My New Team Lead:

I work with my old lead for very short spam of time, so fortunately all went well, no bad memory either of us should carrying.

Actually, my new lead Mr. Alam, requested for a new recourse to manager which make me to be in his team. Team of 5 guys including me.

Venky was star in the team, and Raj another team mate, the kind of guy who really ensure MMC standard and CMM level of company, don’t think much about him, man…, He just knew what documents should be placed where. I started with one of the best Lead, I am really missing him, the great Man who really knows how to handle the team and how to build them. We use to enforce lead for lunch party, does not matter whether lead is paying or venky. Venky started teaching me the application and technology as well. We used to sit an hour every day in cafeteria for all useless talk and reporting to manger team meeting.

First Fight with Management Team:

I started with one project, I still remember P0A59, 90% was JSP text change and 10% of logic, Servlet change but that was related to ID’s so kind of project where you need to have careful. I got design document prepared by Venky, all things are mention clearly what need to be done. The day comes when we suppose to load the code for testing, after loading the code, due to some database issue, all went wrong..

Alam and Venky were out for coffee, my assistant manage, one of the most irritating F**King Fellow came to me with one of the other Lead

I was reading log to check how come it happens. Suddenly Other lead started questing why this, not that, I was pissed of, I replied who coded it, me right? Then how come you know what should print here do you what was requirement? Assistant manager ask me, if you did it in right way why this issue, I was in hot mood…, and replied that’s what am checking, wait am for some time. Fortunately My lead back with Venky and without even knowing the issue, he told hey guys I check and review all the code …, no issue there let me check, why all this nonsense going here. Meanwhile he checks with our US counter part and he admit the mistake, he supposed to change the database quarry and that was still pending. My APM was feeling insulted, just a few months earlier he joined and talking in this way. Next meeting with Manager, I got the reward, and that was new module, most error prone, useless and kind of irritated work. That was due to my F**King APM who recommended my name.

First BCG Violation in MMC:

It was my first time when I was participating in grand release of project, Oct/2007. All new for me, that was Sunday night when suddenly

Ever green baby of team call me on call, because due to my code some thing went wrong, I was drunk, no way to go on call, so Alam joined the

Call, and discussed as usual it’s not Pandey’s mistake System engineer agreed for his mistake even though, it was completely my miss. I will never forget what I did, For one pre-populating JSP text, I put the condition, but condition was forced to true, off course it was just testing the code in local, but delivered same code to Production, As expected from my system testing team. Finally I was started sweating when I realize what I did, Alam fix that issue immediately and deploy that code, He told me all set beta be cool, it’s not a big mistake, it may happens. He was not aware am not afraid to issue, but for some thing else.

Getting Project:

As Usual we all knows, we have to go over the Interview process based on the project requirement, Monday we all reached at New office in time…, Every body was looking decent and prepared except my self.

Suddenly one lady came and calls 4 names for interview…, after half an hour Myself, Paul and beautiful girl Talat got a call from Senior Advisory Manager, and she directly introduced us with one of Senior Manager, First impression was good because my senior manager was looking drunk; He took us from the interview place to our work place in his car, My Manager was waiting for us at down stair to receive, As soon I came to know this office is going to be my work place, I decided am not going to answer any single question in interview, because I can’t travel 80 kms everyday, but plan fails, no interview …, nothing.

Getting Started with Work:

My First company, first team and off course First team lead. Team was so good complete India, The day when we assigned under the Lead , one of other Lead console me “Best of Luck”, I was astonished what is this very soon I got to know why did he console me. My lead means miss. Perfect, probably the word what I hate most, and another twist was I hate to work under girls but no choice. First day itself she asked me to go through all the recorded training, She only provide me the head phone, I tried few times to understand what hell the trainer want to say, I can just imagine, a poor illiterate guys is watching Titanic sake of English fashion, How long I can torture my self, I kept that training going on and started listing music through the headset. I was not aware, she is going to question what all I learnt from training…. What to answer, I told her I tried to go over the same training 5 times no use am unable to understand, what he trying to say, might be because of the American-Chinese mixed tone.

She asked me to keep going through the session; meanwhile we will have some knowledge transfer session here. I don’t know why guys have insane feeling for her, but I always find her good to me, may be I was lucky, only issue with me , I can’t manage my self under the lady head.

First Lesson from my Teacher:

All F**King North Indian attitude to show up, one of my senior Mr. jain ask me to give the presentation on jsp, Even it’s not good but truth, I don’t like to go on stage…, and am really feared to talk specially in English on some specified topic. No other go, day arrive, I came with some slide show, I took the chair, like a CEO, and propagate same what all I have mention on slide. Once session end …more or less all the folks out to presentation room, except few guys like me, Paul, and few new joinee, Mr. Chandra (My Guru),broke his silence, the first word was what you think, are you CEO, senior manager or what. I was fucked off, what’s wrong now, all went well, Now why all this. Lecture started ….

I though some thing wrong with this fellow, Might had fight with wife last night, no place to take it off and now on me. I really never imagine this guy is going to be my Guru(teacher) in future. Now am his student …. Not in school or college but in his Kung-Fu school.

Developer in MMC

As soon as you start reading this the first word what going to strike your mind is MMC?

Saying truth MMC is not my invention actually, I have a dada(Big-bro) in my team, he introduced this word to me first, anyway what exactly it means is manager managed company instead of Multi national company, have very small but significant difference, in present scenario 99% MNC’s are MMC.

Fortunately even, I am part of one of that MMC; I have still fresh memory of the day when, after lot off struggle I insure my entry there. The great historical day of my life, 23^rd Feb 2007. As soon as I finished my training I got placed in one of the best project what MMC dealing with. Training had nothing great to remember except my classmate and few friends.

The Day after Training:

We finished our 20days of training and next day we had meeting with our Learning and knowledge head, As we all knows even Manager’s need feedback to show to his/her manager at year end to make sure his/her growth. I have habit not to answer any question till not directed to me, coming to real point, Our L&K head came to board room…with the coordinator to take training feedback, every body started saying good, great…….

I was silent as usual, He pointed me ..Hello Mr, no response..The boy in yellow shirt behind the girls, that was his biggest mistake may be life time, I had no choice, except The feedback, So instead of answering I started questioning, what you think in 18days 10 different technologies will make any sense to learn, It’s not college where you have to make sure your about answer book nothing else, here we have to put that in practice, …

After a minute break, I told him I am not sure if I gain some thing from training because, I knew more than that before training. A big silence in room, every one was waiting for L&K head’s response…….Finally, like all other manager he accepted….. , We sent on bench.Bench means in-laws house, No work still getting paid.

Bench Life:

We are around 40 guys and had only few desktop to check mails and all, so I used to sit in one small conference room with my classmate Mr. Paul, and few folks, I used to help guys to spoil there future, that means to get the girl friend, Few days …It was all ok..Going office on time enjoying coffee, tea and reading news paper ….and being back at sharp 5PM, very soon I thought no use man, be at home, share your password to your friend let him check your office mail …. Why to be in office whole day just for mail, even have to wait for your turn when system will be free. After a week one day on Friday around 2:30 PM my RDM call me , I was in sound sleep, I asked Who is this, He understand am sleeping means not in office, Very first question after introduction….Where are you Mr. Pandey, don’t you know you must have to be in office from 9 AM to 6 PM, I have mastering to answer …,

Actually Sir, I don’t get any system free and have no free room to sit so I came back after 1 PM, …. He asked me check the mail and report to another office by Monday, I asked to him, Sir can you please forward same mail to my gmail id. He laughed, but did so with one F**King condition to call every body who all are in list to insure all of them aware where they have to report on Monday.