When I first started my life outside of college, I remember peeping the classifieds in search of a job and realizing that all the positions I really wanted required at least 5-7 years of experience. At the time, I thought to myself "Self, you're only 22, you won't be where you want to be in your career until you're at least 27. And that's just what's up. You will work your way to what you want to do in life, but it will take time." Well folks, here we are: 27, or as I like to put it, Z7.
There have been several people to cheer me along in my pivotal change from mid-20's to late 20's. These people have had one common theme to their message - 27 is a really good year. So, we shall see.
I'm not sure if anyone else does this, but I don't really use New Year's as the time to have serious resolutions. Sure, I always set one or two, but every year, it's my day of my birth that really makes me want to "Barack-O(bama)fy" myself. After all, each year older is another year wiser.
So here I am at 27, in the middle of a crazy recession, frozen raises at my company and many friends getting laid off. What sparked me to think all of these thoughts was an email from a recruiter for a very interesting position, one that requires a minimum of 5 years experience, and one that I could really see myself doing. It is just weird to think I'm at that point in my life that I thought about many years before as a new college graduate. The other interesting point (going back to the economic crisis) is that I'm in absolutely no position to explore other career opportunities. Not that I'm not happy at my current company, because believe me I am. However, this is all just a testament to never really knowing what the future has in store for you.
The ultimate cliche of an interview question for a recent college graduate is "Where do you see yourself in five years?" Well, here I am, five years later, trying to think about if Zlata04 would be proud of Zlata09.
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