Career Blues

Gone are the days when a degree was of at most importance when one dreamt of a well paid job. In the new world only the smart survive. Here is a glimpse of some cool careers that you can pick up.

Blogging      

Its a crime now if you don’t have a blog of your own. And the good news is that blogging can earn you a little extra income. There are quite a lot of professional bloggers in India who earn their living by pure blogging. Introducing Amit Agarwal, one of the few professional bloggers in India who earns several lacks a month. www.labnol.blogspot.com is a  technology blog with more than 5,000 tech articles. He says he finds sponsors for his blog to pay for him. He used to work in a software firm, from where he quit and started his blog and the money started rolling after a months time.

Coffee Brewing

A lot can happen over a cup of coffee. From being a traditional beverage to a lifestyle drink – coffee has come a long way; and so have its brewers. For the love of coffee, brewers have taken on themselves the task of brewing the right blend to titillate your taste buds. While no school in the country will train you in coffee brewing, it pays to know your bit about coffee, the estates and the basic brewing process. And if you have got a nose for the coffee pod, love for the exotic and a creative streak then there is no looking back for you. You could land yourself a plum job at any coffee house. There, you undergo in-house training, become a certified brew master and then, the palate is all yours.

Film Direction

This is a highly rewarding career for people with passion and love for films. The road is tough and you gotto have patience. My personal favorite is this one.  And one day I will be a film maker. God bless me.

Tutor

A tutor does not necessarly mean that you take classes for a student in a tution center or at his/her house. One can be an online tutor and can teach right from the home and the income is good enough to make a living. There are no geographical boundries and one can be a tutor for anyone anywhere in the  world. All you gotto have is a braodband connection and some software skills.

Special Effects

Visual effects in films is a cool job to take up if you have a creative mind and have a way with colors. It includes processes like matting, rendering, colour correction, animation to create an animated wonder. And the guys who don’t have touch in creativity, don’t worry you can work on tracking, which basically deals with movement of objects. If you are really good with colors, you can work with color correction and color animation.

Go hunting!