I was in an examination hall and surprisingly I was answering to all the questions, fired at me by IIMs puzzle-masters' brainteasers. Thought came into my mind that this tie, I m surely going to make into the biggest of BIG B schools and then suddenly a harsh cacophony hit my ears, and shockingly I fell down from my bench and vroom … Off I came out of my dream, and that sound I heard was nothing but that of an alarm clock in my mobile phone…
Well, 6 AM in the morning and looking forward to another day of monotonous work along with 70000 odd other people all around the globe working for Infosys and of course , far far away from that IIM-A dreams ;-)…. had a long weekend as Christmas fell on Monday giving me 3 consecutive ALARM-CLOCK less sleep…
Still in my sleep mode, I reach FC of MCity, take a coupon for idly wada and coffee (what else)… hmmhmm… that’s the best meal of a day… those crunchy medu-wadas, fluffy idlies, delicious coconut chutney, and the aroma of filter coffee gives a kick start to the day, but doesn’t last for long as after that breakfast, when I push my body resting on those poor legs towards my office, I wonder how legs get heavier and heavier as I approach nearer to my desk.
Finally, after that marathon walk (at snails pace) from FC to my desk, I turn on my PC to see that my account is over its size limits, thanks to all the workless fellows or rather euphemistically speaking, all of my colleagues who are in bench phase of their SJLC (software job life cycle)…
Well, being a part of that flock of 1250 odd herd of donkeys (or is it Software Engineers, .. well, not much difference, both are made to work like mad) taken in Infy on 26 June, breaking all sorts of world record...Most of the mails which choked up my account were greeting happy half-anniversary at Infosys. I was wondering how these 6 months had passed so quickly because of the wonderful friends I had made and I really cherish my time being with them. I am really grateful to all of them and especially our very own Amey Kelkar...urf ‘baba’, ‘ keli’,… etc, who used to always remind me of completion of office hours at sharp 5:45 and force me out of the training room by saying, actually shouting his trademark sentence 'Chal Malay, nikalte hain…' (man , I am longing to hear that again,,,,heheh) … Arguing with him was always futile because of his quick laconic reply…
Well, coming back to 26 Dec 2006, it was also a 2nd anniversary of that disastrous catastrophe called Tsunami that hit the eastern shores of India… 2 yrs (24 months) of Tsunami and 6 months of our stint at Infosys… Statistically, calculating 24 months to 6 months , the result concludes that we are 25% as dangerous as Tsunami. So you can imagine the fate of Infosys few years down the line...(I advise all shareholders of Infosys to sell all Infy shares off… ;-) ) … I was really sympathetic towards directors and stakeholders of Infosys…
But that fear didn’t last long as I looked around me and observed all workaholics, south Indian engineers persevering …
Suddenly a thought of bearish run of infy transformed into a bullish one (ok… I take back my advice…. U can hold onto ur Infy shares) … and I Don’t think any things going to happen to Infy in a near future too, because the way engineers are getting manufactured here in the colleges (found at every nook and corner on the outskirts of the city) ,that if one extrapolates the growth of these technical professionals, by 2030, 90% of the south Indian population will be engineers ( I have left 10 % because they would be those kids looking forward to become engineers).
That day is not far when you will see ads in news-paper, where they will show requirements for electronics engineer to fill up an electrician’s place, a mechanical engineer for tightening wheels of the car, and a civil engineer at a building site for mixing cement and water…
That’s all for this blog of mine guys, or else my PMs gonna make me measly paid computer repairman, demoting me from a fairly paid\nlife of a software engineer… well, it wouldn’t be that bad either(may be I will have some challenging thing in that job.. ;- ) ) …adios…
Well, 6 AM in the morning and looking forward to another day of monotonous work along with 70000 odd other people all around the globe working for Infosys and of course , far far away from that IIM-A dreams ;-)…. had a long weekend as Christmas fell on Monday giving me 3 consecutive ALARM-CLOCK less sleep…
Still in my sleep mode, I reach FC of MCity, take a coupon for idly wada and coffee (what else)… hmmhmm… that’s the best meal of a day… those crunchy medu-wadas, fluffy idlies, delicious coconut chutney, and the aroma of filter coffee gives a kick start to the day, but doesn’t last for long as after that breakfast, when I push my body resting on those poor legs towards my office, I wonder how legs get heavier and heavier as I approach nearer to my desk.
Finally, after that marathon walk (at snails pace) from FC to my desk, I turn on my PC to see that my account is over its size limits, thanks to all the workless fellows or rather euphemistically speaking, all of my colleagues who are in bench phase of their SJLC (software job life cycle)…
Well, being a part of that flock of 1250 odd herd of donkeys (or is it Software Engineers, .. well, not much difference, both are made to work like mad) taken in Infy on 26 June, breaking all sorts of world record...Most of the mails which choked up my account were greeting happy half-anniversary at Infosys. I was wondering how these 6 months had passed so quickly because of the wonderful friends I had made and I really cherish my time being with them. I am really grateful to all of them and especially our very own Amey Kelkar...urf ‘baba’, ‘ keli’,… etc, who used to always remind me of completion of office hours at sharp 5:45 and force me out of the training room by saying, actually shouting his trademark sentence 'Chal Malay, nikalte hain…' (man , I am longing to hear that again,,,,heheh) … Arguing with him was always futile because of his quick laconic reply…
Well, coming back to 26 Dec 2006, it was also a 2nd anniversary of that disastrous catastrophe called Tsunami that hit the eastern shores of India… 2 yrs (24 months) of Tsunami and 6 months of our stint at Infosys… Statistically, calculating 24 months to 6 months , the result concludes that we are 25% as dangerous as Tsunami. So you can imagine the fate of Infosys few years down the line...(I advise all shareholders of Infosys to sell all Infy shares off… ;-) ) … I was really sympathetic towards directors and stakeholders of Infosys…
But that fear didn’t last long as I looked around me and observed all workaholics, south Indian engineers persevering …
Suddenly a thought of bearish run of infy transformed into a bullish one (ok… I take back my advice…. U can hold onto ur Infy shares) … and I Don’t think any things going to happen to Infy in a near future too, because the way engineers are getting manufactured here in the colleges (found at every nook and corner on the outskirts of the city) ,that if one extrapolates the growth of these technical professionals, by 2030, 90% of the south Indian population will be engineers ( I have left 10 % because they would be those kids looking forward to become engineers).
That day is not far when you will see ads in news-paper, where they will show requirements for electronics engineer to fill up an electrician’s place, a mechanical engineer for tightening wheels of the car, and a civil engineer at a building site for mixing cement and water…
That’s all for this blog of mine guys, or else my PMs gonna make me measly paid computer repairman, demoting me from a fairly paid\nlife of a software engineer… well, it wouldn’t be that bad either(may be I will have some challenging thing in that job.. ;- ) ) …adios…
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