#101: I Asked My Audience About Career Fulfillment and Nearly 200 People Answered

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I ran a simple poll on Instagram this week:

“Do you feel satisfied or fulfilled at work?”

I asked this because I’m at a crossroads with the next step of my career and nearly 200 people responded!

The reason I’m at a crossroads is that I think my work is easy, but annoying (because I have to go into the office no matter what my workload looks like) so this is pushing me to look for opportunities outside my current career track and to find something else that I can feel fulfillment from.

My last newsletter post was inspired from how I currently feel - too comfortable in my current position. I feel like I outgrew my position and am just looking for the next role. I’m not sure if I want to continue in this career track, even though it’s easy.

I even asked those who felt fulfilled to share what they do and those who didn’t to share which careers they’d advise others to avoid.

The data is shocking..

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A total of 194 people responded to the poll. I can’t say that I’m surprised with the results.

I can’t say I’m surprised because a large majority of my audience probably follow my account because of this reason - we’re all in this pursuit of financial independence driven by the fact that we may be stuck in a job we don’t enjoy because we need the income.

A way to make the situation better can be to get a new job that you can better tolerate but that alternative may come with a lower salary so that’s not always feasible.

A good amount of people did in fact feel satisfied or fulfilled with their job so I wanted to compile a list of occupations for those people as well as the people who were not satisfied.

Heads up, the list is long!

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This isn’t a “true” list of careers if you’re in it for fulfillment. The feeling of fulfillment can stem for different reasons based on a person’s drive and interest.

This list is only to represent the people who selected that they feel fulfilled with their work in the poll. If there’s a parenthesis with a number, that means multiple people input the same answer.

I love how diverse this audience is! I admire a lot of these occupations and I can imagine why people feel fulfilled. And then there are some jobs where I’m confused how you like it 🤣

All kidding aside, this reinforces that everyone is different. One job may be a pain in the as* to someone and a joy to another so don’t take this list as gospel.

When I saw this list, I immediately recognized jobs that were on the “good” list. If a job has a "lol”, it means it’s also mentioned in the list above.

Now, there are a WHOLE LOT of other people who said they do feel fulfilled at work. I had more responses from the “happy” side. What I excluded were comments that people left with their answer.

It’s less about the job/career and more about management and leadership.

You could have the most amazing job, the one you dreamed of, but if your boss is an as* and a power-hungry supervisor, that dream job could instantly turn into a nightmare.

People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.