Maintaining contacts with your former colleagues (even to your Boss)
It was a sad part in my career when I tendered my resignation with my previous employer for 9 years last July 2006. I saw the face when my boss accepted my resignation letter and told me that he will just read it when he gets back from his business trip. He already knew why I handed that letter because my peers started telling everybody about my decision. I tried to hold back my feelings that time because it’s awkward when you become too emotional. Afterwhich, they organized a farewell party for me before I left the company for good.
My boss told me that I have great potentials and wishes me more luck in my new employer. I humbly accepted his wishes and so with him, my officemates and the company.
But the story doesn’t end there. My former boss had a chitchat with me when I visited the office again to pay my bills for my internet connection. Asking me if I can still work with the company in a freelance basis. He knew that I’m into website designing (freelance job) and after some talking and winning my trust, the daughter of the owner contacted me via email and process everything to outsource some of her projects from the US. I said to myself, "This is it! This is my dream to be able to establish contacts from abroad."
Interestingly, we call this telecommuting. That is working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to the Internet to do business or do your office work.
Just after lunch of Jan 9, 2007, the HRD contacted me via YM and informed me that the check is ready for pick-up. I was happy of course. She asked me what is it all about why I have a check from the company. Of course I explained it with her that the daughter of Mrs. Gan outsourced her US project to my team. She was impressed of course and I said, "That’s one thing I learned from reading books about entrepreneurship. To maintain your contacts with your previous employer and who knows they become your prospect clients in the future." The more she was tongue-tied. Jokingly, she asked me to treat her and yes, I will treat her and some of my good buddies who are still with that company.
The world is a big classroom for everybody. Nobody teaches me about doing business when I was a student. It all started from conceptualizing an idea, grabbing every opportunity that come along, then became a venture with some friends back then. As long as you desire and you have this passion to excel more. Then you will become the next entrepreneur you can imagine.
The story behind why I maintain my own blogs is to share some positive energies those who accidently bumped to my "nerdy musings" so to speak.
To my web artists, graphic designers and web programmers. I salute you guys for working with our team be it in a project basis. Let’s maintain a healthy working relationship and the rest will follow.
All the best for everybody this 2007!
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