Thoughts on going into full time problogging always come to me, especially now that what I’m earning on blogging is more than my current job salary. But right now, I still don’t see myself resigning on my current job. Why? Here are my reasons:
- I love my current job. Really. I could resign if I want to, but the opportunities and the benefits I’m getting is more than what problogging could give me.
- Financial security. Though my earnings on blogging is more than my current salary right now, there’s no guarantee that it will stay that way. Having a regular job gives me the secured feeling that I will still survive if Google suddenly kicks me out of their program.
- I don’t need the full 8 hours on blogging everyday. If I resign, there’s no guarantee that I’ll be earning more from it. It’s better to use that 8 hours on my current job that gives me a guaranteed monthly salary and just spend 1 to 2 hours thinking of a blog post.
- Pride. I spent 5 years of my life taking up BS Computer Engineering using the hard-earned money from my OFW father and graduated with honors. I don’t want them seeing me ending up just a problogger. A successful computer engineer and a problogger sounds better. 🙂
I think, balancing my regular job and problogging works best for me.
But of course, if my earnings as a problogger reached 10x more of my current salary, I’m not just a problogger anymore, and might end up submitting my resignation letter. A successful problogger earning 10x his salary sounds better than a successful computer engineer and a problogger, I think. 🙂
In short, sigurista ako.
