Follow your heart and the money will come naturally. Of course this advice will mean nothing to you if you see your paycheck as an extension of your penis.

Somewhere in between.

Meaning to say, I won't get a job that I like but gives me peanut, neither would I want to work for a job that's financially convincing but I have neither the skill sets nor interest in it.

Anyway I like my job now and satisfied with my salary

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This post has been edited by lipkhin: Dec 1 2010, 02:37 AM

from the beginning, find high salary job, after sometime, find job base on my interest

Ditto here. Anyway the 2-choice poll is too simplistic to reflect real-life factors.

I agree with socratesman as its not only those 2 options as in reality as you havent taken into account job location, working colleagues, supervisor and many other factors as it doesnt always come down into those 2 only ie interest and money. I think if thread starter describe a situation he is in would be more ideal .

Hi, thanks for all the feedbacks. Was starting this thread to gather what others think and will choose if it comes to just interest vs pay, as it might help me or others when facing such situation. And sorry for the limited poll options

Mine will be interest. Since I always make myself interest in a job that have better outcome in future. So, interest come first before salary.

Mentioning about interest, sad but true that many people don't get to work on what they are interested in. For example, many people like to be fashion designers, game designers, superstar, football player, prime minister but ended up being accountant, sales clerk, programmer, marketting exec etc. (which is not something they really desired, regardless of whether the salary is decent or not)

But luckily, interest is not something that being fixed into your mind since you're born. It is being developed dynamically.

And I agree with what nyprinz83 said. Whether you like the job or not is not solely dependant on your interest in the job nature or the salary, but also some other factors like your colleagues, your boss, the environment. So many people actually find themselves reluctant to work in job they didn't really like, but ended up enjoying it

Well, it's good that if you can pick new interest in the job that you are being offered because of its high salary.

yeah,environment is another factor like some people mention previously.

if you like your job,but your collegue and boss treat you like dog,you wouldn't be happy working too.

in the opposite,even though you dont see any future in your career,but you enjoy doing it and the collegue and boss are nice, you will be more happy than the previously mentioned.

nowadays... .money talk

I agreed with the environment. Even though the job is not really your interest, if the environment is supportive enough; from training, facility, mentoring, you might develop interest too.

Yup, you all are right too, like the situation I'm in now. Although I dont like/enjoy what I'm doing, but all my colleagues are nice to me. Now I'm still trying hard to like what I'm doing

for me,job satisfaction speaks first as long as i can survive with my salary.There's a pay floor,if it goes down.Then sorry,i can't do it for that kind of pay.But if there's a better pay and the job doesn suck too much i'll go for it.

MONEY TALKS!

Wow shinichi they must be a really nice group of people and if a boss has an employee such as you it will be great since you are trying really hard to gain satisfaction from the job when some people just check-in check-out daily waiting for 5.30pm or 6pm finishing time

Hi, actually I'm not as "good" as what you think Its because I dont know what job I should change now, so till I find another job, I have to like what I'm doing now or else I'll feel suffer to work there

Interest is something that can be developed...so i go for higher salary..

If you can develop, then thanks god. If not, you'll be complaining a lot.

The question is hard to answer. If higher, how much higher? 10%?
Interest, how interesting?
The higher salary job totally not interesting?

Given a job that I really hate but pay high (10-15%), I will rather take the job I like.

If it pays 30-50% more, that is something else to consider.