IBM Diaries

Working in the best company in the world has it's merits and demerits. Obviously I was excited to work for a big organization as every teenager who dreams of making a big name for himself when he learns to dream
So ya was excited and relieved to get a job. Good times don't last for long though.Met some good people, met some real douches also, and as I write this post I have survived for 5 months!! Yes,this is the first time I've survived for this long in one company. Testing times it has been and I really see no future in the company but there's no other option so I'll enjoy the laid-back approach just a little bit longer, enjoy the experience and then move on.

Day 156
So yes I have survived in this company for this long.There's always a first time for all the things in life.In my travels to different companies Nd having tested different aspects of my life,I love me experimenting all kinds of shit.So this time I'm testing my patience of surviving in a fucked up company. I've set myself a goal of how long I want to stay in this company and I'm challenging myself to do the impossible as always. Yes I've been topping the highest number of surveys for the past two months.So people have stopped asking me questions about my work. They've not given me leaves for this year. For the scuba diving excursion I had no leaves for this year so I had to take an unscheduled leave so I was afraid the manager would call me to come. So it all started coz I had leaves on Wednesday and Friday so had to swap with my managers bitch. So did the swap and then a bunch of lies had to follow. No issues happened though.Got a reputation of being a maverick though. Still don't know how long I'll be doing this job,but life goes on. diff

Diu Memories!!!

Movies to watch before you die!!!!!!

This is in the order i remember in...

1.Into the wild
2.Memento
3.Pathology.
4.The Kite Runner
5.City of God.
6.The Godfather
7.Pathology
7.Good fellas
8.American History X
9.Autograph(Tamil)
10.Happy Days (Telugu)
11.A millionaire's first love.
12.Definitely Maybe.
13.Sahara
14.The Departed
15.Inception
16.The Dark Knight Rises
17.Pathology
18.Requiem for a dream
19.Snatch
20.Scar face
21.Lock Stock and two smoking barrels.
22.Across the Hall.
23.Cool Running s
24.The Machinist
25.The 13th Floor.
26.The Truman Show.
27.Seven
28.Righteous Kill
29.Inside Man
30.Rocky
31.American Psycho
32.Blow
33.Pulp Fiction
34.Gladiator
35.The Descendants
36.Cinderella Man
37.The Pursuit of Happiness
38.Remember the Titans
39.Up
40.The Basketball Diaries
41.Insomnia
42.Fight Club
43.The Terminal
44.The Dark Knight
45.The Godfather
46.American History X
47.Taxi Driver
48.The Prestige
49.Memento
50.Lock Stock and Two smoking Barrels.
51.Gladiator
52.The Truman Show
53.Cast Away
54.Rocky
55.Ratatouille

and the list is still updating...

EMc Recruitment drive

Oh it started with me wanting a job.I actually got a job in IBM but it was a dream to work forr my friends company.So after 5 weeks of waiting for the call to come, a call letter for the aptitude test finally arrived.I didn't know what to expect in an aptitude test,I studied all the basic questions that could have been asked and I thought that the going would be smooth.I reached the place a good half an hour early only to see to my surprise a long queue of wannabes standing in a snake like train which started from the college gate and covering all of the campus ended at the Rear gate of the college.As I was writing this post,I hadn't moved an inch since the time I came.It was a long wait,anyways I was jobless and I'm tired of sitting at home.Ok ! so i got through this line after a good two hours and then i reached the main gate of the college ,checked my documents and to my surprise there was another queue of people waiting to get in to the college for the aptitude.It was 0830 hrs when i reached the college gate and when i crossed this line it was 1245 hrs and i went in for the aptitude test.Some guy gave us a speech that it was for people who were comfortable working in all shifts.And then preceded the aptitude test for an hour.They gave us a paper to write our contact details and i filled all those in,wrote the aptitude test as well.The questions were a bit tough and i wrote all the answers feeling optimistic and when the results were announced on a mike in front of 500 people anxiously waiting to go home ,there came my name and i was shocked to hear my name at first but i realized that maybe i was dumb enough to have cleared this test.The next round was screening by a HR from the company with simple questions like introduction, why do u want to join this company etc.I cleared this round as well.I was waiting for the third round to happen and suddenly out of the blue a guy comes up saying that the guys who are based in Bangalore can leave for the day and the others who have come from different colleges outside of Bangalore can stay and only their rounds will be taken.I was literally tired and I hadn't had a single grain of food since morning and I decided to leave as i was hungry ,tired and famished .I thought these guys would give me a call and as it was supposed to be I never got a call from the company.My dream was shattered and I still wish that i would have stayed for that extra hour or two and my life would have changed for the better.I don't believe in destiny but I believe in being their at the right place at the right moment to grab the opportunity.If u miss that you have to wait for your next shot.But u know as Eminem said it "U only get one shot do not miss ur chance to blow .This opportunity comes once in a lifetime ."

