Differences

man... being in a user organisation is really very different from being in consulting.

Yes.. given that consulting gives u the client pressures, the deadlines etc, but I'm only on my first week here and I'm feeling the heat.

Firstly, I head up a global position. So, with this, I'm already one up from my previous job. I have to deal with a lot of corporate bigwigs in New York and it's already very daunting. Most of those suit wearing pencil pushers just wanna taichi things to you and be done with their responsibilities.

Secondly, in a user organisation, every god damn project falls onto your lap. So, how to tahan? In a consulting organisation, I handle 1 or 2 projects and most of these, we can drill down to the finest detail. Because in a user organisation there are so many projecst, I really cannot drill down to so much details and I have to rely on my mah chais...

3rdly, it's the political shit being thrown around. This guy is aligned with whom, this guy hates who, etc etc... tricky.

And I thought I could use this week as a honeymoon...