Adieu to Expertus

Yesterday (December 22nd, 2006) was a special day for me. I had resigned my job at Expertus, where i had worked for the past 11 months.
You might wonder what is so great about it. But, for me, this was a special moment since Expertus gave me many things that i had for the first time in my life.
1) This was my first job as Instructional Designer.
2) For the very first time, i got a starting salary of above 7000
3) I went on a trip to TTDC in Mahabalipuram with my office friends, it was one of the most wonderfull trips in my life.Gopakumar,Gowri, Ashwini, Richeek, Sreeram, Akilan, Senthil, and Sudarsan, & Devika for giving me a great experience.
4) During my very short tenure, i met many friends: Dafne, Sanjana, Abhilash, Harishankar, Sandeep, Sanchali, Madhubala, Aravind, Girish, Bala and so, on. Each of them were totally different in character, but very professional at work.
6) I owned a mobile phone for the first time.
7) I went to official parties held at resorts; prior to this, i never had even been to a resort.
8) Most valuable thing was that i discovered that i too had some talent.

I can never forget Expertus;mostly for the reason that it gave me a job during the most difficult time of my life. The job not only gave me money, but showed me a glimpse of the path that i must travel. I was fortunate to have many mentors who have guided me and helped me a lot, bith personally and professionally. I thank all of my friends, to name a few: Senthil, Sudarsan,Akilan, Ashwini, Abhilash, Sanjana, Hari, Uma, and Richeek for their help and guidance.

I just hope that my new company would give me a better experience.

Nothing to blog about

My life is getting routine. My day starts by waking up at 7 am in the morning, getting ready for office, catching the train to Beach station via Chetpet, the place where my company is situated;work or atleast pretend to work uptill 6:30 p.m. and come back home. (Very boring to read, Isn't it?). Well this is the main reason for me not writing many interesting posts, because i have nothing special to blog about. I pray to god to grant me some creativity so that i can write good posts. Untill then, view some good blogs like these:
www.lensmangops.blogspot.com
www.summaryoflifetimes.blogspot.com
www.dreamzunleashed.blogspot.com
www.inagardencalledlife.blogspot.com

Believe me, these blogs are good.

New Lessons

I have about 15 years of education and yet i feel that all of them put together would not equal the small amount of knowledge that i have acquired during my one year of professional life.
When i was studying in college, my professor used to say, "Enjoy your college life to the maximum, because the minute you step out of college, you can never be the same, it's a different world out there waiting for you". How true it is. Like many others, i completed my degree and searched a job, which was the first step to real education.

After finishing my degree, i went to work at a BPO, where i had my first dose of bitter medicine. There, i learned my first and most important lesson was never to underestimate yourself and to be selfconfident, calm, and positive.

After resigning my first job, i analysed myself and changed myself to a field that i stumbled upon by accident, E-learning.
I joined a small organization , started to learn whatever i could. It has been 10 months since i joined this organization. I feel that these ten months have taught me a lot, they have changed me drastically. I have just got a glimpse of the corporate world. It is a very uncomprimising world (as far as i know). In corporates, Money is god. To them, "Money is god, and it should be attained by all means, all other things are secondary".
I never realised this, i felt that my company was treating me well by giving importance. Reality dawned when i realised that i was being used as a tool to humiliate and sack my peers.
Slowly and steadily, i began to realise the true colours of my seniors, they started to blame others because they themselves were inefficient. Politics took the front seat and professionalism took a beating. After many attempts, i realised that i was fighting for nothing and hence put down my papers.
I thought that i had learned all my corporate lessons, but i was wrong. When i went to withdraw my salary, i found that my company had withheld my salary and would be paying me only after my final settlement. Is this the last lesson or am I in store for more, only time will tell.