Brag Thread
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____no5
Free Man
About a month ago October 7th I receive the following message on LinkedIn:
Following that I was extremely happy and proud for him, we exchanged business cards and WhatsApps. I mean this guy would have certainly done it without me, but maybe I contributed a hair to give him guidance that it's ok to face a few slammed doors and not give up. Maybe I saved him some time.
I will definitely stay in contact with him to watch his progress and coach him when he needs. Those are nice meetings in life.
X: Hi no5, it's great connecting with you. How have you been?
no5: Great!
X: I wish to Kick start my career in <insert sector> as a junior <insert job>, Could you please guide me regarding any openings in your esteemed organisation?
no5: It’s not working like this.
X: Oh, Im sorry.
no5: If you don’t know already someone to let you in, your best bet is to acquire some expertise to what you are already doing.
X: Yah, ok I will definitely check on it.
At this point I thought that there are no rules, nothing is written in stone and as life teaches us if you want to succeed you just keep going. This young man had the audacity to look for a job that took others a lifetime to get in without guidance, so why not encourage him to try his luck at least? He's certainly smart and courageous after all.
So I changed my tune:
no5: What is that you are doing now?
X: I was working as <insert petty job> with <insert company>, completed 3 contracts with <insert experience>
no5: Ah that’s good. Look, just email /message any <insert job title> you may know with the same question it may work for you… If not, just continue what you’re doing be the best in your field and have your eyes open. Please let me know after 3 months what was your progress.
X: Oh That's a Great advice from you. Sure, I will keep in touch with you Sir.
no5: Yes, don’t give up. And please touch base with me in 3 months.
X: Sure Sir, Thank you So Much.
no5: You too!
Fast fwd yesterday, I received the below:
X: Hi Sir, How do you do. I'm happy to share that I have joined in <insert company> based in Dubai for the <insert dept.> department. I'm glad that I am possible to update this in 1 mnth from the date we spoke last. I wish to be in touch with you and invite you to visit my office in Dubai if you are coming here somehow. Thank you so much for your support and inspiration.
no5: Great!
X: I wish to Kick start my career in <insert sector> as a junior <insert job>, Could you please guide me regarding any openings in your esteemed organisation?
no5: It’s not working like this.
X: Oh, Im sorry.
no5: If you don’t know already someone to let you in, your best bet is to acquire some expertise to what you are already doing.
X: Yah, ok I will definitely check on it.
At this point I thought that there are no rules, nothing is written in stone and as life teaches us if you want to succeed you just keep going. This young man had the audacity to look for a job that took others a lifetime to get in without guidance, so why not encourage him to try his luck at least? He's certainly smart and courageous after all.
So I changed my tune:
no5: What is that you are doing now?
X: I was working as <insert petty job> with <insert company>, completed 3 contracts with <insert experience>
no5: Ah that’s good. Look, just email /message any <insert job title> you may know with the same question it may work for you… If not, just continue what you’re doing be the best in your field and have your eyes open. Please let me know after 3 months what was your progress.
X: Oh That's a Great advice from you. Sure, I will keep in touch with you Sir.
no5: Yes, don’t give up. And please touch base with me in 3 months.
X: Sure Sir, Thank you So Much.
no5: You too!
Fast fwd yesterday, I received the below:
X: Hi Sir, How do you do. I'm happy to share that I have joined in <insert company> based in Dubai for the <insert dept.> department. I'm glad that I am possible to update this in 1 mnth from the date we spoke last. I wish to be in touch with you and invite you to visit my office in Dubai if you are coming here somehow. Thank you so much for your support and inspiration.
Following that I was extremely happy and proud for him, we exchanged business cards and WhatsApps. I mean this guy would have certainly done it without me, but maybe I contributed a hair to give him guidance that it's ok to face a few slammed doors and not give up. Maybe I saved him some time.
I will definitely stay in contact with him to watch his progress and coach him when he needs. Those are nice meetings in life.
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____no5
Free Man
I helped a young man get the opportunity he was chasing for more than a year. With the right attitude he could reach very high even retire from that job. I feel excited and a bit responsible for him. He just arrived in town and despite he would work abroad for very first time, it took him less than an hour to decide. Life changing stuff.
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
After teasing it for well over a year, it's been confirmed that I'm getting a pay rise at work. Not just me, everyone on my team, but it's well earned and much appreciated.
It's a 16% increase, still a fairly modest salary, but I turned 30 last week and have been thinking a lot about moving out and worrying that I couldn't do it alone on my previous wage, so this definitely helps make that feel a bit more possible.
It's a 16% increase, still a fairly modest salary, but I turned 30 last week and have been thinking a lot about moving out and worrying that I couldn't do it alone on my previous wage, so this definitely helps make that feel a bit more possible.
JudasMyGuide
The incorrigible papist
Not to spoil it, but I think the chronic health issues I've been suffering for over a year (partly long-covid, partly stuff like kidney stones and such) are getting better or at least manageable and my life is slowly turning back to normal.
Also, I've been picked for a language course in Chester this summer, where my employer will send me for two weeks (although it will be the longest I've ever been apart from my wife, so there's a downside to it, lol)
I've managed to gather the courage (and energy) and have applied for a Master's course in theology (as of now I only have a Bachelor's degree). We'll see about how that will go.
After several years in the old house it seems we will finally have the money and the human resources for renovating a bit. The first winter was brutal - we had nothing but decades old convection heaters to manage - and those didn't really work properly, now it's more manageable, but still, an old, somewhat ugly house without any thermal insulation and so on - so the promise it's all going to be more effective and much nicer is a good one.
