Two Trick Pony

I've completed my second week of the new job. Some of the key things that have struck me are as follows....

I am still really impressed by the can-do attitude. At one stage this week I even met one of the admin staff at 7.30AM at Liverpool Street Station just so she could pick up some passport photographs so she could go through the 24 hour process for sorting out my Indian visa before she went on holiday on Friday.

I also had my first clients meetings as a Wipro employee. After lots of inductions courses and teething problems with technology, it was nice to be back doing what I really like; i.e. listening to people (clients) and trying to understand their business and suggest sensible solutions. I received some very positive feedback from the client via the account team so that was nice as well. That said it has meant they now want me to go back and work there full time for a month which isn’t going to work given all the other clients I need to see over the next few weeks!

The other major thing which struck me is that my role and responsibilities are very different from Accenture. I am no longer running large teams delivering projects. I am most definitely in the sales force with clearly defined sales targets. Time will tell whether or not this change suits me – although I already fear that I am going to miss running a team. We’ll see. On the other hand what is certain is that I am enjoying learning a whole new set of skills…..it’s definitely different, and over time I think I’ll definitely become a two trick pony.

As for next week, I’ll work from home tomorrow and then I could well be off to Zurich for a few days. Hopefully that should be confirmed tomorrow. If I can avoid being inconvenienced by the general strike in France on Thursday then I’ll be happy.