Today I have completed six years with my present company. It’s a long time and if I see back I have lot and lot of memories related to my company, my growth and changes in me.
When I joined InfoBeans I was a kid now I have a kid.
I can still remember the day when I joined InfoBeans as an office boy with a hope of big success. My one friend was working here as an office boy and he left it due to his own reason. I heard lot and lot about company from him and that all forced me to join even as an office boy. When I joined InfoBeans I had nothing else other than believes on me and a hope for better future.
Today I am good in technology and in communication as well but when I joined InfoBeans I was a blank paper in terms of technology, in fact I never ever started a computer before and if we talk about communication I was only ok but not as good as I am today.
I can still remember the day when co-founder of the company Mr Avinash Sethi introduced me with HR manager and said AP will work in place vipin. I like people in company but not my job. I promised myself I will not work for more than one year in this job and that came true as well will talk about that in latter on.
My initial job was to serve tea dusting and cleaning of computer but what I liked most was working on computers. I used to chat with unknown people in my free time on free computers and I am very much thankful to my boss Mr Avinash Sehi, he never said anything to me that time when he found me chatting on net or even sleeping in office on computer table. I must say I couldn’t have done it without his silent support.
I can still feel happiness in deep of me when I opened hardware of a computer in guidance of Vishal a very good guy and computer geek. He is a guy who is always respectable for me. He taught me lot of things about computer. Later on I learnt Os installation and software installation. Today it may be a simple thing for me but I can remember the day when I first did it.
First time teaching of installation to me was delivered by Mr Avinash Sethi although I was not able to learn anything solid that day but later on he asked me to install “windows 2000 professional” on few machines. I was not good in that I knew but I learnt that all from Vijay, he taught me that all that day and then I never saw back. I learnt installation of OS, driver installation and network configuration on that day. I believe that was a mile stone for me in my entire career.
After that my chatting habits started decreasing and searching and learning habit started improving. After this I joined vs.net course that was run by InfoBeans only. I was not able to utilise many things that time from that particular course but now I understand that course was another mile stone in shaping my career. I used to solve hardware and some software problem of team member but after that course I used to ask for particular problem and searched every solution as per that problem only.
I was 13th person when I joined and after that team grown only 15 but when Mitesh (co-founder of InfoBeans) came from US we grown from 15 to 25 and 35, we had not enough space for 35 people. Company was looking for new place but that was a time consuming process. It was the time when I first time made a network cable, I understand what switch and hubs are, I learnt what basic difference between hub and switch is. When we grew from 15 to 25 I learnt first time how to make network cables. It was taught to me by Ravish Katiyar one of very good friend of Vijay and mine too.
After that I made networks in another office that we taken only for education classes, then I visited Bhopal for 2 days for creating network for coaching centre in Bhopal. I recived call from Mitesh that time that I had to create few new machines for few new joiner who is going to join on Monday and it was Sunday. I completed my work in Bhopal on Sunday itself came back to Indore worked whole night and created 4 new machines for next day morning. It was time when my confidence boosted at very high level.
Many things and incidence went after that but I have one incidence that I do not want to forget ever. That time only Mitesh was in indore office from management and he used to take lunch with all of us. That very particular day we all were taking lunch and Mitesh was seating on centre chair of table and I was seating just opposite to him at other end of table. In some other talk Mitesh said “indore ke logo me aag nahi hai” and I immediacy asked “aur jin logo me aag hai wo” he replied “wo log is table par baithe hain”. He said it intentionally or unintentionally I don’t know but that boosted my moral on another higher level.
After that I had some dispute with my HR manager about my position and very next day Mitesh told me “AP we want that you work as QA analyst not as office boy”. This is most precious moment of my life till this time. That day changed my entire life and now I am a network admin.
After this I created network for new office in 48 hour, made many new things learnt many new things but my first year was most precious year in InfoBeans. I can write many pages continuously about my work experience with InfoBeans but that would be much bigger for a blog post.
In last I must say thanks to few person without whom it was not possible for me to do anything
Thanks to CEO and co-founder of company and my immediate manager Mr Avinash Sethi, without his support I couldn’t have done it.
Thanks to Co-founder and president of company Mr Mitesh Bohra, he believed on me and gave me chances to prove myself.
Thanks to Mr Siddharth, I never got the chance to work with him closely but his one approval to me made me a person who doesn’t feel fear in speaking truth. He approved my one leave when I asked for it because I had to go with my friend for giving him support as he got unselected in IIT and he was feeling down. He approved even it was not acceptable as per him and that gave me courage to speak truth
I am very much Thank full to Vishal, Anshul Kumar, Vikrant ji (InfoBeans hardware vendor), Ravish Katiyar (network admin) and Lovleet jain ( project manager in InfoBeans), Anoop Tiwari Sir(he taught vs.net to me and he is only person in InfoBeans whom I call sir) and Samanvay (his name should be saint not samanvay) and other team member for support that they gave me.
Above all names are from indore team but I cannot miss name of pune team. I must say thanks to entire pune team but special thanks to Amol
Amol darfade : a guy who always love to make fun with other in a way that no buddy get hurt and every one enjoy it. He helped me a lot to overcome with a frustrated mind in my pune stay.
Three more names are there without whom I couldn’t have done it but I am cant to say thanks to them because I believe thanks would be a very small word for them and what they did for me is much bigger than that.
Vijay: He taught me how to work and how to learn things by myself using Google. I spent many hours looking at his finger on keyboard and his monitor screen while he works. I learnt many things from him including personality attitude.
Kannan: I always had some kind of argument with him on some funny mater and he always accepted it. He treated me as a kid as a student and I always believed on him as a mentor and teacher.
Paridhi : She taught me installation of nero and how to burn CD/DVD first time but thats not enough, she always supported me for many things.She guided me always and at present she is one the most respectable person for me
During this 6 years time many up and down came in my life many things and many friends came and went away from my life but one thing that never changed in these all years is my company and I don’t want to change it unless I start something of my own. Hoping for best
I joined InfoBeans 6 years back with a hope of good future, I received good future and growth and I don’t think I could have done it without InfoBeans. I travelled a lot in last six years but I don’t have time to take rest I have to go miles away and I have to keep walking with a steady speed.
In last thanks again to InfoBeans and to all who gave me chance to work with them.
