niraj.kumar108 - Professional Profile

IT industry is indeed a boon to the job-seekers in India. It pays you well and if you are moderately lucky you will end up doing no work, but earning handful. The IT companies have created a compensation trend that other industries are finding tough to adapt to. Today it is like ‘If you wanna lead a comfortable life with no physical strain- get in to any software company’.

Work profile of a developer. He lands up in training which is of no relevance to him (atleast to his understanding- Its just a formality) and after that gets on to work. His life depends on the project and the manager. In the same company we see people free-riding to the core and on the other hand some poor ones slogging their stuff out. Bottom line – Workload does not depend on the company. The former gets closer with the team by going to as many treats as possible. Birthdays, engagement treats, appraisal treats, once there was a ‘India wins cricket match’ treat (though nowadays we dont get a chance to have one such) and there we spend 2.5 hours from 12 to 2:30. Come back and you feel like sleeping like a crocodile. If the company also provides a dormitory- no problem. Else adjust to the inconvineance in the seat and sleep. Wake your PL up before 5, as she has to go home and you – answer the mails and get ready. Its already too late by 6. In some companies,my friends used to go for a movie show at 10 AM on a monday morning. This is the life of a free rider.

Now to the life of a slogger. After the training – you are told about the project and your work with much hype. You dont get complete information from one person. You need to gather it in bits and pieces from many people. Suddenly when u go for doubts people become extremely busy or atleast they want to become busy. Finally you set your foot in the project and get on with the work. There will be an age old framework for the project and it is sacrosanct and iron clad. You talk for hrs together about an alternative- but hear the resp