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