I am the kind of person, who takes life as it comes [I
know, cliché, so what?]. Usually, i am the go-with-the-flow type of person,
who really cannot be bothered with anything
pretty much.
So when I started working, back in 2004, I was just working!
I mean, I was doing what was assigned to me, and then at the end of the month,
took home my salary. That's it.
I wasn't building a career. I didn’t intend to. What’s
a career anyway, if you look at life from a higher perspective?
Moreover, with a crazy mind that I have to put up with, any career
choice would go into the back-seat as soon as I get used to it.
Getting
used-to-something is equal to getting-bored-of
something.
I know I am losing out of an audience by writing pieces of
crap here.
But what I mean to say is, that if I get used to a certain
kind of work – it becomes monotonous and ultimately boring.
Then I need that change.
Change comes with a lot of sacrifices, a lot of
moving-out-of-the-coveted-comfort-zone and a whole lot of crap.
But you know what, I love the crap. It makes life
interesting.
Sometimes, it’s becomes so interesting (and I am not saying in a
good-way) that I wish I could get back The
boring.
Okay, It’s just something I wish. I don’t really want it.
As everyone says, change is the only constant. Be it Mr.
Change, I love you.
There-there... I am moving out of my original intent of
writing this post.
Getting back on track now.
So a few years down the line, in between "having a
baby", "taking a hiatus from work” and “joining back to work” I
realized, that just doing what was assigned, wasn’t really enough.
I needed to build a career. I mean any career which
could get my prolonged attention.
Software industry was the safe bet.
So, what skill does an IT person need to build a career?
Technical competence, eh?
Over the years, I acquired a few skills. Improved upon the
ones I had.
For me, it was all about doing good work, and meeting
interesting people along the way was a plus.
When it came to compensation in monetary terms, I couldn’t
care less!
It just didn’t matter to me how much dough I made. All I
cared about is, work culture, company environment, eccentric people, and
everything on those lines.
You know all those fancy ideologies which are fed upon us in
those growing years.
But someday we all have to WAKE UP. The real world is a bit
different, a lot different I say.
It’s a man-eats-man out here! Or a man-eats-woman……ummmm…woman-eats-man….awwww…
whatever! Somebody is definitely eating out somebody!
So, my wake-up-call came in last year(a bit delayed i must say), and being a
go-with-a-flow person, it took me a while to pick up that wake-up-call and
really listen to what it has to say.
And it told me, in quite clear terms, “Hey girl, you are
living in a dream world.” An imaginary space where everything was just ideal,
where everything wasn’t judged on the basis of its net worth.
Where, life wasn’t judged on the basis of…well…ummhh… money!
Here, I said it. Yeah, that’s what the wake-up-call said, “F*** your ideology,
you need to make dough darling”.
And here I was thinking that work meant – something which I
enjoy doing.
The wake-up-call said, it’s NOT!
Work really just meant – MONEY, in bold capital
letters.
That’s it, it doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters how
much you make?
So, now enriched with this new
set of thoughts, I want to move ahead in my career.
There’s a small hitch though, and it does make life slightly skewed. Becoz’ I still have a feeling, deep inside, that “money-isn’t-everything”.
Money can buy me Versace Sun
Glasses, but I can’t buy me a rainbow.
Money can buy me Jimmy Choos, but
all I really want is a pair of sneakers to trek through the mountains.
Foolish, these deep thoughts… shhhush
shush….
Anyway, let’s keep it simple, let
me go-with-the-flow (I am still the same, Gawwd!) with this new found ideology.
We will see how it goes.
So, for now….It’s all about
money, honey!
