Finally I have to write this "Its my last day in Infosys" .. . Believe me when I joined Infosys I never wanted to write this, my dream was to build and raise my career with Infosys, because like any other engineering student (other than from IIT's ) , my dream was also to join Infosys and do something great with computers/softwares. So when I got selected in Infosys it was like a dream come true for me.
There is not much difference between a Infosys training class and college lecture except the teachers and other students. Those who got their training from Mysore may not agree with me... because of the 5 star facilities provided in Mysore DC.
After training it was time to get some real projects where the training syllabus does not help at all.(Infosys has extended the training to 8 months but still its a start from scratch for a new joinee when he joins a project after training, I wonder what they teach in a 8 month long training!! )
I also got my first project then second then third project... all projects were a new learning experience for me,some were delivered successfully some of them where only POC's and some scraped during requirement phase.. :D , but by that time I have realized that what actually Infosys is and how it works.
Infosys a service industry and it service only clients, anything for clients. Its like a shop which offer services as per demand from clients. You have to be lucky enough in Infosys to get an IBU which has more development projects than line maintenance and support project, where you end up in closing tickets in night shifts or keep doing the repetitive work.
I didn't mean that this kind of work is bad and one should't do this, but when you come with aspirations of doing something innovative in software development, when you join some company to continue what you have chosen as your career, and you are put in any kind of project irrespective of your interests and talent then it shatters your career.
On-sites is the second most attractive and lucrative thing in Infosys, I have seen people discussing about onsite from the very first day of their training .. :) well in this industry sooner or later you will get onsite for sure... people try their best to get on-site as soon as possible ..some keep dancing over their managers head.. some who are close to managers get their visa initiated ages before the project actually comes to DC and everybody keeps it a secret if their H1-B visa is initiated. :D. Well I have not done any of the above mentioned things for on-site and perhaps that's why I am still at offshore.. :)
I was lucky enough to get many development projects and I performed very well in all of them and learned a lot but then my good luck came to an end and I got stuck in monotonous work in a project , it was more than a year and my learning was totally stopped, I talked to people for release but nothing happened. So finally I had to put my resume over internet and search for better jobs. I was little disappointed, but thought that may be release from project is not that easy so I have to move out, but I was shocked with the options given when I filed e-separation.
I was offered-Onsite in any project ,H1,L1 visa,release from the project/getting project of my choice, almost everything.They were willing to do ANYTHING to stop me from leaving ...everything was made possible like there was never any issue... :)(e-separation made the things very easy for me in Infosys). But I had made my decision and cannot change it now , so I politely refused.
I thought that I will get release easily after completing my KT and all the responsibilities but "Leaving a Job is harder than getting a Job". I have to make n number of calls and mails to get a confirmed released date.
Well I think I have written enough about Infosys.. :)
Finally everything ended in a good note.
It was Infosys who made me a good software professional from a fresh college graduate. I have learned a lot in these 3.4 years with Infosys and enjoyed my time here , I will miss the IAM team. Infosys blogs,staying late night in office for deliverable's, leaving early on Friday's, parties without any reason,on the spot award,daily food court at 12, friends from my training batch these are some things which I will never get back.With many of you, I have shared a unique camaraderie which I hope will continue in the years to come even though I shall not be here with the company.
I do wish you and the company every success in all it future endeavors.
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