drink

It's part of the job to mingle with senior managers. It's part of the job to hold a glass of wine in your hand and not drink from it. It's part of the job to smile and talk about bit's and pieces of what's happening around the world of banking and finance. It's part of the job to arm wrestle with your COO. Dipping your finger into alcohol, lighting it up and passing the flame around the table with your fingers is part of the job too.

One lesson I have learned. It's not so much the work you do for yourself that earns you recognition, it's the work that you do for other people that earns you recognition. Apps developers like myself spend a lot of time doing our complex self contained task and concentrating on releasing quality results. It is, however, people who do take on task with moderate difficulty, but organizes welfare events, charity events, sports events and bonding sessions that will get recognize.

Such is a the job.. will i ever get use to it.