8760 hours in Software Industry

Well I have taken quite some time to publish this blog. Sorry for that first.

October 10th 2005. This was the day that I took giant leap into one of the leading Software Companies tagged as the "Dream Company" for many of the aspiring Individuals out there. I should thank God, for I got a job with no effort. This was the fact. I broke a promise that I made to one of my friends (Hari Krishnan) when I joined college. Well the promise was to refrain myself from the software companies. But I was not able to keep that promise once I saw all my friends attending Campus interviews and getting placed. I too joined them and got placed. The way I got placed should be published, as that would help many who are not so good in programming. I will try to do that sometime later.

Free pool:
This is the most interesting concept in the Software Industry. During this time people are being paid with the normal salary on par with their peers who slog day and night to finish the tasks assigned to them. This time is meant to sharpen your skills if you have any and develop if you don’t have any. But "Rules are to be broken ".

These times are used by the people to develop their skills in Carom , Table Tennis and many coffee freaks spend most of their time at the pantries trying their hand at "Coffee Making".Many try to learn the Art of Flirting while few try to test them.( Very Good attempt). Few others try participating in various competitions meant for the people to relax a bit amidst hectic work. Even I myself have won couple of Prizes in Adaptune and one in Treasure Hunt and one more in Quiz Competition. Some others volunteer themselves to conduct these events with an idea of adding them to their CV's if they have an idea of doing a Masters in Management. Many other activities include chatting in the canteens and lawns, Gyming to make themselves fit. Not to forget ORKUT, MAILS (rather call them as forwards), Messenger Service and Blogs. The forwards with the subject containing **** have an over whelming response among guys. These have been the major ways of killing time here. Some have even tried their hand in share trading with the money earned sitting idle. Few others help in finding proxy sites to help others in accessing restricted sites.

My 365 days
Apart from the above mentioned activities of which I have been an integral part of many if not all. I have my own experiences in this industry for the past one year.

These 365 days have seen me crying for the first time in my life (Only once). Of course I am ashamed of it.( Read the reason for being ashamed in my previous Blog). I have got lot of friends but the acquaintances (I picked the word from Orkut) who just say a Hi with an artificial smile out numbers them. Well people are not to be blamed for that, it is just because of the hectic schedule in the company. I have worked (Ya I did for a while) along with couple of supervisors with contrasting characters. One among them was really helpful to me to a great extent. Without him I guess it would have been a horrible first year for me. Thanks a lot my Mentor. To be frank I have not done anything great, to be more frank I have achieved nothing in the past one year. I have wasted one year in my life. I hope I do much better the coming year and will give some value addition to my life.


PS:
Sorry guys and girls out there. I have been very negative in this post which I can’t help. That’s the way my life has been for the past one year. I will try to publish something lively the next time. I hope to be more positive the next year by this time.