Today is a special day, it is the beginning of rest of my life with a new perspective. I have made a very important decision, the one that I pushed back for several months. I have lived in Australia for almost a year, and after some casual work, I have not been successful to get a full-time or even let's say a fulfilling job. You may laugh at me, but I certainly believe it was the loss for those companies/universities that I applied for but they did not hire me. Some may say, I am in possession of super high and unrealistic self-confidence. I assure you, you are wrong. I am always complaining to myself about how modest and humble I am, which is not what I am proud of. But it is part of my personal character. I cannot change it over a night.
After one year of job hunting, I came to that point of acceptance to see the cruel reality. Most of the time, you will be misjudged because of insufficient information, misunderstandings and stereotypes. I have not come across anyone (from Europe, US, and Australia) with correct information about Middle East, educational system, true picture of the countries in that region, tiny knowledge on actual level of technological development, and yet alone the strengths of the specialists from that region. Media have given an ugly picture from the people and everything of that region to the world. I can be just one person trying to change that stereotypes, but it does not help me enough to establish my position in a country that I chose to live in and truly love.
Well, as you are not hiring me, I will start my own business. I know, it is extremely hard but it is the beginning of a long journey. I have never ever chosen the easy way, one should take the right path no matter how hard it is. But stepping into this direction has its own rewards and challenges. Accepting the failure was the hardest thing I have ever done, but tomorrow is a beautiful day.
