I started at 16 yo because I wanted to buy my first Nike basketball shoes and I haven’t stopped ever since. It’s been wild and crazy and quite challenging.
My first job experience launched me to the market by working at Apolonia supermarket in Lagoa in 2015, and that was my first real touch with âšstressâš. The long story short was really just that I wanted to get a new pair of Nike sneakers that looked pretty, to play basketball and my dad’s budget was not enough to get the ones I wanted, so as a way above average father, he said ââDo you want the expensive shoes? work for themââ, what a lesson to be honest, what a lesson.
That summer was hell and a lot of fun, at the time, little Isa people pleaser really just wanted make a lot of lemonade with the lemons and it ended up developĂŹng my character to the whole next level. I worked pretty much alone the whole summer, and I was responsible for two corridorsâŠI was 16. I was already pretty badass.
Things got intense, people pleasers are absolutely terrified to make the others angry, and that was me, trying to get colleagues, bosses and clients happy. I did amazingly and they called me the next summer to return.
I didnât.
In 2016 and 2017 I had the absolutely Elite Summer Job, and I worked as a lifeguard at Aqualand in Alcantarilha. Absolutely the best two summers of my youth. Easy money, lots of fun, amazing team, and super chill job. As a people pleaser, Little Isa still managed a lot of stress in order to make colleagues, bosses and clients happy again. But at a waterpark, life is way happier I must say.
Then the adulthood strove and life got all complicated and I finally started to create my version of Adult Premium, and that has been quite an amazing ride.
In 2017, one week after my last day on Aqualand and first day of college I started my love and hate story with Decathlon, in Faro, where I worked with Sales and Customer Support while I was living alone for the first time and doing my Degree in Sciences of Communication. What an experience, I never dealt with people like I did there, it lasted 3 years. I moved teams twice and I think I did pretty great there, being a people pleaser while working with customer support is actually quite useful and helped handle pretty f*cked up situations and it definitely helped me deal with the stupidity and lack of empathy that people have. I am joking but not⊠If you know, you know.
Summer of 2018 was another moment of insanity, I was one temporary contract away from my permanent contract at Decathlon, so I couldnât go live my best life at Aqualand again, so I joined for almost 3 months the Cinema NOS at Forum Algarve and I had 2 part time jobs on that summer. The work was pretty stressful, time management was exhaustive and somehow I managed it pretty well. I stopped eating popcorn for some months haha And oh goshâŠ. I was rich hahaha believe it or not, it was still quite fun, and I got the best compliments on the movies theater, people told me I was extremely nice and I had one hell of a beautiful smile, you can ask my friend Mario, he was shocked, everytime someone said it, I was selling extra M&Mâs on the popcorn buckets. Pretty awesome for someone who was working from 8am to 1am almost everyday. I told you, I am badass since always. Summer job was over. Got back to school and got my first permanent job. Until 2020, when I finished my degree and I FINALLY gave my first resignation letter. At this time I was already with the sort of hate relationship with Decathlon, things got exhaustive, covid made it messy, everyone got a bit crazy. Resigning from something that is messing up with your mental health to chase for your dreams and goals is something that I will always stand up for.
In 2020 I finished my degree, and moved to Lisbon. Oh Lisbon, I love you and I miss you. What a beautiful time of my life. Lisbon gave me a lot. And also took a lot. I regret absolutely nothing. I moved there with the help of my waaay above average dad, that said ââ I can afford to support you money wise for 3 months, but then you need to find somethingââ In the end, he really just helped for 1 month of rent and then I got my shit together (He is extremely proud of that and you can ask him, he will tell you all about it), and started my short and absolutely painful journey at Ericeira Colombo, and that was my first and hopefully last Shopping Center experience. I stayed there for around 3 months, and it really traumatized me until today. Moving from a small town to the capital, really showed me the massive difference of realities and mentalities, the lack of empathy I found there was absurd, but well a girl gotta do what a girl gotta do, and that was just a step on the ladder you know?Â
Finally 2021 arrived and it came with my first corporate and remote life, and I am completely addicted. I started at Cognizant as a Video Content Analyst, which was the funniest job I had, really itâs so funny the crazy shit people post online, but that wasnât for me, I still needed more and different. Finally my big shot arrived, 2022 was the second most chaotic year of my life, between a lot, and I mean A LOT of chaos, I got my first promotion ever and I became a Digital Marketing Specialist, stayed there for 6 months and then I moved to Barcelona to help opening the site, and that brought sooooooo many stories that I advise you to stay tuned to the blog to laugh a bit hehe This experience brought so much experience and knowledge, I mean⊠who the fucks know what a pivot table is? Well, I do now hahaha In the middle of all of this, I also did Freelance Social Media Gigs, which were also pretty important in my career development, and now here I am from my laptop sitting on the couch writing this weird CV version. Now I am looking for the next step, where I can apply all my soft skills that being an adult premium got me. If you guys want to know the professional version of it, just email me or write to me on my linked in, I swear I am a great professional, but my blog has to be a creative mirror of my sarcastic soul.Â
Ah a must know about me: 2022 saved my identity, I started therapy, I am no longer a people pleaser. Adulthood premiumhood made me learn how to put limits to others and to myself. Everything is work in progress. But this has to be a highlight on my career ladder. Getting to know myself in a deeper way really affects how I deal with stuff and how I communicate in general.