I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while now; More so because I’ve been feeling the itch due to many friends potentially moving to London, persuing their dreams and some making a fortune out of it. Consquently I’ve been thinking about my own career aspirations and my future. Given the austerity measures in place and the market doing relatively badly, perhaps its time to reposition myself. I do not want to go into too much details of my work. However, today, I’m starting to feel perhaps a tinkle of job satisfaction. There was an internal posting a few months ago which I tried to applied for but my line manager rejected my request to put me forward due to my ‘inexperience’, quoting that I need to work for at least 3-5 years before I can apply for that position. A couple of weeks ago I decided that instead of letting the system define my career I will try to defy the convention and approach it my style. So I do what I do best: Pull some strings, and viola, I am now considered a semi-core member of that team. Recommendations followed by commendations. If there was one thing I’ve learnt from this experience is that in the professional world, just having the technical skills is not enough: You need the people skills to get by. If people like you, people trust you, you can go very far. Thankfully I can prove myself to be someone who can deliver.
I will do what I do, and derive the steepest learning curve whilst delivering the best result for my company. I guess that is the best I can do. As for persuit of happiness, I guess we are happy when we see our value of existence.