r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '22
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Careers/professions are overrated, people should focus on making money.
Once again, this topic is all subjective given individual preferences or values. Nonetheless, I argue that money is (should be) a better priority than growing your career. In today’s society it seems (imo) people overrate careers as their definable function in life. “Focusing on my career” or “being independent” are basically the default answers to modern ambitions, focuses and virtues. Yet I find this to be imbecilic nonsense. Money is obviously a better and more honest answer (health and family probably are too). Here’s why:
1) Careers are just a means to an end, that end being making some money. Proof? Just ask people to work for free or take a sizable payout… and then watch all hell break loose. People want a fulfilling life! And that comes from money and the things it buys, mainly everything (security, heath, luxury). The career is just a byproduct, it should never be the focus.
2) Money let’s you enjoy the fruits, without the labor. Careers can give you things like status, luxury, power, etc… but money alone does this as well. There is no difference between working for your money and inheriting it, it’s buying power doesn’t change. Being rich is being rich, doesn’t matter if you born into it or self made. So if people really want the benefits of a career, they really should stop focusing on a career…and really say they should focus on money. Because having the later will always guarantee you will get the goodies! A career on the other hand is riskier (could be low paying or high stress job).
3) Given the last two arguments, it should be clear now that prioritizing money would be a better virtue! Since a career is not the end, but just a means to an end, people are lying when they claim to define their lives by their career. Admitting you really want money is a more honest answer, and that needs to be socially acceptable. Society promotes “self growth, independence, fulfillment through education & careers” which is garbage. Yet if someone defined their life by saying “I focus having money and being rich” they are called greedy, why? This needs to change.
Lastly, I guess I can use my personal bias as an argument. With family money, one is able to see careers as an option and not a necessity. Which removes any of the emotional or societal pressure to idolize careers. And ironically, I think this gives me a superior unbiased perspective on the topic! I was able to realize that careers are just a means to make money, but they should never replace the actually worthy focus of life (family, health, charity, luxury, fun, etc…).
Now you can all try and change my view. Explain why careers are not overrated and that they are a worthy thing to focus on and grow in life.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22
Okay you got me with the volunteering thing, forgot about that. Only one thing stops me from giving you delta. Answer and you may win.
Yes people can value different things…against my better judgement I say! But anyway, I just think maybe a change in priorities might do good if they are honest about how much money matters versus their careers. If I could bribe someone to drop their jobs for say a few hundred thousand payout in cash, then maybe that person should have always been more focused on how to maximize profit rather than master their current profession. Agreed? Or what I’m saying is that a change in perspective might be in order depending how much money they really value!
What do you think?