A job in the medical field can be both tremendously tiring yet incredibly rewarding – and that’s no different for Amanda Chong.
A sales & marketing manager of medical implants with a passion for flower-arranging, Amanda has always had a few goals in mind: to grow her company, evolve her skillset, and live a contented, fulfilling life. Since starting her career as a junior implant specialist in a local medical company, her profession has given her plenty of opportunities for fulfillment & growth – being promoted to a senior specialist in just two years, and then a sales manager, and finally elected to leave her company to start a new one alongside 2 partners.
Amanda says that the happiest points of her career have been watching the fruits of her labor pay off, and seeing patients doing well & improving their quality of life from the implants she gives them.
But while she’s grateful & proud of where her career has landed her so far, that doesn’t mean the journey was entire without struggle. The process of setting up a new company, for example, had its fair share of difficulties; as Amanda had to fully understand the people involved, create a healthy working culture, and lay a solid foundation for the backend staff.
For Amanda, the experience would prove to be both challenging and enlightening, teaching her the importance of versatility.
Despite the heights she & her colleagues have reached thus far, she still strives to impart her learned knowledge to a bigger team, provide more innovative & science-proven medical equipment to those who need it, and cultivate the medical company into one of the largest in Malaysia.
Unfortunately, this goal would come with it’s slew of challenges: these being muscle soreness & fatigue from long hours in the operating theatre.
After a hard day of work, Amanda describes how she would sometimes suffer bouts of aches & pains, and the toll this would have on her work performance.
“Sometimes I tend to feel very lethargic after long working days, and it makes me feel that my productivity is reduced due to that,” she says.