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. :( :(