Time to say goodbye?

Hi all,

I bet you've all heard of such sayings as "You are what you eat" or "You are what you read." But do you think more often than not "You are what you do for a living" holds true as well?

With few disagreements expected, a person's job (or some may prefer to say "career") is usually a handy way to catergorize people in a short time. In that sense, it suggests that people can be defined by the kind of job s/he does; so public servants are those who are conservative and long for stable lives whereas tour guides are those who are extroverted, sociable, and open to challenges. This is definitely two examples of stereotyping. And so, to what extent do you think stereotyping is accurate and what may be the pitfalls of clinging to such categorization? Any experiences to share? and also what are your impressions of other walks of life?

Speaking of this issue, i can't help but think of career change. Yes, what if we find the job we are doing isn't the RIGHT one for us, isn't the one that could define us? According to a statistics reported last year, young people on average change their jobs once a year or so: http://blog.udn.com/giveman/2580861. This brings up a critical problem we must all face sooner or later; that is, should we quit the job and when should we quit it? Here's an interesting article for your reference:
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/quittingyourjob/a/when_to_quit.htm
After reading it, (1) how do you think of each proposed point? (2) other personal pointers to hint us to say farewell?

Finally, suppose you do decide to quit and you are back onto job market, what shall be the criteria to judge that one job is a better offer than another? Here are some suggestions:
http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/joboffers/a/evaluate_offer.htm
Again, after reading, (1) how do you think of each proposed evaluation criteria? (2) what else would you add?

That's it for now. We 'll talk more tomorrow. :)