Friday, December 12, 2008

To be or not to be

I'm exhausted.

Not enough sleep for 3nights in a row is not something my current body is used to. Lain la kalau mcm masih muda2 dlu..tia tdur 1minggu pun blh lumpat2 lg..miss the old good days..[sigh]

I went for my first meeting with the Bosch customer in Penang island today. As a Mech Dev + DFM engineer. My big boss requested to my superior to send me to the meeting instead of him whom is the DFM guy. I was lucky as the project discussed only require a minimal mechanical parts to quote.

I've been hearing about this new appointed job for me for quite some time already & i've been wondering (worrying actually) if i can do it right. As for my current job, i'm incharge of the very early stage of any project & once the project is awarded, i only have to worry about any design change or packaging requirement. And if i make any small mistake, it would still be okay because i can always update or redesign and i won't actually cause any major trouble to the company.

But now... if i'm really going to be appointed to this DFM job, it would be 100% technical issues & i can't afford to make even a single mistake or else i would cost the company hundreds thousand bucks. That's what really scary.

For going to the meeting today, that was suppose to be my very first training as a DFM+MechDev Eng. I cannot pass to others my current job because the company do not want to hire a new engineer. Mati la...even with my job now, when it gets really busy, going to the toilet require a second thought...

I'm going to have a very hard time mastering all the technical issues with my limited experience but i really want to do it right. Even communicating with colleagues, supplier or customer have always been a bit difficult as they tend to talk in chinese among themselves. That's why i may only do the training for the Bosch Malaysia but i will handle the actual projects from Euro customer in future. Well that's what i heard...i don't know...nothing is certain within the company for the last few months in impact of the global economy crisis.

I'm motivating myself & i'm optimistic. I can do it. Yes, i can. ;)

4 comments:

life said...

DFM buli bah tu...just be carefull on the dimensioning...tu sja

Wel^Beiolman said...

haha..bilang buli multitasking....good opp ba tu claire...i believe u can do it...i had the same worriness when I was appointed into dev but after time flies...i learned how to play my role..then now management..we afraid to make mistakes sja ba tu....dont be k....as long as acceptable la..haha..

Mell_f said...

I guess when it comes to dealing w/ customers, one cant afford to make mistake bah,or else we know how it turns out lah. Apapun,i believe you can do it babe :)

At least your boss is decisive; i'm currently in project management bah but in future,boss masih belum decide lagi whether to put me in safety or sales. I doubt whether i can manage to do those or not. Once he has decided,maybe ada la post sy sebegini jg nti. haha.

Claire said...

hehe..at some point, mesti akan ada cabaran gni ba kn..kalau teda apa la mau jadi sm life..hehe thanks 4 believing in me my friend...mmuuaahhh