It’s OK not knowing everything

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Imagine being tossed head-first in the middle of an ocean without being first groomed on how to properly combat its raging currents and tides; this is how it normally feels during the first, and even second month working in a new job. However, you were fully convinced that your four years of study, and graduating with that prestigious degree would have effectively prepared you for the little turbulences within the ‘awesome job’ that you would certainly score.

 As forecasted, you are in for a shock as you find it quite a task to translate the knowledge that you had acquired in a practical manner, your many unfortunate mistakes and errors render you an unredeemable dim- wit, and like the three blind mice you find it quite a challenge to locate office stationeries or work the archaic printers in that damnable office. Subsequently, you begin to think that you’re an unworthy candidate for the job and that you’d much rather crawl in a dark corner and die than to continue to prove yourself a stupid person.

Despite the aforementioned, coupled with having to endure a demanding, condescending and impatient bureaucrat leading your orientation and having your ego crushed after having a memo you spent hours perfecting rewritten in its entirety by a conceited superior, continue to rein in your raging emotions and soak up as much knowledge as you can. Dedicate yourself to learning the ‘ins and outs’ of everything that goes on in the office, strengthen your skills that are lacking, and get familiar with areas of work foreign to you while networking your ass off!

Feature image courtesy of Kamille Sampaio