Six Years ..

6 September, 1999 was the day I joined Infosys Tech Ltd. It's been 6 years already! My God, time flies ..

Such milestones are good times to reflect back on what's happened.

• How do I rate myself career so far?
• What have I achieved so far in my career?
• What is my action plan for the next few years?
• Where do I see myself 2 years from now?
• Where do I see myself 5 years from now?

These are the typical questions to my mind whenever I think of my career.  But overall, to judge in a qualitative manner, I would say average. I have followed the path that a average Indian IT male would've had. Very average indeed ..

In terms of my aspirations, if I look at my yearbook, I wanted to be a manager - I still want to enter the management field. That way, my long term goal from a 10Km height still remains the same. What else has changed? I started as a enthusiastic Telecom development guy - I was very enthu about writing code for the Telecom network and swicthes. Over the years, certainly a lot of events have influenced me. And, I took to testing as a career. Boy, that was one significant move in my career. Today, I lead 4 engineers in a multi national product company. But, I need more .. I want to direct and manage an entire project on my own.  Some day ..

Now, an MBA looks more achievable than ever before. My wife has played a huge role in this transformation. It's amazing how much life's changed since she came in into my life! In terms of experience and reading and knowledge, I'm more ready for an MBA now than ever before. Only time will tell, where my career is headed. But, as of now it's Chalti ka naam Gaadi. :-)