My learnings from the Corporate:
I have worked in the
Corporate World for more than a decade now. It took me long to understand what the Folks in the
"Upper Floors" are looking out for.Following are some of my thoughts
1) Do not go just with the problem, Go with
the Solution as well...
When
I used to go with a problem to my ex-boss,his question would be "So,Mukundhan
...What do you think is the solution for the problem?".I used to get
frustrated even infuriated by this question. It took me a while to realize that
the purpose of this question was to verify if I had thought enough about the
problem.
2) Make your point ...Agree to Disagree... and
move on..
Corporate arena is all about Team
sport. A person should be assertive enough to voice his/her opinion. However,
if the collective decision is different from yours, you still would be expected
to attest to the team decision
3) Do not take it personal...
Intentional or not, Your ego would definitely
be pricked for different reasons. Many a time, I had been in the receiving end
of a review that went bad. I used to sulk about it for days together. And then
one of the leaders explained it to me…the exercise is all about “Stress testing
your code”…just to ascertain how much you have thought about the problem. And, if
you had not ,they let you know that…the hard way.It is all professional and
nothing personal…(I agree this is a difficult ask!!!”)
4) Be a Professional
According to Subroto Bagchi there
are two criteria to be met by a Professional irrespective of the profession:
A)
A Professional
effectively needs no supervison
B)
A Profession certifies
the completion of his own work
5) It is not only what you do, but also how
you do
Unless you are running your own
enterprise, you should be seen as a Team Guy/Gal.You may have done a cutting
edge work. However, in this process, If you had rubbed your peers/manager on the wrong side you are
effectively done in your current job.