486G!

So first year is over, and I’d like to be the first one say “Hold the phone, still got exams!” As annoying as exams are, they exist and they are mandatory (for passing). However, for this post I have decided to ignore them for the sake of a summary of the years events, particularly the completion of the pilot class of 486G.

First of all, a few posts back I mentioned I created a survey, trying to seriously discover more about myself. Of course no one took me seriously. Without further adieu I present you with a uncensored opinion of what my friends think of the question  “What is the number one thing you think I’m good at?”:

Apparently, I'm best at these things.

If this survey has taught me anything, I think it’s taught me to take life a little easy. Even when being serious, there should always be a little room for some fooling around, or some form of stress relief. For example, I look back on this serious endeavour of mine and read “gettin down and dirty.” I laugh to myself and think “this is what I’m best at?” I guess everything in there holds some truth (minus the gay part, that holds no truth). Being a boss might very well relate to my leading abilities, being awesome might refer to my personality, and making short surveys could relate to…well, that probably relates to the fact I made a short survey. Anyways, what this has taught me so far is: I’m surrounded by people with a good sense of humour and they all like me enough to do my survey. This itself tells me I’m a pretty sociable guy who happens to get along with most people.

Anyways, this self discovery sort of adds to 486’s concept. Using what I know and what I learned, I had the ability to compare my skills and personality to all the different sectors of industry we covered. Although I do want to be a pilot, not an accountant, I believe there are some specializations which align with piloting. This course broadened my perceptive (Before I didn’t know what MIS or TLOG was). By broadening my perspective, it brought me one step closer to choosing my specialization and therefore another step closer to piloting.

Despite the dozens of assignments, and frequent activities accompanying this class, I thought it was a good experience. I sort of feel a sense of accomplishment now, having finished all the work (almost). This experiences I gained, the skills I learned, and the people I met through this class will be invaluable in the next 4 years. Thank you Mr. Cubbon and Mr. Kroeker

PS. Remember my Stock Experiment from a while back? I’m up 0.1%…Better than nothing I suppose. Way to go Google search analysts!!!

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