Luck, what??
His experiences have left him high and dry. He started off as a fresher in a software company, allocated to one of the R&D projects, a prestigious position to be. Then he had to fly abroad, the reason-gaining more insight into the project, the trip being for three months. But there was an issue, the whole team had to come back after 20 days, extend the visa and then go back again for about 2 months. Unfortunately or foolishly, whichever way you perceive, he(rather his whole team) did not travel to any place in the foreign land. It was just work, work and work. If you think they were too sincere, then wait. They had prepared a whole itinerary, which did not leave out any corner of the country, for their second visit . But plans are made to go wrong. By the time they reached home, the whole project was scrapped, reason-infeasible. The decision was taken when he was flying home. This is what is called as deciding on the fly. So it was a situation of been there, done nothing. This was just the beginning of his series of unfortunate events.
The next project to which he was allotted had a US client. All dream about going to the US, he was no less different. He applied for a visa and even got one. Three days before the travel, he is called for a meeting. Travel briefings are usual before the trip. But this meeting was no where near a travel briefing. The first statement is-'Your trip is cancelled'. He hadnt regained his senses completely than the next shot is fired. Your module is scrapped, the reason- the client can no longer afford the functionality so has decided against it. He hadnt imagined this in his worst nightmares. The cancellation of the trip was disappointing but more disappointing was the futility of the work he had done for the past six months. Now he had start afresh with a new module. His desperation and frustation levels had sky-rockted by now.
Now he is in the same project but a new module. Forunately or unfortunately, he is to go to US, this time for the new module. History repeats; there is a meeting three days before the trip, this time its a high level one, involving the whole team. If the earlier meeting was the worst, this one was way beyond comparison. The client was termed a defaulter and business was terminated and the whole development team dissolved.
If at all the company takes notice of his unusual ability of scrapping projects, he would dispatched immediately to its competitors. Now, he is allotted to a project which has been one of the most profitable clients of the company. But if his black magic works one more time, then he will not only be scrapping the project but will cause the death knell for the company as well. This is a caveat for his colleagues(including me).
The next project to which he was allotted had a US client. All dream about going to the US, he was no less different. He applied for a visa and even got one. Three days before the travel, he is called for a meeting. Travel briefings are usual before the trip. But this meeting was no where near a travel briefing. The first statement is-'Your trip is cancelled'. He hadnt regained his senses completely than the next shot is fired. Your module is scrapped, the reason- the client can no longer afford the functionality so has decided against it. He hadnt imagined this in his worst nightmares. The cancellation of the trip was disappointing but more disappointing was the futility of the work he had done for the past six months. Now he had start afresh with a new module. His desperation and frustation levels had sky-rockted by now.
Now he is in the same project but a new module. Forunately or unfortunately, he is to go to US, this time for the new module. History repeats; there is a meeting three days before the trip, this time its a high level one, involving the whole team. If the earlier meeting was the worst, this one was way beyond comparison. The client was termed a defaulter and business was terminated and the whole development team dissolved.
If at all the company takes notice of his unusual ability of scrapping projects, he would dispatched immediately to its competitors. Now, he is allotted to a project which has been one of the most profitable clients of the company. But if his black magic works one more time, then he will not only be scrapping the project but will cause the death knell for the company as well. This is a caveat for his colleagues(including me).
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