Looking back at my short and pretty eventful career!
I just arrived back home from a visit to Delhi . And there I met some old friends who were still slogging out in my old company. This is apparently a big shame considering some of these guys are way more talented than for what they are employed for. And most of them are paid pittance of an amount for the work they are made to do. So, I thought I would reflect back on my career and what I have learnt from my old jobs. Some real stinking graves these are!
- Jaldi E-Commerce Limited: It was the year 2000 I believe when I joined Jaldi.com as a web developer intern. I joined the company through my dad’s connections just to learn the tools of the trade. But well, the Aptech and NIIT graduates in the company were so awful that I had to take care of the department for most of the initial days. Until Kunal Sangar arrived. That man is an institution in himself. And well till date I respect him so much that I cannot describe it here. I owe a lot to him when it comes to me and web stuff. As for the company, it was an opportunity missed big time. It could have been the Baazee of today and it could have been the Daksh of today. It became nothing. The E-Commerce division got busted with the Dot Com Burst and the Call Center division never came into being once Daksh took some big contracts out of this company’s hand. So, what I learnt from this company? When you venture into the unknown, be prepared to do stuff you would have never thought you would do.
- KLG Systel: We were shifted to KLG Systel once the Jaldi.com got busted. Joined the multimedia application development team where we worked on a biggie project for Britannica. Met Ankur here. Again learnt a lot from him. My passion for forums and perhaps Blogs are attributed to him. We both slogged out for that project that went bust in the end with some bad decisions taken by the managers. Managers of the old economy who were managing IT projects. Maybe it would be unfair on my part to attribute all the failure on the managers of the company, but well… We were small fry and seldom did our suggestion made it beyond the ears of team managers. So well… In the end it was a big disappointment. Lessons learnt: Age and Experience does not exactly justify incompetence.
- Zed-Axis Technology: Nice small company. Young guns with big dreams. Hired some really talented people in Samrat, Puneet, Arunjeet and Taran. Then some jerks in me and 20 other team members. In the end all of us worked literally day and night to make a big NIIT project a success. But well again… The managers were as crappy as crap goes. Lessons learnt: MBA Degree does not generally guarantee talent, smartness and competence. In fact, they (MBA Institutes) literally take out commonsense from your brains.
- TravelGolf Media: The job offer from this company at the right time considering I had to leave Zed Axis to move back to home because of Mom’s operation. The job wanted me to work from home which worked perfectly for me. I gave a commitment to work for at least a year to an old friend which turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life. The company was thankless, and the boss was like this arrogant jackass who ran the company like a circus ring where even the ferocious of the beasts were not treated with respect. It was a company where the project manager preferred to hire incompetent people to keep his position intact and well… the project manager’s whore got all the perks of the jobs. The boss apparently oblivious of all the bullshit happening under his nose went around with the business. And I quitted the day I felt the water ran over my head level. The move costed me a month’s salary which many people term as my stupidity but me takes that as a price I paid to retain my self-respect and dignity. Lessons learnt: Do not compromise yourself for the sake of friendship. Some people will use you, manipulate you and even trash you for the sake of personal success and greed.
That is it. Now, I am in a situation with 2 almost confirmed job offers from Hyderabad and Bangalore afraid to join yet another possible crap shit company. Preferring to continue this freelance venture of mine which is loosely based on the Wiki Concept. Might fail, might work out. But I would not pity myself to have sacrificed my ethics for the sake of money.
Money is still not an issue as Dad still wants me to leave all this bullshit and go back to what I left almost 6 yrs back… Studies.
August 20th, 2004 at 05:50 pm
Well… post something more bout your experiences on Travel Golf Media
August 20th, 2004 at 06:00 pm
Someday i will write a book on myself and write a chapter dedicated to TGM.
March 25th, 2005 at 06:23 pm
r u seriouslly considering studies after this???
well freelancing gives u what u want but sometimes u end up havin nothin in ur hand’s. just be carefull bout that
March 29th, 2005 at 05:38 pm
and a degree guarantees what? i think its hard work that guarantees success…
May 23rd, 2005 at 10:52 am
What did you finally chose to do?
May 23rd, 2005 at 11:03 am
i am just 23. a whole lot of life still to live. currently i am running my own startup with a couple of friends.
January 5th, 2006 at 05:43 pm
Dude…. Kunal Sangar is my Elder brother. Thanks for the respect you showed for my brother. He undoubtedly deserves it.
Anyways, for you i think going back to studies is the best thing to do. You have a lot of life to live. Live it after getting all the tools of the trade to live it Kingsize.
January 5th, 2006 at 05:47 pm
April 2nd, 2006 at 07:52 pm
Hi Sushubh,
I just came across this page as I was searching for Jaldi.com. As I remembered my old days in delhi about the ads for Jaldi.com ……
any way friend its really shame that ******** managers caused millions of loss to IT industries.
I also suffered a lot in my initial career stage..
and all due to ******** managers.
and decided never to be an IT manager until and unless I spend half of my life in IT.
Any how i am now settled in life….
Working with some high quality managers ofcource not with shit zero experience managers.
Just thinking to come back some day and start my own some .COM…..
April 15th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Kunal Sangar is my Brother-in-law. he definitely is worth the praise…
Thanks for the respects u have shown towards him.
I have done freelancing for quiet some time as well but its is not always good. sometime u have lot of work and sometimes u dont have anything…
this is what i say from my experience…. though i left freelancing about 3 yrs back…. working fulltime now… but not into Software Development… though i still remain connected to IT and computer science bigtime…
U never know what life has in store for u…
Take care
Naren
May 17th, 2006 at 08:53 pm
Guys, Nice to read great experience…
but come out of this scrap companies and join good companies either Indian ( TCS, Patni ) or MNC like ( GE, BearingPoint, Oracle, Microsoft) according to your profile…
you will enjoy and miss the company during your tenure and even after leaving..
September 4th, 2006 at 05:57 pm
kya hua bacche !!
didn’t published my posting…i thought you were great propent of open talks on blogs..
June 8th, 2007 at 03:45 pm
guys,
i am one of those hated ones from MBA side. But hold it, I am a teacher in Mnagement not a team leader!!
I need help!
I have had material on Jaldi for long. collected to write a case on Jaldi to highlight what went wrong. Can u guys share your views. It will really make the case rich. Let me know e-mails of guys who worked in Jaldi and I will fire questions for u to reply. Particularly Kunal. I will be grateful for your insights.
Thanks
Sumit Mitra
University of Wollongong in Dubai.
June 8th, 2007 at 04:02 pm
Hi Sumit,
First of all I am sorry but I could’nt recall you…how do you know me…and how can I help you.
Thanks,
Kunal Sangar
July 31st, 2007 at 03:31 pm
Hi. KLG got my attention. Need to speak with you, do leave your contact. Thanks.