Working with Dad..

I had mentioned in my earlier post that i was super anxious about joining dad's office, only because i was afraid of being judged and tagged as the 'boss's daughter'. Well, for one I was welcomed warmly and started learning from Day 1 itself. The gentleman i will work with is very patient and eager to explain. He has brilliant ideas and i just hope i will be able to do justice to his ideas and in the process be able to create some of my own. My dad's business is a very simple one of manufacturing and trading surface protection adhesive tapes. We make just one kind of tape and cater mainly to the steel industry. I was so surprised to learn that our product is used for a temporary purpose, that of protecting the surface until the finished product is used and then is simply peeled off. Even then there is a roaring market for it. We'r just a tiny and minute segment of the market. But inside this market there is a variety of products that can be dealt in.
Well, as and when i learn more about the business, il be able to write a seperate post describing it all. At the moment i dont have much to do, and blogging is my new hobby as well as a way to use time well. So im writing about whats in my head right now.
Its good to have a routine and to dress up everyday, when its your own office u have to go to. I dread the day already when i will have to work in another company. Although, before this until a few month ago i was dead against joining dad. I found what he is doing dull and boring. But on the contrary, i find what i was doing dull and boring, studying for CA over and over again. Now its awesome to learn something new and be able to revel in the fact that im actually in the process of becoming a businesswoman. Its a very noble feeling, if i may put it so.
My dad started this business on his own with a lot of guidance from his father and a lot of hitches and hiccups on the way. He worked with some people who were not good for him or the business, and now he stands alone on the top. However small our concern maybe, it has been built with a lot of hardwork and faith in God. And it is dad's as well as my own intention that no outsider should take over it. I will on an emotional as well as a realistic note sit in his chair one day.
Well, i did go off on another tangent altogether. But this is the start of the second week at work, and i feel good. :)