Industrialization brought with it this notion of jobs which was a consequence of the socialist upheaval. Although there is nothing wrong with it and it existed in one form or another of local, domestic and national services. From government agencies to various departments such as the military and administration, but the concept of job creation was associated with an individual’s desire to be secure in the post-mainstream monarchical world of the 20th century. It provided a sense of stability and the ability to work in coherence with society and afford a lifestyle, own a car and enjoy the weekend. Get a house, go on vacation and have a retirement fund type of life.
But since all of this was present, what was really delayed was this sense of ownership of one’s energies and productivity to create something unique and something that empowers others around them. So you see this business revolution brewing with all these Silicon Valley startups taking over the suddenly stagnant world. There is no ideological fissure but that the change was imminent. The new generation of millennials was fed up with the old school way of life: there was no excitement, interactivity and charm. Nothing to look forward to, nothing to be passionate about, just a subtle way to eat, sleep, work and repeat. There was no sensation in terms of bold ideas and finding ways to improve the lifestyle.
It just wasn’t there. The ways to boost global growth that had saturated, was to run in circles to find something extraordinary that would advance this stagnation. IT and the Silicon Valley perspective provided the sudden foundation, platform, and track for these ideas to jump off and move forward. It’s about time someone who doesn’t own a shipping company, airline, bank, or real estate could come forward and claim the limelight and perks. It was clever and yes, it provided real value. You can call him Jobs, Gates, Bezos, Page or Zuckerberg; the name keeps changing but the vision remains the same. To make life more fun and more enterprising. But yes, it broke many preconceived notions and stereotypes. Boy, are we ready to embrace this? We better be, because the way things are going it seems like if we don’t adopt, we’re going to be kicked out of the game.
Looking at the big picture and this gradual change in employment patterns. Conspiracy theorists may wonder if the global economic crisis was really designed to jolt people forward toward a life of self-fulfillment. Living paycheck to paycheck left little to appreciate what they were doing. That is why, when money lost its power to satisfy us, we wanted passion to guide our profession.
People were forced from their homes and deprived of their savings, income and credit limits to find jobs they would work for less. The big paychecks were only left to those who were striving to carve out a niche for themselves. It may sound a bit risky, but this development was so delayed that there was no other option left but to force people to take charge of their own lives. There were foreclosures and there were stock market losses, but was it a silent call? Only time will tell and whistleblowers will reveal it.