The best job in the world

IAS is best job in india

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@greenteakitten
I’ll vote for you! lol
Although I don’t now how I’ll do that since I live in India.....

Sorry but being a mayor totally sucks.Why dont you be a writer?movie director or an activist?instead of a politician.Its a very corrupt world,the world of politics

@Roshini2013 said in #11:

IAS is best job in india

At first one needs to crack one of the toughest exam then they will be operated by any 4th fail ministers..... Yea luxury money everything is there but it can never be the best job .
Being an youtuber or any normal govt clerk is much better.

@DogyBrown said in #14:

Sorry but being a mayor totally sucks.Why dont you be a writer?

I suck at writing and even if I didn't it's like being a musician: you might never get your big break and just be stuck in a mountain of that student loan debt while getting paid peanuts.

movie director

Too introverted. :( Also I don't have any good movie ideas

or an activist?instead of a politician.

I actually have beef with a lot of activism I see in my area. I see a lot of it as mostly performative, with very few people actually genuinely practicing what they preach and not just hopping on a trend for fame or money.

Its a very corrupt world,the world of politics

And I'm not allowed to make it less corrupt? Read #9.

That said of course I don't plan on being a politician for life -- I would never get elected anyway past my hometown, people would consider me too moderate, too compromising in this modern ultra-polarized world. It's simply a plan B if I fail to get into med school! I could get a two year term and then with the salary money I could figure out how to proceed. In fact if I combine a poli sci major with a piano minor I could use the backup money from the mayor job to survive while teaching piano :)

Be a lichessor!

cons:

absolutely nothing, except getting better at chess
no pay

pros:

you don't touch grass!

you can spend your entire life debating over topics!

you can stream chess, and. . . play chess!

@greenteakitten said in #9:

Okay to be serious, I do have some ideas for what to do:

⊘⊘1 A center right position on the political spectrum gives me appeal to the more rural neighborhoods while still not being cancelled if I appear downtown.

⊘⊘ϩ I want to adopt a similar strategy to Texas's "home first, rehab second" plan where instead of trying to make people change and then funnel them through the system you build more houses and give them a place to stay first. Because let's be honest, homes aren't half as expensive as the huge cost of rehab, and it's really hard for someone to change when they're still stuck on the streets and need to survive. If we quit taking the moral high ground and provide for people's basic needs first, they are far more likely to do well.

Yes, but in a way, property developers are responsible for many societal problems : rampant urbanization, destruction of the land, money laundering, extravagant and useless projects for the vast majority of people, ever-increasing construction deadlines, and the risk of unsafe work for workers and future residents if the housing is badly built.

The city council should manage the majority of the work and focus on reconstruction rather than new buildings. It would also be important to open up disadvantaged neighborhoods by renovating existing buildings and improving residents access to healthcare and education.

@CSKA_Moscou
My city is like 50% hill and canyon all within a two minute walk of most neighborhoods. Actually we don't need to destroy the open nature spaces - we just need to utilize the urban half far more efficiently, and if we invested in a high-rise housing project we could easily house thousands of homeless overnight! We have very good unions and solid work. That isn't the problem - the problem is the endless red tape and people complaining about their properties losing value (which in some building projects I do sympathize with them, but in others its just fearmongering)

And yes of course, renovating disadvantaged neighborhoods would be awesome as well. But for me first and foremost I would want to fix up the schools.

@greenteakitten

I would certainly vote for you.
You do however make too much sense to be a politician.
Perhaps a course in advanced pandering and Public speaking might be useful.
You might find it in the BS curriculum ( not to be confused with bachelor of science.

On a different note i have a friend who is a music teacher ( Richard C. Katz on YouTube). Masters from University of Arizona . So that's pretty secure work but he's also a jazz pianist and makes $300 an hour gigging around Tucson and Arizona . Not steady work by any means but he's paid off his student loans and bought his own house so performing musician can be rather rewarding.
His wife is a retired teacher and due to recent changes she's now eligible for social security ( i didn't even know teachers didn't receive SS) and received a substantial check for back pay.
I don't know how much,I don't talk money or politics or religion with my friends. Lol,I like to keep my friends.
Usually "you may be right " is my goto phrase to ease out of such conversations.

Anyway an oxymoron I've always liked is " honest politician " and while I admire your platform actually implementation is another matter.

Jeez,those who aren't corrupted by politics
Haven't been trying hard enough...
;)