I’ve been silent all these weeks not because I am lazy (okay, maybe a little) but because I’ve joined a new company and suddenly, my life has been injected back into the fast track.
I’m now working in the Segment Marketing team of a telecommunications company and I’ve been extremely busy in the past couple of months. Okay, some of you may be thinking that this is a downgrade but well, life goes on I guess.
The decision to work for a company didn’t come easily. I’ve been running my own one-man show consultancy and was quite comfortable with the relatively abundant quality time that I get. So what made me go back to work for someone?
The reason is….I needed the security of a 9-to-5 job. Yes, Dorothy, we are not in Kansas anymore.
Ever since I met Cheryl, I had this unexplained desire to provide the best for her and I couldn’t have anything as unstable as a freelance career, regardless of how many hours I get to spend watching “The West Wing” or playing “Gran Turismo 4” or read Salman Rushdie or tweak with audiophile system or upgrade my system to the latest version of Mac OS X.
In that respect, I surprised even myself in the way how my mind works. Perhaps this is what happens when one finds the right one to settle down with 🙂
So anyway, I was just writing about my job and it turned out to be very interesting. One thing that holds true in the mobile telecommunications company in Malaysia is the fact that it is hyper-competitive and one always have to be on one’s toes in order to get ahead of the other.
Being in marketing gave me the opportunity to witness first hand how certain decisions are made and the reasons behind such decisions. It gave me the perspective that I once lacked when commenting on the telecommunication industry. And so far, the ride has been a very rewarding one indeed.