In 2017, I joined Samsung Electronics. It is a job seeker's dream job and a good job that many people would like to join.

When I just joined the company as a new employee, I received 3 weeks of group training, 2 weeks of electronics training, and 2 weeks of business department training.

As I worked with my classmates, we became united with a bit of blue blood, and when I was just assigned to work and started working, I wanted to be praised as the smartest youngest member, even if it was just a little bit, so I studied hard and learned about the national corporation in charge of the product and the way of working.

While managing overseas corporations in the Asian region, I went on business trips to Singapore, Australia, launched and discontinued dozens and hundreds of models of washing machines, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, and air dressers.

Even when I was sitting in a sky-high executive meeting, I saw the executive team as the representative of the MG generation.

As I gave lectures and gained many experiences, I was reborn as a powerful office worker. One day, after 5 years, I left my first job, Samsung Electronics.

The reason I left my first job, which I was very attached to, was because from the time I joined the company, I was a member of Samsung Electronics. I had no intention of burying my bones .

I was a person who believed that there would be no job for the rest of my life and was open to many possibilities for my further growth.

However, I had a goal to reach a point where I was confident in myself and to be recognized as a person who does a good job of taxidermy.

By the 3rd or 4th year, I had developed my own opinion and direction, gained know-how, and actually achieved numerical results and received recognition from the team and the manager, so I felt like I had built up some confidence in myself.

After that, my growth curve became gentle. I felt that even if I worked here for another 5, 6, or 7 years, I would still be doing the same work as the deputy manager sitting across from me.

So what more can I learn? Of course, there will be other new experiences, but if I take on a different challenge in a different place, I thought there would be a greater scope for experience and growth.

That's how I changed my first job. The destination was TikTok. From the headquarters of a large domestic company to the Korean subsidiary of a global large company.

From manufacturing to IT platform. From sales management to real sales. In some ways, it seems like a completely different field, but also, it was a new challenge that wasn't different at all, but I thought it would be fun, and more than anything, my friends at the company who knew my vibrant energy told me that it was a perfect fit for me, so I was really excited even before joining the company.

So, I worked on the TikTok sales team to manage advertising sales on the platform.

I will begin my work as a partnership manager in charge.

Commute to Gangnam, 20 minutes away from home. Experience a truly horizontal organization in an organization with many people born in the 90s.

As well as fancy and exciting on-campus events that I could not have imagined at Samsung. Meeting clients from different industries, looking into their businesses, and even going on field trips to different offices were all eye-opening and fun for me.

The first three months here as an experienced employee were 23 years after joining Samsung Electronics. I, who was only looking into the home appliance business, had to absorb a lot of information about the online platform and video service industry, the advertising industry, and various types of advertising solutions , attract advertisers, and apply and transform the information I absorbed every time.

I had to apply it. Above all, I was completely responsible for the category I was in charge of without anyone teaching me.

It was like experiencing a small part on my own. Also, when meeting with advertisers, I had to be able to answer questions without hesitation as an expert. My performance was directly related to my compensation.

The more I increased sales, the more my salary changed, and if I didn't achieve my goal, my performance bonus became 0, So, I had no choice but to take on a huge responsibility.

That may be stressful for some, but for me, even that was fun.

It was something I could never experience at my previous job. I spent the first year learning a lot, meeting challenges, growing, and enjoying the atmosphere of the new company.

As I entered my second year, the category I was in charge of had grown so much that I had a team with several people in charge. I became the person in charge of the largest sales in the company.

Suddenly, I became a relatively senior member of the organization and my voice grew louder. As I gained confidence, I became accustomed to meetings, and as I became greedy, I even gave up my job.

I went on business trips to nurture my relationships overseas. I achieved good results in a very stable environment with close and comfortable people , and by the end of my second year, I had become a seasoned professional who was familiar with everything and had done everything.

However, for some people, that stability may not be something they want to last for a long time, but I guess that wasn't the case for me for two and a half years. I've done everything I've ever had to do, and I've achieved growth so high that I can't grow any further, and I've been recognized, and I'm already too familiar with the work, and I'm continuing to work hard based on inertia, but since there's no new stimulation, it's no longer fun.

It's just boring. At some point, I felt the growth I felt at Samsung.

I started to feel the limits of the curve. Even if I stayed here for another year or two, of course new things would continue to happen, but I didn't think I would feel like I was growing much.

Maybe it was the nature of the industry, but the tenure was short, and I looked at my colleagues leaving after one or two years.

I felt anxious for no reason, and the company was expecting more and more from me, but I honestly felt pressured that it would be difficult to do as well in the future at the speed and extent I had done so far.

And when I first chose TikTok, just as I chose it because I thought it would be fun, I applied to the one place that resonated with me, and I was very thankful that I was finally accepted.

I actually thought about it until the end even after receiving the final acceptance notification.

Honestly, TikTok is a great place for me. It was a place where I sometimes looked forward to going to work on Monday on the weekend. It was so comfortable and nice.

I could have gone there more, but it was difficult to compare the new company and TikTok at this time and decide whether this place was absolutely better.

But now I'm very used to it. At this moment, when I felt like I was becoming a bit lazy, I thought that I would really not like it if I stayed here.

As I became the most senior person here and became more comfortable and accustomed to this place, I also thought that I would not be able to leave when I really had to leave.

Let's leave when applause is in place while keeping this in mind.

I came to think that it was good and wise for me to leave when I could, not because I wanted to escape from the company someday, but because I still love the company, but because it was a choice I could make for my own growth.

I think I'll be doing a lot different work than I did before, so I'm worried, but I also think it'll be a lot of fun.

So, I'm going on a new journey. I'm worried and nervous about whether I can do well in a completely new place, but I'll do it well.

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