US Impressions

Montara State Beach, Off Highway 1, California

The work atmosphere in the US HQ is so very different from the one which we are used to in Hyderabad...Everybody is so 'professional'..Come in by 0900..keep working...have a quick lunch...keep working...leave workplace by max 1700 hrs...no cozy tea breaks, no big team lunches...of course there are always exceptions. Hyderabad is much more laid back and there is that warmth at the workplace.

Went for another drive along Highway 1, the road along the west coast of the US with breath taking vistas. This road has the pacific ocean on one side and fairly steep hills on the other side (beyond which lies 'silicon' valley). The coolest thing being the road just 15 min away from workplace.

When I said 15 min, all us hyderabadis would have imagined a 15 drive by bike@40 Kmph. No Sir, not at all, it is a 15 min drive by car@70 mph. Being in the US without a car is really pathetic. The public transport system is almost non-existant (may be because bay area is one of the regions where the richest people live) and the distances are mostly measured in car drive times.

Its 10 PM in the night and I have got to go and sleep. Good Night!