My Second Project

My first project didn't excite me but this one was meant to excite me and provide me exposure to new avenues,new terms and have me acquainted to banking domain.

It was Thursday,i was chatting with my friends in another block when my AGM,who is also a Resource Pool Manager came looking for me,when i came at my desk at 5:45 my peers informed me that AGM was looking for me,i rushed to his cabin and he introduced me to a fair looking guy who bore a school boy like smile on his face,he introduced me to him telling me that he was my new boss.My boss insisted that we start work on Friday.

It was friday and i went to him,he explained me that this international bank wanted an entire module on Loans which till now was never implemented at my firm,sounded exciting.We had initial rounds of introduction to his formal team which would help me whenever i felt stuck while doing the coding but the biggest news was yet to come.My boss is a smoker and needs a fag every 2 hrs. so he excused himself and went out to fag,there i was sitting pretty and looking around for some fammiliar faces (it was already 3 months on the floor and i knew some people up here).He came after 5mins and gave the news that swept the carpet off my feet.He said that i would be doing the entire module on my own,this was the biggest assigment given to a fresher on the floor,i was more than just HAPPY.He explained me terms that i would be using the most in the days to come.

My first week of work was horrible though,i couldn't understand the code written by some Mr.X but with some help from my seniors i managed to break the ice.Even though my boss wasn't impressed in the beginning,things were beginning to improve and the satisfaction appeared on his face as i finished the first assignment.

Then came my second assigment which got over very soon, my boss was happy and we proceeded to the next and most crucial phase which required a lot of thinking and concentration.
This assigment troubled me but it took out the best in me,in terms of physical endurance,mental alertness,concentration and patience.My boss was agitated in the beginning due to the mistakes that cropped up every now and then,i fought hard and managed to finish the assigment well,late though but my boss had no qualms,he assured me that what mattered the most was that i shouldn't panic and feel stressed.

With every passing day i kept improving and realised that i was better than i thought, my boss had showed great faith in me and kept giving me challenging work.

One of my friends was in charge of making test cases,he went on leave for a week and the job was passed on to me.I was never interested in making test cases for the client, i failed to realise it's importance in this project.I remained complacent,i skipped work until one fine day my boss called me and made me realise my responsibilty.I felt grounded after that session and started the work and gave it my utmost sincereity.

Two months had now passed and the project was nearing it's ending.It was friday when the whole module was finished and the only thing left was a final round of testing,we started the testing at 12:00 at midnight,it got over by 12:30 ,i was hungry and my boss was courteous enough to drop me at a restaurant nearby,which fortunately was open at this unearthly hour,as we say "MUMBAI NEVER SLEEPS".I stayed overnight to solve the miniscule errors that had arised that night during final round of testing and went home satisfied knowing that my boss was impressed by my work.

The benefits that arised out of this were manifold,i was appreciated by everyone and the efforts that i had put in showed some result.My friends seeked my advice for problems they faced during working,this project paved way for better things to come.........