From the 15th Floor to the Upper Ground Floor - The New Job Experience

I haven't posted in a few days now. I've just been too busy with my new job that I just haven't found the time nor the energy to sit down and write.

But now that's it's Sunday. I can sit down, think, and start writing. I have a few things queued up from the past couple of days so I'll write 'em up and start posting them. Some of these might be "old" news but any news is good news right?

Anyway, as the title says. I now have a new job. I think I mentioned it a few days ago but it wasn't the topic then.

Ok, the back story. I used to work for a multinational Finland-based company that makes & sells tracking devices for cars, boats, motorcycles, and other uses. I worked as one of the company's web developers; in my time there I revamped their website, created a whole new set of websites (for Europe), and sometimes did layouts for the different product manuals and marketing materials. I had my own "office"; it was a 20-30-square meter room on the 15th floor (the main office was at the 21st floor), I had free coffee, a 24-inch LCD monitor to use with my laptop (dual screens FTW!), and the privacy and peace of a one-man office. Sad to say, I was "laid-off" from the job 'cos my boss left the company I was pretty much collateral damage. The company actually wanted to keep me but they informed me 1 day before my last day at work so, obviously, I'd already found a new job.


Now I work for my uncle. He owns one of the most successful golf shops in the country. I now work at his golf shop in Makati Cinema Square in a little 3x1.5m space in one of the corners of his shop. He hired me to develop his website (duh!) to help market his business online and develop an online sales & marketing system (e-commerce). I'm pretty much going to build the site (including all the graphics, photos, copy, etc.) from scratch. This past week has consisted of drafting the layout of this site, and taking pictures of his inventory in the store (which isn't even half done). At first glance, this new job looks like a crapper compared to my previous one but to be honest I prefer this for a few reasons like it pays better, the people I work with are friendlier, & the surrounding area is more interesting (it's a mall filled with gun shops, hobby shops, and cheap food).

I'm not so sure what I'm supposed to be doing with my career at the moment but for now I guess I'm just going to roll with it and work on other things little by little 'til the big "this-will-be-what-I'll-be-doing -for-the rest-of-my-life" opportunity comes my way.

We'll see.