The Buck Starts Here

Have you ever read Rich Dad, Poor Dad? I don't like saying Poor Dad because it's too harsh to say that to someone that sacrificed so much for me. Let's just say Limited Dad. Yeah, that's better. I don't feel as guilty.

After setting visions in my mind as to where I want to be in the future, I am now taking steps to start building my own software company. With reference I have at my disposal, which is very minimal, I will guide myself and make sure my dreams come true. I want to work in a place where I will treat programmers like kings (and queens). If I can do that, the best programmers in the country will want to work at my company. If I can get the best programmers in the country, I can make the best software in the market. I can make a lot of profit by getting really good marketing people. My programmers will be backed up by administrators that will tend to their every need, infrastructure support that will make sure everything is running properly, and maybe a chef that will cook that will bring them gourmet lunches. Yummy. I want a gym that will keep them healthy, and a daycare center to keep working parents worry free.

Anyways, I gotta start somewhere. It starts here. This is where I put my foot down. I don't have a real plan, even though I tell everybody I do. What I mean is, in my mind I have a plan. But that's it. As long as it stays only in my mind, it's a really good plan. But when I start to put it down on paper, it starts to sound like one of those 1001 joke book that you would take with you on a road trip to your grandma's home town.

Back to the subject. I am in a situation where my career is really vague. I started in software and was really getting the hang of it. I left my last job in one of the biggest Indonesian software companies, if not the most acclaimed. I rose so quickly through the ranks that pressure started to build in my ears and my nose started to bleed. But the story about my career will have to wait till for the next article. This one is about where I stand right now and where I am going. This may be the reference I might use to audit myself. If in 5 years I am at the same point I am at right now, then I am in big trouble.

So, wish me luck.