- 2024年11月10日
転職して1ヶ月程度経ちました。多分後になったら忘れてしまうので、心境をメモしておこうと思います。
英作文の練習かねて英語で書きます。
What led me to change jobs?
I’m an office worker in my forties. I had worked at the same company from the time I graduated from university until June. It was a very good company, and I met many good people and was able to work there for a long time. For the most part, there was nothing wrong with my work there. Having been there for so long, I found myself in an ‘okay’ situation. No matter what I did, I would generally score 70 to 90 points on my tasks.
As I turned 40, I began to question if I could continue like this. Around that time, I decided that I wanted to distance myself from my boss. (It’s not easy to change your boss.) I felt it was time to take on a challenge before it was too late. So, I decided to change jobs in order to:
- Be in a new environment and meet new people
- Pursue a more technical job, particularly in IT or English
- Have more discretion in my work
How do I feel after one month?
“Mid-career professionals are expected to be immediate assets.” I understood that, and it’s exactly what I anticipated. After just a week of initial training, I was assigned to a project as a manager. I joined the project midway through, knowing nothing about it, and was assigned about seven team members. To make things more challenging, the technical stack was completely unfamiliar to me. It was intense…
Suddenly, I found myself in an environment where I could only score 20 to 40 points!
Strangely enough, I’m finding it enjoyable.
I often feel I feel that I’m lacking in the project, but I accept that this is part of the process when starting a new role. It’s been an exciting challenge for my career.
One of my goals for changing jobs was to immerse myself in a new environment, and I’ve definitely achieved that. My previous job was mainly recruiting new graduates, but now the company mainly recruits mid-career workers. It is refreshing to see people with various backgrounds. Although the office is a bit farther away now, remote work and flexible hours are available. The level of discretion I have in my work is not much different from my previous job, where it was quite free.
In terms of technical work, the technology stack I’ve been learning is different from what is currently required. Moreover, the role I am in now is more focused on management (managing engineers), so growing through the project itself might be challenging. I plan to continue self-studying both technical skills and English.
Regarding discretion, to be honest, it has decreased. It seems that getting to know a company takes time. For now, I don’t feel particularly dissatisfied and am looking forward to meeting new people in this new place. I believe that the best opportunities may arise from these new connections.
// On a positive note, my salary has increased.