3i Capping off a roller coaster year 2011 was a roller coaster year. Here’s the year in review, in bullet points * Sold off my iPhone 3G and purchased a Nexus S * Supposed long term US stay [gets cut short][1]. * 3+ years of work on project gone down the drain. On the upside, learnt quite a
3i Goodbye, 3i Tweet from @SathyaBhat View on Twitter Tweet from @SathyaBhat View on Twitter I had tweeted these 2 simple sentences, the former about 3 months ago, the latter yesterday. Yep, after nearly 4 years, I'm moving away from 3i. It's been an interesting experience - I've
3i Of Thanksgiving Trip, Gadget Overloads, Cancelled Christmas Trip & Back To India I've been absent in posting here - more because there's hardly anything interesting going on. Well, there's laziness as well. So here's a recap. \** For the past couple of months, my colleague had returned back to India, which meant me having no company.
3i Two months on, I’m soldiering on… Hard to believe, but it's been two months since [I've been in Austin][1]. Let's rewind back to my flight details. As mentioned in my previous post my flight was due to depart at 04:45, and I would have to reach at the
3i Heading back to Austin Well, I'm heading back to Austin for a second stint. Had an amazing time [the last time][1] I was there - was there for almost a year. Learnt a lot - technically & otherwise. Unlike last time when I had a flight from Chennai to Mumbai and then a
3i Of comatose blogs & vacations Its been a very busy, hectic past few months. Besides my day night job( I work at US timings, PITA), I’ve also started contributing to techie-buzz, though my day night job takes a whole lot of my time, and I’ve not been able to contribute much. My
3i The case of the Neverending SMS Series Most of the [Ruby gang][1] are very well aware of the "Stupid SMS series". For the uninitiated, it was Nitin's way of…. umm… timepass ? by sending SMS to all of the [Ruby gang][1] which made absolutely no sense whatsoever ( I hate to admit it,
3i Celebrating 2 years Couple of days ago, I tweeted this [little message][1]. July 9, 2007 is a red letter day for me - for that was the day I started my career as a working professional. As I tweeted that, I was greeted over IM by few of my friends and colleagues. It
3i Yes I'm alive! It's been a while hasn't it, since I last blogged ? \goes to next tab to check last manual blog post\ April 19. God! Hadn't realized its been so long since I last composed. Yes, I'm alive (hey you're reading this
3i So what's been up with me ? Its been a while since I posted eh… oh yea been busy with lots of stuff just work :|. Lot has happened, so let me get started. First, yap I'm still in Austin - I was scheduled to make a return to India in January March - well that didn'
3i 3 Months… And More to Come! Its been a while since I've posted (crap nearly a month) on my blog - so what have I been upto and what's happening ? For starters, work, work, work, more work - did I mention work ? There's just 2 people here in Austin for the project
3i My Last few days in India…. Yup, this upcoming week will be my last week in India. I'd mentioned earlier about me getting an onsite gig. This week will probably be the last week here in India, before I fly off to Austin, Texas. I still have my Visa interview due this Wednesday, November
3i And The Passport Arrives After running about the Mangalore passport offices, running behind the cops to get verification done, and running to Bangalore passport office and converting the passport application to Tatkal, I finally received my passport in Chennai yesterday. It wasn't all smooth sailing though - I could've gotten it
3i Layoffs galore SInce the past couple of days, I’ve been reading lot of email forwards regarding X or Y Company laying off Z people, and frankly it never really bothered me much – mainly because the forwards aren’t that reliable. But then today, that whole thing of a layoff really hit
3i Onsite opportunity beckons Couple of days ago I'd posted a small text on my Tumblelog which went like this: next couple of days could give me a very important break in my career. Will it happen or won’t ? Hoping for the former. That was cryptic, wasn't it ? Atleast
3i Of Tumbles, Disabled NT accounts, And BarCampBangalore 7 I've finally done it. Been contemplating it for a while, but past couple of days' turn of events have made me do what I've been contemplating about. What am I writing about? My tumblelog of course! I get lots, I mean LOTS of email forwards.
3i Forget Monday Blues, Presenting Tuesday Blues I was checking my office mail inbox to check if I have any important mails clearing out junk forwards, and this mail from the HR Department caught my eye.Dear All, As per the request from the Government of Tamilnadu, we will be working on all Saturday's effective
3i The Confirmation Process Starts! Most of you must be knowing that I’ve been working at 3i Infotech for about 11 months now. Yup 11 months – that’s how long I’ve been in Chennai – can’t believe, but I’ll save that post for later. As per the 3i’s joining conditions, I
3i Appraisals, Appraisals Past couple of weeks have been sort of "important" for most people in 3i. Reason being: appraisal time. It's that time of the year, where you are judged and rated for your performances. It's a 3-tier appraisal, the immediate appraiser being the project
3i Happy Birthday To Me Well on March 19th, 2008 I turned a year older….(wiser? pfft). It was a nice day, as I landed in Mangalore on that day from Chennai. I'd taked a flight from Chennai to Bangalore on the previous day, followed by a train from Bangalore to Mangalore(my
3i Of Handling Multiple Projects And Failed EVDO Connections Well it's been a while since I updated my blog, so here goes. It's been an event packed(and not-so-packed) past few weeks. Let start with what happened 2 weeks ago: The first half of the week was more or less the same. Just
3i The week that was Well this week.. well it was just another week gone by. Don't know when it started… and guess what Saturday's gone too. Sigh. Working as a software developer means you won't know how the time flies by, and that's how the case
3i 6 Months… That's how long I've been in Chennai, working for [3i Infotech][1]. I can't believe that 6 months have gone by so fast. I still remember the days after I'd given my interview for the job at 3i, checking mails every hour