Here's the good news: I passed the comprehensive exam, the post project, and cleared all the requirements of the training at Infosys, as has everyone else that's in fast track. There isn't any bad news, but let's just say the road the today was choppy at best.
With training complete, we finally received additional information about our future, but just for the remainder of our stay. I am staying in Hyderabad for the remainder of my stay in India. As of today, one person got sent to Bangalore and another was sent to Pune. 4 people do not know their fate yet.
I will participate in a project with "Warner" (Warner Brothers, Time Warner?) for the next two months. Let's examine the company that I am working with and how it affects my possible U.S. location. The project I work on in India may not be the same company I am working with in the U.S. but for hypothetical conjecture, let's see what possible locations I can be assigned to. Time Warner's headquarters is in New York, while Warner Brothers is in Burbank, California. But Warner has many division within its company so it's unclear which division I am working work. Looking on their website, it appears they have locations in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Washington D.C., all pretty big cities, so the possibility of being placed in a random place like Arkansas or Kansas is unlikely.
Why am I concerned about my U.S. location? With the deteriorating economic climate (It's a good thing I found a job before the recession was apparent), clients have been pulling back jobs which makes it harder for the company to honor our preferences. So far, two people have been placed in Arkansas, one in Topeka, Kansas and one will work in Dayton, Ohio. These were not the top choices for the respective trainees, which is why everyone has been "mentally preparing" for being banished to such boring states as Nebraska, Wyoming and Alaska. One thing I should note; none of the people above are in ES (which is my stream). The rest of the clients that people were assigned to are Cisco, Toshiba, PepsiCo and Emerson. I must note that Toshiba does have an office in Fremont.
ES Training
ES training for the Oracle stream has been a bit unorganized. Our instructors come straight off of project so they aren't always available, which means there have been many cancellations during the training. It didn't help that all 5 of the trainees in Oracle failed one of the module test 3 straight times. This led to a lot of discussion about the training material and the fairness of the test. We'll see how long cycle does because they have the same test on Monday.
Otherwise, the main problem with the stream training was the duration of the training. It felt rushed. Because of the rush, things got shuffled around and there was never a sense of structure. For example, I would frequently find myself studying 150+ slides on the night before a test. For the comprehension, we were basically given 1 day to go through about 500+ slides of material. Good Luck.
My remaining days in India
I am finally past the halfway mark of my stay in India. 3 months have passed and I have 2 more to go. I've spent more time in Hyderabad than I have in Mysore and I am glad to stay in Hyderabad because moving is such a hassle. I definitely would not have been able to fit all my clothes in my luggage this time around since I've gotten so many tailored shirts in Hyderabad. I basically don't try to think about my return to the U.S. because I know I'm gonna have to move somewhere and that's gonna be an even bigger hassle. It doesn't help that the company is going to tell me where I'm going in the first week of January. So far it's worked out so I'm hoping I will be placed in an acceptable location in the U.S. because as of now, there are so many different places I could end up. Here is the scope: I can be in any one of the 50 U.S. states or I could end up in London. That's right... London, it's already happened to one of us, so why not me?
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