Journey Beyond the Horizon
Is it really a career change or I just started my journey beyond the horizon? Life has taken many turns for me. Becoming a mechanical engineer was not my first choice. I was forced into this field since I could go to the engineering school and work at the same time in order to take care of my family. Being the eldest child and no father to take care of us, I had to be the bread earner, medical school was not an option. Goals, dreams, and aspirations; these are the things my life has always revolved around. My question: What does one do with all the opportunities that life has presented? Life made another turn and I was laid off and could not find a decent job as an engineer. Selling computers at a major retailer and self-teaching the IT courses landed me a job in Microsoft Corporation. Walla, a very decent job, I couldn’t complain and thought that I would retire from that company with some decent money. Not so, my dear, life was not so sympathetic this time...