Balaganesh Chakrahari
Chapter 1 — The Journey (01/2016 — Current)
Like every other typical international student, having a Masters degree in Information Technology from Valparaiso University , I am currently working as a Project Delivery Analyst for a Big 4 consulting company. Well, let me just take you back to where i really started. Took up a Non-Paid Internship as a web developer with a small start up and also a Project Management Intern in parallel. As an international student , i struggled to find a job in the beginning , after all hard work and efforts in understanding how job boards work , i finally made it to one of the Big 4 consulting as a Robotic Process Automation Consultant. Having worked with the company for 5 months , i ended up in September with bundle of knowledge and software life cycle and management. Immediately in a month picked up a full-time at the current company for a desired role.
Chapter 2 — The Restraints
Carry a big job title in the bag , i work at my clients location for multiple roles. One of it is to check if the developers are doing a good job ( test quality of the product ) and the other one is to automate the whole scenario using process automation ( sometimes cognitive too ). Not all projects are a Niagara falls, our project is a typical scrum project which does not let us take power naps. Carrying the brand ( big 4 ) , we thrive to get more and more business ( we work voluntarily ) and do lot of proof of concepts.
Chapter 3 — The Adaption
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” — said the great Einstein. I am/was always curious to know why the world of IT has so much money. Typically , i make myself understand everything technically and non technically. Having a bigger vision of becoming an entrepreneur , i always try to meddle myself in the opportunity given.
Chapter 4 — The Interests
“Once you stop learning, you start dying” — said Einstein again. The application i try to stress everyday has a bigger scope of helping the society with a larger impact. I love being a part of such application which helps the community. ( It uses many technologies though )
Chapter 5 — Wisdom
“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person” — said Einstein ( i did too much interaction with Einstein recently 😆). Every great person in the history of technology has dedicated so much of their life. A dream and focus towards that dream will take a man forward is what i learned in all my experiences.