And, I am jobless :)

I would be the first person to tell the world that I am jobless with a smiley :)...Quite a long journey of 3 years 10 months and 11 days has finally come to a halt..I thought of writing a lengthy post completely describing my experience with TCS...but then, its not going to be useful for anyone (including me)...so, here's the compendium of what I proposed to write...

The initial 2 months, Initial Learning Programme(ILP) is the best period I had in TCS till date...without thinking about anything, with no deadlines, with no pressures from Onsite, we 40+ freshers were enjoying to the core at Trivandrum...all of a sudden I made lot of non-Tamil friends and needless to say I had to communicate only in English as my Hindi sucks bad time (to be frank, for the first time in my life)...


I came to Chennai on 19th October and life has not been that impressive initially...I was one of the many victims of resource mismatch...I had to struggle hard to get what I had wanted...certifications, center level sessions, tools, best practices, certification study groups - I was very enthusiastic in my initial days till I started feeling that my job was becoming humdrum...I was denied a release from the project (as usual) and conciliated with an abroad opportunity with a totally different kind of role (again like many others in IT)...

On-site has opened me the other side of IT, the business...it was an amazing experience to sit with the clients and understand what they really expect from us and what we deliver at the end of the day...I was somewhat able to understand how the business is driven from there...Needless to mention the gala time I had at UK and the countries I visited...

Phew! Before I could realize, I have stayed for nearly 4 years...many of my friends still ask me, 'how did u manage to stay in the same organization for 4 years?'...point-blank, I was just hanging for last 10 months or so preparing myself for the next important step...and here I am, jobless yet with a vision to achieve...

If you are not a regular reader, please click here to understand why I am out of work...

Albeit my experience with TCS is pretty 'middling', TCS was my first and only employer...undoubtedly, it has played a vital role in transforming myself to what I am today...somewhere in a corner of my heart, I felt bad when I was receiving my relieving order...will miss all the good and bad things of TCS...makes me nostalgic...but then, life is about moving on, isn't it?