Sunday, August 26

mLife1.3@infosys.com

WHOA!

As I "graduated" from college life to corporate life, life did a complete about-face...

My mother summed it up in 1 sentence - "What I couldn't achieve in 5 years, Infy's done it in less than 5 days"

She was referring to my habit of waking through the nights, sleeping only when the wee hours of morning had approached (She doesn't know this, but most of my college life, my average sleeping time was 8 am)... And now: I wake up at 6 am!

And there's more surprise in store... When do I sleep? 10 pm... Aargh! During the initial weeks I used to feel as if ALL my freedom's been bound by this monster called "corporate" life... I was almost mouthing to myself every time I adhered to this "insane" timetable - They better pay me well for it...

As the first month of my employment draws to a close, I wonder HOW on Earth I could follow the college lifestyle...

Staying up past midnight is a nightmare - Apart from being late for work the next day, my (frail) body would have succumbed to the day's tiring schedule...
And it is beginning to feel good..
We just got a mock projet to work on, and frankly, it's pretty exciting seeing that i'm the only one in class who's accomplishing loads.. Most of the folks can't even figure out what they're supposed to do in their module... hahaha!

Sometimes I am faced with the question - Has my life taken a turn for the better or worse?
Well... true, I don't have those buddies with whom you could spend endless hours atop the hostel terrace, doing all sorts of things...
Nor do I have the luxury of bunking a couple of classes just because I feel like resting my limbs a bit more.. or play a couple more CS rounds...
But then, I'm getting paid (grin).... and that too for doing what I LOVE doing...
And then, this lifestyle has taught me discipline....
yeah you read right.. I concede defeat... ONE does need discipline in one's life sometime or the other...
and of course, you feel smarter, and feel like belonging to the elite.. heh heh.. I know it's just up in the head, but it's a good feeling nevertheless...

So long...
CS beckons.. I gotta go...
Ohh.. I forgot to tell you.. we're allowed to play CS here too... :P

-ONE
Winning isn't everything.
It's the only thing :P