Sheldon cooper, Big Bang and my Similarities with Both

The character Sheldon Cooper is played by Jim parsons ,coincidentally even my first name is the same.Over the years i have observed the character and my strange resemblance to his character inspired me to write this post.Although i do not resemble the character in every aspect that he portrays but I strangely also have the habit of getting up before the alarm comes up.I didn't have the habit of doing so unless I started watching it,but it just happened to me.As i started watching the show,I could relate myself to the character living a life with all the devices, being free of social interactions in real life but having a different life online.Being in love with movies ,games and living in a fantasy world which is again another major similarity with me.Living a fictional life and believing everything which happens in the movies to be real is also a major similarity with me and him.I used to believe whatever that happened in the movies is real and I would love one day to be there out in space meeting Silver Surfer and be a protector of this galaxy.The other thing about Sheldon Cooper and me is our Diet,we eat things on a specific day.We never live to eat and we always eat to live.The other thin is we are both workaholics and we can stay up all night and not sleep till we have a result.Though we are from very diverse backgrounds and we love what we do,people still think we are weird. What i don't understand about Sheldon is he defines happiness in a different manner and he says he is happy but is he really?

Job Search

It all started with me lookin for a job.I had no graduation to show to my employers and a bunch of lies that i had to practice and which i had to assert positively to my employers.I always had a different story to tell them as they would never hire anyone having an engineering background of any sort.So this is the second time i am looking for such kind of a job.After the consistent harassment of the consultancy people calling me up i finally reached a consultancy and they said my skills were good enough to get me a job with some help from the consultant getting a fake experience certificate.He was pretty confident about and he said its not a big deal,i said ok lets try this out also,who the hell gives a rats ass about such kind of a job.So the interview was supposed to be at 6,i reached there at 6.30.One round with the big fat lady and another with an American called Andrew.After the fake accent interview,i was waiting for the result from the big fat lady and she said the joining is tomorrow and to bring all the relevant documents needed for the Induction.So I went the next day with all the documents that were necessary and we were asked to sit in a room .After that the induction started and we had to fill all the forms as per the tradition so after that we had a crappy dinner and after that we went to the floor and I could see 20 people sitting on the floor taking calls and it was like watching Manorama meaning not a single girl was present.And amid all this we wanted to go out for a smoke and they were not ready to give our mobiles and we were not allowed to go out also.Spending 9 hours in that shit place was a challenge in itself.After finishing work I was supposed to get dropped and there comes a nano and an Omni,I was literally pissed at that and I was never to be seen in that company ever again.A bad start to the year 2012.

Training in the BPO

So in my travel to different companies i have realized that there are a lot of jobless people in this world,as i go to different companies i see lots of people around,different characters of the same movie i would say.The characters are the same but the companies change.So whenever you go to a company especially a good one you would come across a tech freak,a Bollywood fan,an avid lover of music,a gamer,a car lover,an over enthusiastic female,a reserved girl and a married woman looking to pass time and earn some money.Different protagonists, one script, one aim-to fight it out for the money.Coming to the shooting location,its usually a perfect setting, a picturesque feel of a MNC it looks like one but you know what goes inside doesn't usually come out the right way.Coming to the staff of the company they need females who are beautiful and can speak English no degrees matter because this is India my friend.So the recruiters usually have a soft corner for the opposite sex and they do select people who really crave for money.As the saying "Beggars cannot be choosers" hence the higher number of losers.Now coming to the process training its no fun,they promote a guy who has very less knowledge of the English language to teach process and the end result is everybody passes training with flying colours.The trainer tells you its going to be a smooth ride but when you come to think of it,you were busy tripping on one thing or the other to really mind what went on in the training.The best part is you're left to your solitude and nobody in the world disturbs you whilst you're sleeping your way towards the end of the day.This happens in all the training programs in all the multinational companies.This was just a trailer of the movie which you can expect in your future.