20 years of Lazybird in IT
So, today, 26th June, 2026, I complete 20 years in IT. I started with a bootcamp training on mainframe technology. Was bummed for not being put up immediately to go deliver projects using this brilliant technology with a black and green screen. And then I was put to learn something else and then something else, and I wandered aimlessly for 6 months, just following instructions of my bosses. In hindsight over the last 20 years, taking direction from leaders who trust you, who believe in you more than you do, is always a great career move. This is not LinkedIn so will not do a lot of work talk, but want to talk through how I feel I am still the same person who joined 20 years back, with my curiosity, with my thought process and my organized to-do lists. However, I have changed because I have grown in my ability to handle uncertainities, both in life as well as work. I have come to understand from my many colleagues that we are all so diverse and my normal is someone's luxury a...
