My Infy Experience

Hi to all my lovely readers,

So here I am sharing my experience through writing after a long time. I have been thinking about writing a blog post from few months. But one thing lead to another and I couldn’t.

I am going to share about my Infy ( Infosys) journey.

CHAPTER-1

1st june, 2018 my last day of exam. I was really confused at that point of time as I was done with the interviews and was thinking about giving more or preparing for some exams until I get my joining date from Infosys. Then, BOOM!

The moment I gave my exam, I got an email stating that I have to join the company from 2nd of July. So, the journey starts from there. I started packing my stuff as I have to go to Mysore for my training first. (This was going to be the first time that I have been going far from my home for that long period.)

I was bit excited but nervous too. Then I met some of my class fellows who were also heading towards the same journey.

Finally I landed in Mysore campus (dot at 1st july 8:00 AM). I was super excited to be a part of my first company and  the starting point of my IT career.

I made many  friends there throughout who have made this journey even more memorable. The moment I entered the campus, I got awestruck by seeing the beauty of the campus. My god, it is way beyond I can express through words. (Starting from GEC to ECC, Multiplex, Floating restaurant, Food courts, Weather and what not.)

CHAPTER-2

3rd July, My first Induction day. We all were a batch of around 600 peeps and were gathered in multiplex. We get to know about the company a little more throughout our 3 days induction session.

Finally the day arrived when we all were divided among 90-100 students groups and were allocated a class and a system where we need to attend out  Generic training classes. It was Global Education Centre (GEC), truly if it wasn’t a centre for educating us, I would have definitely considered it as palace.

I got trained under Python and MySQL there. I have also attended and gave assessments on Software Engineering, L&D.

I really worked hard under this as I wanted to be sound under basic programming. Later on,  after completing my training (PART-1), this was the time when we all will be getting distributed in different streams. There were many like JAVA, IMS, Testing (IVS), Dot Net, SAP etc.

They follow a random procedure for allocation purpose (say it for streams or for location after training)

I was just hoping to not get IVS or IMS as I was demotivated by reading about these streams on quora and by my other fellow mates. But oh my goodness! I got IMS-Linux :p

For first 2 days I was in a Devdas mode totally :p

But later on I motivated myself to get the best out of whatever is offered to me. Moreover, this stream is about Unix & Linux  and I was working on the same OS from my college days. I really like Linux more than Windows (that’s why most of my blogs are related to Linux only :p )

So, I started enjoying whatever was coming my way. 

I learnt about basic Unix/Linux commands there, little bit about Ansible, PFSense, Windows Powershell etc.

CHAPTER-3

Slowly I realized that I was heading towards the end of my training journey. I have seen a lot of places in Mysore which everyone coming to this place must visit.

Starting with Mysore Palace, Zoo, Karanji Lake, Bird Sanctuary, BR hills, Shivanasamudra falls  but even missed a lot like Sand & Wax museum, Chamundi Hills, Vrindavan Garden.

Then I planned a trip to Ooty & Coonoor with my friends. It was worth going and the weather there was amazing.

Now that I was done with my training part, I have to wait to get allocated to one of the DC’S (Development Centre). I have given Chandigarh, Mohali and Pune as my preferences.

But was so sure about not getting Chandigarh as everyone was saying that there is -1% chance of getting this location in this stream. But Lucky me! I got Chandigarh.

I still remember my reaction to it. I just screamed in the class. (Oh Shit!)

But I did that 😀

I was so happy that I got my first preferred location that was really near to my hometown. Plus some of my friends also got the same. ( That was like: Sone pe Suhaga 🙂 )

CHAPTER-4

Now I have to say good bye to this beautiful place where I really learned a lot. I will really miss the late night chit chats here, this beautiful campus, Weekend movies in the multiplex, G-68 and L1-67 class :D, masala dosa (with not much masala :p), a mixed reaction for the food courts (Fiesta, Enroute, Oasis, Magna)

Gosh! there is so much about this place which I can’t explain through writing.

It’s all about witnessing the experience and living a whole new life there 🙂

CHAPTER-5

12th Nov, My reporting date at Chandigarh campus. Its a beautiful campus, but mysore was something extra ordinary. Time passes by, starting from checking the campus, enjoying a one week free stay at ECC, and then getting a project within a week only.

CHAPTER-6

After an year from that, I left Infosys for pursuing higher studies. But I left with knowledge, memories and one of the best experiences of my life.

PS: I was actually having this blog in my drafts from 2 years and forgot to publish. Today I was just going to write a blog and found it. This post is all about my personal experience 🙂