Whew, An Year passes by
-soon will another
-soon will another
Things that come to my mind right
now - "Am no more a fresher; Ain't kid no more!;
The day i joined,
i was inquired whether am from TCE for real. I guess my college's
placement record echoes far ahead of me :P
And some of my colleagues helped
fueling up the flame with questions "Why testing? Fresh blood should boil
for development!" - I need not add anything further to it, i guess you
already have guessed how i felt at the moment.
Somewhere in the nook n corner of
my heart i had some faith and the only thing which kept me going was my
own vengeance ! (am mature enough yet, to share about the vengeance)
My first week - Where do i even begin with!
There were some embarrassing
moments as well, the very first week about five or six peers (of 30 employees!
that which comprises security personal as well) asked if I was married. I was
kind of annoyed if I looked matured/ old or were they already married by this
time! Like in Newton's law - every action has equal and opposite reaction, I
did react to it - but in my very own way!
"Wrote up a mail - Am a
fresher, joining here.. blah.. blah.. yada.. yaada.. and Obviously am SINGLE!"
took me a moment to realize what I was doing, but it was too late to cancel the
mail which has already hit the inbox of my embracing peers
A week passed on,
i needed to mark my presence so did start up something which usually all
companies had in HR activities, indeed I was visible by the first week. Yet
another week passed on, I was assigned a project and we set up ground rules
with KT. As expected I messed up big time (though it
wasn't solely my fault, it was portrayed so), felt like I was back in my high
school days! I remember quoting exactly the following phrase literally to
myself
"Welcome back to the bottom of
Life Cycle"
Took me a whole
month or more to get off the hook.
The Medieval Period
Fortunately some
new project (actually old, new for me though :D ) came in for my rescue. This
is where I experienced Beginners Luck for the first time! Came up with
suggestions and ideas for which I received commendations. Felt soooooo good,
i felt so high, like in stoned; people around respected me; felt more
responsible and I did my best to maintain it throughout!
Well, I guess
nothing is easy, bad times were awaiting my fall which indeed came at certain
point. I had to face it alone (well not alone, my manager did
back me up), all those stand up meets, hourly meets, late night work hours,
work from home!, cutting short lunch breaks (really did it for over three weeks
straight in a row). Doing this much was not enough, everything i did was
questioned, not to mention the rudeness and momentary hatred showered/ fired
upon me.
In aggregate the year just went by was one hell of an year, I believe the best are yet to come and am vaulting for the same
My Mentors
There are a couple
of people I should thank here,
The first one is obviously my
Manager,
I still remember toying around with
excel not knowing how to make use of it. He was generous enough to spend some
time with all the patience in world for me to cope up to the
potential of MS Excel!
He taught "When to plan, How to plan and why plan first
hand?"
He stayed back for
no reason but to keep me company while i worked past 22 Hrs
He had faith in me
and my work. He did back me up at my crucial hours, say for instance Status
Meets (what more can be crucial than the status meets :D )
The other one is
the Project Manager i was/ am working with,
I was considered a
resource (I personally hated it, have always, like am an object or something) -
and was taken for granted
My work was
commended/ acknowledged when am right and bold; Obviously I was criticized
harsh if otherwise
In aggregate I
really did learn on how to act depending on the circumstances, in simpler terms
i learnt about Survival
Am indebted to
them, as I've learnt quite somethings that mark my identity.
Thenappan..,
Tue 01/24/2012
