~~THIS IS MY INFY~~

"Wow See!!!! This building looks like White House!", my amazed friend uttered. We wondered which wonderland we were wandering in.I was too ecstatic about being called 'INFOSCION'.The mere glimpse of that young gentleman in infosys campus brought back the remembrance of that day.........the day of my interview when the same man in impeccable black suit spoke from his chair,"Lady, you are welcome to INFOSYS ".First twenty hours were terrific.I was on cloud nine because according to my family,correction,according to my extended clan,it was an eminent thing to get a job offer at an age of 20.5.

     Next morning we had to assemble in a titan hall.I can say unflinchingly,had Shah Jahan seen these buildings before getting Taj Mahal built,he would have definitely thought once of changing his design.Numerous policies,constraints,annexures,rules,conducts,principles were introduced to us.I was fascinated by PPTs.The maiden page of infosys intranet occupied with infy heroes in various kaleidoscopic combinations knocked over our minds.Immense silence ran through the hall when the man representing HR addressed us in a potent voice.His words penetrated deep inside me and I felt a strange happiness and bliss being associated with infy.But the other side of my brain was was occupied by a serious thought,I was about to play roulette with my life,either it could be a glorious start of my career or........(I would not like to mention).
      "Get up! it's 7:15", my roommate yelled at me.We had to report at 8:30 am.The first day,I somehow reached on time,courtesy my roommate.All cranned their necks to hear the lecture.All I could see was people busy in frantic note-taking.In just 34 days,they would make you learn six languages. OMG!!!!! a person like me who used to end up messing with eighteen errors in a printf statement, was left alone to huddle with troubles in the jungle of pointers,structures,files,objects,functions and so on.However it was a herculean task, I had to emerge victorious.Darwin's theory "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST" would hold true.Finally after coming out of the deadly jungle,my C and C++ are not what they used to be.Like to see a sample?

#include<iostream>
#include<string.h>
using namespace std;

class At_Ucoe
{
protected:
char * wakeuptime;
char * sleeptime;
float studyhrs;
public:
virtual void SetThings()
{
strcpy(wakeuptime,"12.00pm");
strcpy(sleeptime,"4.00am");
studyhrs = 0.5;
}

void Display()
{
cout<<wakeuptime<<endl;
cout<<sleeptime<<endl;
cout<<studyhrs<<endl;
}
};

class At_Infy :public At_Ucoe
{
public:

void SetThings()
{
strcpy(wakeuptime,"6.00am");
strcpy(sleeptime,"2.00am");
studyhrs = 13.25;
}
};

int main(int argv, char ** argc)
{
At_Ucoe *Ptr ;
Ptr= new  At_Ucoe();
Ptr->SetThings();
Ptr->Display();
Ptr = new At_Infy();
Ptr->SetThings();
Ptr->Display();
return 0;
}

   I got Re(Retest) in continuity in first three subjects(I cleared all later),I cursed my desktop for that,so next time I sat on another PC and got through.Then onwards,I termed that computer as 'LUCKY COMPUTER' and occupied only that during tests....(don't laugh it's not a joke, my feelings are still associated with LUCKY).All the times,no matter it was 12:00 am or 12 :00pm,I could hear irritating keyboard noises.The speed of coding(typing) could tell the grade of the person.A nine pointer would do it abruptly fast and loud, an eight pointer would take a little longer,seven pointers referred book to type, six-five pointers would take forever to code.So decibels generated during coding was directly proportional to the CGPA of the person.
    Here in Infy,vacation is the best thing one can wish for.One fine sunday,I had a freak-out.On road sides,I saw kannada signs which resembled optical illusion puzzles.I never thought I would ever wander on mysore roads with Jasmine flowers(gajra) in my hair.Ladies wore as much gold as bodies could carry and silk saris shiny as road reflectors.All around I could see 'gajras' and coconuts and could hear alien voices.I asked my new south-indian friend,"Which place you belong to?" She said 'something something puram'.She pronounced it as if it was the easiest word on earth to pronounce.
     
     Hello fellow engineers! if you have any plan to be in INFY, it's time to get up!!!!!! You must retain a CGPA of atleast 8 to pass.I can certainly say that in first one and a half month,I went through ups,downs,emotional stress,psychotic affliction,restlessness and did whatever it would take to reach 8.On the day when I appeared for my last exam,I was in a rattled state.'1 minute 28 seconds' were left to submit answers,my heartbeat became fast.The screen read '59 seconds left'.With every passing moment,I was advancing towards mouse,my fingers were growing numb,hubbub in my stomach was growing stronger.'40 sconds left'.....I prayed to the almighty to bless me with atleast 65%(passing marks)."30 seconds left"  and I clicked 'SUBMIT ANSWERS'. And the result screen popped up with 130/200.....dot 65% !!!!!Tinkles of relief ran down my spine.I closed my eyes and thanked God again.Guys it's hard to accept defeat especially when you know you were almost there, even harder to talk about it especially with parents and the hardest is to live with a feeling 'I COULD NOT'...So never let your spirits fall,never let your faith diminish,never ever give up.Always strive hard to face the monster and conquer it because nothing under the sun can stand before a dauntless spirit.So try till saturation and the rest must be left to the LORD.That's all we can do!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.  Poets and writers must start studying C,C++ seriously.
        Techies may ignore my words.
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