From a Freshman's Perspective

The long wait for the offer letter has come to an end and the journey started on 5th October when I stepped into one of the Software giants, Oracle.
This is the place I always wanted to be a part of.I felt very lucky to have achieved my goal. Soon this goal seemed very small when I actually went a mile away and looked back. Life is a journey and one has to set goals and change directions continuously in order to reach the final & ultimate goal, which is always uncertain and hazy. New people, new milieu, new work, new friends, new manager but the same old me!

Big brands are always standard in every possible way. They are very well established with good infrastructure, well mannered staff and well executed plans. Induction, training and then they let newbies onto work. Induction taught me things that I did not even have a remote knowledge of about Oracle. Technical trainings helped me in honing my knowledge and also in gaining knowledge of new technologies. Then for the first time laid my hands on the work environment. Had so many doubts in my mind, perplexing me every minute. What is workspace? What is worklist? How do I get started? Whom to contact in case of doubts? Soon everything seemed to be a passing cloud and I conquered every nook and corner. Thanks to my friendly teammates and amicable manager for helping me onboard quicker than I expected.

Then came the buggy things, the bugs! I understood so many things about work only while fixing bugs. Gained some theoretical knowledge from the seniors at work but I strongly feel bugs helped me visualize and understand the product as a whole. I soon realized I am no more a fresher, now I'm an experienced person too! I've 5months experience! Questions followed..Am I behaving as an experienced person? can I guide my juniors? can I ever become a role model for some one? Will someone really look up to me? Will I be ever able to emulate my seniors at work? After introspecting a bit I realized, knowing about product, fixing bugs is a small thing compared to the big things yet to come in future. There are many more things to discover at work after I master bug-fixing and I feel confident about the current product.

I want to see my self in another 2 years as a product owner and taking the credits for developing an entire product on my own. Not leaving a leeway for bugs to enter my code and even if something crawls in, I should be able to fix it in minutes. Giving presentations to people in other parts of the world about my product, answering their questions on the fly. Discussing important things with seniors and helping juniors at work. No meeting should be complete without my presence. Selecting new aspirants from campuses across our country. Traveling to at least one place outside India. I believe nothing is impossible and here I stand, confidently, with a glint in eyes indicating my dream will come true soon! I am what I am, the same old me but with new aspirations and expectations.