Exit Strategy

Last weekend I didn't go out for long. Instead I spent the whole Sunday to clean my room, did some laundry, and relaxed at home.

There are things to ponder upon, and on that Sunday I was thinking on how I am going to plan for my professional life.

The first important question is: Do I still want to be an engineer?

If I do, then some other questions to consider:

1. For how long?
2. Where?
3. Do I still want to dive deeper in my current scope, or I need to increase the breadth?

If I don't, what else I want to do to eke out my incomes? Financial analyst? economist? businessman? or even as a modern farmer?

Unfortunately in the real-world there is always a gray area. A problem that has a lot of solutions, but each of those solution has trade-offs. I recognize this is called 'life'.

With regard whether I want to continue as an engineer, at this stage I am more keen to establish an exit strategy. An exit strategy I define as a plan that decouples the money part from the work itself. In other words, upon the fruition of my exit strategy, I can work on things that fancy me with minimal consideration on how to sustain my family and myself. Before that, I still think working on my specialization will give me more ROI (Return On Investments). All in all, I still like to be a geek. :)

Moving to Singapore is a good start: I don't need to worry too much about things like crimes, idiotic politicians, and growth opportunities. How long will I stay here? I don't know....