Training is over.

Phew.

I doubt that I did a good job of the last exam though. I just wrote and wrote and wrote and I know for certain that the last few questions left a lot to be desired. I guess I just wanted to get it over with. I know for sure that I should be able to pass, but perhaps with a lower mark than I would have gotten with more effort.

Indeed, in part my mind was filled with events that occurred earlier in the day.

We went through a particularly interesting case study and I presented my group's findings. The past few days one of my team members was a pretty senior guy in the Bank and I gather that he was pretty impressed with what I was doing within the training. I think that day, something that I did with our analysis of the case study really impressed him though. He gave me some serious advice in a serious talk about my career future (another thing that I am stressing about currently). He brought to my attention a certain position in Dubai, that could be mine. It presents quite good potential for myself, and in fact certain unstated changes in the future that he was privy to, would make it a super job. He advised me to go for that job and even offered to put in a good word for me.

Now usually this would be good news. And I would be over the moon for it. But Dubai. And of course the job choice was not really in my main priorities. But this teaser made me think more about it of course. It did not help that 2 other senior guys who were trainers also voiced out the same opinion. Arghhh. Since I started university, it had been with the dream to end up working in the financial world in Hong Kong. Ups and downs over the years were lived through with me keeping an eye on that goal. But now, reality is that competition is pretty high, and that job in Dubai also presents amazing opportunities. Really good opportunities.

Really a bad situation.

Or good. Depending on how you look at it.

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