One fine morning I go to work with a new team. Here the whole comfort zone which was created earlier was gone, also some kind of pressure to prove that you are not a misfit was felt. Couple of days passed and I was anxious. Look around you there are people who looked like they know only the programing languages and nothing else, and hear I am with a broader knowledge and good confidence but would take time to finish the code.
This was not a very good scenario as we were racing time at least me!
Somebody said " Talking helps!" yes it did.
I was told "face the fears" I thought it was cliche and I was not so enthusiastic over the statement. Then comes the big one. My friend said " You will be known not by what you choose but by what you leave". I thought over it. I felt it made sense.
I started from where one starts the journey. Kept aside all the knowledge I know for a while. I started working from the ground zero. It helped!
I started to code with shaky approach. Then I realized that its only logic that matter not the way you implement it.
Now as of today in the span of 4 - 5 weeks I have already played around with different types of stuff like from C# tools to outlook plug ins. It amazes me :)
Its not how much variety or how many lines of code I have done, its about ability to understand the pattern and also ability to extend it.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
learnings on the edge...
I am in a role which nobody ever thought I would be in. Proud of it !
You do stuff you are not supposed to do, I do stuff I am not supposed to, We all do stuff we are not supposed to! but what the hell that is the way learning happens.
The job I finished ahead of time (Much ahead of time) surprised others and gave that evil satisfaction to me. Yes i did it! I said. But like a very good friend of mine puts it if you think you are leading the race then better take a look in the rear view mirror, thats exactly one should do when he/she is leading. Fortunatly thats exactly what I did!
The learning in this whole thing was I made a mistake and I stood by it. (I warned people before executing that fateful test case;) the tester in me still haven't died) What people say when i give them the news, "It's ok this should not be happening but what the hell we all do stuff :D" .
Be Brave is the learning in short and sweet words.
Did I say " ...the tester in me haven't died"? Oops! I forgot to tell that the name of the blog is explain my defloration as developer.
You do stuff you are not supposed to do, I do stuff I am not supposed to, We all do stuff we are not supposed to! but what the hell that is the way learning happens.
The job I finished ahead of time (Much ahead of time) surprised others and gave that evil satisfaction to me. Yes i did it! I said. But like a very good friend of mine puts it if you think you are leading the race then better take a look in the rear view mirror, thats exactly one should do when he/she is leading. Fortunatly thats exactly what I did!
The learning in this whole thing was I made a mistake and I stood by it. (I warned people before executing that fateful test case;) the tester in me still haven't died) What people say when i give them the news, "It's ok this should not be happening but what the hell we all do stuff :D" .
Be Brave is the learning in short and sweet words.
Did I say " ...the tester in me haven't died"? Oops! I forgot to tell that the name of the blog is explain my defloration as developer.
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