How easy is it to change?? Or how difficult it is to change?? Tough question or easy question?? Well the same thing was going through my mind exactly a month ago.. Being in certain location or with certain people will make you fall in the comfort zone.And i tell you, once you are in comfort zone, it is very difficult to make a decision of changing. My stint with NSN was for 34 month!! long time is it?? And to take a decision of moving out to a new company was hard enough..The people, the place, the environment, everything will no longer be the same. The very thought about it baffled me.Taking a decision was never going to be easy as you get emotionally attached to these things.Finally decided, "This is it" i am going to resign.. During the notice period, there are mixed feeling. The sense of not seeing the people with whom you spend so much time is tough. Especially when you have found good friends in them. There is also the sense of joy and pride of moving to a better position meeting new people, exploring new opportunities!!
Finally the day arrived. July 15Th 2010, my last day at NSN. Had fun the day before, when all the team gathered for my send off party. Can't tell that it was rocking party but it was kind of OK( Cant expect rocking parties from telcom engineers!!). That Thursday went so fast. Starting with finalising the formalities and meeting with people for one last time ( officially though!) Many were surprised at my decision, but almost every one blessed me with their wishes. Those where touchy moments where a sense of separation was creeping in me. I decided to go to my home town for the weekend, and trust me those 6 hours were the longest it took to reach my place. Perhaps i was attached emotionally to my work, more so with the people which made things hard to digest.
I spent three days at home, and returned to Bangalore all charged to take up the new assignment or rather give my career a new direction. I reached the office sharp 8.30 and was taken aback by the sheer number of people. Having come from a small bunch of people in my previous company to a company with thousands and thousands in a single campus was astonishing feeling, to be honest felt like coming in herd of sheep's!! ( No personal offence!!) Couple of days passed in the induction and in anxiety! The real test of working in a software company started from then on.. To sit in bench with no work and having to spend 9.5 hours at office was herculean task to say the least.It was that time when 5 mins looked like hours (Perhaps i was coming from a domain where one wouldn't be ideal for such long time). Finally after struggling for 15 days i got into a project.
That has been the story for last one month of my professional carrier, hope the change will signal the good things to come!!
