My path to Infosys.......

This being my first entry in this 'My Infosys Life' blog, I thought of writing about my way to Infosys..

From my 1st year onwards, Infosys was a dream company for me. After missing so many campus and off campus placements in the beggining, I finally got I-gate and Wipro bfore getting into Infy. I had cleared aptitude test of Subex also bfore getting into infy and finally i got also placed in Subex! Most 'techies' adviced me to go ahead with subex, but I had different plans in my mind!!

There was this guy Tarun, my best friend with me in all my plans! 1st we planned for MBA, as we both had a great deal of interest in management side. Our plans were to go abroad for MBA and we visited virtually every educational consultant in cochin. After reviewing 100s of options , we finally fixed Uni. of Stirling,Scotland for our dream programme! 

But we didnt stop our searching for alternate higher study options. and we actually found out that, it is difficult to find a decent job in UK after an MBA. After visiting more consultants and seeking 'expert' advice, we found james cook univeristy, singapore campus for MBA!! 

Again, my search continued and finally I came to learn that, James Cook MBA graduates are finding it hard to get good placement!! :( :(

Then came the idea of going to Uni. of Wollongong in Dubai for masters in engg.. management. The classes were taken from 6-10 pm and we could do full time job along with work. This seemed to be a great idea.! And with the intention of finding a job in dubai even before the course commences in december, we both went to dubai on july end!! We looked for suitable jobs in Dubai for around a month with no sucess/partial sucess. I had to come back for personal reasons.(brothers marriage etc) and then the search for alternate options continued......

It didnt take much time before I found interesting options in Australia to do masters in Computer Science. Unlike MBA, I could get admission in most top universities there.  Didnt wait this time, applied to 6 among top 10 universities in australia! And got admission as well in most!!

There was lot of happenings around the globe during this time. The financial crisis caught the whole globe following sub-prime crisis in USA.... Stock markets were falling..... people are being fired in numbers from most companies...... things were very bad outside.... India which at first seemed isolated from this global trouble, also felt the heat. GDP targets were revised downwards.... Sensex went below 10,000 and all sort of rumours started spreading....

One day, I was travelling on bus to ernakulam. All that was in my mind was regarding the australian education I was going to have soon...... But I was still worried about leaving my parents and friends.... and many other things.. Suddenly i was struck with the thought that... "I always did good in competitive exams like entrance test, aptitudes,placement tests etc.. and why haven't i tried GRE or GMAT??? I came home and searched a lot regarding GRE and GMAT.. Consulted a lot with my brother... some other people online.. etc......

                                        and.. i dont remember the exact time.. but i finally decided to go with Infosys for some time to learn about the business and then write gre/gmat for an MS or MBA. This time, i was  influenced by nobody except by some photos of my friend working in another IT company, wearing formals with tie... I finally decided to join Infosys itself considering the fact that, experience is the best thing to have in a time when  economic is crisis going on!

Next day while i was on bus my way back to home, i got an sms from a friend. "Infy anounced DOJ for us! nov 10"..

!! I couldnt believe it!! I came home, saw the call letter with my own eyes...and i was really excited!

And now its only few more days bfore i join Infosys, Mysore for the training...... I am best utilizing my time with .net,java, gmat preparations...ect........

Cijo Thomas