25th year in IT world.

Also , it is so happened that today I complete 7 years at a company in Bay area. I would not name the company but it has two P's in it. 

I am contemplating to retire "from IT world" next year after completing 25 years in total. 13 years in USA already , Life has given so much of rich experience at work and outside work. Learning something from every single person I meet from every single situation I face. I am so grateful to divine energy for this beautiful dream life . I never imagined ever in my life I will be living like this dream life growing up as an young boy from Chamundipuram , Mysore watching movies playing cricket with friends. Even during Engineering days, I did not have Luna forget car for a moment. No TV or Tape recorder at home. Grew up listening to Radio listening to SPB and Dr Rajkumar . Shared toilet with 5 other families in a vataara. English is far fetched as Kannada is my medium of studies and I used to wonder looking at English medium school children who are my friends too but they always hesitated to talk in Kannada as our convent had rules. I used to talk to them in Kannada as I did not know words forget talking to them in English.

I never dreamt of working in front of computer for 25 yrs, I still remember at our college , I used to leave our slippers outside our computer Lab and those 1 hr per week was super luxury as we got a chance to sit in AC room that I enjoyed but spent time talking to my calssmates there instead of sitting seriously to learn computer programming. I wanted to pass exams with some good numbers , that was the goal back then.

Like a child , I used to see everything in and around computer those days even though I was Computer Science student in BE. There was no pressure as a child or during teen years to become something. No one in my relatives told me what I should become. I used to ask my dad, what I should become..In reply, My dad always used to say "GuNavanta aagappa, Hrudayavantanaagu raaja amele en bekidru aagu " . Such a nice supportive dad is a gift of God to my life. He always mentioned one thing, to earn money try and make a wise decision and it should be your own decision be it work or marriage as you need to like what you do for 25-30 yrs ....Those words resonate every single day, such an independent thinking growing up in lower middle class family was super luxury if I look back. God's blessing is immense on my life and I am so thankful to divine grace .