if this offer came up a year ago, i may have considered accepting the job. however, after 2 solid stressful years of being in the technical side of IT, i decided to side-step a little bit to the business side. being a graduate of this field leaves you with almost no option but be a programmer or an applications developer. the geeky stuff. and my brain can only do so much of programming.
it was only june of this year when i felt the magnitude of stress i was getting for the past years. trying to prove myself to the-powers-that-be, little did i notice that work is beginning to take its toll on me. it will suck you dry if you let it. drain your energy to zero. burn-out. that's what happened. from june to august i did nothing but stare at my monitor during office hours. there was basically no work-related stuff that my mind could process. the management noticed it and took necessary actions. READ: Probation. From hero to zero. i have begged for my own resignation but the management didn't let me. they wanted me to regain my focus, my mojo.
with the powers of all the gods in heaven, fortunately, i bounced back in september. but this time, i had a different mind set. i found peace in a non-programming role that i was asked to temporarily fill in while a teammate was on leave. business analysis, requirements gathering, client conference calls --- sounds nice. hehe. i immediately informed my boss and the HR department of the career path that i want to take from hereon. but with that, i had to decline that job offer in Malaysia (besides, i didn't find the salary package appealing at all. hahaha!). and all the job offers i've been getting from various companies that would require me to program or lead a technical team.
it's a sacrifice i have to pay if i take on a different career path. i am starting from scratch.
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i think that's good. if you can't get ur mojo back, find a new one! :)
looks like we went down the same road. :(
all forms of stresses, may it be physical, mental, and whatnot took its toll on me when i joined a Microsoft-based eCommerce company and it really left a bad impression on my morale. anyway, just like you, i have bounced after opening up to my boss that i am really near-quitting and we had a discussion on how to move forward without spoiling my learning curve. i am kind'a new to the company and the scene they run their show on so t'was tough, to say the bare minimum.
bka nmn di mo lang maiwan si papa p kya ayaw mo tanggapin offer ahaha
pero pag d2 sa socal yang offer, kunin mo na agad bwahaha :p
wv: cryin (lol) .... ching!
computer geek ka pala papa jc..hehe
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good luck on the new path! kaya mo yan!
bata, tama yang desisyong mo. napakasarap ng buhay sa mundo, wag mapagkamatay sa trabaho.
eto ang mga trabahong patayan : software engineer, developer, programmer, systems analyst.
Hindi dyan tatagal ang buhay mo, magbi-breakdown ang mga organ mo hahahaha. Matutulog kang dala ang pressure sa work. Hanggang bangungutin ka.
in my 5th year as Senior Systems Analyst, bumigay na ako. Ayoko na. Palagi na kasing mataas ang uric acid ko at blood pressure. Nagka-ulcer din ako.
Nag-sayonara na ako sa client naming japanese, nag-massalama sa egypt at saudi, nag-goodbye sa England.
At ngayon .... ! sarap buhay ako dahil sa churvah.
nyahahhahah.
Papa solts: Magkapatid na lang kami ngayon ni papa JC (kapatid na may pagnanasa.... ching!) Iba na ang kinakarir ko ngayon. Hindi mo sya kilala. At wala akong palanong ipakilala sau, kasi baka ahasin mo,, hahahahah
ching!
@ Papa P: ahahah sya ba ung crush mo na pinost mo na ayaw mo kami pag komentin? bwahhaha..hmmm cno ba un? dali na...di ko aahasin bwahahaha wala nman ako jan sa pinas!
@ Papa JC : mag ingat ka pa rin jan ke Papa P! bwahah ching!
citybuoy: haha yeah, exactly.
hondafandoi: congrats for bouncing back! hehe. apir!
papa solts: oo syempre. kahit magpaka-corporate slave nako basta sa bahay mo ako umuuwi, ayos lang. ahahahaha!
db: woi di ako geek! haha. thanks thanks!
papa p: kaya nga idol kita eh. penge pera! bwahahahah!
papa solts: kilala ko ang kinakarir ni papa p ngayon. pero napag-alaman ko na torpe pala yan si papa p. hahahaha!
Papa Jc: sino naman ang kinakalantari ni Papa Pilyo ibulong mo sa akin sisteret!!
At kung sa Malaysia ka lang din pupunta hay mag stay ka an lng sa Pinas mas masaya pa!!
ipapa-western union ko ang sagot sa katanungan mo papa marhk, wag dito, baka makurot ako sa singit ni papa p. sensitive pa man din ang singit ko. ahahahaha ching!
tama ka jan, kaya di na rin ako nahirapan i-turn down ang offer. hehe.
papa mahrk: patayin na nga yang isyung yan tungkol sa crush ko. ayoko na syang pag-usapan ok? hindi sya artista. private person sya.
ching !!!
Good thing you have to fill for someone who's on leave. Otherwise you won't discover the satisfaction of working outside the techie side of IT :)
What did the management and HR say?
^ they didn't take me seriously. LOL. HR kinda brushed it off when i first said it. magreresign ako pag papoprogramin lang nila ako ulit. haha!
jc, makikiepal lang din ako ha. hehe :)
hm. i think okay yung desisyon mo, kasi at least, you will continue doing what motivates you talaga, and passionate ka dun. kaya ayun, congrats. anglabo. pa-follow din ha. :D
Papa JC: yaan mo pag uwi ko careless whisper mo sa akin lolzzz
Arte naman ni papa Pilyo.....ampotah feeling teenager may crush? kalokah teh!!
naks! programmer ka pala. eeeeeeee.
go kuya! kung san ka maggro-grow at magigiging masaya dun ka. :D
papa jc: bagong gising ako, ang unang basa ko sa pagpopgramin ay papopornohin.
papa mahrk: pag-uwi mo iba na naman ang crush ko. AT saka siguradong marami na akong naging crush pagdating mo (belat!)
sige papa marhk sayaw tayo ng careless whisper habang binubulong ko mga crush ni papa p. lols.
nimmy: ano meron sa programmer at napa-"eeeeee" ka? hahaha.
papa p: pwede rin siguro akong pagpornohin basta ikaw kapartner ko. yiiiii! ching!
claudiopoi: oo tama ka jan. apir!
Jc,
Buti ka pa. Ako patapon na :P
Cio
cio: sus, it's never too late. ;)
naramdaman ko na rin yan... hirap din talaga ng work sa programming, nakaka-drain ng utak...kaso wala pa oppurtunity to "side-step" eh... tyaga-tyaga lang muna ako... hehehe!!! thanks for sharing your experience... inspiring! =D
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