Re: need professional advice - reply

["Wilson, Charis" <Charis_Wilson -at- ICGCOMM -dot- COM>]

I have to agree with Cyndy.  A little over a year ago I was in almost
the same position as Need Advice.  I had accepted a job and then
discovered it was not nearly what I had either expected or been led to
believe.  I was feeling awful and wishing I hadn't taken it.  I stuck it
out for a year and in the end the skills and experience I got from that
position allowed me to get the job I'm in now and I absolutely love it.

I realize it is hard to think about sticking it out but you might be
surprised later when you look back on it if you do stick it out. That's
my $.02 anyway.  Good luck, Need Advice.

Charis Wilson
Document Control Specialist
303-414-8066

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyndy Davis [SMTP:kivrin -at- ZDNETMAIL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 8:28 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      need professional advice - reply
>
> <SNIP>In any case, I hate this job. I have no desire to continue
> working on
> mainframe systems, and I am completely out of my depth regarding the
> financial/manufacturing knowledge.<SNIP>
>
> Its easy to feel out of your depth, but I hesitate to tell you to go
> ahead and quit. I have learned more from sticking it out than quitting
> every time. My first week of student teaching I went home crying
> because I didn't know how I would ever survive. I was telling myself,
> "What did you ever think you knew about teaching, the students know
> more than you. You will never get their respect." After I had time to
> vent a little, I shaked myself off and realized that I still had a lot
> to learn. I got busy and ended up loving teaching. The same thing
> happened my first week as a tech writer. "I thought I knew something
> about writing and communicating.. HAH! I am an idiot."
>
> But guess what, I'm still here. I love my job. I didn't know a thing
> about the survey industry when I started. I didn't even know that
> there WAS a survey industry. Now I use terms such as theodolite, GPS
> reduction, root mean square equations, ellipsoidal projections and
> other such things easily.
>
> Give yourself six months, it won't kill you. You will prove to
> yourself that you can learn, adapt and win. Look at it as a learning
> experience if nothing else. You're increasing your own value, you are
> learning something you knew nothing about. Go to the library, check
> out some books about finance and such. The kind of knowlede you will
> acquire in this job will help you understand your own financial
> situation better. You probably will learn a few things about how to
> invest. Take what you can, but don't quit.
>
> Friendly advice from someone who has been there,
> Cyndy Davis
>
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