Getting Inside the Circle

"Very nice resume"

I got to hear this remarks everytime I'm into job interviews.  It always create a nice impression.  I get hired instantly because of my resume actually…
I read it and became very grateful of every detail I put into it…

The first draft of the same resume was done in 1999 right before I graduate.  No idea at all on which path I would divulge into.  One thing is clear, I want to set a career objective within my reach.  I don't consider myself belonging to the techie-nerdie-know-it-all-stereotyped programmers.  I graduated with the only skill I'm confident I have… to debug the program. 

For entry-level positions, I cannot just simply say that because companies need more than just a debugger. 
I set my mind into this…. "I will not die as programmer".  I need to elevate myself into something that requires not so much of the techie skills.  I leave it to the hardcore programmers. 

Only now, do I appreciate the hardship of being an apprentice, the struggles, disappointments, achievements, MBA studies, and different experiences in both public and private, government, manufacturing to service-oriented nature to the different style of management (Filipino, Japanese and Chinese).

I could have resigned early on with this job but thank God…. He allowed me to see the bigger and better picture.  And looking at the career path I'm struggling to follow.. I know that I'm making the right choices to achieve what I have written in my resume.  

Priority now is not just compensation but anything that will positively contribute to my corporate-being and growth.

Thanks to the early exposure to Systems Analysis and Design and Strategic Planning in DOT, the 5s and structured way of Fujitsu Ten and the Systems Engineering skills in Weserv… and the different skills thought in PUP and UST… it honed me to become what I am now… to be trusted with something I thought I would get in few more years…

Thanks to Miss Myca for this statement during the discussion why I need to handle IS Strategic Planning in my early years in my first job.

Boss: "I won't entrust this task if I think you can't do it.  Ask yourself, why I chose the young blood over the much older people.  You have it in you… the right attitude… you simply lack self-esteem.  Remember how I've asked you this….. How do you see yourself 5 years from now during your job interview?"

Sheggz: "Yes."

Boss:  "You answered.  I set my goals to achieving higher studies in IT Management, not in Programming.  I don't wanna die as a programmer.  I hate programming actually.  But I need to start it right in this position and sustain a good performance so that in 5 years or less, I won't see myself holding that.  I may be the one sitting in your chair, it could be in the same room that we are in or in other companies that would give me the opportunity to sit in."

It's the attitude.  It's the clarity of vision.  The desire and sincerity.  Skills can be learned, but attitude… it's there in you." 

There's just some things in life that it's too late to say … "I'm just joking.. naniwala ka naman… *toink!"