What goes around.. .comes around..
Today marks a few landmarks in my chequered career.
I complete 3 years as an IT consultant in the US ( phew.. time does run really fast.. doesn't it..). It also marked the 5th anniversary of my work experience in the IT industry. I joined a reputed IT company straight from campus on July 21st, 2003. In that company, its a practice to acknowledge those who worked for 5 years with a "Long Term service award ".
I have had the experience of working as a Consultant on an assignment in a fortune 500 Insurance company where it was a fairly common sight to see people with more than 25 or even 30 years of experience.
If 5 years is Long-Term, I am at a loss of words to term a 30 year experience with a single company. I really admire companies who have perfected the art of retaining employees. But with capitalism sweeping the world furiously, these companies will be more of the exception than the norm.
Now coming to the title of the post and its relevance..
Yours truly attended his first campus interview 5 years back with a company which is famous for "Applying Thought ". I still remember that day when my interview was scheduled at 3.45 AM ( yes, its AM) and I managed to barely talk coherently leave alone answer technical questions as part of the gruelling interview. The interview result was consistent with my performance and expectations.
The first interview being special still had the charm and excitement which made me to eagerly go to the placement notice board to see if I had by some miracle, managed to impress and get selected.
History records the fact that I continued to attend more tests/interviews and did not manage to get placed in any of the reputed companies that came to our campus.
Fast forward 5 years ( August 2008)...
I am madly being pursued by the same company to join them on board. I have a kind of "walk-in " offer and the HR of this multi-billion dollar company calls me every fortnight to remind me of the offer and care to see if I have made up my mind to join them.. Wow.. Thats the sweetest revenge of sorts...
What goes around comes around... ( A Justin Timberlake song last year with the same title was a chartbuster remaining popular on the top playlists for a long time.. The music video of the same is here).
That connects this post to another of mine where I contend that the " World is round " and not flat as Tom Friedman argues.
I complete 3 years as an IT consultant in the US ( phew.. time does run really fast.. doesn't it..). It also marked the 5th anniversary of my work experience in the IT industry. I joined a reputed IT company straight from campus on July 21st, 2003. In that company, its a practice to acknowledge those who worked for 5 years with a "Long Term service award ".
I have had the experience of working as a Consultant on an assignment in a fortune 500 Insurance company where it was a fairly common sight to see people with more than 25 or even 30 years of experience.
If 5 years is Long-Term, I am at a loss of words to term a 30 year experience with a single company. I really admire companies who have perfected the art of retaining employees. But with capitalism sweeping the world furiously, these companies will be more of the exception than the norm.
Now coming to the title of the post and its relevance..
Yours truly attended his first campus interview 5 years back with a company which is famous for "Applying Thought ". I still remember that day when my interview was scheduled at 3.45 AM ( yes, its AM) and I managed to barely talk coherently leave alone answer technical questions as part of the gruelling interview. The interview result was consistent with my performance and expectations.
The first interview being special still had the charm and excitement which made me to eagerly go to the placement notice board to see if I had by some miracle, managed to impress and get selected.
History records the fact that I continued to attend more tests/interviews and did not manage to get placed in any of the reputed companies that came to our campus.
Fast forward 5 years ( August 2008)...
I am madly being pursued by the same company to join them on board. I have a kind of "walk-in " offer and the HR of this multi-billion dollar company calls me every fortnight to remind me of the offer and care to see if I have made up my mind to join them.. Wow.. Thats the sweetest revenge of sorts...
What goes around comes around... ( A Justin Timberlake song last year with the same title was a chartbuster remaining popular on the top playlists for a long time.. The music video of the same is here).
That connects this post to another of mine where I contend that the " World is round " and not flat as Tom Friedman argues.
Labels: Sweet Revenge, Tom Friedman, World is still round
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