(Disclaimer note: Its just a way of looking at the industry with a tint of humor)
The day starts for an IT professional in a normal way as for the rest of the world, probably the only time where they imitate the non-IT society. Once the clock ticks 8 a.m., professional life (donno whether it’s the right way of calling it) is expected to start. Traffic, crowded buses, shared autos, petrol pump queue, etc the usual hurdles for every commuter in different ways.
Once you are in the office (which obviously is in the building which u once wud have thought is going to change your life style forever…and to get into this marvelous piece of architecture u shud be lucky enough to be counted by the biggies in the industry) building and if you have been working for few years mind will tell you that it is entering the danger zone. The usual “guddu marning”, “Gud morning”, “hovvaaru”, “watzup” aka ice breaking session starters according to one’s level of command in the British language. The irony is that the level of intimacy between two associates can be judged easily from this. Intimacy will be inversely proportional to the no. of words in the initial address.
Monitors switched on, mails start filling your inboxes (nevertheless to say it falls in different categories such as appreciations, escalations, action items and the most famous category junk mails). First rule in IT is you should let the whole world know that you are in (if on time) by means of mail if the leads are not present in their respective seats to make a visible note of it). The next step followed throughout India is to take the daily bread.
Canteen, chit-chats, gossips, the place where guys & gals from different projects, domains, accounts meet together and get a feel that they are working in a big organization. Just had a thought the biggies in the IT might think of providing the food at associate’s desk coz as per a recent survey the hours wasted in canteen is 4hrs per associate a day. Nevertheless to say this is the best place to find out how big you organization is and to assess your social contact within the organization and outside your project team. This part is very important as the hi-bye relationship we share with the acquaintances over here will stay for long (at least till we leave the company), since in project we all have to prove ourselves on a daily basis to be the Macho Man which may not guarantee the friendship within the teams forever.
The next phase is the most interesting thing for managers and senior supervisors – Daily/Weekly/Fortnight meetings. As many comic tales were released earlier stating that meetings are nothing but a time pass item for managers. Let us see how the meetings are scheduled. The managers go through the client mails, technical and non-technical status updates and try to get a basic idea whether the project Is in Red, Green or whatever color alert defined as per standards. If project is stable it rules out the possibility for a meeting to get the status updates. After completing all the routine work like resource management, billing, suggesting scope for future expansion, etc they need to allocate time for giving status updates to their higher-ups (the BiG BosseS). If all the above mentioned tasks are to be done the managers would like to tag them as busy (thought that forms the normal part of their job) and this will also rule out the possibility of a meeting. The worst condition arises when the Big Boss has the IF’s in the above mentioned conditions as no then the default task is to manage the project via meeting. So in short if the Boss feels they don’t have any tasks in hand to show off to someone, the meeting is scheduled and when the meeting scheduler mail hits the inboxes, the first expression by all associates will be “Eh! ..Oh F---”.The meeting story is completely driven by the host (manager) and its success is purely dependent on his skills. Some are too good that the attendees feel that they are just having a chit-chat regarding technical/project related stuff and the manager will get to know the ground reality (the most valuable and hidden information in IT). Others who feels the meeting is to be a one-man show and start dictating terms during that fail in attaining the real goal of it.
Now coming to the ground level of the posh IT industry i.e. the real life of the programmers (they are one who make this industry moving). Nevertheless to say with the current trend these are the things which eat their delicate mind on a daily basis. To be a successful IT professional these are the mantras you need to follow. (1) Always make sure that you are not just alive, but you live life. (2) Give value for the most important project – The LIFE. .................TO BE CONTINUED in part-2
Highlights of Part-2
Programmer's/Manager's life - colorful side of IT - appraisals - appeasement policies - onsite promotion - gals getups - gents @#$%$ - trend setters - life of managers - the long lasting friendship with tension - fear about future - unprecented retired life of an IT professional - .................(to be updated shortly)
The next phase is the most interesting thing for managers and senior supervisors – Daily/Weekly/Fortnight meetings. As many comic tales were released earlier stating that meetings are nothing but a time pass item for managers. Let us see how the meetings are scheduled. The managers go through the client mails, technical and non-technical status updates and try to get a basic idea whether the project Is in Red, Green or whatever color alert defined as per standards. If project is stable it rules out the possibility for a meeting to get the status updates. After completing all the routine work like resource management, billing, suggesting scope for future expansion, etc they need to allocate time for giving status updates to their higher-ups (the BiG BosseS). If all the above mentioned tasks are to be done the managers would like to tag them as busy (thought that forms the normal part of their job) and this will also rule out the possibility of a meeting. The worst condition arises when the Big Boss has the IF’s in the above mentioned conditions as no then the default task is to manage the project via meeting. So in short if the Boss feels they don’t have any tasks in hand to show off to someone, the meeting is scheduled and when the meeting scheduler mail hits the inboxes, the first expression by all associates will be “Eh! ..Oh F---”.The meeting story is completely driven by the host (manager) and its success is purely dependent on his skills. Some are too good that the attendees feel that they are just having a chit-chat regarding technical/project related stuff and the manager will get to know the ground reality (the most valuable and hidden information in IT). Others who feels the meeting is to be a one-man show and start dictating terms during that fail in attaining the real goal of it.
Now coming to the ground level of the posh IT industry i.e. the real life of the programmers (they are one who make this industry moving). Nevertheless to say with the current trend these are the things which eat their delicate mind on a daily basis. To be a successful IT professional these are the mantras you need to follow. (1) Always make sure that you are not just alive, but you live life. (2) Give value for the most important project – The LIFE. .................TO BE CONTINUED in part-2
Highlights of Part-2
Programmer's/Manager's life - colorful side of IT - appraisals - appeasement policies - onsite promotion - gals getups - gents @#$%$ - trend setters - life of managers - the long lasting friendship with tension - fear about future - unprecented retired life of an IT professional - .................(to be updated shortly)
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