Bye bye Yahoo!
This week will be my last week at Yahoo! Bangalore and I finish exactly 3 years at Yahoo this coming monday.
Everyday here has been a learning experience. Met some of the brightest minds ever, learnt many valuable lessons in life and Yahoo has pretty much been my second home.
I’ve been fortunate to have made some really amazing friends, met many incredible coworkers and I get to take with me some great memories which I can cherish rest of my life. It has been one heck of a ride. I know there will be no other place like this and it will remain very very special. The decision has been one of the toughest one I’ve ever taken.
I’m *not* jumping to another company (atleast not yet). Am planning to take a break from work and figure out what I want to do in life from here.
Is this contagious or what? All the best!
All the best kallu!
Damn, these giant corporates spoil you kids with fat pay checks – you can afford to take a break and think! In my case I just switched 😉
All I would say is “At the end it is better to do and regret than regret not having done at all”
Best of luck – you will succeed!
Good Luck.
-balaji
All the best! Planning on an alternate career in photography? 😀
The thought did cross my mind 😉
Unlike you, I do not run a company neither do I support a family. Luckly I do not have all those responsibilities yet. 🙂
Wish you all the best in whatever you choose to do next 🙂
Yahoo will miss you…
I was only in the Bangalore office less than a week, but it was pretty clear that everyone there knew you and, more importantly, they liked and respected you. Well, except when they were teasing you. 🙂
Good luck with whatever you go for next.
say hello to the world
> Am planning to take a break from work and figure out what I want to do in life from here.
You are doomed. 🙂
>Luckly I do not have all those responsibilities yet
s/Luckly/Unluckily/
s/those responsibilities/that freedom and luxury/
What devilry are u upto now? Mail me about this, this is news to me.
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Wow! Are you going for a Sabbatical?
All the best for whatever you choose to do! 🙂
JD
Same here!
Working in IT Services, I have realized that I can’t really afford to have a gap in my working history! 🙁 Those, who can afford this kind of gap, are lucky! And Service industry has already made me a copy/paste software engineer! 🙁
JD
IAC, I hope you do something productive while you are on your break. Let me know if I can help in any way.
Hmmm .. so it takes three years
*ponders* *smiles* and gets back to work !!
It has been one hack of a ride
This is absolutely brilliant. If you did intend it, hats off to you.
You’ve taken the leap, now you shall soar. G’luck bro.
What’re u planning, an alternate career ? A MS ?
I did not have this luxury when I last shifted – that was before I had a life, err… was married
Good become a top shot FTV style photographer – I will tag along as a light man 😉
ooooohhh NOW I KNOW!!!
If and when you do , please intro me to ur clients (female). 😀 .All the very best for whatever you choose to do.
You meant models – right? Clients are usually dirty old men and old hags 😀
Enjoy the life!
Hey man, don’t forget about us all, LIVE LIFE and enjoy!
– Swaroop
http://www.g2swaroop.net
Ya ya models .. 😀
welcome to the club! it’s great to reboot once a while. Maybe we should start a club for folks who are taking sabbaticals from IT careers!
All the best!!
Make the most of your break! (As plenty of others have already pointed out.. it’s a luxury that doesn’t present itself very often!)
NO no.. am not getting into LB mess 😉
What about sabbaticals that don’t seem to end?
Why are you complaining about it ?;)
Re: Enjoy the life!
Will do buddy. Btw pass on your python book. Plan to play with it while I have time.
join the club
good for you dude, I think you do need to take up photography.
Anyways, now that you are out of Yahoo!, what happens to Kryptic? with No #1 and No#2 UT gamers gone, will WizKid rule? (I hope I dont see that day :)))
Having unoccupied time and no use for it sucks.
Heh – nope, Tarique didn’t mean that. He would know before you did. 🙂
I am a bit puzzled myself about what he meant though.
Re: Yahoo will miss you…
Thanks… it was great working with ya. Will keep you posted on my future exploits 😉
Re: join the club
Wizkid sucks.. he will never make it to the top, not matter how many people leave.
Re: join the club
Hmm looks like u dont knw about “No UT@work” policy
Dont want to write eulogies here. Knew him from the day he created a *nix account for me in the first week of college. Yet another guy leaves this place, but wait this aint just another guy………..he’s the dude whom i knew the most here. And was the only geek celebrity i’d ever met. (sob sob)
Prady tell me when you’re going 😉
Wh3333!
Wish you all the best!
Wish you all the best for you future endeavours dost!
It was nice working with you, and you will always be liked and respected wherever you go, whatever profession you take up. Kryptic will be missed.
If u have time, I shall outsource my assignments to you 😛
rrrrrrright.. enough time online for you.. now get back to work :p
Re: Wish you all the best!
Thanks.. will be coming back once in a while to kick your butts. 😉
all the best in whatever u do in future.. keep me posted ! 🙂
Re: Yahoo will miss you…
Didn’t you know? Kalyan’s a superstar. Everyone knows Kalyan.
.. yet another wish from me ..
It’s sucks more when you feel you are being unproductive and wasting time… and yet there is no time to do the things on your to do list… 🙁
and strangely the bank statement tells a different story!
I can’t wait to take a break from everything!
Re: join the club
hehe:)
leaving yahoo
tu shaheen hain, tere samne aasman aur bhi hain!