Exactly six months before , I had finished applying for few US universities. So, for the next six months I wanted to work until everything is confirmed about my US plans. Job scenario was(is) not really great for computer engineers like me. Yes, pretty difficult to get a call for an interview. My brother and friends were also trying to get some contacts for me.
Then came this opportunity through from one of my friends to help her with Web site creation in an Insurance Magazine Company.
Me? Sight creation?? What do I know? And, the scenario was No seniors to guide. Only techie was my friend. It was like, we should search, learn and do for them. I told her (Vatsala), “It is difficult for me and as of now, if am not really a tech person to begin with an idea and implement it”. At that time, I basically dint have the confidence and I dint want to try something completely new, especially time bound activities.
she told, ” Its upto you, But definitely you can give it a try”. Then yeah , I thought “why not?”,with the only confidence that she was there to guide me.
” company irunda naan enna venalum try pannuvaen..” lol!
The Company’s name is Premium and Its just some 8 kms from my place. Boss had called for an small discussion (basically to know me). I had got the address from her, but couldn’t find easily as there was some difference with the street’s name in postal address and actual name of the street. I really dont know, why it had a difference. So, I had to make calls to my friend and reach the place. I was few minutes late for the discussion.
My boss, she is an entrepreneur. First, thing she told was “you are late and you should have informed if there is a problem in finding the route” . I dint know what to say. Being directly from college, I dint know all these work place manners. I was conversing only with my friend, so I dint get a thought that I should have informed my Boss
Ha.. first vandonae mokka vangitaenae.. parva illa ,learn it,I told myself. Then started the discussion, She was straight forward in telling me the job description (that we got to work on our own ,only input will be she’ll tell us her requirements and there will be no technical guidance. ) . I was like.. Mam, really i dont know what I’m supposed to do, but i’ll give it a try. Yeah, discussion was over and solely based on my friends opinion she gave me the “job”:)
Initially, it was all getting used to the website my friend had created before. My friend briefed me things, still figuring out something was really difficult. Slowly, i started rectifying errors in the available site. Not bad, I figured out someway. After this every task we did was equally challenging and boring.. both together?? yeah it was. Anything new we find.. It will be exciting .working with the same code for months.. Hmmm boring!!
So it was mixed experience. Not only i learnt little coding, we do other hardware related work and online marketing email work too..And,any problem on the site , we got to handle it. Variety of things to know.. And we had the full freedom. Project was not time bound, as we were freshers
Yeah apart from all these, I like observing people and always be with people. yes, i’m talking about my work atmosphere. I’m always lucky in a way. I get to meet nice people wherever i go. yeah my colleagues, nice people!
First of all, my friend and parter in crime:)( my boss calls us like that) she is a good mentor and a person gifted with patience, I’ve bugged her enough to complete any task.We have had fun just by drafting a to-do list as often as we can. Our “never ending to-do list” finally we finished the project by suspending things, and not by finishing:)
And then other teams, Editorial and Sales . Small conversations but very comfortable friendship with everyone of them. As the team was small, their working methods were also open. Like, i was let to observe, question and learn.
Whenever we get stuck with something ,My Boss says ” there should be some way, figure out guys”. Very cheerful person!!
Then,the most memorable rides while I go to my office. Our office rules is to reach before 9 . If we dont,we have pay cut and all. I’ll start only 15mins before. Few things I do while I drive to office. I take besant nagar route to reach Adyar. And, these roads were really narrow ones. I just try to have a look at the cars and two wheelers that I pass through. And, the driving person too. Just curious to know how young is the person who owns the car and Good time pass too;). Everyday I’ll get this thought to own a car after seeing so many. I’ll generally observe other riders too. A father/mother dropping their kids, other officer goers, husband taking his wife, rear view mirror sightings. etc etc… One thing that strikes me now is , there was this text written on the back side of an auto “ Indraya thagaval, Adyar kaval nilayathil thirumathi(some lady’s name) lanjam vangiyadal , velaiyil irundu suspend seiya pattular” . I was surprised. Few group of autos have brought in the habit to give tit-bits.
Just to avoid the main road traffic, N no.of cars too take the inner roads. Yes, One Big SUV is enough to block the road. Everyday I curse the car owners. “you want to own a big car but take a small road and block others’ way” And, I really don’t know how the hell can they drive so slow even if they have a traffic free road. Adula vera oru two wheeler over take panna , they keep honking ..! Avalo oru manap perachana vera.. silly drivers! Some days I’ll scold the government. They should come up with the rule “cars should be banned on city inner roads” ha ha.. crazy rule.. Still these cars mess up so much:(and they deserve it.
Then there is this Blue Cross road in besant nagar. Such a nice road, we can feel the nature there. Not a single day I’ve missed using this road even if I’m running out of time to reach office in time. Yes, I had pay cut every month. Eppadi roada vedika patha enna panradu!!ha ha I cant be helped!:)Likewise, evening ride on Adyar bridge will be so refreshing. Seems to be very silly things, but riding on few roads are always memorable.
Starting from the hesitation to take up something I dint know, I learnt little as days passed by, I learnt being in a work place, my memorable bike rides , first month salary celebrations etc etc. So,“we should start something to know many things”
I’ve started with this post to know about writing:)
). Lately,I’ve been using internet so much ,officially. I came across so many help blogs.So,I got the thought of starting a new one and conribute as little(much) as i can …!
