the curriculum who on purpose dish out this rubbish.All in the name of control, so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! Do they teach us anything that would help us in life? All they teach is how to pass an exam, which is just remembering information, thats not learning!

The system is based on scarcity, like if you get a job it means you have potentially taken that job away from countless other people! If you buy a house, you have taken it away from other people who may of wanted it do and all the other things im sure you can think of. But the thing is it doesn't have to be this way there is enough for everyone! God always gives, we must take to God!

What ur saying is totally true! We should get our power back, and who needs a job when we've got Vaheguru?! However, ive heard from many Gursikhs that education is very important... If we don't get a job we won't be able to provide for our family e.t.c. and so this would lead us astray as those who aren't Gurmukhs (most of us) and are Manmukhs are not strong enough to just put it in all in Vaheguru's hands - we would become depressed because we can't provide for our family. But like I said what u said is true! & Thank you that really helped!

Vahegurooo

[Guest Kaur89]

Even though it sounds cliche and stupid, I think you should do whatever you are passionate about. Not what is easy or what you are good at, but what you are passionate about. I truly believe that in the long run you will do just fine if you go down this path. I would also try to do something difficult, something that most people are not good at (ie: engineering, science, med) because not only is it more rewarding on a personal level it will also usually translate to a higher paying job in the long run. If you do an "easier" field you will have to do extraordinarily well in it in order to be ok financially. In my first go round I went finance because it was extremely lucrative at the time, and then the bottom fell out and it ended up not being a great field (although I did luck out with a good job). So if you pick something for the money right now, it could very easily change.

If you are interested in being a mom first and a career person second, I would certainly not recommend medicine and absolutely not recommend surgery. I think pharmacist (my wife is a pharmacist) have an excellent work/life balance, at least if you make an effort to make it that way.

If you are very good and passionate about what you do, you will be fine. I know a girl who dropped out of pharm school to be a makeup artist, now she makes wwwwaayyy more money than she would have as a pharmacist.

I hope you got something out of this ramble... i am cramming for finals and not in the best state of mind. :-)

God Bless,

W

No, u deffo helped

Vaheguroo!

[SunSingh]

I am a final year med student and I would not recommend medicine as a career to anyone who wants to follow tat gurmat. You will have to work extremely hard, and your naam bani in the daytime will suffer as a result.

I wouldn't recommend law either as it is a slightly dishonest profession. Find a career in something where you still have time to do bani in the day.

medicine really depends on what field you work in. also, keep in mind that you DO get seva kamai from your kirta from serving people, even though it`s not nishkaam!!

you`ll get a ton more kamai from helping save lives as a doctor than you would in many other fields, despite the extra busy-ness slash workload of doctors. plus you could do seva missions to help gareeb lok.

i`ll second that pharmacy seems to have a great work life balance.

[Guest sikhi]

Any career is fine as long as the lord is remembered all the time- this will ensure your work will be fruitful and recognised in His court.

[Guest randomer]

In all honesty, medicine is not incompatible with being Sikh. I am a Sikh girl and I want to be a surgeon. Bani does not take long to recite especially if you have built up speed. I agree being a mother will be difficult. Its only difficult in surgery, being a medic or GP is much easier. GPs definately have time for family and earn more than hospital doctors.

The reason surgery is difficult is because surgical training is long so you will inevitably spend hours in the hospital and have to sacrifice home life. Most people I know get a nanny - ie someone else to feed and look after their children and then send their children off to boarding school....of course there are different views on whether you would want to do that....but thats the option most people take.

Also on the rare occasion you will have days where you have done night oncalls, and missed bani because you were with patients but then you just do it as soon as your free next.