Time flies, but the memories collected along the way can never be replaced. ~Random
The day has finally come when I complete one year of
economic independence and professional life. It is amazing how time flies by;
one year back I was just a college pass out and now I am a professional. This
one year may well be one of the best years after super cool College life as for
most part of it, we were always treated like college students only. In this one
year, life taught me so many things. Some were learnt the easy way and some were
imbibed in the hardest possible ways.
The thing they taught us on first day of CORPORATE LIFE was “Be
Friendly with everyone but, Friends with no one.” This line alone should tell
you the bitter truth of corporate life. The
life which I chose myself over many other options, just because I wanted to
work, wanted to innovate, wanted to utilize my intelligence, etc. But, one year
down the line, I know that corporate is nothing but doing the same thing over
and over again or just sitting all day and sending mail chains. This sometimes
make me think, was this really what I wanted for my life.
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| Unpacking my new Dell Inspiron 14R |
One of the biggest disasters of this one year was the loss of my laptop (R.I.P).
I never was so careless in my life, even to lose a single pen, but this time I
lost one full bag carrying my lappy, hard disks, photon and other stuff. This
really came as a shocker to me and almost ruined the joy of going back to my
home and meeting my parents. However, I became much more responsible after this
and saved money to buy a new Dell Laptop.
Another bad moment was that of DIWALI, 2011 when I was
totally alone and literally cursed myself for choosing this IT sector when I
could have been with my family. That day and the person responsible for it will
always remain glued to my deepest memory cells.
The other bad times would include frequent fights with
roommates & a disastrous committed life.
This one year was not all bad; I found so many good friends &
mentors in the same time. The project team from the first project was so friendly that
we never felt like new guys. Most of the team was young and thus it was like
college all over again. I found few mentors in Prajakta Kamtekar (My
integration Testing Lead), Bhushan Waghmare & Kalpesh Bhanushali (Superb
Critic). Prajakta would always had confidence in me whenever she assigned me
anything and that helped me a lot. Kalpesh was always a critic and I always
wanted to prove him wrong about me. Bhushan really helped a lot, both inside
the office and outside it. Be it boarding the bus or settling in the project
team or the occasional beer parties; he was always helpful. Hope he continues
giving parties to me J.
Even the managers from that team were very nice and showed a
lot of confidence in my abilities.
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| BMS Team outing to Silent Hills Resort |
The next episode in my life was the Deadly Bench. The only
ray of hope during that time was Prabhu Padayachi (my mentor from FARMERS). He
was always mentoring us so selflessly that one could not help but admire him.
We could always see that he wanted us to do something other than that boring MS
Excel, which is usually bestowed upon fresher community.
Then the time came for a new project & new team. The
whole team welcomed me open-heartedly with the person leading the celebrations
being Shruit Bhopi, one of the nicest persons I have ever met in my life. All
the other team members also helped me in getting hold of things and concepts.
Apart from office ki life, there was choti moti si personal
life as well. In that life, I made friends like Bikash, Arijit, Ajay, Amrendra,
Nanditha, Chhavi, Abhishek, Ankur, Ritesh and many others.
Bikash is like the other Milan Pal Singh from college, you
can always count him in for any trip. Nanditha, the bindass kudi; Arijit, the
DRAMEBAAZ; Ajay, the body builder and Amrendra, the Bade bhaiya.
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| Dashing Dapoli Trip |
One of the best things of this year was that I found
something that my heart always wanted. The thing that I always wanted to have, JK
Naukri. The life really changed after starting this. I really became more focused
about this with each day passing and now it has already started making baby
steps towards success.
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| The Official Logo of Jk Naukri |
I would always count this one year as one of
those years which taught me so many aspects of this practical life. I use this
term practical because, no matter how much close you are to a person or thing,
there comes a time when you have to leave it and then few years afterwards, you
won’t even recognize that person or thing. This is the bitter truth of our
lives. However, I wanted to end this one year on a high note so here it goes…
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| Time for Celebration |
