4 Years – Life has taken a toll in 4 years… and still it goes on coz that is the way it is supposed to be…
It was on the 25th of Feb 2006, a lazy day and I was just looking at some papers to prepare for a Call Center Interview at Dell… Hoping that this would save my life from being jobless, save my family from getting poorer… This day, my college friend whom I never thought as a friend then, called and informed about a lucrative opportunity at a company called Satyam doing an Off-Campus at Bangalore. I ran to grab the chance and guess what??? Here I am… 4 years with Satyam has meant to me a lot!
Days before 25th Feb have been worse. With brutal pains to the heart and to the soul, losing dignity in front of 100 offices at MG Road, distributing resumes to unknown faces just for the job, just for my life. Someone at a call center showed sympathy on my suffering and I was there in the Tech support doing Hardware and Network support for Internet people at the far west. Learning was then good, accent improvised, confidence raised but not as much as my self-esteem. I had to run away from the job that served me food in just 3 months because of the physical suffering of travelling 25kms alone with a drunken driver.
Life toppled down and there came people with influences. People who could only say there is a way, and never showed which way. Months rolled by until 25th Feb with nothing in life, just cooking and suffering. 25th Feb was the Technical round and 26th the GD and HR. I know I did well and impressed the HR with my song ‘Narumugaye’. I was so much at ease with the Lady HR, I was so stupid to have never remembered her name. At exactly 09:50 PM on 26th Feb 2006, there was my name announced over the mike, and I turned to look at unknown faces to make sure they called me. We were dumped in a room for an intro on the job. I was shocked it was Hyderabad, but hey, I am going to be in IT.
27th March 2006, the day I was in the induction hall, in my pale yellow churidhar, the only good dress I ever managed. It was the day I was scared about, I was happy about all at the same time. And Yes my God, I was in IT.
Tuesday’s were my horrible days during the week, because we were supposed to be in formals and pants and shirts were foreign to me. I owned one lone cotton slack and 2 shirts I detest. But I made myself at ease by not loitering around the corridors on Tuesdays and made sure I skip my coffee and breakfast.
It was during this time, I woke up at 4:00 AM, get ready and leave for office with just a cup of tea. I walked about 2 kms to get to the bus stop and was at office at exactly 06:30 AM. I never eat nor drink during the break and I go home at 3:00 PM, have my lunch and stare at the ceiling. This was my everyday routine until I met some friends, all compatible and good at heart. I shifted my seat and became close to them and that’s when I found life was fun. I roamed through the lake and ate at nice places and found that there is something in life that needs a break.
I made good friends and I am happy about it. 4 years have passed and we are still the closest. I gave away few things in life and took some with me that I felt would last with me forever. I learnt new language and wished I would be a new me.
Sep 2006, I stepped in at Chennai, with lot of dreams on my first project. I was not given a very good opportunity but I did learn a lot. The last few months on the project was so nice, coz we were then very small in team size and we were the kings. This was my learning period with good exposure to what I hold now. I got released in Aug 2007 and was roaming around in bench when my 2nd project called and here still I am.
Life has toppled from what it was before and I feel 4 years to me has had a lot of happenings. I wish I could be more tomorrow and the years to come, but 4 years and IT have given me special things in life that I could never forget. 4 years at Satyam and the reason I am relishing this moment!
It was on the 25th of Feb 2006, a lazy day and I was just looking at some papers to prepare for a Call Center Interview at Dell… Hoping that this would save my life from being jobless, save my family from getting poorer… This day, my college friend whom I never thought as a friend then, called and informed about a lucrative opportunity at a company called Satyam doing an Off-Campus at Bangalore. I ran to grab the chance and guess what??? Here I am… 4 years with Satyam has meant to me a lot!
Days before 25th Feb have been worse. With brutal pains to the heart and to the soul, losing dignity in front of 100 offices at MG Road, distributing resumes to unknown faces just for the job, just for my life. Someone at a call center showed sympathy on my suffering and I was there in the Tech support doing Hardware and Network support for Internet people at the far west. Learning was then good, accent improvised, confidence raised but not as much as my self-esteem. I had to run away from the job that served me food in just 3 months because of the physical suffering of travelling 25kms alone with a drunken driver.
Life toppled down and there came people with influences. People who could only say there is a way, and never showed which way. Months rolled by until 25th Feb with nothing in life, just cooking and suffering. 25th Feb was the Technical round and 26th the GD and HR. I know I did well and impressed the HR with my song ‘Narumugaye’. I was so much at ease with the Lady HR, I was so stupid to have never remembered her name. At exactly 09:50 PM on 26th Feb 2006, there was my name announced over the mike, and I turned to look at unknown faces to make sure they called me. We were dumped in a room for an intro on the job. I was shocked it was Hyderabad, but hey, I am going to be in IT.
27th March 2006, the day I was in the induction hall, in my pale yellow churidhar, the only good dress I ever managed. It was the day I was scared about, I was happy about all at the same time. And Yes my God, I was in IT.
Tuesday’s were my horrible days during the week, because we were supposed to be in formals and pants and shirts were foreign to me. I owned one lone cotton slack and 2 shirts I detest. But I made myself at ease by not loitering around the corridors on Tuesdays and made sure I skip my coffee and breakfast.
It was during this time, I woke up at 4:00 AM, get ready and leave for office with just a cup of tea. I walked about 2 kms to get to the bus stop and was at office at exactly 06:30 AM. I never eat nor drink during the break and I go home at 3:00 PM, have my lunch and stare at the ceiling. This was my everyday routine until I met some friends, all compatible and good at heart. I shifted my seat and became close to them and that’s when I found life was fun. I roamed through the lake and ate at nice places and found that there is something in life that needs a break.
I made good friends and I am happy about it. 4 years have passed and we are still the closest. I gave away few things in life and took some with me that I felt would last with me forever. I learnt new language and wished I would be a new me.
Sep 2006, I stepped in at Chennai, with lot of dreams on my first project. I was not given a very good opportunity but I did learn a lot. The last few months on the project was so nice, coz we were then very small in team size and we were the kings. This was my learning period with good exposure to what I hold now. I got released in Aug 2007 and was roaming around in bench when my 2nd project called and here still I am.
Life has toppled from what it was before and I feel 4 years to me has had a lot of happenings. I wish I could be more tomorrow and the years to come, but 4 years and IT have given me special things in life that I could never forget. 4 years at Satyam and the reason I am relishing this moment!
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