There is a general trend that most of the youngsters in India take
some standard career paths irrespective of their interests. Many times, they
are not even sure what exactly they want to do. Later in their life, they
explore an area of interest where they can excel. Few years back, even if
someone did recognize an area where she wants to continue as career, it was not
that easy. I have seen many folks around who have great talents but lesser
opportunities make best of it.
Social media has brought a unique opportunity to gain visibility
and showcase your talent and many of the folks have been very successful in
doing that. Gradually folks have started taking bold steps to move away from
the regular lifestyle where they compromise with their interest areas and the
passion. One of my close friend was a very good at painting, but he could
never think of taking it as career. Few years back, he started painting again
and started showcasing his work on the Internet. He always thought that he is not good
at marketing his work, so couldn't really think of making money out of his real
passion. It took some time, but after 7 months he sold his first painting for
23,000 Rs. In my opinion it was a very good start. Although making 23K in 7 months mathematically doesn't say that it's something that can be pursued
further.
We had a long conversation on this and decided to put efforts
during the weekends & available holidays to build a good online portfolio.
He kept doing it for 1.5 years. During this time he sold some of his work, but
it was not that significant. Suddenly the results started showing up. Many
noticed his work. Gradually he became a brand and many some of the corporates
approached him to create series of paintings and that's how he reached a stage
when he planned to quit his corporate job, which was easily giving him 30lac in
an year.
He has never done any exhibition, but is still a known face in the
industry. In my opinion Internet and social media has come to a stage where
real talent is always appreciated. Good marketing skills can definitely play an
interesting role, but even without that you can attain something, which was
unimaginable 5 years back.
In last few years, I know of many such examples where individuals
could do what they wanted to do. The term 'Freelancers' suddenly became so
popular. In current times, freelancers are pretty confident and make lot more
than what they used to earn in the areas which were not of their interest.
Freelancing used to be very challenging, which is no more a case now. It's
mostly about the real 'Talent' now and you need not to worry about the
marketing your work and skills. Internet takes care of that very well. And gradually some of these Freelancers are becoming entrepreneurs.
I am highly optimistic about this new trend.
This definitely means that overall quality of things would improve
and people would be happier doing things they really want to do.
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