New Working Environment Starting November
- by Jenson
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This is actually a post dated
update. After I’ve been working in the private sectors for so many years (the 2
years when I was working as IT trainer in a secondary school is not counted, as
I was working under a contract with a private IT training agency), I’ve decided
to try my luck into public sector. And fortunately, I passed the interview and
I was offered a position of Web Administrator in a government statutory board,
that’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (of Singapore).
During my previous employment
with a Japanese MNC (multinational company), it was a totally new environment
for me, as I had never worked for a Japanese company before, but the first time
I work for Japanese company also gave me the very first nightmare I have with
them, and vowed not to work for them anymore, and any other Japanese companies.
No doubt I have freedom of choosing the tools and methods I wish to use for the
projects, but the project management is simply too messy and out of order. And
a lot of time, I don’t find that everyone is working as a team, more like
achieving their own goals. Accountability for project is not shared, all lumped
onto the shoulders of the developer in charge (they called it Software
Engineer). I was working on a windows based .NET project, which I already
voiced out that it’s not manageable by just 1 software engineer, but it seems
like nobody cares, even the one who propose the solution to customer doesn’t care
much. What he cares is whether you deliver the project on time so that he can
please his customer and the senior management of his good work.
Too many stories to tell, and I
just simple doesn’t want to talk too much on this as it has already became the
past to me. With my new title with the government agency, I hope to contribute
my best to them, while learning as much as I can.
I will share whatever I can on
technologies, methodologies, and etc whichever I’m allowed and permitted to (of
course, for those non-work-related stuff, I would be glad to share with you
without much hesitation).
Thank you!
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