Transformation....
I still cant believe my transformation....
Until two years ago everything was going smooth and going with the flow...being an employee in one of the biggest companies, being in their rolls for a decade as the longest serving Technical Lead. I had all the luxuries around me that I once wished long back, nice office, nice house, nice car, driving every day to my office, good co-workers around me and a handsome salary.
I was good...no...too good at what I do, even though my counterparts told that I am setting a little high benchmarks as I never wanted anyone to ask "why didn't/couldn't you do it?", but just wanted them to "tell" "oh...you have done that!". My method was just to throw the stone "a little ahead" of the running dog, so that the stone reaches and hits the dog when it reaches the point I always wanted. I always admitted my mistakes and learned from those to not to commit those in repetition. I was being "workaholic" and proud that I knew not everything but at least something and I could speak about anything with confidence if i get a very little time on it. I was a "Megalomaniac!"
Everything lasted a decade...by the time, I could build my personal things from scratch, Me and my best-half could bring-up our special child....Then comes the hardships. Company decided to outsource the work and laid the whole team off, but with handsome compensation for sustaining. The entire team was sent off even with Parting-gifts! Of course, they did their part beautifully with gratitude!
The whole team was lifted and shifted to another place where we were given with fancy titles and resources. However, things started to go bad...No ergonomic working conditions, no proper resources, "looking good-outside" infrastructures... then comes the real bad thing. Even though no one in the new premises ever could do the kind of work which my team done, it just seemed to them that we are over-paid and good for nothing, we were really the masters of what we do among those people. Some of us were getting paid than some of the leaders too!
The real dragon of stress started haunting and the health issues beyond anticipation arises in just one year. Still could not quit as anticipated a handsome amount which was laid in front of the dogs who are tied up like "biscuits beyond reach". As soon as the biscuit was reachable, serious health issues made me take the decision to quit, with hardly anything in hand to the future...done that and as i never wanted to leave with my head-down in humiliation despite of all "good and sincere" job i have done. Then a few months break at my native home...spending time with family, away from phones, gadgets, internet...etc...Left all luxuries apart. Shifted back to the same old house which I had stayed earlier from the luxurious one, happily with my family. No stress and no more "rat-race" through the City-traffic.
Now I love being the local business owner with my best half whom I always love to call my "Boss"...the man who is with her and advises her in all her decisions.