Friday, January 23, 2009

The Software Engineer who lost his Ferrari

A year ago software industry was the most sought after, the people in the industry were raking in moolahs.

There were many new money makers in town, they called themselves Techie. They were young and talented and with just a few frog leaps they could easily grab millions. Onsites, bonuses, allowances added a pretty fair amount to there pocket. They also found their dream gals in this industry. The industry now not only offered him roti(food), kapda(shelter) aur makaan(home) but also pyaar(love). They had there weekend whiskies and movies, as the most exciting part the job allowed them to have. They could now afford the gizmos and gadgets and clothes that they always wanted to.

All was good and well in there life till the day America hit with the recession meteor, and all of the sudden they started losing their jobs, and with their jobs went their aspirations, their dreams; not only did they lost their bread and shelter but soon they lost their love too. They tried hard to find a new job before their limited resources dry up but now the industries were freezing the intakes, it was not that easy to frog leap into other companies, neither were they left with any bargaining power. It was the time when they started to lose it all and life seemed to have done a great injustice to them. The Techies have now lost there ferrari.....

But was it literally like that or was it destinies call to them to do something that they have not done before, to make a career in the field they only wished to go but they lacked courage to venture into it. How many a times were they agitated to be confound into those 2x2 cubicles, how many times were they fed up of fixing the bugs in the codes, working like donkeys from 10 to 10 just to support the systems... all these times they wished to do something else, something substantial which would give them happiness along with all the money they earn. So isn't this the right time to do all that, why should they confine themselves as just being Software Engineers, why not to look in the world were many more opportunities can be explored. This is the time when they can go for higher education, this is the time when can think about starting their own software company, this is the time when they can ramp into various other careers. For it is on you what you think you can do or you can't; men has set boundaries for himself, because God never restricted anyone to explore in this world. So lets move ahead and before you actually lose your Ferrari, catch up with your dreams... for if you believe in them, you just might be making yourself lined up for many more of them.

"The only confinement you have is the one which is built by your mind... Go ahead, Explore better"