An year @ ANB!

Whew, An Year passes by
       -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