2 years of ...Experience!

So it happened. I have completed my 2 years of Work (I was working before that too) as a software professional. Well, too much of an out pour when i am trying to figure out what to put in for this post. What should i say, i moved to Bangalore on 1st August 2007. But before that, i was a part of the Chennai Safari for 10 days. Bangalore looked like the place to be when i landed for the first time. Temperature always under 30. No humidity and arguably the best working environment in the whole country. My office was no different considering the stories i have heard from other parts of the country. Lotsa hot chicks on the streets of Bangalore and so many expensive cars. This was new to me, considering that i hail from a very small town in Bengal where a Santro would be a rare site. But no, i kind of feeling glad that, i have landed into the Rock City of India, the place where all international artists pay a visit. I had heard a lot about Bangalore Rock Scene from over in college, but during my juvinile days, i had known it to be the land of Rahul Dravid, Anil and Srinath.

Things started off quite decently at office. I got into project right away, without any formal training that we hear about. I had always this fear that i would have to work even on weekends and that the IT industry is too unkind for people as far as work is concerned (Refering to services companies for the time being) but touchwood, i never had to come even once in office over on a weekend thus far. Yes, it has been dipsy dicey at office with the amount of work i have done, sometimes it has gone to extreme of staying back till midnite from morning. But i should say, this is one thing in my life, which has been consistent. Something which has given me a sense of security over the past 2 years. But that's like the glorified look of the things. How about the muscular pains that i have developed recently. There is also this sense of scrutiny that has come into life now, whatever i see in my life goes through the cycle of effort estimation, documentation, coding and then execution, followed by a tentative time for the verification. I have made some people's life a little difficult by following these norms who are actually happy human beings. I have learned a new meaning of respect now, where we don't only worship our seniors but also find ways to impress them by ccing every mail to them. I have understood that, smart knowledge is respected more than extra intelligence. Sticking to deadlines is one good aspect that i learned but then that has lead my patience going for a toss when i am in with normal people. Somehow i stand at the nook of realising that this industry will not let you survive if you want to deliberately do things which are good. You have to smart and man that is the key word.

It has been funny too at the same time, when i have come across people who have given a whole new meaning to that word smart. I have seen people saving money and people throwing money to make more money. I have seen plastic cultures of showing respect and appreciation. I have also seen that how a human life gets constricted in front of 15 inch monitor and a 20 inch long keyboard. I have seen how people slowly give up on everything and make coming to office the part of their lives. How people actually search for ways to celebrate and break the monotony.

Well, i have been a victim of the above, but i have tried my best to fight it as well. I have given up on sports mostly which has been my second love after music but still today i ensure that i atleast play a game or two of table tennis. I have continued my music, in way the office has helped me to build the contacts and communication skills which just got sharpened. Its just like a dusk waiting for the dawn but i don't know how many more years are ahead of me and how many more years i am going to sustain in this industry.

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