A Good Start

When I came back from the US in 2003, I told myself one thing – that I would never ever get into a job that I didn’t feel was perfect for me. With a little patience, I knew “The Job” would eventually come. Imagine my excitement when my good friend told me Summit Media was planning to bring in a video game magazine.

Knowing there weren’t a lot of videogame journalists in the country, I took a chance and was given an appointment for an interview by Summit Media publisher Lisa Gokongwei. I thought interview went well, as I was readily able to answer every question that was thrown at me. It was a week later that I heard from her again regarding the status of my application.

“I have already found someone who is perfect for the job, as he was the former editor of PC Gamer Philippines”. Ouch. She continued, “… but I’m sure you would make a valuable addition to the staff. I will forward your resume to all the people involved”.

Being one not to quit, I waited patiently for the next 2 months. I knew I wanted to be part of Summit Media and was willing to do everything I could to be part of it. It was sometime in April that I got a call from someone in Summit about another position. While there was already an editorial staff in place for the videogame magazine, they did not have anyone to spearhead the launch and oversee the daily business operations of the magazine. Around the last week of March, I underwent another series of interviews from bosses at the publishing department and was asked to submit marketing plans.

I ended up sending an e-mail at around 4:30 pm the Tuesday afternoon a week after. At around 6 pm the same day, I received a phonecall from Summit asking me to come in the next day. At around 10:30 am that Wednesday morning, I had officially accepted an offer to become a publishing assistant for the best magazine publishing company in the country. It would turn out to be 4 fruitful years of learning from the very best.

*I will always be grateful for my friend Liz Claudio’s help. If not for her, I would never have gotten into Summit.

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