Dream Job???

Whilst in the last years of college, I always used to be tensed about what profession I am going to take up. Commerce was something I was studying and it was something I never enjoyed studying. What an irony!!! Like a typical ideal commerce student, my next step was into the world of banking. Elders told me that this was the best field in terms of security and money. Let’s not take into consideration the odd jobs I did in between which had no connection to what I ever wanted to do in life. They were just my source of extra pocket money.

I happened to get into the best bank in the country after the numerous aptitudes and interviews I went through. I thought that this was my dream job. After 2 years in that organization I wondered if that was true. I hated every bit of my job since it was monotonous. Zero creativity. I was getting claustrophobic in there and wanted to get out of the same. Then I started my search for my dream job again. This time I was lucky enough to hit the target at the first interview. My second jump was into a BPO with a great salary and I thought now, this is it!!! Maybe this will interest me. I am still not sure if it was sheer desperation to get out of my first job which made me accept this in the first place. But a few months in there and I realized that the phrase “From frying pan to fire” was meant only for me. This was worst I could ever get into. This was the ideal job for a commerce student with an accounting background. But who the heck ever liked Accounts! I used to despise the same from the very beginning and now I realized what a bigger soup I am into. I finally woke up one day in the morning and realized what was wrong. Banking was not my cup of tea. I am not made for a 9 to 6 kind of monotonous job. I need more creativity and job satisfaction. A lesser pay package would do but definitely a better creative job.

Technical writing was a total alien concept for me. Since I was from a commerce background, I never had even heard about it. Once when I was surfing the net, I came across some articles about Technical Writing written by people whom I later realized were called Technical writers. I spent many days researching about the same. The only glitch here was that most of the technical writers were from the engineering background. So I was wondering if I could ever fit the bill. The only weapons of success that I probably possessed were my communication skills, my excellent command over English, and my flair for writing. Technical writing though not full fledged writing was still something that caught my attention. This was creative and I thought why not give it a shot!

With no background about the profession as well about the company I hopefully wanted to join, I went for the interview. After the 2 hours that comprised of the test and the interview I realized that this is something I want to do. But I wasn’t really sure if I would get through since all the others interviewees were from the engineering background. But I wanted to be there for two reasons. One since I liked what I was getting into and the other I wanted to get out of the mess I was already into. After 2 sleepless nights and 2 days of apprehension, I finally got a call and I heard what I wanted to hear. I was on cloud nine as though I had just received my first raise. After a months notice in my previous job, I finally stepped into the world of Technical Writing with full zeal and vigour. Now it’s been more than a year and I am thoroughly enjoying my profession. People in India are still not aware as to what us Technical writing all about. The awareness about this is at the base level. Technical writing as a profession is an ocean. Mastering the whole thing will take a lot of time. Nevertheless it’s a challenge. My knowledge today is still the tip of the iceberg; I still need to conquer the iceberg.