1st June, 2007 - Last Day @ Infosys

One Thousand and Twenty Six Days ago, on a bright morning, I along with 90 others stepped on the campus of Infosys, Hyderabad. Seeing the Infy DC was a pleasant shock for me. Never in my life had I seen such a big office campus with glass buildings and lush green environs.
But I have seen that the romance with the surroundings last only for a few days only – be it the first time of Hyderabad DC or the gargantuan Mysore DC. Slowly, as you are immersed in other aspects of a professional life, the beautiful surroundings take a back seat. You need some moments – peaceful and lonely to enjoy the beauty. And that, sadly, happens rarely. But it is important to relish those moments especially in a company like Infy, where so much stress has been laid on aesthetics. For me, I have many times enjoyed beautiful sunrises over SDB’s and lovely sunsets from the pool side at Mysore. And will always cherish that time, most of which I have logged in this blog over the last one and a half years.
The training time at Hyderabad with 16 people of same college occupying all the 4 flats of a house was an incredible experience. Basically there was no time when you were alone. That was the closest I came to a Hostel Life. To make the matters better, we were earning and the gossips, shopping @ Lifestyle, and the newly acquired independent lives were the highlights.
Some friends, who were transferred to Mysore after training at Hyderabad, hurriedly left the city within months – may be finding it hard to adjust to the city and the life. But I guess you have to give time to a new place to accept you as you gradually accept it. Honestly, I am glad that I too didn’t get desperate to leave because those 2 years bear a significant influence on my life to come. Whereas the fun filled training time in Hyderabad helped acquaintances become friends, Mysore time brought complete strangers who later became important part of life. It always happens that you don’t relish the time when you are living it but when you look back at it, you realize how much you enjoyed it.
It was home coming last year with transfer to Chandigarh. One thing the experience and nature of job here taught me was communicating with a wide range of people – over the mails, Messenger and Phone. Messenger was always used for chatting with friends before this. It was the first time it was used for real official purposes. The contacts nearly doubled in the past one year. Earlier it was always like you were with the team at the same location. Here the teams are spread across all DC’s, hence the need for communicating over the satellites.
Overall there were those times of ups as well as downs. Comfort as well as Struggle. Satisfaction as well as Disappointment. But that is Life. Isn’t it? These things will not cease to exist. They will keep on showing up for the rest of our lives – just the form will differ.
I can say that Infy played a part in bringing changes in me – making me somewhat different from that 22 year old that passed out from the college – that difference I can not explain but only feel.