My diary page -8
Journey in my project came to an end. April 1 st 2008 to Sep 11 th 2009. A journey which I could say is important, journey from which I can take with me many things, journey which made me realize where I stand, journey which made me mature in terms of handling challenging situations, journey which had both fun and embarrassing situations, journey which made me interact with people who think differently.
Me along with 2 guys, Abhi and Jeevan we had KT for 2 months. They were seniors to me. They both moved to onsite. Jeevan was OC for me, and I was operating from offshore. First marval, we got is a chumma change for which 56 objects are to be changed. Great start to the project. Objects were moved to LIVE and running without any issues. Within a month, they have integrated the entire team to a single team. This is the first time, when I have encountered this gal, Geetha, she had a considerable role in my life. She is my PL. in most of my blogs, you ll find her name. half my life for the past 18 months, revolved around her.
Few words about her. She is extremely talented. Our managers has tremendous faith in her. Even our clients, managers from their side use to assign their work to her. Once work is assigned to her, it will be delivered with perfection. She is technically so strong, we ll rarely find people of her caliber. She is very commanding. There ll be no spoon feeding kind of, with her. She is thoroughly professional, she expects people working under her, also to be the same. I can say, all these 18 months, I ve never had a friendly chat with her. She never gave me that space.
First incident I can remember is, the monthly feedback which we had in August. She was not at all happy with me. She along with other team mate, gave a class for me early in the morning. That dress which i wore on that day, believe me, I have thrown it in the dust bin. She went to such extent, she said, “if this is the case with you, I ll ask our manager for a replacement”. This scene I can say, is one of the most embarrassing situation I have ever had.
One month from then, Thanks to recession. There was a ramp down in our project. One of my onsite co ordinator, is moved back to offshore. Jeevan, was my PL since then. Oct to March.All these six months were days in heaven for me. I ve mentioned the same in one of my blog which I have written somewhere in March. There were no deadlines. He was very flexible. He complimented me for the good things which I have done. He was extremely friendly with me.
Few words about him. Jeevan is a perfect gentleman. His dressing is awesome. The way he carries himself is superb. He is so cool. I have never seen him getting angry. How many mails he ll send to the team in a day!!! His car is cool, SX4. He is a good human being.
There were no issues with him. No deadlines. Work was as smooth, as cutting a cool cake. He made work so flexible that, I have enjoyed each and every day of these six months.
God did not want me to be happy through out. One day, Jeevan informed me, he is moving out of our company. I was unhappy about that. Such a nice PL he was. Still I have to accept it.
Since then torture in my life started again. Geetha became my PL again. That day itself, I was sure some thing awkward is going to happen for sure. She harassed me in many ways. She always created a fearful environment in work. More than client, I was scared of her. My OC Abhi, he was extremely happy about my work, but this gal used to show some fault or the other.
I donno why, might be she was in a feeling that this guy is growing technically, one day he ll stop listening to my words, one day I ll lose command over him, might be she does not like me, might be she does not want me in the project, whatever might be the reason, I was sure one day I ll move out of this project. Handling this torture from Apr 2009 to Aug 2009, finally the day which I was talking about came.
We got an onsite opportunity in our team. It should be me to move to onsite. With the kind of relationship I had with this gal, I am pretty sure, this gal will not recommend me. As expected, she did not recommend me, nor did she tell me the reason why I am not moved to onsite. I was very unhappy by that time. I have decided to move out of the project. What‘s the point in working for a project where my services are not taken into account. Luckily we had a new development in our floor for the same client. I went to my manager, and asked him for release from the project. The reputation I had in the team, even it is a risk to move an already existing resource from a project, they showed enough consideration for me, I am moved to the new development project. My life under her , came to an end.
Sep 14th 2009. New project started. I am a free bird now. Its already weeks since then, we both are in the same floor. We did not have a eye contact even.
I did not clear my 2nd tech round of interview. I was unhappy but it showed me there ‘s lot there for me to improve.
Once I read this blog, I am feeling I am getting too monotonous. I am feeling like deleting this blog. But still its ok. Let it be.
I have purchased new laptop. Dell inspiron. I ve learnt how to browse information related to Laptops. Configuration, most important thing is, I have purchased it on my own. I am very happy.
This is how most of the developers think, if I am right!!!
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