Destined To Fail

Don't worry about the title as of now.. you will see by the end of the post what i mean. But hey, its a sweet attention grabber :)

So since Bill and I have arrived to Bangalore, the first 2 weeks were kind of a waste because nothing was going on. About 2 weeks ago on a Friday we finally got some action. We were put on a mock project to create a full blown E-commerce site. This having functionality of what was written in my last post. So we have spent our days and even a couple of nights (not too late... they only pay us rupees... or poopies as i call them) to work on this bad boy.

By yesterday (Tuesday) we had gotten the login, search, product display, add features for a user such as addresses, credit cards, preferences, and a basket working. Tuesday we were supposed to meet with our PM and present what we had. We came into the meeting pretty confident because we got a lot done after just learning the technology as we went. What began as a friendly meeting turned into an argument between Bill and our PM.

Apparently when we promised to meet on Tuesday our PM had intended us to provide him with a finish product, while both Bill and I thought it was just a checkup on our progress. I wont discuss much of what was spoken of, but from what i interpreted from my PM was that we were supposed to fail. He had commented that he gives the Indian newcomers only 5 day to do this. Bill took that as a personal offence and started saying that he should take an Indian over him and that our PM was insulting his intelligence. I realized what he was trying to tell us. His main point wasn't about our technology but our communication. I never communicated to my PM saying we wouldn't get it all done in time. Many other things were mentioned about deadlines and such but half of the time in the meeting was Bill being stubborn and not understanding the point of that meeting. We were destined to fail.... our PM knew what he was doing and it taught me some valuable lessons.... Bill on the other hand, i don't know.

So after the meeting we gave a concise list of what we will have done and we were told we need to get it done by Monday. Apparently our PM's boss has other plans for us after that which is pretty exciting. Its Wednesday night and in about a week 2 more people from Mysore will be arriving including Flowers, which will throw in a 3rd person to hang out with.

There are many different faces here on campus from all over. Most of who i have talked to are MBA interns from countries including Israel, France, Spain, Denmark, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. They are all older than me so its interesting to hear from them.

At the end of the day, the count is updated as there is a minimum of 32 days to a maximum of 39 days till i return to the best country in the world. I'm getting real tired of going out on weekends and having all the bars/clubs close at 11:30.. how lame.