When we were kings...
Posted by Ahmed Mustafa , Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:58 AM
this post is dedicated to MY people...
Very few people are blessed to have a perfect start to their careers, and even fewer are lucky enough to find friends on their team. I realized yesterday evening that I was blessed with both.
From 2006 till the end of 2008 my life was governed by the rollercoaster that most business students refer to as the booming telecom period. Mobilink had loads of competitors, there were price cuts left right and center, massive investment in Pakistans economy and possibly the highest ATLspend that Pakistani channels had ever seen. Heck, our group of five telcos are probably responsible for the birth and death of most channels that we see on our screens today. But during all this craziness, our humbling factor remained the brand team on mobilinks marketing floor.
Call it an orgy of sorts, but the amount of haywire talent that made up our team will possibly never be witnessed in any other department or any other team in ANY other company EVER again.
The great thing is we've all moved on since then - doing what we all want to do, at better schools and at better organizations. But for as long as we were there, nobody was better than us. Nobody was as crazy, as fun or as frustrated as we were. But we were the kings of our trade and boy did we have fun.
So Sadaf, Khurram, Saad, Sumera, Asad, Bano, Bassam, Noman, Akbar, Saud, Oogie, Fifi and Sobia - this ones for you - MY people. I only wish that we be all be lucky enough to work together again!
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