It has been a little over a
month that I am in to the corporate world and I couldn’t be any happier.
Moreover working for the largest game publishing company- Electronic Arts is what
that serves as the icing on the cake!
Well, life at Electronic Arts is something
that one would want to savor at least once in a lifetime. Walking down the
corridors with game posters all over the walls, working on games all day,
discussing the games in the plush air-conditioned conference rooms with the
managers, getting yourself photographed right in front of the legendary
Battlefield poster (with the protagonist with the rifle and the left upper body
up in flames and he, marching down with the pride oozing) and more importantly
getting paid for all the above!
The word ‘Manager’ has a scary
and mean ring to it in the corporate worlds’ glossary. And, I have heard people
talking about their manager ripping their ass all the time. But, my Manager and
the Team Leads are the coolest people I’ve ever met, mingling with the rest of
the team and leading it (team) with sheer aplomb is what that makes them just
one of us despite their seniority. With colleagues and the managers responding
to our plethora of small yet preposterous queries at all times makes my work
place even better.
Walking down the corridors with
a hot Cappuccino filled cup in hand
and chatting up with colleagues, checking out pretty chicks in the cafeteria, planning
what movies to watch the coming Friday and Saturday and Sunday! (Semi-Colon Parenthesis) – I told myself
Welcome to the Corporate Arena.
I have heard people talk about
their first salary and boasting about it, well I have got mine now and I couldn’t
be any happier. The moment the mail pops up “Your Salary has been Credited” one
starts beaming beatifically and, I have been beaming ever since I got mine! It
is hard earned after all. :P
I have seen people having many
myths about the way life twirls in a corporate world but, the way I see it, the
myths seem to be busting. “You’ll be
glued to the computer all the time, and you’ll be drained all out by the end of
the day”, is what one of my not-so-happy friends advised me. People in
India have the propensity to adhere to the myths laid down by their
predecessors, and also take them to their grave- while doing so they realize
that they have been in the wrong place the whole time; by the time they come to
their senses their life seems to be taking an abysmal leap!
The moment you savor what you
doing regardless of the outcome is the moment you start loving your job, not
when you keep dreading about the consequences.
It has been only a month and I
have made many a conclusions, and I believe I have drawn many of them
accurately. Looking forward to the delightful future at EA!!
Adios!
Adios!
