First Day Of My New Job

Hello y'all!Sorry for the lack of updates. As you may have guessed by now,I left my previous company (HP) to join its fiercest competitor,Company XYZ.On the first day of work,I was surprised to discover that all my fellow colleagues, ie the Field Engineers,are sooooo arrogant I asked my supervisor why are these guys behaving like they are future Nobel Prize winners?

He asked ,"Son,do you know the origin of the word engineer?"

"Not really"I said,although I have a Diploma in EE Engineering

"Engineer comes from the French word ingenieur,which derives from the same Latin roots as the words "ingenuity" and "genius." Engineering is the profession of creative solutions to difficult problems"he explained

"I still dont get it"I said

He then proceeded to give me these tips on how to be a good enginner


Be confident with yourself.
Never ever think yourself as inferior. Most management folks prefer someone who is independent and has the natural gumption to turn tables when deals go wrong. And you need lots of self confidence to do stuff like that. There’s a very fine line between being humble and a self deprecating retard, and you should know how to differentiate both. You’re an engineer, be proud of it and act like one. You need to convince your boss that he/she has hired the right person, not the opposite.

- Be interactive.
This is business. An engineering job. People hired you here to solve problems, not to see you act cute like you’re in some pen-pal convention. Your engineering work will be useless if you are unable to effectively present your work to your partners/work-peers - doesn’t matter if you’re technically sound in knowledge. You need to keep your shits together and wake up.

- Have discipline.
Focus on your given goal. Work your ass hard to get into pace with your job. You should never get too engrossed with your personal stuff during work hours. They should needless to say, done only during your breaktime or at your own time. You should also never shirk. Shirking is for experienced vets that has everything under control (like me…). You don’t.

- Eat the humble pie.
When you know you’re good at something, you don’t brag or show it off by overcommitting your objectives. You ‘brag’ and ’show it off’ by delivering results. Sometimes, it also helps by lowering expectations for your objectives and only to easily achieve it later. Action speaks louder than words. Eat the humble pie.
This should not be misconstrued as a contradiction to point number 1 above. Being an arrogant bastard and having self confidence is entirely a different thing. Humility goes a long way in corporate worklife. It makes people feel comfortable to work with you and that makes it harder for them to turn you down. When that happens, you’ve already won the first half of the battle to get your job done