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The advantages of challenging and interesting jobs What kind of job you are prepared to engage in has aroused widespread discussions among job applicants. With the same rate of pay, Some people prefer to choose an interesting and challenging jobs while others intend to take up a more vacations but less fun. I am in favor of the former point of view. First, challenge at work will stimulate individual potential compared with the boring routine jobs. People have the potential to do more than they know and it is not until they enter the working world that many slowly begin to discover that. An employee that recognizes the value of a challenge, and experiences the personal and professional growth through overcoming the challenge, is an employee that will develop a positive and realistic self-worth, as well as an understanding that personal achievement and business achievement are inextricably linked. Moreover, it is a self-approval that greatly improve one’s confidence. Second, people who undertake challenging jobs will be more likely to get promoted than those who do fixed and normal tasks. Take my brother for example. He has been working for 5 years as a software tester in Tencent-one of the largest internet company in the world. Even thought it is a decent job perceived by many outsiders of internet technology, he complains that a software developers with 2-year experience has been his program manager. Because programming, a challenging job, needs more creativities and intellectuals, those people with developing software naturally become the target of promotion for employers. Last but not least, in fact, more vacations will lead to make people bored and even lose determination. Quiet a few of people claimed that less vacations equal to less recreation activities in life. This argument is definitely false. As an old saying goes, “ You are not a fish, how do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes? ”. Working is actually another type of entertainment when you engage in your beloved job. Sometime, people are not afraid of busyness but of idleness. Work will allow people to feel satisfied and eliminate a sense of boredom by efficiently taking advantage of time. In summary, embracing challenging and interesting jobs will maximize your inner power, get a good position in the workplace and keep passionate for life. As a famous basketball scorer, Kobe Bryant, once said,” Everything negative-pressure challenges- is all an opportunity for me to rise”.