Had been able to meet up with quite a number of friends/ex-colleagues recently for CNY business gatherings, and it seems that the news of my new job has travelled far and wide.
I have been in my current regional sales position for 5.5 years.
Finally I'm going to make a step up to cover the entire APAC region as a program manager.
It's a pretty rare opportunity to be able to cover China. (rest of APAC as well)
This will be a huge step upwards, and there will be a risk of not being able to do well in the new role. Then again, life is about taking calculated risks and learning new things.
Not moving and staying in my old position may not
necessarily be a good move (pun intended), given the crazy upheaval and
restructuring going on in the company.
My position was getting untenable as well.
I had received friendly advice that Gen Y people like me are sometimes too eager to move up the corporate ladder when we believe that we have reached a certain level of skill maturity, but don't realize that we may not built up enough network base to help bail us out in times of need.
Well this is true to a certain extent, but it really depends on what one wants in life.
Building career can be like doing investments.
Some like slow, low risk and returns - Bonds
Some like average returns and risk - Equities
Some like high risk high return short timeframe - Forex CFD
Gen Y people probably belong to the Equities group.
Go along with the ride. Enjoy the journey.
Whatever the outcome, que sera sera
Will be officially starting in the new role on 1st April, but I had already started work in the background so that I can hit the ground and start running immediately.
So far things are moving pretty nicely for me after attending many calls. The skills and knowledge that I had picked up over the last 5.5 years is serving me well now.
Definitely issues will still probably pop up from time to time, and I can foresee that there will be times in the future when I meet with difficulties, and start to digress if I should had stayed in the sales position.
When that happens, I just have to remember 1 word:
MAJULAH!
