A Civil Engineer trying the Steemit World

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Hi everyone! I am so excited to be with this community. I am Dee Monica, and I am an aspiring writer. I have tried writing ever since I was in college but failed to publish anything. This site was referred to me by my sister, @iamrosallie and thought this is a good opportunity for me to pursue my writing passion. I have not written anything in years, and I am a bit nervous of how to start. Maybe this would be a good way. 

My Years As A Corporate Slave

I used to write novels and short stories when I was in College, mostly from my experience. And then, I became employed. I am a Civil Engineer and was a corporate slave for almost 6 years. I rarely had time for my family. I barely had time to sleep, so I had to stop writing. For 6 long years, I worked by butt off to be able to provide for my family. My loyalty to my employer was so solid I did not even realize that I had missed many opportunities. I had to spend all of my birthdays at work because I was saving my leave to be able to go home on long holidays (yes, I work Sundays and Holidays too). My only goal then was to receive the 5-year loyalty award (I know, boring!). But when that time came, they forgot about it. I was just given a lame excuse and was told I will be given an award the following year. I tried my best to stay, but the passion was already gone. I decided to quit. A few weeks later, I formed my own company with a group of friends.

My Life With My Own Company

My company is now 1 year and 9 months old and we have designed and built more than 10 houses, 6 land development and started 4 small communities. We have 10 employees now and still hiring more. I still have little free time but I make sure to give my undivided attention for 1 whole week every month to my family. I have also done quite some travelling with my partner (which I have never done during my first 6 years of employment). I hope to share them with you in my future post.

Don’t forget to follow me @deemonica

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Hello from a fellow civil engineer. Welcome to Steemit . :)

Thanks @iliasdiamantis! :) Nice to meet you here.

@deemonica welcome to steemit. Keep writing. 😊😊😊

Welcome to steemit @deemonica. That's d spirit. Keep writing. I've sent you a tip and given you an upvote

Thank you for the tip... I will keep writing. :)

Hey there , how are you doing, it is great to have you here , I hope you have a great time here as you contribute to the community,I hope you have a great time here and I would be looking forward to reading more of your post , would be here to support you.
Im @janrotas feel free to check out my page ,i am sure you would find something that interest you , do follow also , looking forward to being good friends . Do have a great time
Cheers !

Hi @janrotas! Thanks :) You have some strong points in your posts. Hope to be friends with you.

Would be great , Im following your blog, would be supporting your post when I see them , would be great if you can do the same as well

Hi @janrotas. I have already followed you. Reading your blogs right now. Thanks for the support. Will do the same. :)

Ok thanks for reading m would really like to talk more , how do I find you on the steem chat?

I am using the same username for steem chat. You can message me @deemonica :)

Welcome to Steem @deemonica I have upvoted and sent you a tip

Thanks @bottymcbotcafe! :) I am inspired already to write more.

Hello from a fellow Civil engineer.... It's amazing here on steemit as you can also share all that is about slabs and beams and columns... Lol. It's good to have you here. You sure gonna love it. Welcome on board.

Hi @phait. It's good to meet a fellow CE. Thanks :)

Hi @deemonica
I really love your well informed introduction.

Thanks for telling us about yourself.
Steemit is a wonderful social media community, at first, growing up your steemit account may be difficult but don't give up
I’m Kingsley, I’m a graphic designer and a writer.
You're very welcome to steemit. I wish you success. I hope you'll enjoy steemit as time goes on. I'll like to follow you so I can share ideas with you here on steemit. I'm now following you. Feel free to follow me back if you want.
@kingsley-clement

Hi Kingsley! :) I've followed you already. I think you will also bond well with my sister @iamrosallie. She has more knowledge of the bible than I do. She speaks at our church often.

wow! I took civil engineering before my present course, ece. Glad to know you @deeminica. Welcome to Steemit! 😎😎

What is your present course @themanualbot? Nice to meet you.

Electronics Engr'ng. 😎😎 likewise!

Nice! :) Kudos to all Engineers!

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Awesome post - welcome! It's exciting to see that you are taking some steps to pursue the passion that you have for writing - steemit is definitely an awesome community for that as I'm sure you'll realize soon or have already realized! Is that a photo of one of the houses that your company has designed and built? It looks very neat! Keep it up!

I am overwhelmed by the comments I got. Already very inspired to write more. :) As for the house, that's one of the newly finished houses we currently are working on. The owner seems to also love our finished product. Thanks @shawkr13.