My friend Yee Sing reminded me to add another update on how the career-change journey is going.\u00a0 It’s been a strange week – a lot going on, but little going on.\u00a0 Let me explain.<\/p>\n
My hunt for jobs inside HP has basically run its course.\u00a0 Yes, I check the job board every morning.\u00a0 I even applied for a couple of HR-type jobs the other day.\u00a0 But there’s only one job that I really have any chance of getting, and it’s not likely to come to the short-list state for another week yet.\u00a0 As a result, the ability to spend time focusing on my future in HP has gradually declined.<\/p>\n
I also gave a presentation to some HP leaders on Wednesday, thus completing the last of the formal commitments I’d made.\u00a0 It went very well, but it’s sad to realize that it’s probably the last one I’ll be able to give.<\/p>\n
If I do land that position I mentioned, it will be rather strange to RE-engage.\u00a0 Not a concern, really, but just something much different than any experience I’ve ever had before.<\/p>\n
So my time this week has started to shift to my future career outside the company.\u00a0 But because I’m going to that Colloquium next week, it doesn’t feel like I can start any BIG efforts.\u00a0 I also think that my time away for the next three weeks will help me to clear my head.\u00a0 When I get back, my full intention is to work on three things:<\/p>\n
When I played in the orchestra for musicals in High School, I learned that there’s a piece of music which is played after the intermission, to start the second act – it’s called the Entr’Acte<\/a>.\u00a0 That’s where I feel that I am right now in my career – closing the first act, and getting ready for the second.\u00a0 But since the second act hasn’t really started yet, it feels more like a preparation stage – a leaning-toward.<\/p>\n But since I continue to get so much support from friends around the world (thanks, Yee Sing!) it’s not a terrifying experience.\u00a0 Just a leap into the unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"