Chronicles of a IT physicist.

Okk....
Here goes my blog yet again with some new words ... written , though incoherantly but with sufficiently mental stability.
What I mean to say is that , I am currently in office and inside an IT office there is always hell breaking loose. I mean all you will find is some wooden and glass barriers separating people who are mostly sitting down and staring at a flat screen. If they are carrying a laptop then they are mostly going for a meeting.
An IT office is the most silent place on earth. 70 % of the people are listening to headphones so basically no one talk to one another. In case you need to communicate there is always the intra office communicator which is used to tell impotant as well as unimportant things to people. In case you are searching for a person inside the office then apart from his seat he will mostly be found in front of the coffee vending machine. Thats where people take breaks and talk about money, politics and weather.
So let me tell you what a research guy feels inside an IT office.
The biggest jolts of all: Deadlines- In research there are basically very flexible deadlines. People understand the fact that some problems are beyond your control. In this industry I have found time to be the biggest constraint. You can solve a problem if you have sufficient time. Thats why an IT job is so easy and so difficult. If you have previously encountered that problem then you know exactly what to do. If you have nort seen it before then the possibilty of finding a solution is so vaast that at times you would like to tear your hair apart. In case your hairline has already receded you can try your neighbours. Also, most of the problems are so idiotic that once you know where you went wrong you would like to kick yourself for wasting so much of time to find out that solution. Sometimes you think where at all did your thinking capacity shrink.
Escalations: If there is something you cannot solve/do, make sure someone higher in the official ladder knows about it. If you try to become albert einstein and keep all problems to yourself then at EOD ( End of Day ) there will be a lot of people expecting a lot from you. As long as concerned people know that there is a problem, you are cool. However do not escalate everything, otherwise you will find yourself on the BENCH !
Working hard : Its a lot like showbiz .... if you are on page three , you are doing wonderful work. Your pay packet may not be proportional to your IT acumen.
Knowledge: Knowledge sells in this industry, you need to sacrifice something to gain it. The faster you do , the better for you.
CV: Keep updating it every week... Kya pata Kal ho na ho
Dog tag: For a fresher you feel so proud to have it.... 6 months down the line you are familiar with Canis Familiaris .
The Formal Attire : You need to go out shopping to buy full sleeved shirts and trousers , for everyday work. You are supposed to look good in that. I look dreadful!
the best thing
the pay packet: You find a a substantial increase in your bank account on the 1st of every month which does bring a smile to your face. Then you actually pay the rent, your phone bill and credit card bill and you find that what is left is not enough

Still ... you wake up every morning and come to office ...
Cause everyone else expects you to