-PusangKalye-

+ to stay or go away?
This is probably the biggest and hardest decision i had to make for myself. It was tough for me so my decision was largely influenced by my family. Its all about deciding if i’ll be leaving my current work and find a new company OR just stay where i currently belong to. I have listed all the positive and negative things for both and asked opinions of friends and family. I did have a lot of “buts” and “what ifs”. It was hard to decide and i wished i never had to but i must. In the end, i have chosen to stay.

+which way to go?
Another decision that’s been bothering me for quite a long time already is the career path i want to take. When i was younger, i wanted to be a veterinarian, then a lawyer, then graphics artist, then a web developer, then an accountant. With a slight mistake during my college enrollment, i took a degree on Computer Science and right after that i became a software quality assurance engineer. I actually thought i’d be a programmer then but the field of software quality assurance and testing took my interest. Presently, as an SQAE, i am now a product lead in my team leading 1 person (soon to be 2) being trained, supervised and guided by my team lead. Previously we were asked what path we want to take - management, technical, functional. I chose functional as my first choice because i was thinking of growing into a System analyst or a business analyst someday. But currently, my team lead is guiding me towards both functional and management path. Honestly, i’m confused. I really don’t know if this is what i really want or if this is what’s really for me. What i know for now is that i have this job and it helps keeps me and my family to survive life. But you know, if only i’ve been blessed with a better status in life or if i don’t have to worry about money and my family that much, there’s two thing i really want to do - that is to manage a business and to try to be a wedding planner

+what does the future hold?
I’m really not sure about this one. Presently, all i know is that I’m promised a good career path/future with my company. I’m currently a product lead in my team and i’m continuously being guided to grow. I’ll be on a 6 months onshore assignment in Utah this September and when i return i’ll have another 1 year bond in my company. But if this would be good for me or not - that i don’t know and i’m not sure about. So since i decided to stay already (meaning no matter what happens be it good or bad for me i have no choice but to stick with my company until mid 2010), i’ll just have to cross my fingers and hope for the better…