Just out of BITS, Pilani, eager and hungry to prove myself, I joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and on my first day I was asked to file papers and on the second day, I was given an entire cupboard full of papers to file. I was disillusioned and said as much to my manager and defended myself by saying that I was an Engineer from BITS, Pilani. He looked me in the eye and said – young man, never ever bring that attitude to work, any job is only as good as how much of yourself you put into it. If tomorrow I ask you to sweep the floor to help the customer, you will do it without complaining. Give your all to anything that you do and see the results.
This is an advice that I am fortunate to have received on the very first day of work, as I still see many people that haven’t figured this out even after many years in their career. So, what is now popularly called Passion was presented to me simply as – Give it your all! Hats off to my manager. His advice is permanently etched in my mind.
