Time For Transition

April has started…my last month in Wipro. The count down has begun.
When I am not thinking about it, everything is just the same. The same story of day and night unfurling itself in methodical rhythm. Going to office, swiping in, logging into desktop, cycle of coding-debugging-coding, lunch break, tea breaks, meetings, complaining, gossiping, swiping out and back to home. The corporate life-hectic and draining in one way, secure and calming in other . All this coming to an end soon. Think about it and I feel a tingling down within. The transition from a professional to student is round the corner. Myriad thoughts come in mind, inexplicable emotions rear their heads.
Two years, four months and thirteen days in my first company have been memorable in a lot of ways. It gave me a chance to have a taste of what corporate life is all about. It took me through different stages of existence as a project engineer in an IT giant. The initial three months of training provided me a gentle transition from college to corporate by providing classroom training with peers, all of us freshers out of college with mixed feelings of pride, hope and wonder bonding us together. The initial days of assessments,tests,group activities,outings,fun and frolic are memorable. Then came projects which pushed us deeper into the corporate jungle. All vying to get good projects, fearing the much used word "bench", some wishing to be in project with friends, some fearing client interviews…..ah the plethora of feelings, ambitions and desires! Getting into project, heat of activities,deadlines,client calls, tickets taught me so much…..right from arranging innumerable mails in mailbox, to trying to comprehend the foreign accent on phone, to understanding office politics and tactics…experiences are varied! The journey started as a naive, missing meetings at times in the event of having ice-cream parties after lunch to becoming more responsible, professional organizing meetings/presentations…of course the journey of learning continues….The tenure started in Pune, let me have fun with a good bunch of friends, started me off in this career. Then it took me to the IT hub, Silicon Valley Of India, Bangalore for rest half of my IT experience. It was a different turn, a lot different flavour.The internal project had different work style. I learnt to explore,leran on my own without the so-called client pressure. The new place,less friends, relaxed work atmosphere made me strengthen my resolve for higher studies and enabled me to work towards it.Moreover,my first company is very special in many other ways as it made me meet some very special people of my life.
Now, with so many experiences/offerings/memories in my kitty its time when the rendezvous with Wipro would end soon. Though a good amount of time was spent in complaining about package,hikes,appraisal ratings,etc etc but looking back there is a soft corner, lot of good feelings and nostalgia. Going back to student life is not easy. With supposed carefree life of student(not for MBA student surely) comes insecurity,doubts,study-marks-placement cycle…..most of all it’s a major change…life moving from one phase, life of secure,cosy professional to another, a life of hard work, grades and unpredictability. In a book of life-a milestone. But then that’s the feeling between all new Endeavour and MBA for me is not just a money spinning option but the heart's calling.Inspite the inhibitions, there is more of enthusiasm, excitement and happiness for the path that I prayed for I got from the Almighty(thank u:))….Come what may it would be worth the try…And of course professional world, wait I am coming again in just two years….coming with a bang!!! :)