Diversification

Hello Anak!

How are you today?

Today, I wanted to share with you a potential career strategy that you may want to adopt into when you grow older. When I was a kid like you, I always wanted to be an Astronaut. Well, that will never be possible because I would have been a Philmonaut instead -- Russians have Cosmonaut, Americans have Astronaut, Philippines would have Philmonaut. :)

Anyway, kidding aside, my point is gearing towards knowing a lot of things could be a vital weapon in the future. Like an astronaut, he does not only know hot to fly a space shuttle, but he also need to know physics, meteorology, astronomy, fluid dynamics, psychology, etc etc, to be effective. Similary, I made myself as diversified as possible.

But, how come lah? Ok. Truth to be told: I am not an engineer. I did not finish college in a classy university. I don't even have a college degree that is acceptable widely - most of the people would ask me "Ano yung Bachelor of Technology, Ano yung Instrumentation, Ano na nga yung kurso mo?" Or they would respond "Ah Ok" but they never really understand. Boy, such a miserable experience. But that did not stop me from learning new things. In fact, it even enhanced my desire of knowing more things. In retrospect, it was the key for me to over-compensate to the things I lack, ergo: good university background.

Hence, therefore, thus, that key opened up a lot of opportunity today for me to take on. For instance, i know a little bit of programming - now, I can do simple/short java/action scripting. I know a little bit of Organizational Development - now, I teach OD lectures. I know bits and pieces of statistical analysis - now I earn from simple stats analysis (earn a lot man...a lot! :)). Now, I am to embark a new chapter in our lives - as a full-pledged Project Manager. Well, I have been a PM since 2001, but this time I think is different. Things will be magnified multiple times. But I know with God's help and the diversification I did in my skill set and knowledge base, I will be able to surpass all the challenges there might be.

I hope you pick something out of this short blog...

Ingat and we love you!

regards,
Tatay