It is just 2 years since I left ProCurve Networking by Hewlett-Packard and joined Blue Coat. But, Blue Coat decides to call it a day for their Bangalore operations, and I am on my next lap of the journey from next week.
These 2 years have been anything but a roller coaster ride. The domain was something that's close to my forte. Frequent organizational changes kept me constantly in a ramp up phase, and that involved travel and several months of transition time in US/Canada. If it was only about the present, I did enjoy all that and had a great time. But, if it was about delivering something and moving up, there was nothing too significant to cherish. That's indeed a little disappointing.
The best take away would be the opportunity that I got to work with some interesting people. I worked with some people in my earlier work places, who were technologically equally stronger and had better foundations. But, what I could learn from this new set is their attitude. And, they don't stop at arm-chair commentary. Each has an impressive track record. They helped in diffusion of some of the myths that I used to subscribe to, and subtly remind me to get rid of inertia, that's not always apparent. Hopefully, I will put some of that learning in practice, soon enough.
The next lap... will write in another post in a couple of weeks. For now, that would be along with a subset of that new set :)
