Infy- A journey equivalent to Bachelors

So, finally cometh the day....when e-Sep got approved and I can now bid adios to Infosys Technologies Limited.. it wont be just a goodbye to the 2nd ranked S/W firm in India.. but to all the memoirs of past 4 yrs, all the bashing and dashing, all those nite outs to find out a single @#$###$ bug, the days which taught how to spend 9.25 hrs in office without doing anything(productive :P) .., the colleagues (many of whom are the best of buddies now), the scrum calls(which used to be the replica of the last day updates), the Mezza9 parties before every Friday deployment(Gaurav S and Ashu would remember), team meetings( where everything was discussed but the project)..RESUE fundaes. (Haven't been able to implement anything till date in spite of being SME.. :$ .. Hope, I can reuse few of the lines from this blog in my last day @ Infy mail),... and it goes on and on and on.....

It had never been easy for a novice programmer(:P) like me (who never knew and for that sake will never understand the abC of programming) to join a so-called development project ; but, when I look in retrospective, it hadn't been that tough as well; thanx to all the ex-NSOians, for whom 'Being Kool or B+' didn't mean anything. The mantra had always been 'Be Agile'; and this is what which kept me going.

The period of 4 yrs has been nothing less than the 4 golden years @ ISM. The different shades of life and emotions learnt during the college days have been realized in its true potential here only. (Basically,as they say, came to know the bhaav of aata-daal..)

If I go for a 'Thank-You' list, it would be quite a huge 1.. but can't miss those....who have brought upon this e-Sep to me... its possible sometimes to run away from your own shadow, but not possible even in your wildest dreamzz to run away from these people... (Yess.. I am talking about managers... Its the same story everywhere.... No pun intended..)Will start in chronological order-- Sameer, Ashish, Ashu, Paresh, Ashraf, Amit, Ravi and Alok. Jokes apart, I have really been lucky to be under their able guidance and can't thank them enuf... So, here comes the end of a roller coaster ride with some good and some not-so-good memories to cherish upon. Wishing all the best to every1 and do wish me the same... please .. :P

और कुछ नया बताओ.....

Was tired of listening to this line hundred of times in the past 1 year... And had same boring answer' Nothing new yaar.. same old boring stufff... office to home and home 2 office...... Now finally, I would be having some new news to share which I have just received.... and it reads something like this--->

"Congratulations! You have been selected for admission to PGP (2010-2012 batch), IIMA"

Cant believe even in my wildest dreams and it will certainly take days for this news to sink and settle....The past few days have been nightmare for me.. On 10^th, C results got out and was rejected straightaway and the hopes of making it to the big league shattered...... [:(].... I was disappointed but my parents were quite hopeful of me making it to IIM-A. They consoled me that you wont be joining C anyways.... My friends re-kindled my hopes that GOD has something big in store 4 me....and finally their prayers paid off......Last weekend on 24th and 25th, I browsed 'A' site more than 24 and 25 times to get the news (Good or not so gud)...Anxiety reached its peak when finally the lady luck smiled on me....I called up home and wasn’t able to hold my emotions......

It would be selfish of me( Though I am quite... :D)not to mention the people who brought me to this end so that I could write this blog.... I would like to thank the almighty and my family, my bro.. (who had more confidence on me than I have), Tabs(Helped a lot to push me fwd.. Wish him whole heartedly for his GMAT), Prat and Amrit (who just told one thing that u wod’ be thru if u prepare well.Congr8s to Amrit as well .. seems like we were destined to join in the same year..), Sardar and Malavika(The couple helped me immensely with whatever help I could have asked ranging from clutch pencil to reviewing by bakwaas SOP ;) ), Killi ( For always encouraging me and giving her boring fundaes..Please dont kill me...),Pari sir (I can show my face 2 u now!!! :D), Jatayu (Keeping the spirits up always..), Auntie @ Delhi ( It was from her place that I started my JEE journey as well and attended A interview from the same place after 9 yrs.. ; Us baar ka raha saha kasar is baar poora ho gaya..), Pappa.(For his valuable guidance..and reminding me ki hum usse tej hain... Smooth liar he is...), Puchu Di..(Hoping against all hope..).., Medu Vada(Who asked me to keep my impatience out of the way... I totally agree with him and would try not to disappoint him in future), Natu..(For his gyaan..),Tensi(who never liked the idea of me clearing CAT)..., my mangers who unbelievingly supported me whole heartedly… the list goes on... last but not the least.. all those.. who never believed I could do this.... Thanks a lot 4 their criticism....

So, finally I can tell with pride.... " C rejected me... As if I care". Now people would tell I am arrogant..... My answer—“As if I care”. Goes right with my extempore topic @ FMS which was 'EGO'