Also, I've been picked for a language course in Chester this summer, where my employer will send me for two weeks (although it will be the longest I've ever been apart from my wife, so there's a downside to it, lol)
I've managed to gather the courage (and energy) and have applied for a Master's course in theology (as of now I only have a Bachelor's degree). We'll see about how that will go.
After several years in the old house it seems we will finally have the money and the human resources for renovating a bit. The first winter was brutal - we had nothing but decades old convection heaters to manage - and those didn't really work properly, now it's more manageable, but still, an old, somewhat ugly house without any thermal insulation and so on - so the promise it's all going to be more effective and much nicer is a good one.
____no5
Free Man
JudasMyGuide
The incorrigible papist
English, as it is the only course that is applicable to me as a lawyer (law is the same everywhere, lol) that would be realised abroad and I've never been yet to anywhere and I'm already with the university for 6 years or so, so they picked me.
Officially it's because I only have Cambridge CAE from when I was sixteen and I'd like to do CPE and I will approach this as a preparation for that. Although I might tend to give off this illusion of eloquence (I am naturally verbose and I'm this "second language over-achiever"), I feel like I struggle at some of the advanced grammar, conditionals etc. Also, vocabulary is misleading - I use words like "hitherto" and "erelong", yet often don't know how to properly call meals or things from nature - just recently I was listening to the LOTR audiobook which spoke of "rowan trees" and my mind's eye was completely baffled and couldn't picture anything, except for maybe Edmund Blackadder.
Unofficially so that I can practice my speaking (as there is somewhat of a dearth of native speakers around me and I feel a bit rusty) and that I can better start delving deeper into the language (Tolkien has infested me with insatiable craving for more profound philology of the language, it seems).
Also, I'd love to give lessons and translations on the side and this is good background for that - having all your knowledge just from art and the internet makes me feel more on the spectrum than I already am.
Also, I'd love to see the Isles and Chester in particular looks wonderful (I'd love to see Bath / Somerset in general, but that must wait).
Officially it's because I only have Cambridge CAE from when I was sixteen and I'd like to do CPE and I will approach this as a preparation for that. Although I might tend to give off this illusion of eloquence (I am naturally verbose and I'm this "second language over-achiever"), I feel like I struggle at some of the advanced grammar, conditionals etc. Also, vocabulary is misleading - I use words like "hitherto" and "erelong", yet often don't know how to properly call meals or things from nature - just recently I was listening to the LOTR audiobook which spoke of "rowan trees" and my mind's eye was completely baffled and couldn't picture anything, except for maybe Edmund Blackadder.
Unofficially so that I can practice my speaking (as there is somewhat of a dearth of native speakers around me and I feel a bit rusty) and that I can better start delving deeper into the language (Tolkien has infested me with insatiable craving for more profound philology of the language, it seems).
Also, I'd love to give lessons and translations on the side and this is good background for that - having all your knowledge just from art and the internet makes me feel more on the spectrum than I already am.
Also, I'd love to see the Isles and Chester in particular looks wonderful (I'd love to see Bath / Somerset in general, but that must wait).
JudasMyGuide
The incorrigible papist
I am an in-house lawyer at a university, that's my first degree and my job, always has been (well, I did other legal work before that), but following my conversion I also studied theology as a second specialisation (Bachelor's degree), mostly for "fun" and to potentially help me in pastoral care and such.
It is true that I see myself continuing with study in that branch as much more likely (if I won't get around to studying literary history or something like that as a third specialisation instead) and I'd like to pursue it further, potentially entering the academic sphere myself (I really love to write academic papers, my thesis was twice as long as it was supposed to be and so much fun they actually accepted it and didn't complain about the length, saying instead they'd love to see it expanded upon as master's thesis
) - hence the application I wrote about in the first post.
It is true that I see myself continuing with study in that branch as much more likely (if I won't get around to studying literary history or something like that as a third specialisation instead) and I'd like to pursue it further, potentially entering the academic sphere myself (I really love to write academic papers, my thesis was twice as long as it was supposed to be and so much fun they actually accepted it and didn't complain about the length, saying instead they'd love to see it expanded upon as master's thesis
) - hence the application I wrote about in the first post.
____no5
Free Man
Interesting I thought your passion about religion was the result of your studying it but it’s other way around.
Abas
Jester with no tears
My brag thread is threefold:
1. I joined a gym and started working out a couple of months ago. While I still look like a bloated sack of melted shit, I do feel a lot better and certainly a bit more springy. Though I haven't gone to the gym during the past month at all, which segues into:
2. I made it through Ramadan and fasted all of the days! I've kept a brace on myself during the evenings too. Small dinner, and then just keeping to water during the evenings. I haven't gorged on snacks or unhealthy stuff either!
3. 4 kgs is a small amount yet I was happy to see something tangible from it. I have a renewed sense of hope of keeping myself active and keeping myself out of a hole. Here's to more outdoor days and to live on the move!
I appreciate having had this space to type all this out in. Join me in 6 months in the Rant Thread where I rant about throwing money at a gym card I never ended up using
1. I joined a gym and started working out a couple of months ago. While I still look like a bloated sack of melted shit, I do feel a lot better and certainly a bit more springy. Though I haven't gone to the gym during the past month at all, which segues into:
2. I made it through Ramadan and fasted all of the days! I've kept a brace on myself during the evenings too. Small dinner, and then just keeping to water during the evenings. I haven't gorged on snacks or unhealthy stuff either!
3. 4 kgs is a small amount yet I was happy to see something tangible from it. I have a renewed sense of hope of keeping myself active and keeping myself out of a hole. Here's to more outdoor days and to live on the move!
I appreciate having had this space to type all this out in. Join me in 6 months in the Rant Thread where I rant about throwing money at a gym card I never ended up using
michaellegge
Invader
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