It has been about two years since I walked in the door at Quintiles. I came in not expecting much--that is to say that I came in expecting to learn in a new environment and to take on a new career. Nothing could have prepared me for what has happened in the last 24 months. I went from providing our customers support with their IT related issues to creating several training items to creating a curriculum for 13 new hires in another country to assisting with more training to taking on the challenges that can only come when you start a pathway toward management.
To be honest, I feel as though the first time I using the full force of what I know and being stretched greatly outside myself as there is so much that I don't already know. Further, it seems this all came on the heels of a couple of good presentations, a few deliverables and a couple reports.
I have heard many an actor/actress either describing or another person describing a role they played as "the role they were meant to play" or "the perfect role for them." That is how I have been feeling this whole time. Don't get me wrong, there are loads of things I could do better and I feel as though I have something new that I take on or learn each and every day. However, I love it. I really do. I get to be involved in making my little part of my world a better place and I think that is so cool.
Did I mention I got to travel to India? No? I got to travel to India! I got to step into a classroom once more. I got to be a teacher once again. Amazing.
So, if this is my verbal CV. If this is my "What I Have Learned Along the Way" blog. Then it is time to turn to what I have learned through this experience.
I have been amazed at how many little things I have learned along the way has led to this. I mean there are some amazing tidbits of things. My time in finance--namely in the project group--prepared me to produce reports quickly and with high accuracy. My time as an educator prepared me to create training materials and see what my students need as opposed to just the material I needed to teach. I got to even take my travel experience and impart it to the current tasks. Even got to make my boss feel all awkward when I started haggling prices at one of the shops in India.
It is like that book or movie where the author takes you down a winding, aimless path that in a moment bursts into perfect clarity. The side trails and strange experiences make total sense all the sudden. It is like the movie Signs where the odd phrases "swing away" and "its contaminated" make perfect climactic sense but made none through the rest of the movie.
I am excited to go to work. I am excited to see my coworkers and I am excited to push myself--to learn.
Ultimately I am so happy to know the Author has something more for me than what I could imagine. In fact, I can't wait to see what is next.
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