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24 hours race from development to deployment – Drikjit Aich,#IIM Trichy

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Challenges are like steps of a shrouded staircase, only when you climb them, you realise you are going up.

My last employer was Tata Consultancy Services and I was employed there in the capacity of a developer for the first one year. My ambition was there to provide defect less deliverables without missing any deadline. The development team including me had completed the deliverables and were giving a client demo when the client gave us some additional requirements. The issue was with time -- the whole task from development to testing to deployment had to be completed in one single day.

The challenge was huge. We had to set up a client meeting to finalize the requirements, develop it and then test it. After successful testing, a client demo was needed and post client demo, all the approvals were needed to be taken for production deployment. Time was the depleting resource and we knew we had to use every minute of the 24 hours we had. We didn’t go home, we ordered food in office, we developed and tested at the same time, gave demo to the client and then relentlessly sought for approvals needed to deploy in live environment. Once approved, we deployed it and it went live without any issues. The client gave us an appreciation mail and for addressing a new requirement so quickly, we got recognized in the IT peers.

The next day after being awake for 36 hours straight, when I was returning in cab, I realised that satisfaction from overcoming challenges undermines any pain or taxation that the body feels. This experience taught me that belief and team work can help you overcome any hurdle and when you keep pushing, when you keep climbing, you always reach the top.

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