My new Career Success in Mesiniaga
This week had been very good weeks for me ... cool
a) If you read my earlier blog here http://community.sgdotnet.org/blogs/chuawenching/archive/2007/03/20/Got-11.33_2500_-Increment-_1320_-Is-this-a-lot_3F00_.aspx I got another one earlier today 0.081%. Not too much though... but just in 2 months time.
But I manage to hit my dream figure at age 25 :) Unbelievable… In fact I had never performed that well. In the past, I prioritize money more than passion. But in Mesiniaga, I placed passion as number 1. Same to team work.
b) Upon salary raise, my boss praised me on
"People made mistakes, but I learned from mistakes unlike others. The team I work for liked working with me. Keep up your hard work". As you know I always fight for my colleagues, in getting computers and team building sessions. I had been very supportive for Mesiniaga’s internal club too.
c) I was chosen as .NET Champion in Mesiniaga last Monday. Well I am more to .NET 2.0 and new technologies. In fact a lot of colleagues voted for me. Thanks guys, and I will work hard for it.
d) My boss encouraged me to focus on both career and community. I was kinda suprised too. No boss that I worked with last time actually told me to balance things up. Mesiniaga is really different.
She knew that I had been over focus on work which might neglect my community. She told me that I chose the community journey and it was my responsibility to make MIND successfully. It gave me a slap at my face. I stood back and looked at my community and INETA Academics. Looks like I had not been working hard for it enough. I promised that I would not neglect my community anymore.
In fact I always say passion ... where is my passion if the things I do doesn't lead me or anyone anywhere. She also told me that when you voluntary to help in community, it portrayed that you would be committed to it and make sure it is delivered with best quality.
** I got to know that a lot of Malaysians jealous of me being a MVP. A lot of them think I do community for MVP. In fact they perceived wrongly on me. It was a dream since year 2002. I do community because of passion. Think about it, I can spend my time doing freelancing which can generates me revenue. In fact a lot of people ask me to do projects, but I turned them down.
e) This is nothing related to career success. Just my dreams … Last but not at least, I hope to work with Microsoft US one day. Hope my company Mesiniaga will recognize me in my resume. One day but not sure when haha J probably I gained more industry experiences. I am just too fresh in my technical skills. I need to improve my softskills too.
I really learned a lot and be more mature in both my technical and mentality. Thanks.