3-Way Junction
I'm losing sleep over my career. every morning i wake up with the same burning questions, should i work now or go back to mmu and take an SAPPDP course? if i do work, should i be a software programmer, or solution specialist, or IT management staff? on the other hand, if i forgo my job opportunities and take the course, what if i don't get selected by the SAP panel?
can you guys feel my agony? this is not the kind of stuff i'm always bothered about. usually i'll be mulling over which pairs of shoes to buy, or what bag to match my outfit, or which concealer is the best. now i have to think about career prospects, job benefits and even petrol prices ( i heard they are gonna raise it again soon).... all the boring adults stuff.
let's return to the problem at hand. i have 3 would-be employers forcing me at gunpoint to make up my mind and start work on the 4th of July. yesss....i know today is the 30th already and i'm nowhere near ready. the sad thing is, i can't just pick the one with the highest salary because all of them are sucky to begin with. even though the programmer job offers the best salary among the three, i am not sure if that's what i wanna do for the rest of my life. i may sound demented but can i just split myself into 3? here is an email i received today from one of my future employer:
the shortlisted trainees will begin working next monday. Please let us know your decision by today so we can start preparing the contract. Are you still procrastinating over your decision or you are just being indecisive (again)?
ha ha.. he thinks he is being witty. that is why i always stressed one cannot be too honest during an interview. in the future, if you are being asked to list out your weaknesses, just say something along the lines of "i am too much of a perfectionist", or "i tend to get obsessed with work". nobody coached me on that you see, so i just blurt out the first thing on my mind, which is procrastination and indecisiveness. this is just plain career suicide.
therefore, the aim is to appear serious, geekish and perfect. this is an excerpt of the email exchange between another would-be employer and me...
from me:
.... an opportunity just popped up and i'm at loss of which step to take next. my university is offering an SAP course which commences during July. upon completion of the course, i would become a certified development consultant for SAP. as you can see, i have a lifelong desire to collect certificates. Could i please have the weekend to think it over?
from him:
yes, you may think it over the weekend but i need an indication by monday. We have a guy (abnormally smart like you), who got 8 technical certs in 1 1/2 years that he was here. Kinda crazy, but he is like your character. my hobby is to see my staff get as many certs as they can.
oh gosh, this guy is so funny that he just cracks me up. maybe i should just work for him. after all, this is the first time i've been called "abnormally smart" by anyone.
can you guys feel my agony? this is not the kind of stuff i'm always bothered about. usually i'll be mulling over which pairs of shoes to buy, or what bag to match my outfit, or which concealer is the best. now i have to think about career prospects, job benefits and even petrol prices ( i heard they are gonna raise it again soon).... all the boring adults stuff.
let's return to the problem at hand. i have 3 would-be employers forcing me at gunpoint to make up my mind and start work on the 4th of July. yesss....i know today is the 30th already and i'm nowhere near ready. the sad thing is, i can't just pick the one with the highest salary because all of them are sucky to begin with. even though the programmer job offers the best salary among the three, i am not sure if that's what i wanna do for the rest of my life. i may sound demented but can i just split myself into 3? here is an email i received today from one of my future employer:
the shortlisted trainees will begin working next monday. Please let us know your decision by today so we can start preparing the contract. Are you still procrastinating over your decision or you are just being indecisive (again)?
ha ha.. he thinks he is being witty. that is why i always stressed one cannot be too honest during an interview. in the future, if you are being asked to list out your weaknesses, just say something along the lines of "i am too much of a perfectionist", or "i tend to get obsessed with work". nobody coached me on that you see, so i just blurt out the first thing on my mind, which is procrastination and indecisiveness. this is just plain career suicide.
therefore, the aim is to appear serious, geekish and perfect. this is an excerpt of the email exchange between another would-be employer and me...
from me:
.... an opportunity just popped up and i'm at loss of which step to take next. my university is offering an SAP course which commences during July. upon completion of the course, i would become a certified development consultant for SAP. as you can see, i have a lifelong desire to collect certificates. Could i please have the weekend to think it over?
from him:
yes, you may think it over the weekend but i need an indication by monday. We have a guy (abnormally smart like you), who got 8 technical certs in 1 1/2 years that he was here. Kinda crazy, but he is like your character. my hobby is to see my staff get as many certs as they can.
oh gosh, this guy is so funny that he just cracks me up. maybe i should just work for him. after all, this is the first time i've been called "abnormally smart" by anyone.
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