Dear A,

Climbing the “corporate ladder” sometimes is an art as well. Experiences/knowledge vs. how successful or how quick one gets to climb up the rank are not always equivalent. Like any of the work place, I think more or less it involves politics. Budgeting and money are the driving forces in any business field.

For those of us coming from technical background, a bachelor in sciences then followed with a MBA seems to the trend for anyone who has ambitious to lead the team one day.  But you know why, if you ask me, personally I think it doesn’t matter, at the end we are still considered as the “high” labor – if one decides to stay in corporation world. Unlike some of our parents generation they might probably retired after working for one company after a life long time; but for us and from what we’ve seen in the past 2 years with all that economic down-turning and down-sizing, this is almost the end of the fairy tale day. And the more I re-read Robert Kiyosaki’s  “Poor Dad, Rich Dad” , the more I agree with him and  I think I need to build my personal assets. I’ve been looking buying a rental property, but let’s see how it goes. As for my long term plan, I’m just waited to gain few more experiences and pass few more licenses – starting my own consulting firm on the side has been something on my mind – but everything is still in the air.

My friend, balancing between career and personal life is equal important.  I’ve long learnt harmonic and happiness lies how satisfy are you with your life. So if there is no money issue, I say go for it. Do sometime that you know it will be worth.