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It still seems incredible to me.. One week ago I was feeling as down as it could be.. No job.. No hopes.. No plan.. But a lot of regrets and question marks.. I was asking myself constantly; was it really worth to quit PWC to go to France? Was it worth to come back from France and start at Citibank and then get to Vestel in Turkey? What about WBMN? What about moving to Denmark? I was feeling so bad my past choices just because I did not know what to expect in Denmark.

Well, I don’t have my residence permit yet. I don’t have my work permit yet. And, although it has become only 2 months since I arrived to Denmark, I was already kind of in panic. And bingo! Two tough interviews and now I have a great job.

Now all my past choices seem meaningful.. I am so grateful.. And from now on, whatever happens to me in my new job, I will never ask myself the same old questions. I will burn the negative vibe questions folder in my head. It’s over. I like all my decisions and it’s time to enjoy.

It was a good idea to quit PWC audit; cause I never liked accounting anyway. It is boring. It was a good idea to go to France because I like french language and culture. And guess what, FLS posted this job only for French speaking candidates. It was after all a good idea to work at Vestel. FLS chose me because I have 2 years experience with B2B sales, customer management and my exposure to technical problems when I was there. It was also a good idea to work for WBMN, FLS was impressed with all the countries I visited and worked at. It was good to come to Denmark because job conditions are way much better here than most of the world standards.

After all, all things added up and I got this because it is a sum of all the things I did so far.

No regrets.

I regretted because I did not what was next. Now that I see that “next” thing, which is “today”, then I should only be happy for all my decisions.

After all, it seems that there is a big plan out there for me and puzzle is going to look good finally.

I am so glad that I got this opportunity.

One of my cousins had told me once, Asli -you always got the rotten apple. You were wrong then. I believe to be a lucky person.

Look, I hate HR people. They know everything about how to categorize you. They can put you in boxes, they can measure you, they can see the real you inside you?! That’s all bullshit. Crap. at FLS, the people who conducted my interview, they were nice, smart and they asked questions that really mattered. No bullshit. Just tough, bare realities. That’s where I wanted to be. Smart engineers managing business. No HR guys measuring your body language etc. I was so lucky that there was no woman interviewer either. I was there with three guys. Bingo, the way I would like.

Look I had four interviews in Denmark. I got two job offers. The interviews I had with women only, two interviews I did not get the job. Other two interviews, conducted by only men, I got both jobs. That’s amazing is not it.Well, surely, I don’t know what would have happenned if there were 1 guy plus 1 woman or 1 guy 2 girls etc.. But who cares.. Now my career is back on track. This kind of job I would not have found in Turkey. I am so lucky to be at the right place at the right time.

I remember calling Mr PJ when the ad was posted. I asked him if I could send my application without speaking Danish and he was little concerned. He said “ok send but, we do the small talk in Danish. so we look for people who can speak fluent danish”. It was such a bad news for me. And I had no hope for getting this job. I had no hope that they would choose me.

And yet, things turned out better than I expected.

Good location, good colleauges, good salary and pensions, good vacation..

Things are alright.

And my new manager told me that they have no worries, second hopes about me and that I would be success. How lovely to start with this kind of support.

Good days are these days..

hmmmmm delicious!