work and IT @ 15 Dec 2007 09:38 am by ayoi
Yesterday I had a discussion with wifey regarding transition within our lives and of cause mainly about our career. Wifey brought up this as she is going to attend one interview today for a position that I believe she is more than capable to perform. I think she is looking for a new challenge in her career (like having own business is not challenging enuff?) Most of the times she will keeps on complaining about her dull job routines and I did mention to her that if that’s the case then she needs to move on. One or another it seems like I’m talking about myself.
I do admit that I had a thought of moving on from the current company and position. Yeah at my age (32 next year and with 4 wonderful children under ur responsibility, u will always think about upgrading urself). Definitely I am tempted with some of the offers that I received but then before making any big decision, I need to study the offer carefully. Anyway recently, I noticed that my immediate Boss started to giving me new tasks. I am doing less and less analysis and more towards administration and management stuff like strategic planning (Lol I didn’t start any but my immediate Boss did mention to me specifically on the subject tho), streamlining the process etc. At first I have to admit that it’s kinda boring. For a person who’s dealing with technical stuff, I am more interested in analyzing packets, performing some minor RnD and others but then like I said, perhaps my immediate Boss and my bosses think I suitable for more bigger role in the company.
There are many things that make me feel like I’d stay with this company for a longer period. Now I involve in the process of developing our new SIEM/SEM which IMHO is interesting and from my view will insert the fun and interactive elements in performing analysis tasks. An impressive product when presented to our Clients.
I hope for the coming future I can be a good leader because all this while I keep on complaining about our project managers especially when they failed to grep the floor operations and the problems that the implementor had to face. So for start I shud start walk the talk and perform my self review more often than before.
To my Bosses, thanks for the trusts.
p/s: Thanks to wifey for the encouraging words ” Sampai bila you nak jadi Analyst? If like in my industry, you will be a draftman for the rest of your career. Do you want that?”

grrr…face the challenge beb..