The 10 things to note when u are NEW...

Being new means...

1) Being (and looking and sounding) humble when u ask questions
2) Asking INTELLIGENT questions (at least ask questions which won't make u sound stupid)
3) Asking questions in a way that people can easily comprehend w/o having to guess what u actually wanna ask
4) Being proactive in seeking clarification
5) Pretending you understand the "chim chim"things in a briefing/meeting (after that then ask the profound things you didn't understand to someone you trust!But ask in an intelligent way!)
6) Keeping your mouth sealed when people is in the midst of answering your question
7) Looking thankful (say THANK YOU!) when your questions have been answered after u asked
8) Appearing as if you know what your clients are asking u (but telling them u'll need time to check before getting back to them)
9) Asking the correct person at the RIGHT time when you have tons of burning questions to ask
10) Smiling ALL the time to people around you to appear SOCIABLE and APPROACHABLE!

Being new is not easy.

And there's being quite a number of newbies at work lately.

I remembered how hard it was for me when I first started out here.
Everyone ALWAYS look busy.
No one seems keen to ENTERTAIN my queries.
Worse, I don't understand what is going on, and when I finally grab hold of a person to ask, my answers were: You can find it in the PC mah!

The PC.
A place where all data are stored.
Where no one can seem to find the information they need as there is just too much info without a "SEARCH" button.

Sigh.
I blame on myself for not looking humble enough.
or pretty enough to receive such treatment.

Hence, I resolve to not to treat all newbies the way I was taught.
The hard way.
Which help me learned a lot more than I would have learned.

But giving them the easy way out i.e. spoonfeeding them with the information makes the newbies vulnerable in future.

Perhaps I ought to devise a way to balance between spoonfeeding and self-directed learning.

Or perhaps, I'm not a good trainer since I tend to complain how dumb the newbie can get.
Hmm...

I should reflect instead eh?
:D