All I Ask is Two Months
... to pay all my dues
... to seek ways in uplifting my financial losses
... to set my mind again
... to find a better job
... so that I'll be over someone
... so that I can relocate place
... in order for me to rearrange my scrambled life
... to live again
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!
Monday, July 19, 2004
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Out of the blue expression: Career ...
... is only temporary, love it, hate it but never reject it.
The event of the recent past has moved me once again to reflect this time on a higher rationalized level. Primarily this involves my career decision and style.
And so it started…
When I graduated as a Computer Scientist from a reputable state-university coupled with my high academic standing and self-reliance, my entry to the IT industry was quite fast and promising. I thought it was all easy and that so quick. But it was not. It was all just a tip of the big ice berg.
To cut it short, my first 3 years as an IT professional was so full of personal challenges, work challenges and battles. The real world is indeed competitive and you will meet a lot of ambitious people along the way. Good thing, I know how to deal with such kind of atrocities. Nevertheless, as a personal belief I never enjoyed much about the competition or politics going on at work. While it is true that I can play along with the kind of people that I am talking about in this particular writing, I found it so hard to digest why there are people who would be insensitive just to attain their goal in life.
I myself have a lot of ambitions and goals. Those ambitions are my driving force in life but it never occurred in my mind that I should step on other people’s feet just to achieve my goals. For me it was all just a temporary achievement and what ever we would achieve later will be all gone even with just one snap of a finger.
In my fourth year in the working class, I have put up again a solidified career approach. When this year started I was looking forward to a lot of new opportunities laid before my eyes. Aside from my original work experience I have also focus my mind on attaining my ambition to become a full-pledged scriptwriter. All these things put me on excitement as this year entered. I sacrificed my job that time and took the risk of resigning thinking that whatever happens I will survive.
I survived!
The day after I resigned came, it was such a big freedom. I felt am ready to face new opportunities. I focused on my writing career by taking a lot of shot out there which turned out to be all so worth as an experience. In the end, I ended up finding a career still in the IT industry.
The first two months after I resigned was full of challenges. Primarily the challenge was for me to pursue my long-life passion for writing. During those times, I have to be thrifty in everything. I am happy because I know I am doing the right thing, something that I wanted to do a long time ago.
As I survive the challenge, I also realized that if things are not all going the way you want it then I should try to reconsider my other options.
Shifting back
As much as I wanted to pursue writing, I never had the opportunity to cross path with people in that area. There are some few individuals I met but are not that really concentrated on welcoming me to their world. Some discouraging words did affect me. The prime reason is that while it seems many are rewarded in this career, many other writers who tried their best had died poor and was never really given the chance.
And so I have to reconsider going back to the thing that I have already made my marked, that is in the field of IT. It was quite a fruitful come back. There were lots of interviews, exams and calls which proved that I am made and seasoned. It is just a matter of luck, personal choice and divine intervention that I am finally here in my present work as I am writing this small piece.
The idea of writing is still here. The passion for it has grown even bigger. It is only the universal Power that can determine when and where I will write my first script. Right now, I am taking the small steps towards this end goal. I am here learning to do worthy stuff that is my bread and butter so to speak.
Back to the pit!
Going back to the scene again is one thing. This is like a drama on TV, only this is real. In every work, you will find some good and bad people along the way. These people will be the physical representation of your history.
I am glad to have come back to this setup. The social, intelligent, fun and pretentiously witty crowd that composed the same aggregate I encountered in the first three years of my professional work experience are still here and thriving. The only difference this time is that I have learned from my past and so I am much wiser and more mature in dealing with them.
First lesson, smile and say hello! This is one good step to stay in touch with everyone.
Second lesson, always keep an open mind. The mind is like a parachute, it works well when it is wide open. We only have to be careful about the information that our mind will filter. This will affect our decisions along the way.
Third lesson, don’t go on a straight collision with your aggressor. No matter how good your intentions are in fighting for what is right. You should be very careful on hitting the big bad wolf. As much as possible be plain and simple with your moves but be ready anytime.
Fourth lesson, don’t be too attach with everything. Everything here are temporary and you should not indulge yourself much on it. For all you know, these things (work stuffs), these people will not even love you back even if you do the same kind of thing for them.
There are so many lessons learned here. As I write this small piece, ideas keep on coming. If I don’t stop this would probably be as long as the train of Hogwarts.
