I know u must be curious about the name I have given to this post. So I gonna do that first. Before u ask me question to put such a absurd name, let me explain the meaning. 102 keys are the keys on which I spent my most of the time in last 180 uneven days. It means its all about my professional life as a software engineer.
I am a production and industrial engineer. Generally people ask me why I shifted from hard core manufacturing to white collar job. I just simply say that i shift my line for four years and now i am on the track, i wanted to be. Starting from very first addition program of two integer to a big mobile application in Wirkle (Company with which i started my professional career), journey was full of different experiences.
I think before describing 102_keys_and_me i need to explain about Wirkle. Wirkle is a startup company by some crazy people of IITS, DCE and desi punjab(Thapad). Word crazy really suits them because one needs to be crazy when he/she think to invest his/her lovely nights to build up a company.
When i got opportunity to work with these crazy people, then I thought a bit. I still remember the night when i met one of them at ansals plaza. That 2 to 3 hours of meeting was enough to change my mindset and after that meeting i was a wirkelite in papers and with my mind also.
From the very first day till the day of launch, ..................launch oooooo I forgot to mention that I am writing this blog because Wirkle have launched its alpha version in the market. One can check this at www.linknsurf.com. Now we have achieved our first milestone but still long way to go.
“when your aim is big enough then small success and small failures shouldn't count".
Starting with Wirkle wasn’t easy at all. Here we have started with a team of five. All are exceptionally good except me (i mean, i am not an exception). With time things become little easy. By the time coming late in the morning and working late nights has become habit.
As the time passes away these 102 keys got familiarized with the feel of my fingers and under some brilliant minds, some characters that we wrote has turned up into a mobile product. But there were lot other things involved between this. Discussions (so called Gappe) from morning till afternoon and then some takk-takk on keyboard from afternoon till night. Some parties are definitely unforgettable like the one we had at E-Zone. Fights among colleagues while selecting a gift,late night movies to get rid of the whole day frustration and then tripling on bike were some unforgettable moments here in Wirkle.
When you are working in a team, that team becomes like your family and with your family u share each and everything. There are some buzzwords that u come up with, in each society or in each family like,
“Uncle Chips from kitchen se" – less salad in big polythene at lunch time,
"ooooooooooooooooooooo" – easy to come out from an argument,
"I need one version in CVS today" – Daily evening punch line from immediate manager,
"kyon" –pet word by one of my team manager
...................bla bla bla.
Finally 6month has been passed out and we have achieved our first milestone. In the past six months I learned a lot, I enjoyed a lot, I got frustration a lot, I fought a lot, I talked a lot and I missed my college time a lot.
