These past few weeks I’ve been living like a call center agent (kudos to those agents and TSR’s, I come in peace) - waking up at 7 in the morning and retiring at 2 o’clock in the morning. Yup. You’ve read it right. Since yours truly wanna have the best friggin’ time of his life - he actually works on two places at the same day. One was with my (soon-to-be-ex) current employer and in the afternoon to an IT company somewhere in Makati, exactly adjacent to my ex-company’s branch. Nice.
Some of my friends praised my move for being so predictive of my future on my current company. Others see it as a sad ending to a rather good chapter of my (and theirs too) life. For me I it’s just a move; like what I’ve said in my resignation letter: a strategic career move. I just want to fully understand the innards of being a member of the Philippine workforce. I just want to see and feel a different perspective.
Deciding on this ’strategic career move’ brought me to sleepless nights and wandering days. I can’t seem to find my place between these two realms - Am I gonna stay or I should jump ship? It took me dozens of consultations from friends, families and specially from Aya. We even argued about this thing. Point is, they are right: I have the final say on whether I’m gonna stay or opt out to another company.
I chose the latter. For me it seems that my new company will provide me with better exposure to my forte. It seemed hard and tedious at first, but slowly I am gaining momentum, learning the tools of the trade and familiarizing myself on how they work here. It seems that in a week or two, the adjustment period is complete, and will find myself completely in control on what I’m doing and what am I suppose to do.
I’ll take this opportunity to thank my soon-to-be former employer, for giving me the chance to prove myself that I can have the potential to know more and to do more, and in giving me dozens of good friends to rely on and giving me the best experience for a fresh graduate like me back then. Memories will surely be a vibrant and a happy one. and I can say no more.
Strategic career move. It’s like gambling: You’ll never know if you’re winning or losing unless you’re in it, actually playing the game.
- marco S