So about four years ago, on a Friday I had my last interview with my first manager and while he was writing a note to HR asking them to hire me I got to pick a date when to start. I said 7th...thought it would be a nice anniversary present for my boyfriend and a date easy to remember...my lucky number :-) ( yes, people think at all kind of stuff during interviews:D). So 7th is was, a very cold and rainy day with me not being able to enter the IBM building...I so would have left and went back to bed, but I stayed and the job turned out to be so exciting that I kept coming early every day.
Then my manager left to his home country and I thought that was it. Gotta find a new job, again. But then I realized on my own skin that networking rules, I got an assignment with IBM Germany. Moved to Hannover to talk about our Global Delivery capabilities and had what I thought it was the BEST YEAR...or year and a half of my life. Such a great experience, such nice colleagues and such a nice country to explore during weekends. Danke, Deutschland!Again I thought that was it, assignment was ending and I didn't have a job in Romania to come back to. But all the people I have worked with, my mentor Chris, my friends at IBM, really made it happen. I got the coolest job ever, then one I had today and I even got to work from Romania at a time when my family was badly needing me. It just couldn't get better :D
But it did, and it did every single day: the job is awesome but the people I work with are more than extraordinary. I enjoy planning& executing all kind of things with them, love connecting with all corners of the world, traveling to so many countries and collaborating in some global programs. Must thank my Liz for this opportunity and the fact that I never felt like I don't want to go to work on a Monday morning :-) (yes it is Sunday 8am now:D).
And it still got better. I have more friends than I could ever hope for (and I'm not talking about +400 Facebook friends). I have been really blessed to meet people who touched my life in all the countries I have been to or have worked with virtually or not, so many nice, brilliant and inspiring people. Friends I have spent vacations with, friends I am planning to take on a tour of my country someday, friends who I hope I will see very very soon :-)
I love the feeling of "it can't get better than this", especially now that I know it will. Can't wait for year #5 and see where this journey will take me!!! Thank you all, dear IBMers!
