Crowdsourcing my future
It’s time for me to try crowdsourcing for real. In short: I want you to help me decide what to do with my future. Since both the internet and social media are involved in the choices, I’d like to give my network a vital part in the decision. It’s a huge choice, and it’s an interesting test. Maybe many people will vote, maybe no one will.
Background:
The past (almost) two years, I’ve been working at Hyper Island. The job as learning faciliator and project manager has in many ways been my dream job, but many relationships come to a point where you want and need different things. This is the conclusion me and Hyper Island reached. I resigned. We decided to still be friends (and we are). Now it’s time for me to decide what to do next.
Here are the two choices I’ve got:
1) Become employed. I’ve got a concrete offer, and a couple of leads. The salary I’ve been offered is good, 30 000 SEK per month. The job would make use of my versatility and competence ranging from technology to social skills.
2) Start my own business and become a consultant within digital and interactive media (what in popular terms is known as “social media”), group dynamics and building effective teams.
Pros of being employed
- Co-workers and a sense of belonging
- Fixed income
- Easier to plan my days
- I don’t have to sell myself (something I’m not very comfortable doing)
- Safety on many levels
Pros of running my own business
- I get to combine areas where I’m feeling most competent and zestful: “building effective teams”, “communication”, “strategy for web 2.0” and “education”
- I get to decide the balance between “time” and “income”
- I can choose where I sit and work most of the time
- I get a larger variation of jobs
- I get to meet a wide variety of people
- Freedom on many levels
<strong>This is how you vote:</strong>
You vote via Twitter: send an @-reply to me (@kazarnowicz) with the alternative you think I should go with. The voting is open until Wednesday, October 21st, 11.59 PM CET+1.
<strong>Other factors that can affect the choice</strong>
I don’t have any savings that will last me for a long period. I have my final salary and a consulting assigment at Hyper Island that wil last me until the end of this year.
Next month I’ll be buying a new apartment, which means taking a loan of 1.7 million SEK. My cost of living increases from 3500 to 7500 SEK.
What do I do? Go!
