Me and my career
Topic: Life In The Real World|Hi all,
My look-a-like sabbatical to finish my degree in computing engineering is about to over and I have to define what I’m going to do in the future. In the last weeks some people are asking me that. For me this is a very hard decision. I’ll try to explain why.
70% of the issue is opportunity. Opportunities are made not born! So, I have to create my opportunity, be aware and be available for it. |Drilldown >> |However, to create an opportunity I have to be on the right place at the right time with the right skills. | Drilldown >> |To have the right skills I have to chose where I’ll invest my time and money for afterwards promote them in order to be on the right place and right time. | Drillup >> Drillup >> |To be aware of an opportunity I have to manage time to do it.| Drilldown >> | To have time, I have to define my priorities and the main thing that I’ll be doing. | Drillup >> Drillup >> |To be available I have to not accept concurrent opportunities or tasks. | Drilldown >> | So, I have to define my priorities and what I want to do in the following years.
As you may see it all comes to the definition what I like and want to do in order to create an ecosystem that allows professional and personal realization.
I think that for most people defining what to do is easier because they let the flow take them and only have to pray and work to not drawn. In other words, if you chose to follow a computer engineering degree you will be an engineer of something that comes out or you like in that particular field. In my case is not so simple.
I like programming, consulting, management, marketing and teaching! I don’t know any job that included all this fields in a way that you do some programming stuff, some IT consulting, assets (people and resources) management, marketing and some academic teaching. Ohhh… I almost forgot, I like to give talks! In my life I did all of this in several very different jobs.
Now you see what I’m through! I the top of this I want to take my master degree (second stage of Bolonha) and a MBA. Hummm… You certain are thinking that it’s impossible to find the job and company that can provide/facilitate all this! I’m not so naive and therefore I have to define.
I arrived to a point of my life that I need to have a main job (and not a bunch) that support my lifestyle and trying to continue studying. What to do??? What field to chose???
20% is your skills! With no false modesty I can say I’m pretty good in everything that I want to do! I ask myself what I like more and the answer is: I like everything but I like more if everything has technology and computer science on it!
10% is age! I’m almost 25 years and my youth is passing by! Opportunities are indexed to the age.
I have some invitations and I’ll have to take one! Can someone help me???
PS: as a dear professor of mine said: Bruno your world is not here (Portugal)! I’m starting to think so…
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