Working life!

Hmm... I have now been working in a software company for almost 2 years now, precisely 1 year 10 months and 4 days :), and I just wanted to look back at the time that has passed since I passed out of college and what I have become (or what's become of me :P).

So, if I go back to 1st July 2003, my first day at work (when I officially got inducted into the world of employed software junkies), I remember a guy who was kinda afraid of whats in store for him. He made a plan for himself, he knew how he should do things (which meant do things right), but was afraid of all the people around him, who were senior to him, and who were better than him... But at the moment things were quite easy.

He was enjoying the fact that there was no real work for atleast 2 weeks or so, because of some induction presentations, and he knew that meant whole day at the back of the audi with friends and time pass...

1 month later
When he got into the first real project where people expected him to work, he was amazingly happy. Happy to work!!! And I thought why??

This guy practically hates to work... Its like all this guy wanted to ever since he saw a computer was to play games (I still do, even in office :P)...

It all started with a racing game that he played on DOS at his dad's office...

So, because games were fun, computer was fun... He practically got his dad convinced to buy him a PC just after 12th exams (for a whopping 55K rupees) , so he could play Formula 1 on it (and someday make a game).

Coming back to his first assignment, which was to build a component that could enable an application to update itself, he thought, and worked hard/ then harder....
And he was happy because it was new stuff to him...

NOW
And now, after these 22 months of EXPERIENCE, what does this guy think...

He thinks he's changed a lot since 1st July 2003. He's not that afraid anymore, he's more confident about himself and his work. He understands people better (atleast he thinks so), and he takes interviews!!! He no longer thinks about building computer games.. He still plays games though.. He likes to work from 9 to 7 now... He knows work is part of life and he does okay at his job.. He isn't that fascinated by things around him in the office like he used to be.

BUT, but he's still happy to go to work!!! Howzzat?

Because he doesn't like sitting at home, that's why.. Disappointing reason I know, but its the truth.. lol

Now I know I'll never ask again :)