Eventful week, first time on national radio!
It has been an eventful week for me... First, I was nominated as one of the 20 local IT hero by Microsoft. So I was @ the launch event to be honored, and I receive a certificate of thanks, and a wonderfully designed personalised jacket, which I love so much! Thanks Yasmeen for designing that!
Next thing I know, I was asked by Microsoft if I'm ok to be interviewed by 93.8 Live! Nervous, of course, but I want to experience how it was like to be on radio... So this morning, I went to mediacorp to meet Stanley Leong, the host, together with two other Global IT Hero, Lup Yuen, who happens to be my colleague, and Pom. I was surprised that my Marketing Communication people are there as well, since the program is interviewing the IT Hero, not my company.
Anyway, I really have to thank Steven Leong for being such a good host in helping us IT guys chat naturally. Personally, I think there are so many others out there that deserves the honour, countless hours you guys have put in, and yet not appreciated by your company. Making you guys work till 3 am, and if you leave at 9pm, you are branded as not committed. To you guys, I salute you.
But there is one thing that really got me pissed off. After the interview, the marketing communication person tell me that next time, if there is such interviews, please let them know, and prepare a script of what I'm going to say for them to vet. There are things they don't agree! But come on! The interview is about IT heros in the industry! Not IT Heros in my company! What I have mentioned is a common problem in the industry! Sales people basically oversell! Delivery people, has to deliver! PERIOD! Now that I'm in the position to do damage control to not oversell when I'm designing the architecture and drawing the proposal, that makes my company credible right?
Anyway, the experience was really cool. There is a repeat tonight around 10:30pm... Will be listening in and see how I sound... :)