When i was a kid my bro and i wanted to become scientists that's 'coz we loved science(maybe we inherited that from our father) and we wanted to change the world and make it a better place through our inventions.My relatives and dad's friends used to ask us as to what we aspire to be once we grow up and we said "Scientist".My dad although did not encourage that and said that scientist do not earn much money,as my bro and i were naive we remitted the idea of becoming scientist.How many of us grow upto be the person we desired when we were young ?.Very few.All those ambitions change when we grow up,it is moulded and ammended by our parents or outside world.
When i grew up i wanted to be a chemical engineer.I dreamed of going to UDCT.I toiled day and night but when the results came they left me stranded in the middle of nowhere,i sobbed,i could see all my dreams being washed away just like houses in the surge of a Tsunami.I questioned GOD "Why did you do this to me ?".Forcefully i had to choose electronics and telecommunication over chemical engineering(or should i say my dad forced me to).
And ironically today i work in a IT company.Looking back i am surprised by the dramatic change of events.From scientist to chemical engineer to electronics and telecommunication engineer to an IT professional,so much has changed.We mould ourselves just for money,isn't it ??.We kill our ambitions or dreams 'coz maybe they won't fetch us enough money to lead a rich and famous life.I am sure i am not the only one,there many out there who have experienced the same or simmilar incidents.
At times i ask myself,why didn't i stick to my dreams ? why do we listen to the world and not our heart ? is money the only thing we live for ? is this what i want from life ? am i truly happy ?how many of us have carved a dream for ourself ?are we mere puppets whose strings are in the hands of the superior forces of the world? ?WHO ARE WE ? WHO AM I ?.
Today i have a dream.A dream to create a world class firm which has strong moral values.A firm which will take amateur dreamers from rags to riches.A company which will change the way we do business.A company which won't work for a few extra dollars at the expense of moral values.A company where each and every employee will wake up every m'ning and say to himself "Today i am going enjoy my work.Today i will conribute more than i did yesterday..Today i will be a even better human being.".A company which can withstand every advesity.A company which is not afraid of challenges.A COMPANY WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL WILL REALISE AS TO WHO HE IS .
After 23 years i have realised WHO I WANT TO BE,WHAT ABOUT YOU ?
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
"Testing" troubled waters
My apprehensions proved right,i was on the bench for almost 1 1/2 mnths.and to make the matters worse i was not into derivatives team.My friend Suyog who was on bench for almost three months bagged the project,lucky boy !!!.
I stopped studying derivatives mid-way and went to b'lore for a short vacation,there is more than reason as to why i chose b'lore as my sojourn.I needed this break,i wanted to go out of mumbai,mayb i was bored of sitting ideal and reading books on Oracle or Finance.I spent some quality time in b'lore and was happy to be back feeling afresh.I finished a novel by Harry Coben - No second chance in the meanwhile.Just two days back when i was sitting writing a trigger (for practice),i got a mail and then a phone call from Sanjeev,one of my friends who manages Resource Pool,asking me to meet our Product Testing Manager as there is a requirement for testing for one of the modules in the product.Our Product Testing Manager is one of the sloppiest ass i have seen on the floor,he walks as if he is dragging his heavyweight butt all around the place showing his aversion for enthusiasm in life.I also met this guy called Anirudh who boasts of being the best employee around but as they say "All that glitters is not gold" holds true for him,if the rumours mongers are to be beleived even AGM is fed up of him.
Some of my friends were shocked 'cos i was sent to testing(their reaction surprised me).A few months back some of my friends were asked to go to testing team and all i could hear from them was "Mujhe testing main kyun dala".I strongly beleive that every person should love what they are doing and i love my work whether it is coding,testing or implementation.After the GRE debacle my mother told me something that i would never forget,she said that it is imperative to earn self-respect and wealth by your own hard-work and performance rather than depend on other's help.I am of the opnion that every expereince and every job teaches you something and knowledge is never wasted.Life always comes to a full circle and what u learn today will help you someday in the future .Moreover testing(manual) was not new to me,i have tried my hands at some of my own works during one of my projects for an International Asian Bank and i am glad that even in testing my work i appreciated.
I have big plans for myself,testing teaches you to see the unseen,have foresight and think from a third angle.There is so much to do in life and so much to learn,i honestly feel that i am not working even 1/4 times hard as i should be working,i don't want to miss even one single oppurtunity to learn in life.
I stopped studying derivatives mid-way and went to b'lore for a short vacation,there is more than reason as to why i chose b'lore as my sojourn.I needed this break,i wanted to go out of mumbai,mayb i was bored of sitting ideal and reading books on Oracle or Finance.I spent some quality time in b'lore and was happy to be back feeling afresh.I finished a novel by Harry Coben - No second chance in the meanwhile.Just two days back when i was sitting writing a trigger (for practice),i got a mail and then a phone call from Sanjeev,one of my friends who manages Resource Pool,asking me to meet our Product Testing Manager as there is a requirement for testing for one of the modules in the product.Our Product Testing Manager is one of the sloppiest ass i have seen on the floor,he walks as if he is dragging his heavyweight butt all around the place showing his aversion for enthusiasm in life.I also met this guy called Anirudh who boasts of being the best employee around but as they say "All that glitters is not gold" holds true for him,if the rumours mongers are to be beleived even AGM is fed up of him.
Some of my friends were shocked 'cos i was sent to testing(their reaction surprised me).A few months back some of my friends were asked to go to testing team and all i could hear from them was "Mujhe testing main kyun dala".I strongly beleive that every person should love what they are doing and i love my work whether it is coding,testing or implementation.After the GRE debacle my mother told me something that i would never forget,she said that it is imperative to earn self-respect and wealth by your own hard-work and performance rather than depend on other's help.I am of the opnion that every expereince and every job teaches you something and knowledge is never wasted.Life always comes to a full circle and what u learn today will help you someday in the future .Moreover testing(manual) was not new to me,i have tried my hands at some of my own works during one of my projects for an International Asian Bank and i am glad that even in testing my work i appreciated.
I have big plans for myself,testing teaches you to see the unseen,have foresight and think from a third angle.There is so much to do in life and so much to learn,i honestly feel that i am not working even 1/4 times hard as i should be working,i don't want to miss even one single oppurtunity to learn in life.
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