Definition of Job and Career
“Job” is defined as a piece of work, esp. a specific task
done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price. a post
of employment; full-time or part-time position. anything a person is expected
or obliged to do; duty; responsibility. It usually is considered to pertain to
remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).
A job is defined as anything a person is expected or obliged
to do; a piece of work, especially a specific activity done as part of the
routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price.
Through a job a person can earn to support her basic needs
and family or friends. A job can also be viewed as a contract between the
employer and the employee. In commercial enterprises, the basic purpose of a
job is to create profits for the employer, and the employee contributes labor
to the enterprise, in return for payment of wages, or stock options etc.
"Career" is defined as an occupation or
profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework. a
person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase
of life, as in some profession or undertaking
At a typical job, your goal is usually just to get the task
done and not annoy the boss. All you really want from a job is a regular
paycheck and a positive reference from the boss, and all you have to do to get
that done is to get your tasks done and stay out of the way.
This means that you shouldn’t be investing significant
emotional energy into the job. Just do what you’re supposed to do with the
minimum amount of expended mental and physical and emotional energy, and save
that energy for other endeavors.
If your employment situation sounds more like a job
than a career, you shouldn’t be killing yourself for it. You should be doing
the tasks that are required, then conserving your energy for the other things
going on in your life – a second job, raising a family, trying to jump-start a
career, and so on 
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