15 April 2011 - So here we are. Setting in well in Mumbai.The mission for today is to find the FirstRand office and meet a couple of people who are expecting us. Getting to the office was a child's play. Located in (kinda) the same street is the India Cricket Club. Rumour has it that, the waiting list to obtain membership to this prestigious club is super long and people pay lots of money to join it. I wonder why.
Anywho,the FirstRand office is located on the 5th floor of the Mistry Bhawan building which houses a few other companies. First stop is Alex (the head of HR). A very friendly guy who told us all about the company and the challenges they face. Like attracting top talent into an Africa bank, given our reputation of instability.
Second stop is Gupi (the head of BT) . Lastly, a guy named Arvind also came to say hi. More on him in the next post. Oh wait! We also got a chance to say wassup to the man in charge - Mahen. Again, very friendly people. Alex later took us across the road for lunch to a place called Relish; a vegiterian join; a very stylish place I must add. Can't recall the the name of what I ate. Basically, it was veg curry of some sort, served with basmati rice and a salad that had sliced onion, carrot, and signs of lettus. All I know is that it was very delicious.
I think Khathu had another version of that with roti. A vegiterian of note, I have no idea what Alex had - I can only remember that it looked like stir fry and it made a sizzling sound :)
And We had margaritta pizza for 'dissert'. S'true bob!
After having said all the byes and good lucks. Next was getting ourselves connected. Gee, if you want to get a sim card around here, be strong! It took the most of our afternoon securing a vodafone sim card; the best ISP around here, apparently. Having spent over 2 hours of waiting in different queues, we get the card but I'm told that no 3G boss. Ja that really helps. Uhhrrr! Life does go on nonethelss...
Anywho,the FirstRand office is located on the 5th floor of the Mistry Bhawan building which houses a few other companies. First stop is Alex (the head of HR). A very friendly guy who told us all about the company and the challenges they face. Like attracting top talent into an Africa bank, given our reputation of instability.
5th floor entrance
Mistry Bhavan building housing the FirstRand office
Outside Relish
I think Khathu had another version of that with roti. A vegiterian of note, I have no idea what Alex had - I can only remember that it looked like stir fry and it made a sizzling sound :)
And We had margaritta pizza for 'dissert'. S'true bob!
After having said all the byes and good lucks. Next was getting ourselves connected. Gee, if you want to get a sim card around here, be strong! It took the most of our afternoon securing a vodafone sim card; the best ISP around here, apparently. Having spent over 2 hours of waiting in different queues, we get the card but I'm told that no 3G boss. Ja that really helps. Uhhrrr! Life does go on nonethelss...
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ReplyDeleteEi BiG guy!!! Can c uv settled in Mumbai.. I gues its quite a challenging experience wit hel lot of riddlez and hurdlez..Should b facinating thou.. Wel wats de whole initiative behind dis prog?!..........-blog soon-
You're on point bro. I couldn't have said it better myself :)
ReplyDeleteThe big idea revolves around career/personal development. So the programme is 6 weeks long and covers various aspects of technology in the space of software development.
So ja, it's going alright so far, learning a few new things and revising lots of old ones.
Watch this space...