014: Fresh Graduate Experience | Gool Ol' Days..?

In this episode, we try to jog our memory, recollecting our fresh graduate experience:

How did we get our jobs?

How was your first day? Was it rosy since day one?

Did we get what we signed up for?

This episode offers a glimpse of what to expect in the real world, from our perspectives.

We hope our collective experience can give some valuable insights to you.

So be sure to stick with us until the end to know what advice we wish we got back when we were still a bunch of greenhorns in the industry.

NOTE / DISCLAIMER: In order to prevent legal ramifications and potential misunderstanding, all company names have been censored away from this podcast episode.

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:30 Amir: In the desert

00:08:41 Aziz: The best boss

00:14:00 Syahmi: Culture shock

00:27:30 Reza: Things goes out of plan

00:29:16 Good coffee everyday

00:29:50 The Plan

00:36:00 Reza's Office experience

00:37:53 Lesson learned

00:39:54 Faisal's fresh grad experience

00:41:49 An unexpected journey begins

00:44:47 Humble bosses

00:45:48 What shall I do with a chemical engineer?

00:47:08 Traumatizing incident

00:50:10 Company culture of “Every man is an island” and “bully culture”

00:56:12 Significant experience of our first boss. Leaders cultivate healthy work environment

01:00:00 What goes around comes around.

01:03:06 The art of learning. Never too proud to learn new things.

01:06:27 The 3 elements of a happy life

01:11:16 Have high aspiration. Don’t settle for lower goals.

01:14:25 Don’t be a ‘yes man.’

01:19:40 Having a good mentor is a short cut to set yourself for success

01:23:30 White belt mentality and avoid the ‘entitlement mindset’

01:27:00 Share your knowledge to strengthen your knowledge

01:29:52 Seize the moment, DON’T shy away in beneficial matters

01:34:00 Develop your EQ

01:36:24 Outro