Guess what, Mindy is back from Melbourne for 2 weeks holiday and we went out for lunch at Purple Cane just now.
We didn't see each other for 2 years and hence, a lot of catching up to do. She has turned to be a mature lady and she made me realise something..
She is a master graduate and she did try to be an office lady before. However, she gave up and got a job as a japanese restaurant manager or you can call that as a supervisor.
The job position may sound like an insult to her qualification and capabilities. But after our chat, I agree with her decision.
One of the reason that she gave up her office job was because, she hates sitting in front of the monitor and no communication with human. Whenever she stepped into the office at 8.30am, she could not wait for 5.30pm to go home.
She could not stand it any longer and hence decided to change. Her job scope now requires her to talk to customers, coordinate/manage the staff and learned on how to manage a restaurant.
That is very good...all these are soft skills which our teacher in school never taught us. With all these soft skills, she can implement it in her own business in the future.
Then it suddenly prompt me, am I happy with my current job? Is this what I want? Is becoming an engineer and talking to a computer is what I regard as my ambition.
I salute for her courage to try something different. It is not easy for a person to let go his/her own status or career achievements even though he/she knows that is not her dream job...
That is what happened to me now.....
Instrument engineer in an oil/gas industry may sound like a dream job to some of the people. Because of that, it makes you feel good to be in that post. But do I really want such a job where I have to sit in front of the computer from 9am to 6pm? Can I continue doing such job until my retirement age?
I don't think so...that is not me....
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