5 years

Today I complete my five years at ICON.... probably worthy day to remember...I have grown to great heights since my first day here... I have learnt a lot of things and honed my skills ...I have had my own ups and downs throughout these 5 years but overall when I think about it, its always been a happier tenure throughout....
I am not sure if I have achieved all this if I were with some other organization or my previous company..may be or may not be ...but as reality stands...this is the moment and whatever I have right now is something I never imagined 5 years before or when I made the decision to quit my ex-job.
I am definitely thankful to all the people who have made my journey comfortable from day One. I have build teams, interacted with so many people, and now it almost feels like a family probably a small group of people compared to what is prevalent in big IT players.
Some of the things that I enjoy while working here are ( I am not going to quote any negatives here..coz that is not the point behind this posting)
Freedom - I have all the freedom to do whatever I want (provided that's acceptable within the professional code of conduct :P) I can experiment new strategies and propose solutions....
Goto Guy- Being recognized as the goto guy from the begining that has got anything to do with the system, or a client audit or specific to India office for my department
Learning - From day one, I have learnt a lot of things.... be it domain, business, management, leadership and there has been always a new thing coming up my way. The most important learning from this company would be Work-Life Balance. Probably that is the most important thing that any software professional should be practicing consciously and consistently.

I wish I continue here as new challenges awaits me for next year... and I hope I will be successful in all the future assignments as I climb up the corporate ladder (I always anticipate a fall afterall its a ladder that I am climbing in)