Am happy that atlast I got some time to pen down my 6 months experience @ NetApp. But this is just for those who have little patience so that I dont waste others time unnecessarily!!!:-P I still remember the day (Dec 17th) when I was roaming around Canteen block & Y block of my college not knowing that the day was going to be mine. I was first interviewed by Vishal, my own Manager (whom i have currently tagged as "work-conscious but hyper-Cool" , I know its little bit contradictory(haha!!) but he is) and later by Srivardhan with whom I got to work for the first half of my Intern Period fortunately. It was a very cool interview,though. This mindset made me do the other interview as Gud as I did this. (Nothing but Alcatel Lucent, the same day). Luck favoured me that day(luckily!!!). My name was read out in both the companys and I was in....Nothing else to say on this except that I should Thank God and just move on to my golden period of Internship.
Started off well on January 6th. I was waiting in the lobby for an Escort to take me inside. Along with me was my newly introduced friend Susheela. Srivardhan just entered by that time. He came straight to me and wished me Good Luck for the first day. To say the truth, I recognised him only after he left but was so happy then since he remembered me amongst 20 to 30 people whom he interviewed. All 1st day procedures went on so Good with IBM thinkpad, Cubicle being offered, etc,etc,etc..........Later I just met my team mates, got introduced to few. And the first news they gave us was the Wonderla trip. The time when we heard it, We (None other than Durai, Sowbarani & myself) were completely wondering on what is happening around us that too on the very first day of Corporate life. Had ultimate enjoyment the next day. Instead of being hydrophobhic, for the first time in my life, I went in almost all water rides tat was safe for my height {laughter prohibited @ dis statement particularly!!!}
Coming to the Routine work, We three had Xcellent support from the entire team starting from our managers for the entire six months.
Vatsala was assigned my buddy (None other than the one who is famous for the phrase "Junk Fellow") but we both were working together only towards the end of 6 months. Though it was a very short span of time, I enjoyed working with her. She was the one who taught us to "Work with pleasure". She has been very friendly and caring. I wish I would have worked with her for some more days:( It will be unfair of me if I fail to mention that my Buddy is an xcellent singer and She sings tamil songs so well!!!:) I was lucky to have her as my Buddy:):)
Development phase was so Gud. Had chance to work with Java Experts of our team none other than Srivardhan and Dharani. We were learning the GWT along with our mentors and it was very gud working with them. We enjoyed playing with GWT widgets in the first half of our Intern period. We were given different screens to design (infact little challenges) and It was all like learning with fun. We absolutely enjoyed working in Development. Special thanks to Srivardhan and Dharani for teaching us lot many things in such a short period.
Sridevi is another Cool sorry Calm sorry Kind sorry Humble manager and in fact I am still searching for a better metaphor that would describe her quality exactly. She is such a sweet manager we have never expected to meet in our career. Somehow we managed to stop calling her as "Madam" as early as possible. I still doubt if someone in such a cadre could be so humble and kind round the clock amidst all serious responsibilities. She is a perfect xample for the above mentioned controversial statement. Since the team was a bit new to us, We unfortunately missed her kid's b'day during the earlier period:( I wish I get a manager like Sridevi in the latter part of my career.
Coming to my manager Vishal, as I already said he is a hyper-Cool person and it was very nice working under him. He is more like "Work while you work , Play while you play" kinda person. But I have always heard Reddy saying xactly different about Vishal. We like them fighting sorry pretending to fight with each other. And I should never forget to thank Vishal that his statement is 99.9% fulfilled and We all are converted:) I hope Vishal deserves a special treat from all Interns who are converted:-P And that is PRETTY MUCH about my manager(haha!!!)
Venkat, Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....we have always got a feeling that He is our Senior Manager whenever we approach him and Absolutely he was...Helped us in times of need, motivated us right from the first and Yes, We are thankful to him in all ways.
Surekha was the first person in fact with whom I have spoken a lot in our team. She is another friendly person and happened to be Sowbarani's buddy. I would rather say that "As vatsala was for me, Surekha was there for both Sowbarani and me". She is a very sweet friend of us. Very happy that We attended her marriage reception.
Cognos made us move with Kalyan and he was ready to help all three of us anytime. Reddy is known for his Ridiculous and but he has never been like that in Reality. I remember seeing Kalyan and Reddy by 9 AM @ office most of the days. Still wondering how people come so early and leave so late!!! Thanks Kalyan and Reddy for all the help and for clearing all our doubts though it had been the silliest one. And in particular Kalyan - Hope We did not trouble you much in this 6 months having you amidst us.(your cubicle amidst ours' )
Shivakumar is a Sincere employee as everyone knows. The days that we were working under him are always memorable. He has always been cautious when it comes to work making us execute a test case twice or thrice before passing it. He is quite worth to be mentioned as our mentor ever. Hope we helped him as much as we could. Thanks Shiva:)
Srikanth has always been encouraging in his talk with us and We have felt it Gud. I think We did not leave Srikanth too and have approached him for help and doubts. Thanks Srikanth for everything:)
Deen, Ranjith and Sirish - Moved with all three of them only during the QA phase and Thanks to all:):) Thanks to Chinna Durai:) I was supposed to be working under him but missed!!!
On the whole, We had ultimate fun and enjoyment working in SANscreen team with good team interaction and full team support. Not to mention one or two, we have gone for numerous treats and team lunches. Finally We were given an xcellent farewel by the team. Lunch along with gaming. The day when we realized more that We will be missing the team very badly. We will be always looking forward to work with the same team (But Unfortunately its impossible)
I just felt like writing this blog when we were asked to speak about our own teammates in our final team lunch. Hope I did not make you all lose your patience (Atleast not that much:-P)!!!
Thank you SANscreen!!!:):):):):)
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