Dear Hopeful33:

I felt sad too about Anthony Bourdain, not knowing him myself either. I was curious about what kind of suffering brought about his suicide. Thinking once again that indeed wealth and fame does not make up for the suffering inn-between-one’s-ears. Yet, it didn’t affect me the way it affected you.

You wrote: “It’s as if I knew him and I lost someone close to me”. You wrote that you are a writer and you admired his writing, that you loved how outspoken he was, that “he wasn’t afraid to use his voice” and that you “always detected a deep sadness in him”.

Maybe you project into his image your own deep sadness and that is what makes it feels like you knew him, that is, you feel like he was as sad as you are, deep inside?

anita

I have always been passionate in becoming a lifelong learner. As much as possible I try to avoid the trap of falling into a daily routine. I am a creature of habit but I want my pattern to be significant and have a positive impact in the long run. I honing my technical skillset for my career, to pursuing my personal interest and hobbies, I would always dedicate more than enough energy to try to achieve my maximum potential for things that would spark my interest.

Being part of the IT industry requires me to be adaptable to the latest trends and frameworks that is why I am very dedicated in picking up new skills, or unlearning things if necessary. Overtime I am able to develop techniques that are effective for me – either I study things simultaneously or focus on one subject and work my way on mastering it. But for any technique that I choose, it all boils down in my critical thinking and problem-solving skills. I can say that I have improved and keep on improving the more I practice my craft. It is not right for me to overload myself cognitively so I constantly apply what I learn. These have thought me to become a risk-taker and not afraid of throwing myself into the unknown.

Having said all these, working for J&J would be a perfect avenue for me to apply my technical and intrapersonal skills. I am confident that I have the technical skills needed for the job based on my experience as a web designer I am quite familiar with knowledge management since my current work is not totally different from it. I hope I can also contribute to the back-end side of the content management system used since I have experience developing online forms. Moreover, I believe that I can handle the workload as I am used to working under pressure with different stakeholders. This had been a hurdle for me before in my early years of working but I have learned to take one step at a time and getting the job right as the main priority. I am now able to write effectively to my audience and provide proper feedback. Thinking about this specific job at J&J, I can welcome the writing skill as a challenge. Since I am keen on solving challenges and learning from them and writing is not actually far from my interests, I would be glad to dedicate time and effort in improving that skill which I believe would be very helpful for me in other aspects of my career.

I hope I can also contribute to the mission of J&J in providing care for the health and wellness of people worldwide as I do personally promote good health through high-intensity exercise and body building. More importantly, I am enthusiastic in collaboration to achieve the purpose of the business. I more than willing to work with other teams to improve the business and workflow to provide better results.