Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Today is my last day at Siemens. It isn't that easy to leave a job in a company like this. Sometimes one can feel dizzyness: getting back to the student life after several years of working life. I have always thought that we must resist the temptation of feeling comfortable. Though it isn't easy at all. Quitting a well-paid job, leaving a nice car and all the company's gadgets.

The above picture is very inspirational: It shows a young Steve Jobs, who was already millionaire, sitting on the flor of an empty room.. Any 26 year-old man with fresh millions in his bank would spend every cent in useless things, yet this guy was able to keep focused on his activities. As the title says we should always "Stay Hungry and Foolish". Hungry to always look for new goals and foolish to keep trying new and risky things.

Dismantling your life or how to find your karma in 5 weeks

Before moving to London in 5 weeks I have to get rid of all the stuff that is worthless in my new life. I am doing a sort of zen activity as I am selling / giving back what I thought were essential material things like:


- Blackberry (should I say crackberry?)
- Car (Wow.. this is gonna be tough!)
- Motorbike (already sold)
- Dell Laptop (though It will raise my spirit to get a Macbook Air)
- Useless Clothes
- Golf clubs...(guess I will keep these)
- Kitesurfing Material (will have to rethink this one..)



So I guess that after parting with all my gadgets I will feel closer to my real karma.. Though I am a bit scared to see what will I find within myself!

Last days of consulting life

I am getting close to the last days of my consultant life.. Funnily enough, I am having my best work experiences right now. I will leave my job in less than 4 weeks and still have to sort out quite a lot of things, both at the professional and personal side.

I am taking along loads of good moments where I have learned from great people, both at the client side and at the company side. I would definitely advise anyone who is keen to learn and to garner experience in a short amount of time to enroll in a consulting position right after the end of the degree.

Yet do not enroll in such a position if you don't like planes: according to my estimates I have taken almost 250 flights in 3 years of work and spent more than 400 nights in a hotel room elsewhere.