My journey with IT industry

My first work….

I have been associated with IT industry now for almost 7 years now, this journey of 7 years in marketing function have seen all the phases of a bollywood movie which has fun, romance, love, sacrifice, terror, pain. I started off when this industry was catching up with masses in India, dot com bubble was on its rise, java and internet business were ruling the indusrty, people were actually changing their functional areas and starting their career in IT thinking that one day they would be Bill Gates and Scott of this world. And i am sure whole lot of people have actually made their career also. And then on the other side there were people who thought of this as a temperory phase and believed that this is just a hype.Even one of our most intellectual family member used to say that you should change your industry, but some how i was convinced that i am at a right place, because i knew that IT will rule the world and would even change the way business is done across the globe.

And then within a year, year and half came the biggest nightmare DOTCOM BUBBLE BURST, millions of people across start losing jobs, companies were forced to close within 6 months of their operations. But still i had conviction and confidence if not on my abilities and skills at least on the future of IT. I struck on with the industry with reduced pay package and with no perks. This was the time when i used to work to secure my job and not to grow. But i knew somewhere in my heart that one day we (IT) will bounce back and show the world that you cant walk without us. This pahse which lasted for almost 3 years tought me everything, made me cry, made me look at options but the support that i got from my family to fight the tough time made me strong enough to fight it out.

They say after every night there will be a morning which will bring happiness and joy back, and it did happened although the night was slightly long but looling at the sun after this long, dark, horryfing night was gift worth waiting for…. Today things seems to be good and sun is shining, hope and pray it continues so that millions of people like me can fulfill their dreams. 

Shiv Khatri