oxymoron: i love my job! ;=)
Updated my resume today! Been trying to do it … for the longest time but am just too lazy! (and too happy with my current job to do it! ;=) hehe Not sure what prompted me to finally do it … hmmm, maybe it’s that melancholic sunday feeling again! it’s that doing-everything-by-myself feeling again! i think i should explain myself … (like what is the relationship of updating resume with being alone! ;=) i’ve been very open in saying (even volunteering information to people who doesn’t even ask me!) that i plan to resign next year! yeah … april 1, 2007 to be exact! (of course, it’s just lip service until i finally hand in my resignation letter … ;=) hmmm, good thing my bosses do not have friendster accounts and can’t read my blogs! … but on second thought … maybe it’s better if they have an account so they’ll see this and give me a counter-offer! ;=) hehe
Why do I want to resign? It’s not that I don’t like my job … actually I do! I love it so much that I never really thought of doing anything else than be a Product Engineer (hmmm, that doesn’t sound sarcastic, right?). Honestly, I love my job! (hehe … do I sound convincing and convicted now?) ;=) I love being a PE … and moreso now that I am a PE group leader! I don’t know how to explain it … I love the power that comes with the job! I love it that we’re in the middle of everything … that we call the shots (hmmm, to some extent … Intel Philippines is still a mfg firm … hmmm, that part sucks BTW!) So why do I want to resign? (hehe … still haven’t answered that question, huh!) … I feel that it’s time to move on and have a life for once! It’s time to try different things and have a change in environment … it’s time to have a personal life … (hmmm, looked for him in Intel and he’s not there … and not just Intel Philippines … looked in US (California, Oregon, Arizona), in Malaysia, Costa Rica, Israel … not there! ;=) haha (hmmm, haven’t tried China, India and Ireland!) ;=) hahaha Seriously, that special someone is just part of it … (like 99% part of it ;=) haha … No, really … it’s personal life in general! I think 10 years is a long time … and I really feel that I should be doing something else with my life! Not yet sure though what that is … I guess I still have 264 days to figure it out! (haha … I actually counted! … should I do a countdown now?! ;=)
July 10th, 2006 at 9:34 am
nice one te mayz.. something to definitely learn from, hehehe.. maybe in a not so very long while, i might also be able to write something as open and honest, and most importantly, as “emphasis on the personal life more than what the job has to offer” kinda stuff.. hehehe..
God bless with the decision. I know you’ll do great wherever you will go..
ingatz..
July 11th, 2006 at 7:33 am
this is the very reason why most intel sites have sabbaticals… to keep the balance between work and life. unfortunately, sabbatical is not in our local system. so, you want to resign huh. what’s on your mind after intel? amd? i know you love your job. so before thinking about resignation, i think it would be better if you take a long vacation to think it over. by doing so, you can always come back refreshed to work or just pack up with a clear mind.