Time flies really fast, cliche but true. I can still remember how unprepared I was when I started working here at Sabre. After a rather unpleasant short 7-month stint with Safeway, then the unsuccessful attempt to work abroad, I landed on a 6-month contract job at Sabre, and now, I am a regular employee.
Personally for me, it was a blessing in disguise. Here, I had the pleasure of working with a lot of seniors who taught about Agile development, SVN, Maven, the proper way of developing with design patterns, and pair programming. It's not a perfect craft, but I must say, much better than other projects that I have worked with. I also had a chance to sing in the company events, i.e., Christmas party and office inauguration. So despite all the troubles in my personal life, there have been some progress in both my personal well-being and technical skills. I had been reprimanded several times for doing unsatisfactory work but hey, tao lang. The most important thing is that I am enjoying myself now. Less pressure, and better work habits.
I've said this before and yeah, I associate every good feeling I have right now with Sabre. I think God gave me this opportunity to get away from the old folks for a while, in order for me to find new friends, and experience new things. It's hard when you get used to the same people every day of your life, that they become a "benchmark" of how you should look, the way you act, what you should wear, what you should do with your life. This year had been such an emotional rollercoaster ride. In it, I found new friends, discovered who my true ones were, and who to trust and not to trust.
How real is the saying, time heals all wounds? and luckily, Sabre had been part of that healing process ;)
It's been 5 months now. BAD VIBES GONE.... FOR GOOD :D
