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November 12 My Experiments With...And it was time for another experiment. A technical guy who has never dealt with this technology before. One of those old age technologies that has never fazed out (and is seriously tough to master!!!) So, I decided to take this challenge "once again" (actually, was forced to take it !!!). After failing twice earlier, I was still raring to go. And I told myself - "I will do it, no matter what. I am not afraid of the consequences". Although my friends were!!! October 24 My First Day At Microsoft !!!Yups dude, my first day at Microsoft !!! Yes, at Microsoft !!! The day about which I dreamt for around 4 long years...its a long time and finally I was going to be there, at Microsoft - the giant; which was around every corner of my mind - days and nights - about which I thought !
Before you start throwing in any congratulations mail to me, let me clear this air that I am still working with Persistent and am here just for a new project design. But still it is a kind of opportunity that I would have never got if I would have joined Microsoft directly. So, finally, that dream was getting too close, more close, and close...
After 26 hours of in-flight time, I reached here...Seattle - where it is actually, the Microsoft headquarters. Not to forget about the intense 10 days that I underwent...interviews, Visa, all formalities, packing and all that stuff. But it was done, everything was finished gracefully. Oh God! how come that happened? Rarest of times where I felt that luck was just favoring me and I was just showing immense confidence in it - surprising, seriously surpurising!!!
Everything that I thought about Microsoft - the poeple, the place, the environment...I was ready to experience it myself !!!
And yes, the day arrived. Thanks to Persistent for this. I was not too anxious too enter in, but a bit...after all its Microsoft - the place I always wanted to join. And before I entered, I just got a compliment about me being looking "great" and I was flattered..after all I was well prepared to enter...hehehe
My eyes were rolling and viewing each and every corner of the premises that I can blindly go and tell the locations now. Is this what my imaginations were all about? Well, I guess not...seriously it was much more than that!!! But overall it was good :)
I still have not seen the full power of what it is all about, but I guess infrastructure can not describe it actually...its all in brains!!! And people in my team back home India is no less :) Its all about dedication and way you enjoy and work. And its same for me from wherever I am working - My home, office, my hostel room or Microsoft office...
The first day in itself has been a great learning experience and I am more committed to work towards my firm, because I know where the "Real Power" lies...And not to forget, I am learning new things as well as each new enviornment teaches you something new or the other...
Thank God...my final goal wasnt just getting into Microsoft...otherwise I would have felt blank today...but now I am more excited...
Still, whenever dreams come true, its a great satisfaction and specially when you have really worked hard for it...and I add this day to my special ones :) September 29 I EXPECT...What say??? Quite a common line...I agree too !!! Problem is...I am waiting for my team to finish up the work, so that we can send it to client and go back home (Arre bhai, technical entry nahin hai...dont worry  )!!! And ya, I am really expecting them to finish it fast. Because being free now, this expectation and anxiety to go back now (or rather say, go back and sleep!!) is killing me now. Happens with everyone, I guess (sometimes )With a few years of experience behind me, I just realized that "I EXPECT..." is just one of the most dangerous lines in my life !!! I am not sure if I will be able to throw it away completely out of my life, but still would rate this as "Highly Explosive"...and yes, there are reasons to it... Time and then, as soon as I start expecting, I loose...loose badly, very badly !!! Probably because I tend to lean on other one - for help, for support - or simply saying it makes me dependent !!! And this dependency on someone is what makes me loose...ever happened with you? Let me put it in a different way...during my college days, I participated in extra curricular activities a lot. Initial years I really enjoyed whatever I did...be it technical presentations, debates, programming events...everything !!! I lost, I won...but it never affected me. It was pure masti. But as I started to win more, my college started sending me to events where it was like a do-and-die to win. Expecting more fame with this, with time, I lost my interest in all those. But to keep upto the "expectations", I did what I could...and to be honest, I myself expected to win every time... Considering another aspect of life, I expect my loved ones to give me back what I give them from my side - love, affection, support, friendship, time...everything what I can - but yes, this is where you are exposed!!! There lies the vulnerability... Well, I thought a lot, how come that happens? And I found an interesting answer and certainly can't get better than this (its in Sankrit, I am trying to put it in best possible way)... Karmanye Va Dhikaraste, Maam Faleshu Kadachan... Maam Karmfalheturbhurmo, Te Sangoastavya Karmani !!! It says - Do your Karma and don't expect - And I believe it in completely!!! I may not be able to do that completely but yes, from now on, atleast I can try to apply more of this to my life - after all these are words of Lord Krishna... Do your work, enjoy your life - But dont expect !!! Situations may be unavoidable, but still then why to expect...if it goes right, its good...if it cant, why to take more pain than is actually there or if its not present at all... And ya, as I stopped expecting my team to finish the things faster when I started writing, let me tell you that they are already gone and only I am the one sitting and enjoying...time passed gracefully as for few moments, I WAS NOT EXPECTING... September 16 Here I Go !!!Well, everyone keep saying...that i wanna grow, i want to reach there - on top, on top this world!!! Isn't it? Nah! First please dont tell me, u dont !! If thts the case, i wud certainly like to meet you
 ...But ever thought what you will loose in this process, apart from gaining...i m not saying u will loose completely, may be things differ from situation to situation. I hear people keep on saying tht we will get this n that...and i guess somewhere there lies a gap, and ya, again it differs (everyone n everythin cant fit at same place!!!). In this "junnon" of doin things, people overstrive...how, why, when, where - cant be said...
This MOMENT that is there, and the countless that is passing at such a rapid pace...can be MUCH MUCH BETTER than you can ever imagine...
Have goals, hard-struck goals; have that will to do it; have that dedication and commitment to do it...BUT DONT LOOSE YOUR OWN SELF IN THIS RACE...
Well, this concludes off my first personal blog entry...THE TIME IS TICKING, COUNTDOWN TO THAT UTLIMATE DESTINY HAS ALREADY BEGAN, so think this off if you still havnt...and take care...
And ya, before i close this off...do remember:
VAHAN KAUN HAI TERA MUSAFIR...TU JAAYEGA KAHAN !!! |
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