Fascinating Infosys Days, best wishes for Infy@40

I made an accidental entry to Infosys, while I was looking for options to relocate to my home state (Kerala). It was a too fascinating experience for me than I ever expected. A vibrant environment, filled with actions, a golden mix of long-timers and freshers, a place where the service industry and product industry was contributing to each other, a playground of collective learning and mentoring, etc., etc.

I am extreamly thankful to my close friend and classmate, Satheesh Chandran, for forwarding my resume to Infosys, the tenure at Infosys was really resourceful.

Though I lead people in past, on the technical front, Infosys, helped me to understand that management is a field of art and science. Through well-thought tools like PRIDE, IPM+, and SPC matrices, they equipped middle managers to have their roles fulfilled. 

I left Infosys on misconceptions and dilemmas, which I regret quite often. 

I was much thrilled when iRACE was first introduced without relative ratings. Later, I understood that my reservation about tagging people with relative ratings was the real issue I was facing at Infosys. I was not convinced by the "Bell" curve and the notion of "the ability" of people. I was of the opinion that opportunities and attitude are what make a person jell well and produce magnificent results. Though I could not effectively articulate my reservations well during my Infosys days, now I realize that it was essential to have effective filters and goals to keep a large organization running. On top of this dilemma, a wrong fancy on agility and an unwanted fear of losing my technical skills, fueled me to look for options. Infosys was a very good place to work and still dream that one day I may be able to rejoin the family, which gave me a lot of dignity and reverence.

I got opportunity to work with some of the good leaders, I admire most. Arunima, Suresh NR, Gayas, Poonam, Sudhindra (CG), Subbu... etc.

Apart from my professional gains, I was blessed with a lot many good Infy colleagues, and they continue as my best friends now as well - to name someone - Shino, Vipin, Bhagya, Saritha, Peyush, Saritha, Vidya, Rakesh, Deepu, Tamil, Arun, Sajosh, Sree Devi, Surya, Kiru, Jyothi, Sheethal, Vijay, Mathew, Palani, the Lion batch, and so on.

Wishing you Infosys Family, all the very best, on the occasion of your 40th land-marking year. May the collective wisdom and courage create more success stories and patterns for the world in general and India in particular. 

May Infosys continue as the inspiration for the coming generations and may it be an icon of success with values.