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Meet The Engineer Who Did 28 Jobs in 28 Weeks in 28 States of India
Shreya Pareek
August 6, 2015
Inspirational, Youth
2585
While most of us seek stability and a regular paycheck, Jubanashwa Mishra took on an unplanned journey to 28 states in India, doing arbitrary and odd jobs every week.
He has worked as a photographer, a tattoo artist, a river rafting guide, a film executive, a tea factory worker, a waste warrior, and much more. While every week most of us go to the same office to do the same job, this man had no idea where he would be working the next week.
Meet Jubanashwa Mishra from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, who took 28 jobs in 28 weeks and covered 28 states of India. Determined to not do a dull regular job after completing his engineering, Mishra took a path rarely traveled.
Job 2, Market researcher, Gujarat
Job 3, Hotel manager, Rajasthan.
“I did my engineering like many people in India but I knew I never wanted to do a job. I got the idea of job-hopping when I heard of a guy who did something similar — doing 52 jobs in 52 weeks. I thought I’d use the same idea too and explore the 28 states in India.”
– Jubanashwa Mishra.
Inspired by the work of Canadian Sean Aiken who first introduced the concept of one week one job, Mishra decided to follow the same path.
Once Mishra had made up his mind, there was no looking back. He didn’t even tell his parents about his adventure; they got to know about what he was doing through a local news article. Confused and worried in the beginning, the family finally accepted the idea that Mishra was not going to take up a “settled” job.
How he went about his dream plan
Job 4, Waste Warrior, Himachal Pradesh
Job 5, Seva, Punjab
Job 6, Rafting Trainee, Jammu & Kashmir.
“Initially I would contact organizations and secure the jobs beforehand, but then, as I got the hang of it, I became more spontaneous. I stopped planning and took any job of my interest that came my way,” recalls Mishra.
Throughout his journey, Mishra was sure of one thing— he wanted to take up jobs that would help him understand the culture and traditions of the state he was going to. And so it came about that he took up a job as a waste warrior and mountain cleaner in Himachal Pradesh, a tea factory worker in Assam, a movie marketing executive in Maharashtra, a mud artisan in West Bengal, a rafting trainee in Jammu & Kashmir, and so on.
Starting with his journey as a photographer in Haryana in May 2013, Mishra’s journey has been full of unforgettable experiences.
Job 7, Poly farm worker, Uttarakhand.
Movie Marketing Executive, Maharashtra.
Shreya Pareek
August 6, 2015
Inspirational, Youth
2585
While most of us seek stability and a regular paycheck, Jubanashwa Mishra took on an unplanned journey to 28 states in India, doing arbitrary and odd jobs every week.
He has worked as a photographer, a tattoo artist, a river rafting guide, a film executive, a tea factory worker, a waste warrior, and much more. While every week most of us go to the same office to do the same job, this man had no idea where he would be working the next week.
Meet Jubanashwa Mishra from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, who took 28 jobs in 28 weeks and covered 28 states of India. Determined to not do a dull regular job after completing his engineering, Mishra took a path rarely traveled.
Job 2, Market researcher, Gujarat
Job 3, Hotel manager, Rajasthan.
“I did my engineering like many people in India but I knew I never wanted to do a job. I got the idea of job-hopping when I heard of a guy who did something similar — doing 52 jobs in 52 weeks. I thought I’d use the same idea too and explore the 28 states in India.”
– Jubanashwa Mishra.
Inspired by the work of Canadian Sean Aiken who first introduced the concept of one week one job, Mishra decided to follow the same path.
Once Mishra had made up his mind, there was no looking back. He didn’t even tell his parents about his adventure; they got to know about what he was doing through a local news article. Confused and worried in the beginning, the family finally accepted the idea that Mishra was not going to take up a “settled” job.
How he went about his dream plan
Job 4, Waste Warrior, Himachal Pradesh
Job 5, Seva, Punjab
Job 6, Rafting Trainee, Jammu & Kashmir.
“Initially I would contact organizations and secure the jobs beforehand, but then, as I got the hang of it, I became more spontaneous. I stopped planning and took any job of my interest that came my way,” recalls Mishra.
Throughout his journey, Mishra was sure of one thing— he wanted to take up jobs that would help him understand the culture and traditions of the state he was going to. And so it came about that he took up a job as a waste warrior and mountain cleaner in Himachal Pradesh, a tea factory worker in Assam, a movie marketing executive in Maharashtra, a mud artisan in West Bengal, a rafting trainee in Jammu & Kashmir, and so on.
Starting with his journey as a photographer in Haryana in May 2013, Mishra’s journey has been full of unforgettable experiences.
Job 7, Poly farm worker, Uttarakhand.
Movie Marketing Executive, Maharashtra.