The Red Queen

Employee for a month | September 10, 2010

It’s official–I’ve been employed for a month now.

Having to turn down three job offers and having to accept the one I currently have instead isn’t easy–as I am constantly bombarded with statements that start with what ifs.

I can, however, say that I am satisfied with my job now. My job title might not (yet) be my dream job title, yet I think that it could somehow help me pave the path.

I am Asia PokerNews’ blogger/linkbuilder–so basically, I am (now) a writer. I’ve always thought highly of online marketing, as I think that people in that field have great things to look forward to. Well, I think that the online industry would get bigger and better in time; so, yeah, I think that investing in the said field would be a fairly wise move. (hey, how many times have I used “think” here? haha)

My job’s pretty rewarding: (1) our big boss is an expat who knows how to keep his people motivated and confident; (2) my supervisor is like a manager and a mother rolled into one; (3) my team mates know work-life balance; (4) people, or at least those who know poker, think of my job as a cool one;  (5) I get to stay at five star deluxe hotels, visit casinos, and party for free; and (6) I get to fly to Macau (and hopefully to Taiwan and Cebu as well) for free too! How cool is that?! Haha

Problem is, I am not much into poker. Actually, I just learned how to play the game through the poker training we had days after I entered the company. Meaning, I should really be exerting a lot of effort in learning poker terms and knowing poker legends if I would want to do my job better.

I am a passenger riding the train of learning–hoping to get to my destination with a smile still drawn on my face and with excitement still making my eyes sparkle.

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