It was not just a job, not just an office, and all of them were not just colleagues.
It’s been more than a year, and I am lucky to join our small company in its growing phase. Now, when I look back, it was not just a long journey, it is simply memorable though…
How do you define experience? Things you have learnt? Projects you have undergone? People you managed? Certificates you earned? Appreciation you achieved? Credits…? Applause…? Challenges…? Hurdles…? Mistakes…? Failures…? I believe, Experience = (What you are now) – (What you were before), Experience is the change that has happened, it’s the transition in your Life. It includes everything in the list (professional exposure), plus, moments that took your breath away, stuffs you have smiled at, places you chilled out with your friends (colleagues?), screams and laughter in the office, small parties, departs, new employees, fights, music, games, films, snacks and sweets (yummieee)…
When I joined in Amrita E-Learning research Labs, I thought, life will become more serious. Now I understand a fact, we’ve to be sincere and simple, not matured. We have to be open and celebrate each and every moment in life. Life is too short to hate anyone, or sit in despair. This place was heaven, every day we had reasons to smile. We didn’t have great victories or pathetic failures. Our life was simple. But you know one thing…. Our product was launched by APJ Abdul Kalam. We have deployments in major parts of the country and our clients include professors in US too. Oh, by the way, we develop software for e-learning and e-conference. Leading institutions like IIT, PSG, IIIT etc are our national clients. We have funding from ISRO, MHRD, NME-ICT etc… In our office, we have developers, engineers, research people, managers, etc pretty interesting huh?
Now I sit in front of my Dell Precision, sounds of phone calls, discussions, keyboard strokes, chattering, and songs. I have opened couple of web pages, our application –A-VIEW, some excel sheets, and a project proposal document, I see around and I’ll tell myself – This is our office and I’ve been here a year…
(Friends, you see this video...Ajith ettan was testing the new upgradation in some video streaming technology (that’s how we were caught in the lens); it was a happy moment just because it was a fun day. Ashish ettan and I were practicing our new greeting style. Sethu sir was seriously working, Krishant was escaping and laughing at us, Varkkichayan and Swarnakka were wondering whatz happening, Sreejith bhai was trying to be the tuff guy, u see that smile on Ajith ettans face? He smiles this way when he captures rare videos, he has done it before too, right Swarnakka? And you know, Adarsh ettan edited the video, special thanks to you…)
(here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DQ8Ydh-RE)
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