Somewhere around 11.00 am we – the “freshers” – were pulled into a conference room. We were supposed to meet a new manager called Suresh. He was supposed to try and allocate us to projects. (Atleast that’s what we all thought as we went for our first “meeting”). It turned out that Suresh wanted to assess our comfort levels in different areas of Java Technology, and thereby wanted to plan our trainings and self learning modules.
He decides to start off with Ram. Now, let me talk about Ram a little bit before I go back to the meeting. Ram, is a wonderful, albeit reserved, person. He makes an excellent techie, a wonderful communicator, and above all – he helps people with their work. The only thing is – he’s a little proud of his knowledge in Java/J2EE (we can attribute it to the fact that he had been working on it for a longer while than any of us in the training batch). But who isn’t proud of his/her knowledge – eh?
Well … Now back to the conference room.
Suresh: “Ram … Tell me something about yourself and also, how comfortable are you with Java?”
Ram: “Well … I am Ram … I did my BTech from MIT (Madras Institute of Technology) … I’ve done GNIIT program and hence, I am very comfortable with Java/J2EE”
Suresh: (jotting these things down) “Oh … Good … Will you need training in any particular areas?”
Ram: (confidently) “No … I don’t think so!”
Suresh: “Good … Now … What about you Sharath … tell us about yourself, and your comfort level in Java.”
Well… Obviously, I had my ego to protect, and I was not about to let Ram steal the show:
Me: “Well … I’m Sharath … And I did my BTech in Mech Engg from NITC … I’ve got an IBM certification in C++ and my comfort factor in Java is reasonably good.”
Suresh: “Any training/improvement areas?”
Unlike Ram, I didn’t have the luxury of saying – “No … I don’t”, because frankly, I needed some help in certain areas. And I definitely was not going to let my ego come in the way.
Me: “Yes … I’d like some help in learning Threads and Swings. Never understood them properly!”
Suresh: (continuing to make notes of all these) “Good … Lets see what we can do about that”
The baton eventually passes on to Meen and then Prema. And in another 10 mins Suresh wrapped up the meeting and we guys – prema included – headed over to the garden for a coffee, and a gossip session on the events of the day.
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