Scribbles of a Lazy Geek

Below is the last day email, I sent when I left Infy - Subject - See you soon Let me try and keep it short and crisp. From Mysore to Bangalore and then to Chandigarh - I now move back to Delhi, leaving Infosys after a short stint of about 4 years. It is just my co-ordinates which are changing, I stay the same.   It took me 2 attempts to get into Infosys. Well, it took me 2 attempts to get out too. :) For the first attempt - around 35 from our class in college sat for the Infy recruitment drive – 7 cleared the written, and out of them only 1 was rejected in the Interview. I was the one, probably not good enough as somebody judged. What all happened in between those two attempts is a long story, and what happened after I cleared in the second attempt is an even longer story, so won’t get into those details J. Nearly 4 years in Infy, Just One project, Lots of great memories (well, some not-so-great too – but I’ll take those in my stride), I met some wonde...

If you work in an IT company, you know what I am going to talk about. And, if you work in a Company where the strength of employees is on the higher side(such as Infosys, TCS, Cognizant), then you probably would relate to this post even more. Being in an industry where people switch jobs every couple of years, brings with it many more things other than double digit salary increments. It brings along attrition in the company and many ‘Last Day’ emails. For the uninitiated, let me try and explain what does a ‘Last Day’ email typically mean. It is a medium for people to tell others that, I am leaving this company and if you need to stay in touch with me, I am sharing with you my personal contact information. Throw in a little bit of emotions and gratitude towards the company and colleagues and this completes a typical Last Day email. However, people many a times tend to go overboard and ‘Last Day’ emails are no exception. It is quite difficult to categorize Last...