Last week, my entire team was out including my manager.

I had to define the roadmap for Q4 and present it to everyone along with my skip level manager (Sr Director).

Now with 12 hour time difference, the call was scheduled at 04:30 AM India time.

Now since I am new, this was my first time (an opportunity to build trust), one off event, and some new learning experience, I decided to give it a shot because I am professional enough to fill in during critical times.

Everything went well.

I come back from vaccine break and this happened: https://devrant.com/rants/4595608/...

Now here is the interesting part. I had my 1:1 with my manager yesterday and she asked me the details of how things went the previous week yada yada..

Then she proceeds to tell me that Sr Director and herself are super impressed with me and by my work.

She was like, "we are thankful that we have you because after the lead left, you managed everything so well"

Then proceeds to asks me, "You had a conversation with lead that you'd be open to relocation. She mentioned me before she quit. Do you think that if you are with the team in US, you'd be able to perform better?"

I agree and tell her that in person socialising is a key tool that helps me a lot in my job.

Manager: "Cool. If you ever want to move to US or anywhere, just let me or Sr Director know and we'd be happy to do so. It's very easy and can be done quickly."

Me: "Do you mean visiting different offices or relocating full time?"

Manager: "Both."

For someone like me, coming from a third world nation who has seen nothing but hardship, this was one of the most rewarding career experience I have had. The decision lies with me. And she asked me that as soon COVID is over, I'll have to frequently visit different offices around the world.

This is my third international offer in 1.5 years that too in times of COVID. All by themselves and I wasn't even looking for them.

Holy fuck! Now I feel more confident and valued for my work.

Hard work is indeed paying off