Higher Compensation or Annual Leave?

Recently, I read the newest leadership blog newsletter issued this month. There is a column about the new promoted leaders in my organization. Well, basically they recorded the whole interview session about their new promotion. Of course there are questions and answers though, it's an interview right. However, something run over head when comes to this questions which is Higher Compensation or Annual Leave?

When I look at this questions, I seriously think that this questions is really depending on the position and the salary range. Most of the managers and above will take the answer of the "Annual Leave. Is it because they spent more most of their time on than the lower managerial level that relect their decision or $$ is not their main concern?

So now what's yours? Higher Compensation or Annual Leave?

-Kay Nny-

Another new learning curve

I was having dinner with 2 of my friends yesterday night and we were talking about expectation from the different types of managers towards the employees. From there I realised that all this while I used to blog about "learning curve, improving skillsets, skillset issue" and so on. Eventually, everyone has the same thought about skillset topic. Well, now I understand that I am not alone!

I admit that I do not have a focus skills where I know something but not fully know about and I learnt something but I wasn't fully apply on it. Hence, like how chinese said "半通水“. Again, today I am blogging about skillset and learning curve again.

I started to joined the new project since February and things that I've learnt during that time was about 1/2 of Oracle AIA, 1/2 about Telco Business Process, 1/2 about Weblogic Integration and 1/2 about Data Mapping. The most thing that I have done and learn from the project are building some common helper class with Hibernate and Spring Framework. See? It's all half half here and half half there. Well, that actually bring me to another conversation for myself. Technical knowlege or Business knowledge? Which one is more valuable? I seriously do not know how to choose from there. However, the hierarchy always go down from Business Knowledge ---> Technical Knowledge.

So sometimes I asked myself, since I already know the fact about the actually flow then what can I gained if I continue to move towards the technology side? Usually, technology people work harder than the business people. Now sure if you agree with me. It just not an option to be choosen.

Sitting here for so many days and hours, I am still thinking what am I doing now and what do I really want.....

Very Lost de
-Kay Nny-

First blog of year 2009

Happy New Year! Yesterday, while I was driving back home + listening to a radio DJ was talking about clearing the annual leaves for CNY, she reminded me of the last year CNY when working with my ex-company. Honestly speaking, this year I got the longest CNY leaves ever without pressure comparing last year. So, I called Mei and talk about it and she had even a longer leaves than mine. From the first of CNY till the end of CNY.

I wasn't hear alot from Yuen Chi and I guess he must be really really busy with his product lauching event. Anyway, just wanna wish him "Happy New Year". And time really moves furiesly, I just hope that this year will be better and everything goes fine according to the plan.

-Kay Nny-

What am I doing?

Today's thought:

* Good people do good thing
* Shit people do shit thing
* Bad people do bad thing
* Stupid people do stupid thing
* Funny people do funny thing
* Angry people do anger thing

So what am I doing here?

-Kay Nny-

Another year is coming.......

Recently, I have created some objectives (in another word of KPI)for the next performance review. One of the objective is to blog about the technology that I have learn along the project that I have done in the past 3 months.

Well, I am doubt duh. I do learn a lot of things about DOJO, DWR and spring but I found out that I have the difficulty to write about what I have learn. Y

Yesterday, someone was asking me what am I doing in my currently company? So, I told him that I am working on the web development using AJAX and Web2.0 Technologies. And he asked me what do you used to develop? Then I told him that I am using DOJO, DWR and spring framework. Before I finished my words, eventually, "Someone" immediately interrupt the conversation, answer and explain all those questions on my behalf. Is it because the way that I answer is wrong or I do not know what actually I am doing? Why do I need someone to answer on my behalf?!

I am still wondering if I am OK to stay in the IT World or should I do something else? Do I have the talent to write down things that I have learn if I am asked to write a technical blog or no? I believe I am still searching for the right answer for that and it would be a main challenge for me.

Along the journey while driving back home, I have a lot of thoughts of "What have I done so far in the year of 2008? As everyone know that the year of 2008 will be ended soon and it's only 2 months left! I remember last year, I have written a blog on my birthday and the blog was also about the same as this year and each year, I keep on asking myself the same question which is "WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED THIS YEAR?" and "WHAT HAVE I CONTRIBUTED?"

I am still searching..........