As a bottom line, career is everything on its own right. It is not permanent. It is not something we should worship. It is something made out of choice, out of need, out of our own inconsistency and out of our wrong and right doings.
“Love live the working class”
The event of the recent past has moved me once again to reflect this time on a higher rationalized level. Primarily this involves my career decision and style.
And so it started…
When I graduated as a Computer Scientist from a reputable state-university coupled with my high academic standing and self-reliance, my entry to the IT industry was quite fast and promising. I thought it was all easy and that so quick. But it was not. It was all just a tip of the big ice berg.
To cut it short, my first 3 years as an IT professional was so full of personal challenges, work challenges and battles. The real world is indeed competitive and you will meet a lot of ambitious people along the way. Good thing, I know how to deal with such kind of atrocities. Nevertheless, as a personal belief I never enjoyed much about the competition or politics going on at work. While it is true that I can play along with the kind of people that I am talking about in this particular writing, I found it so hard to digest why there are people who would be insensitive just to attain their goal in life.
I myself have a lot of ambitions and goals. Those ambitions are my driving force in life but it never occurred in my mind that I should step on other people’s feet just to achieve my goals. For me it was all just a temporary achievement and what ever we would achieve later will be all gone even with just one snap of a finger.
In my fourth year in the working class, I have put up again a solidified career approach. When this year started I was looking forward to a lot of new opportunities laid before my eyes. Aside from my original work experience I have also focus my mind on attaining my ambition to become a full-pledged scriptwriter. All these things put me on excitement as this year entered. I sacrificed my job that time and took the risk of resigning thinking that whatever happens I will survive.
I survived!
The day after I resigned came, it was such a big freedom. I felt am ready to face new opportunities. I focused on my writing career by taking a lot of shot out there which turned out to be all so worth as an experience. In the end, I ended up finding a career still in the IT industry.
The first two months after I resigned was full of challenges. Primarily the challenge was for me to pursue my long-life passion for writing. During those times, I have to be thrifty in everything. I am happy because I know I am doing the right thing, something that I wanted to do a long time ago.
As I survive the challenge, I also realized that if things are not all going the way you want it then I should try to reconsider my other options.
Shifting back
As much as I wanted to pursue writing, I never had the opportunity to cross path with people in that area. There are some few individuals I met but are not that really concentrated on welcoming me to their world. Some discouraging words did affect me. The prime reason is that while it seems many are rewarded in this career, many other writers who tried their best had died poor and was never really given the chance.
And so I have to reconsider going back to the thing that I have already made my marked, that is in the field of IT. It was quite a fruitful come back. There were lots of interviews, exams and calls which proved that I am made and seasoned. It is just a matter of luck, personal choice and divine intervention that I am finally here in my present work as I am writing this small piece.
The idea of writing is still here. The passion for it has grown even bigger. It is only the universal Power that can determine when and where I will write my first script. Right now, I am taking the small steps towards this end goal. I am here learning to do worthy stuff that is my bread and butter so to speak.
Back to the pit!
Going back to the scene again is one thing. This is like a drama on TV, only this is real. In every work, you will find some good and bad people along the way. These people will be the physical representation of your history.
I am glad to have come back to this setup. The social, intelligent, fun and pretentiously witty crowd that composed the same aggregate I encountered in the first three years of my professional work experience are still here and thriving. The only difference this time is that I have learned from my past and so I am much wiser and more mature in dealing with them.
First lesson, smile and say hello! This is one good step to stay in touch with everyone.
Second lesson, always keep an open mind. The mind is like a parachute, it works well when it is wide open. We only have to be careful about the information that our mind will filter. This will affect our decisions along the way.
Third lesson, don’t go on a straight collision with your aggressor. No matter how good your intentions are in fighting for what is right. You should be very careful on hitting the big bad wolf. As much as possible be plain and simple with your moves but be ready anytime.
Fourth lesson, don’t be too attach with everything. Everything here are temporary and you should not indulge yourself much on it. For all you know, these things (work stuffs), these people will not even love you back even if you do the same kind of thing for them.
There are so many lessons learned here. As I write this small piece, ideas keep on coming. If I don’t stop this would probably be as long as the train of Hogwarts.
As a bottom line, career is everything on its own right. It is not permanent. It is not something we should worship. It is something made out of choice, out of need, out of our own inconsistency and out of our wrong and right doings.
“Love live the working class”
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