Here comes the change for J.F. Houpert

    After a week and a half of rest and relaxation, my transformation from truck equipment salesmen to an SEO consultant is almost here.

Monday morning at 8:00 AM I will be hopping on the metro and making my way to the La Presse building in old Montreal, for what I feel will be the start of a new and exiting chapter in my life.

I have to admit, I am terrified, exited and curious. I don't know what to expect, I will be working with a team who seems at first glance to be motivated, and driven to succeed. I know this is going to hard work and it's going to push me to get the best out of myself, something that I must admit I haven't done in quite some time. You see my time spent in the trucking industry was not the happiest time in my professional life, barring a few exceptions the people I worked with were not people I enjoyed spending time with. Our cultural and ideological differences were too great to bridge. I had trouble adjusting to the rural Quebec mentality that the people in the industry seem to be so proud of, the thinly and I mean thinly veiled racism, sexism and fear of anything other then their norm was hard for me to deal with. I also had issues with the fact that I could not have a social conversation about anything, other the usual pleasantries one talks about with strangers.

 

But that chapter in my life is now behind me, it was a short chapter and I know that the next one will be much longer and much more interesting. The world I heading into (Search Engine Marketing) seems to be populated with people that are vibrant, living life to the fullest while still working hard to accomplish their goals. Don't get me wrong I know this is still work and it will have its good days and bad days if it didn't it wouldn't be called work. But I do believe the atmosphere will be a healthier one. If anything it will be an interesting one. I know that not to many people read this (Google Analytics) but I do want to thank Wendy Best for making my last few months in the truck business liveable. I also want to thank my friends and family for their support in this time of change, I also want to extend a very special thanks to Radu and Nath for helping me make this change.