Onam @ Mangalore Infosys

There are some events in life which we never forget.. Onam celebs @ Mangalore infosys (Nethra) was one such event in my life. Celebrations like what we had here was totally unimaginable for anyone whose college life is over.. It really brought memories of college life... Onam celebs lasted for more than a week here... There were games like 'biscuit kadi','music chair'... etc which is not there nowadays even in many kerala villages! Chingari melam and 'thullal' along with that really reminded me of our college.... There were 3 pookkalams.. and all mallus were working hard @ night to set this things up.. There was a cultural day, where we had onam dances, ganamela and all fun events..... and to add to it all, the Grand Onam Feast! With 2 types payasam, parippu with neyyu....! These Onam days were unforgettable. In between all the 'meetings' and 'nullpointer exceptions' these really lift our mood. Must appreciate the spirit of mangalore infosys mallus, for making the onam so wonderful.... If someone visited our office during these days, nobody is gonna believe that its a bunch of software engineers who did all these works here.... I never felt like an engineer those days!! Vella mundum madakki uduthu, thalayil oru thorthum chutti, sadhyakku sambarum payasavum vilambunna engineers, project managers, architects.... Thats Mangalore Infosys.....MINFY.... No other office nowhere can provide such a fun filled celebration other than MINFY...... (we just celebratd 14th b'day of MINFY.....) "Money" is not the only thing which we get from Infy!!!!

Mangalore Life Begins..........

After Mysore, its Mangalore -(a.k.a Mangalapuram ) now. Yea... I successfully finished my Infosys training which lasted for around 7 months, and got posted to Mangalore. I am no more a trainee, but a fully trained Software Engineer of Infosys!

Mangalore is pretty much like kerala. Just 15km from mangalore is kerala border and Kasargode is just 40km .

Infosys has 2 DC(Development Centre) in Mangalore. 1 in proper city and other one where I got posted , around 25 Km from main city.

My DC is called "Nethra" after the Nethravathi River which we daily see on our way to and back from office! Environment in Nethra is pretty much different from Mysore. The DC is small, just 1200 folks working here. Sometimes I feel like sitting in a mini hill station. The place is so beautiful and on a rainy day, we never feel like working..(sunny days are no different ;))
Watching the rain from our food court is best thing one can do here!

Lot of things have changed since I reached Manglore. Until now, I had in-campus accommodation. Now I am staying with 5 of my friends in a rented house. Its much different from the solitary cell in Mysore.. It had AC,LCD TV.... but it lacked something else.. I dont know what it is, but it definitely lacked something!!

Its not just the climate around me which changed! I myself changed a lot! Back in Mysore , I was only interested in my technical training, and nothing else..not even the 'beauties' of mysore!
But now I am actively looking for beauties :D


This is just the beginning of new life here... Still not allocated to any project.. So mostly enjoying a free worry less life... Things might change once projects start.

Everyday routine is : wakeup @ 5.30-6 , Watch Movie in lap/Reading... Leave to office by 7.45.. browsing internet/check mails till 9 am.. then brkfast from company food court.. Sight seeing(:D), chats with colleagues, back to cubicle checking mails... or doing something in.net/java!! a looong lunch break, then by 6 we leave the office. Back home, its mostly some movie watching..

and eagerly waiting for that project call!!!

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To be Continued!

(Cijo)

MainFrame life .......

Its been almost 3 months since i joined Infosys.
My generic training was a big success. Got around 96%.. CGPA of 5 out of 5 :)
Then started the so called Stream training..My stream was MainFrames... :)

Before I was least interested in Mainframes as I heard its something 30 years old.. But I started liking it once I learned the importance of Mainframes. for industry....
MainFrames training was not as easy as generic. Things which I've never heard of before..
Unlike in java,.net etc... in MF we have to write a program to make another program run!! We have studies how to write batch processing programs in mainframes using cobol, then studies how to make those programs interactive,....and then studies how to change backend to DB from files........ Learned a lot of stuffs... Totally new as far as I'm, concerned!

Most days I will be in GEC (Global Education Centre) till midnight or some days even till 4am. :) I find it difficult to balance personal life with my work.. :) I am not tensed anyway.. But even if somebody says 'u look tensed'... then i say 'i enjoy this tension'...

Somebody must be tensed always to make others tension-free!

There was no shortage of bad news during this time.. including lay-offs news .
Big boy Microsoft laying off 5000...Caterpillar laying off..Boeing....
Capital One making billion dollar loss in 1 quarter (infy client)...
RBS expecting multibillion dollar losses.....


and the most shocking Satyam issue....
Infy,Tcs etc produced decent set of numbers , but still lowered guidance marginally.....
Economic Crisis was deepening... India GDP numbers and interim budget disappointed India Inc.


But as always. ' see opportunity in every crisis'...
These bad news shouldn't have any -ve effect.

Happened to read 2 inspiring books..
India 2020 by Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.
and the most inspiring one 'Jack Welch and the GE way' . where I learned how Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of General Electric., transformed GE with his breakthrough ideas like 'less managing..more leading...' , 'inside out'..etc


Had managed to get A grade in all modules, but I might just miss the A grade in comprehensive exam, thanks to the 'extra' tough practical exam and some poor time management from my side.

It was my great dream to finish Infy training with 5CGPA..But i might end up getting 4.9 or so. :( :(