Episode 293 : Click Start to Shutdown

"The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away"

I have only heard stories about people in the technology industry being laid off. I have only read about their woes and frustration when they see their jobs go overseas.

I have read about less expensive labour markets coming up around the world and how things will slowly change in India, the way they did and still do in the Western hemisphere.

I see it today.

Bemused for most part of the day, I negotiate transition of work within the organisation. I advise, or at least try to, other people in my team as to what they should or could do. And I negotiate my transition into new avenues within the organisation.

I try to be Zen-like. Detachment is key- an emotional attachment to the work and what you created, nurtured or brought up, something even as seemingly lifeless as software, is always there. More so when the months leading to it were spent racing against time.

As part of re-assembling, my options are in place. Whether I like them or have to choose between the least evil of the devils depends on how I look at it.

When I look back at what I wrote last week, it reminds me of a time in Bombay when I fervently asked for something one morning. It got granted later that evening. I never thought it was possible then, but today I can look back at that life-altering decision with a smile.

I choose to look at this as a blessing in disguise. Whether I will look back at this and laugh or grimace, only time will tell.

I am fervently hoping it is the former.