The week that wasn't expected

Hello,

I am super excited to have finally landed myself with a job after 3 most depressing months of my life. Not just with one job, I had two and a half jobs at hand. Wondering how can a person have 2 and a half jobs at hand? Well, first I got through in a company called Keane. I had everything except the joining date, and then I got through in another company called Expert Outsource. And then the final offer which I accepted was given to me by Aurigo. My present company. :) I am so happy. This is when I started believing in a hindi quote “Dene wala jab bhi deta hai, deta hai chappad phadke”.

My most exciting date finally came. I was supposed to join Aurigo on 1st March. I was asked to be there at 9:30. So I went there sharply at 9:30 dressed as best as I could. I was asked to sit there for a while and I was so nervous. And the worst part is when nervousness and excitement are combined, I become speechless. Completely silent. No matter what you tell, you can’t make me open my mouth. And many of friends have experienced this. In case if you people were wondering why was she so silent today? This is reason. J Anyways, let me continue, and I waited, waited and waited till 11:30. Finally somebody comes and tells me, the systems are full today, we are in the process of giving practical tests to new possible employees. I was crushed and was gaping at him, finally he asked me to come back at 2. And from that day’s 2 P.M my journey in Aurigo started.

I was taken and introduced to everybody in my team. At least 30-40 people, and they kept telling their names, as everybody knows, I am horrible at remembering names, that day also I could not remember anybody’s name, not even of the guy who sits next to me. But thanks to his marketing phone calls, I know his name today.

And the first two days were weird, very weird. I was given a computer and asked to just browse. And I was and am clueless, because I dint know what exactly constitutes “Browsing”. I wanted to login to my facebook, orkut and start browsing. But something told me, that’s not what they want me to do. So I compromised and started staring at the screen for two days. Next I was shown our product, the code and the database, and have started absorbing everything that is being shown to me.

This is really a different kind of a company, very different from PT. No dress codes, no definite timings, and a very different environment. And I hope I will be able to do my part for the company.

Wish me luck.