It’s been a hectic and happening time so far at IIFT post our summers. A quick round up of the “happening” stuff. The fourth trimester had the IT symposium written all over it. The so called farzi Ankur Bhai delivered a flawless execution of the event. The first event handled by our batch was indeed a great show. The fifth trimester had Tradewinds written all over it with Praddy bhai steering the event. 19th Nov 2008, another impeccable performance and a day to remember.
The two symposiums were followed by the placement process at Delhi. After Infosys and Patni, it was now Usha’s turn to be fooled by a sardar’s googly. An in hand salary of..ohh u all know it to the last decimal, and perks like…ohh u know this as well, made him a hero ( in his own perception J) . Nevertheless, he plans to sell fans in the middle east (international marketing , u see). So what if everyone has an AC there; tussi great ho paaji, u can do anything.
Mohit bhai exercised his call option just a couple of hours before the contract expiry at a strike price of… (the strike price is dependent on who the audience is J ). A consulting profile with an industry leader , what else could anyone ask for. Bas yaar jaane se pehle, meri ek request hai..ek GD hojaaye J.
The neech person finally got a neech (niche) profile. Rumour has it that he spent a lot of time in the interview and was exhausted by the time he came out, but, u see, we don’t entertain rumours on this blog. Jiggi bhai got a dream offer and a dream location as well. A sarkari aadmi in a sarkaari company.
And as the TCS team was packing up, I just managed to sneak one last offer from them. And the elusive MBA dream came to an end. It was on 21st September 2004 that I got the my first offer on campus from Infosys; and now on 3rd December 2008, the second offer of my life; Believe me, the feeling was no different and I have no words to express it. As they say, “ every job is special” ( more so in a recession).
As we come to the very end of this two year holiday, we will run through these 8 characters who are a bundle of contradictions, but who as a group, can give anyone a run for their money. Up next is the consultant from genpact….
