Ok, this is not ego boasting, this is pure-joy and good news, thought I would share.
I am meeting someone tomorrow to sign, or not, a -huge- senior consulting assignment.
Development support (maintenance, deployment, versionning, etc..) for a 40000+ employees
company on 300 sites worldwide (and it is a big big web app).
Meaning? Travelling worldwide, managing, meeting plenty of people, AND the technicalities,
plus, of course... the money.
Lifeless, or at least almost sleepless, for a year or two? What if it brought you halfway to your first...
Million.
*I would cross my fingers, but you're not the one when you -think- you are..
..and luck has nothing to do with this whole thing.*
A little luck, verve, and hard work, balance your own mix, and spice it up with some extreme web programming at the Asylum and the likes.
Luck happened the day that friend of mine woke me up at 13, with something along the lines
of "wanna work for Philip Morris?".
The contract will be signed or not in a blaze because the need is urgent, so get your party hats ready,
tomorrow could be d-day for me.
...One year some, three missions so far, I am sky-rocketting, madly happy, and I just haven't realized yet.
...we need party pills, black and pink, Crystal, and silk jackets, I am offering.
It's weird, you know. I've been a pain to certain Asylumnites and other real world people,
mainly because of some past self-confidence and inner balance issues.
So much that some are permanently stuck on that and unable, or not wanting, to forgive.
But that's not the point.
This fairytale goes like...
"he once was a bright/weak kid in a violent family, far from his mother country, turned to drugs and low life as a teenager, touched unsuspected depths, met the bizarre, the poor, the wealthy, the beautiful, the ugly, then touched the Ozone, learn js, bounced back, focused on the stars, didn't leave obstacles get in the way and..."
And now I am touching those stars.
I never thought I would make it to this salary/responsibility range, it just was a dream... being the geek of them all, paid as if I was made of gold myself.
It just was a fucking dream.
...
Used to be just that.
Makes it worth every single sacrifice. Delaying automod and losing credibility on that.. on the web CC thing as well, on the Assembly and that potential winner in my hands which will have to wait.
Those girls that passed by.The public ridicule at times. And all the real pain, hurt and sorrow.
I am getting paid back for every single bit of pain, every single difficult time I went through.
How could I possibly hold the joy in? Why?
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAY!
From: somewhere in the great indoors Insane since: Sep 2002
posted 08-03-2006 22:44
Making dreams come true is all about determination and dedication and, more often than not, some sacrifice. You are obviously familiar with all of those things. Congratulations!
Now that you are on top of the world, are you going to forget about us little coders down here at the lower elevations.....? I hope not.
It means that, master Suho, please..
I had the interview this morning and was very confident, it ran smoothly, thank you all for the kind words.
Before I sign both the contract and the NDA, I can add that it's way more exciting than I thought, even, and... very... batmanish?
It's all about "fighting crime" or even better, preventing it in a non-intrusive way.
It's an area where the EU and the client company collaborate with a huge private budget.
And the idea is great per se and could easilly spread to other businesses.
@Suho, when I reach Korea, you'll know me by the white suite and the red orchid
And I'll never forget anyone, as much as my schedule allows it, automod will open up soon,
and I'll keep answer-helping-fostering best coding practices and, more importantly, upper class web programming, of the kind you only find in rare places like Arkham.
From: cEll 513, west wing of the ninth plain Insane since: Dec 2000
posted 08-05-2006 05:00
congrads to you .. I hope this new venture takes you as far as you expected it would .. I, in my own sense, know exactly where you are coming from .. the feeling that you have at this time will give you the strength and self confidence to ride this opportunity to highest pentacle .. congrads again .. be sure to celebrate with close friends one night and family another night .. enjoy .. I wish you all the success this will and should bring you!
Well, since the day I started working for a consulting firm again, I've been one year in PMI as a second level support person,
then developped a program for a private bank, and am working for Nestle as a third level IT agent (software packaging) until the new mission starts and puts me back in PMI.
Some probably caught glimpses of difficulties I had in PMI, interpersonal ones, with my supervisor there.
Before these difficulties ruined my nervous health and caused a big clash, my consulting company had the good idea of taking me off of the PMI assignment,
only to immediately put me in contact with others for bigger assignments.
Originally, I was a "junior" consultant, or an expert without decisional power - the interpersonal clash led my employer to think that, because all of my colleagues,
and most of my customers, liked me a lot - personally and professionally - I was being hindered by my supervisor and worthy of something better.
<--- great reaction on theyre side.
Great result.
I was overly confident before it got signed because I knew the guy was in a hurry, and that if I was to convince persons from 300 sites worldwide, a display of pure self-confidence
during the interview would be the "proof of concept" to make him sign immediately, plus a good exercise for my duties in that position.
In other words, calm and charisma -had- to work at that stage already for they would be my main tools for the job.
So I am back with a vengeance of sorts.
Finally, I have never felt such a perfect match with the desired profile, calm and charisma came naturally because
it's a job that was tailored for my current competencies and expectations.
It all means more sacrifices for some time, as I pointed out, but oh-so rewarding, and directly rewarding ones - as I said, I may make my first million in my early
30's. End of rant.
posted 08-03-2006 10:23
A little luck, verve, and hard work, balance your own mix, and spice it up with some extreme web programming at the Asylum and the likes.
