Engineer by chance, tester by choice”
From my school days I am not good at mathematics. Because of that reason mathematics subject became a conundrum to me. I wondered a lot why we need this differentiation, integration and other topics which were very difficult for me to get good scores. With all the above reasons I got aversion towards mathematics and also less grades in my PUC. I never thought of becoming an engineer because of my less grades in mathematics.
But things will not go as anyone thinks in life, if it goes then there will be surprises, fun and experiences. As everyone who studied with me started attending CET counseling I also started pondering to join engineering. I followed the crowd since I am not a maverick. Somehow I got admission for CS in SIET, Tumkur( somehow=management). With a great zeal I joined engg, as the colorful paint fades by days, I lost my enthusiasm. I should be thankful to life coz I meet a mentor who made problem solving a cakewalk for me. He was so crazy about mathematics, he use to tell that “start loving the numbers; you will be expert in problem solving”. I started playing Sudoku and solving puzzles, later what happened was a miracle I completed my BE with a good grades.
After the completion of engineering, the next episode was for the pursuit of job. Being a computer sciences graduate i thought of becoming a software developer, but again life defeated me miserably in the name of interviews. I lost 27 interviews which were on development. It was the hard times of my life without job, without hopes. After losing each interviews I use to tell to myself “Amitabh bachchan also got success and fame in his 13th endeavor(Zanzeer), try try until you succeed”. On the advice of my pals I joined Qspiders , there I met another mentor Mr. Girish who motivated, energized me through his thoughts. And I got an opportunity to attend an interview in @ris global. Though it was my debut interview in testing, I cleared it off and got the job. I became a tester by my own choice. Now I am passionate about testing.
Now sitting in my cubicle and writing this article I agree with the saying in Geetha “Everything happens for a reason”. It gives me a wonderful feeling, that the software I am working on is gonna touch human lives. My association with Aris global is a windfall in my life; I wish I will be here for upcoming thousand of days. Proud to be an ARIAN.
I think this piece of article defines the meaning of serendipity very well.
