It's not about career planning or career transition; it’s about how you define career? How you synergize your career, hobbies and dreams in a long run? And making all relevant subtle changes for a more satisfying life.

这与职业规划或职业过渡没有关系，但与这些有关：如何定义自己的职业？如何在长期发展中把职业，兴趣与理想融会贯通起来？以及为更美满生活所做的所有相关的细微改变。

What is 'Slash¹ Career'?

什么是“Slash Career”?

Slash career is “One person with multiple careers”, you can also say it is a 'Career with slashes²'.

Slash career指的是“身兼多职的人”，你也可以说：拥有多个身份的职场人。

This way I will say I am Client Solution Leader/Digital Marketer/ Domain³ Name Broker⁴. Somebody could be Entrepreneur/Artist/Blogger/Journalist.

这样我可以称自己为：客服主管/网络出版者/域名代理。而别人也可以是企业家/艺术家/博客作家/记者。

Why It's Time to Embrace a 'Slash' Career?

为何是时候“身兼多职”了？

Enjoy variety:

能享受多样变化的乐趣：

Variety is the spice of life; same is true with career also. Develop your hobby into a career sideline.

多样的变化是生活乐趣的调剂，职业也一样。把你的兴趣发展成副业吧。

Kill that burnout:

能打败疲劳倦怠：

Invest your extra energy into something exciting so that you don’t feel the burnout from your long time running primary career.

给有趣的事情投入额外精力，从而不会因为主业的长时间工作而导致精力殆尽。

Experience the inter-contentedness of multiple industry sectors⁵.

能体验多个行业部门之间的满足感：

How disruptive technology is changing healthcare system? How IoT ( Internet of Things ) will solve environmental issues?

颠覆性技术是如何改变着医疗保健制度的？IoT（物联网）是如何解决环境问题的？

Unleash⁶ your multiple identities:

能解除多个身份的束缚：

You may be a tech research guy spending all day in a lab, but that should not stop to come on cooking channel, or talk on next TEDx event.

你可能是整天呆在实验室里的技术研究员，但这也不能阻碍你加入饮食界或在TEDx的晚会里发表演讲。

Future proof your career:

是个人事业未来的保证：

Today you are A/B/C. Fast forward three years, you become A/C/D/E, and in another four years you are C/E/F. Be industry relevant, be future relevant.

今天你可能是A/B/C。很快过去三年了，你就是A/C/D/E，再过四年你就是C/E/F了。都与行业和未来密切相关。

Path to success:

是通往成功的捷径：

You might not be very successful in your current career, slash career provides you an alternate path to success.

也许你在当前的职位里并不十分成功，但是副业能给你另一个通往成功道路的选择。

History’s most notable slash careerists:

历史上有名的身兼多职者：

-Benjamin Franklin (publisher/ politician/ technologist)

——班杰明·富兰克林（出版商/政治家/技术专家）

-Leonardo da Vinci (artist/ inventor)

——列奥纳多·达·芬奇（艺术家/发明家）

What can you do?

你能做什么？

If you think you are having trouble managing one career, it might be the burnout and fatigue⁷ because of decade long repeated frustration⁸.

如果你认为应付一项事业已经感到十分困难，这有可能是长期以来因反复遭受挫折而感到的筋疲力尽。

You just need to create a plan to synergize your multiple identities and give it a fresh look, and start something small, but start early.

你只需制定一个新的计划，融合多项身份特性并使其焕然一新，然后从小事开始着手，但要及早开始。

Ask yourself “What do you want to become next?” rather than “What do you want to become?”

那么你就该问自己“将来会成为什么样的人？”而不是“你希望成为什么样的人？”了。