Alex Williams

Where am I?

I seem to have been all over the map these last few months, but in reality I’ve been sitting in the same chair quietly pondering the future. One day I decided to change my title to Network Architect. After spending days reading absolutely everything I can about Network Architecture, I was convinced it was going to be my new vocation. A few weeks later, I realized it’s not something I really want to do. As challenging and interesting as it may be, I simply don’t have the desire to move in that direction. I’m still missing some important life/work experience and that will only come with time.

Passion

Since I started this blog, I’ve become passionate about all things marketing. I’ve read tons of books, eBooks, blog posts and articles by various authors around the world. I think I’ve done a pretty good job marketing myself and some of my crazy ideas, but it was more of a learning experience… a test to determine my ability to focus on non-logical things… ideas. Unfortunately my lack of direction has prevented me from taking it to another level.

The next step

I spent the last 3 months working full-time while trying to figure out where to take my career. I’ve enjoyed almost every aspect of it, but now it’s time to move-on. Sometimes we find what we want without even looking for it, and we can spend all our lives looking for something that we’ll never find. I think this has been in my face the entire time, I just wasn’t focused enough to see it.

I don’t plan on quitting my “job” just yet, but I’m definitely looking into a Marketing position. I know it’s a bit out of reach due to my lack of theoretical marketing knowledge, but I’ve been doing this for years without even realizing it. The idea of being paid to be creative, to strategize, to develop, refine and implement ideas suits me so well! I’ve been told that it’s difficult for an IT person to move into Marketing because you’re going from left brain work to right brain work. The difference, in my case, is that I’m actually a right brain person doing left brain work.

Where to begin?

Well, i’ll start by revamping my website with an altered design. Cleaning up my portfolio. Re-writing my bio and redefining myself as a different (better of course) Alex.

I’ll keep you guys posted in the next few days. Obviously this means I will return to my regular postings.

Cheers!