Hey ๐
Unlike my usual post, this time, Iโd like to talk about my โnewโ job.
Before Hivefest, I happened to be reconnected with my biological family again who owned a community advocacy & empowerment institute. The business revolves around advocacy, legal aid, capacity building, consultancy, and research. While I used to be in this business almost 9 years ago, I left to find my own path up until a few months ago, I am going back again only to start from the very bottom.
Some of my siblings also work within the institute and they take care of different projects depending on the ongoing needs and projects. Since basically I am only starting out, I am simply a surveyor assistant. My job revolves around administrative tasks, talking to people, and management too.
When needed, most of what we do is field work. We visited many government buildings, institutes, and communicated with locals.
One of the best parts of this job is the ability to travel around the country and getting paid for it. However, after being in this job for quite a while, Iโve noticed that some people just couldnโt stand the constant travel and having to adapt to a new environment, culture and working environment.
For me, those things arenโt really a challenge. In fact, my main challenge now is a lot of free up time that I have because we have done our job as surveyor and now itโs time for the reporting officer to actually write up the reports. So, while weโre still stationed around the area, the waiting part sucks. For someone like me who is capable of writing those reports, my only constraint is my role within the institution. If I had full authority, I would have written those reports and been done with it.
I havenโt received my official assignment letter to be the executive director of the institution but itโs a role I am going to handle starting next year. Since this line of job requires someone to have a master degree and Phd, I have a lot of catching up to do. All of my siblings have done their masters and are on their way to Phd or doctorate. But here I am ๐ starting from the very bottom again.
If I were to give the leadership role, I definitely plan on fixing some of its management. Itโs not really a far-fetched dream for me but these two months, I am given the ability to observe how this job works and see what needs to be done and fixed.
But at least, I can confidently say this line of work is where my heart is. While for its technicalities, we typically outsource with our partners, for the social economy and anthropological approach, we could handle it on our own.
One thing I love about my family built is that in our institution, some of the people that worked quite long for us have the ability to get a scholarship from us to advance their education. Since we are also compliance specialist, we needed our team to constantly keep up with their education and certifications too.
So far, I am just happily tagging along and learning a lot of things that are so different from previous fields I have been into or a part of. This is quite a stretch but if I were to brag a little, I have the brain to do it all. I've always been just caught up in my own world and being in a place where I feel so tiny and learned helplessness. But now, I am reminded that this is my place in the world, a bigger pond, somewhere I could actually make a real contribution and real impact for things that mattered to me.
By the way, this was one of the most meaningful projects Iโve worked on this year regarding to Hive awareness in Indonesian (SeptโFeb 2024โ2025). You can learn how I managed it here :
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๐๐๐ & ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ; ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด. |
You seem so hardworking and smart. So admirable!๐
Thank you! as always being hardworking pays off.
So true ๐
This is such a beautiful journey. Starting from the bottom again takes real humility, and itโs clear youโre exactly where youโre meant to be. The work your family does is impactful, and youโre already growing into that leadership role. Keep learning, keep observing, youโre building something meaningful, and it shows
That's true and sometimes humility is all you need, that's how you keep moving forward in life and be fluid to try new things.
Yeah, that's very correct my friend
I believe you will do just better, starting this role at the bottom level. I wish you all the best.
Good luck to your new job. May it filled with happiness and success.
Thank you so much!
As they say, "Great leaders do not set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference". Glad to know that you are returning to the roots, working with a family founded Institute. Doing so with humility, starting from the very bottom.
Working as a survey assistant is real dedication: learning the process, visiting sites and understanding the work firsthand. It is a solid foundation for future leadership, built on real experience and genuine effort.
And, I was one of those who faced hurdles in adapting to a new place ๐ฅฒ. Now, my job has changed, so I do not know if I am still one of those or not.
Good Luck for the new job!
It's definitely a dedication and sometimes it's not easy especially when you don't really speak the same language. Thank you so much!