I've been in my current job for 3 months now. Compared to my last one, it's less stressful. Sure, there was that stressful Memorial Day weekend. And you know what? I didn't get burned. I was able to attend my friend's birthday party and still managed to support a major application deployment to the client.
I was hoping for a job that would have me programming code. But you can't be too picky about jobs these days. You also don't want to undersell yourself. My job now is just the right balance. I'm doing IT Analysis/App. Support Specialist work for our client. Just like the last one, I came in to work with no prior knowledge of what the job entails. I learned everything on the get go hands-on and through teleconferencing. You might say that I have it easy, but it's not. I MAKE it look easy.
This wouldn't be possible if I weren't meticulous about paying attention to detail, adaptive, and high knowledge retention. I'm not doing programming, but having that knowledge helps a long way. What I like about this new job is that I could apply what I learned in college and previous jobs, reinventing the processes and myself. I'm a problem solver. I realized this over the years. There's not much difference except that I'm not doing 2-3 jobs for the salary of one. Salary is decent, but it's not an issue nor is it a deterrent. In the last job, my hard work paid off and I got promoted after a year. I had 3 salary increases during my time with the company. I'm still a proponent to the mantra that if you work hard on something, it will pay off. And it did. But, I got burned out.
It's too soon to tell how long I would be staying with this one. My last job was the longest I've had so far(2 years). No matter what the future brings, things will be different. I'll still be working hard, taking initiatives to help the project and helping my coworker get the handle on things. I'm not a Subject-Matter Expert and I'd like to keep it that way. But I gotta do to what I got to do. Even with these objectives, I'm not going to stress myself to the point of mental exhaustion. Sure, the sacrifice I do may get recognition and get rewarded.
However, I'm not placing my sacrifice and self-worth over my health and peace of mind. It's just not worth it.
I've learned for a while now that my career doesn't define who I am. It's my job. What I am is what I like to do. My passions. My dreams. People I care about and surround myself with. Forever a constant change. I'm happy with that.
I'm done.
I was hoping for a job that would have me programming code. But you can't be too picky about jobs these days. You also don't want to undersell yourself. My job now is just the right balance. I'm doing IT Analysis/App. Support Specialist work for our client. Just like the last one, I came in to work with no prior knowledge of what the job entails. I learned everything on the get go hands-on and through teleconferencing. You might say that I have it easy, but it's not. I MAKE it look easy.
This wouldn't be possible if I weren't meticulous about paying attention to detail, adaptive, and high knowledge retention. I'm not doing programming, but having that knowledge helps a long way. What I like about this new job is that I could apply what I learned in college and previous jobs, reinventing the processes and myself. I'm a problem solver. I realized this over the years. There's not much difference except that I'm not doing 2-3 jobs for the salary of one. Salary is decent, but it's not an issue nor is it a deterrent. In the last job, my hard work paid off and I got promoted after a year. I had 3 salary increases during my time with the company. I'm still a proponent to the mantra that if you work hard on something, it will pay off. And it did. But, I got burned out.
It's too soon to tell how long I would be staying with this one. My last job was the longest I've had so far(2 years). No matter what the future brings, things will be different. I'll still be working hard, taking initiatives to help the project and helping my coworker get the handle on things. I'm not a Subject-Matter Expert and I'd like to keep it that way. But I gotta do to what I got to do. Even with these objectives, I'm not going to stress myself to the point of mental exhaustion. Sure, the sacrifice I do may get recognition and get rewarded.
However, I'm not placing my sacrifice and self-worth over my health and peace of mind. It's just not worth it.
I've learned for a while now that my career doesn't define who I am. It's my job. What I am is what I like to do. My passions. My dreams. People I care about and surround myself with. Forever a constant change. I'm happy with that.
I'm done.
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