Before posting any article I just take a look at the blog site. To my surprise the last article I posted was titled “2 Years” and talks about my journey with ADITI Technologies in short. Well what an irony, the next article is titled “Moved on” and I am writing about my departure from Aditi.
I have moved to Thoughtworks. It’s been close to 2.5 years I worked in aditi and then I decided I need a change. And so I am here. It was a good time there, good friends, good work and above all a good work culture with freedom. I feel I have utilized it well, the tenure at aditi has transformed me from just being a IT worker to a Thought worker and that’s why I am here :)
One good thing I inculcated in my previous company was the habit to “read” (thanks to the mobile BU). IT world is transforming like never before. Almost every month there are 10 companies releasing new products (based on my feeds subscribed in Google Reader), and there is so much around that if at all we are not aware of them then we are backward in this fast paced industry. Hope I will get some time to read these in the new concern too in addition to the new technology I will be learning.
Let’s hope for the best!
It’s been 2 years since I joined the current working organization. I thought I will just jolt down some memories…
20th August 2007 :
My first day was like this…
F3 –> Yahoo Messenger –> Outlook Configured –> Manoj –> Uday –> Vijaya –> Functional Spec –> BASYS
It was really good. I was excited to be there. Not the old, monotonous and boring work :) Nice work culture I felt, very independent, space to breath. I was happy. Traveling to office reduced from 10 Kms to 8 Kms and that too on the less congested road of the Bangalore, certainly a healthy change.
To be Continued…
I have been listening to this song from past many days and just awestruck with it’s simplicity. The song goes like this…
"You're Beautiful"
My life is brilliant.
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
F**ing high, And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.
There are some ordinary things in life which touches your life and teaches you something in the simplest possible way. It was a Sunday evening and I was watching the Wimbledon match between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick. It started at 7 PM IST and went till 11 PM. Both the players were awesome, hardly any mistakes and playing very consistently.
But one thing which strike me was the calmness and the humbleness of the Roger Federer. There were putting in so much of effort but hardly showing joy on breaking the serve or earning the deuce point.
In the entire four hour match, hardly Federer was able to return the service of Andy Roddick. But to my surprise, he never expressed any anguish or even frustration about that. He tried it and just kept on trying.
This was absolutely stunning! You got to have control on your emotions and the way of expressing.
Recently I was given an iPod shuffle from my company. Before that I had never used any Apple product, but I had read a lots of review and seen the demo of those awesome products.
If one company takes 2-3 years to create these kind of products then it’s worth to wait for them. iPod shuffle is so small and sleek that one would love to use it. All controls are in the earphone… huh.
I could not have imagined this before or anything like this before. Just amazing. Especially the Voiceover feature is great, when you are listening a song and you can find out the artist name.
Hope I will buy my iPhone soon. :)
