Soon after joining Oracle, I wanted to do something outside the normal routine work. I had no clue on what I want to do. One fine day, a mail came from Oracle University on some program called BarCamp. It mentioned a point that there is no ppt required to conduct sessions. This very point made me interesting to participate. But, what do I speak there, what topic to discuss, how much time to discuss, all were questions with no answers. Then finally decided to speak on "Post Indendepended India and Me". I took this topic not because I had no other topics to talk on, but to emphasis the ME factor.
I went to the hall along with my friend Girish, thinking that there would be atleast 5-6 people and later some more might join. But to my shock there were none. I felt very sad, and consoled myself to wait for few minutes. After 3-4 minutes 3 people came near the hall but only 2 entered. Finally, for my first session I had 3 audience.
All four of us discussed many factors of development, and importance of ME in this independent India and to surprisingly, the time ran for 60 minutes without any of our notice. At the end of the session, We all carried the message that it is not just sufficient to contribute indireclty ( like donating to a NGO) for the growth of the nation but directly involve myself in some field which interests ME.
I felt happy, satisfied and more importantly understood the sentence " Its important to participate rather than Winning"...
I went to the hall along with my friend Girish, thinking that there would be atleast 5-6 people and later some more might join. But to my shock there were none. I felt very sad, and consoled myself to wait for few minutes. After 3-4 minutes 3 people came near the hall but only 2 entered. Finally, for my first session I had 3 audience.
All four of us discussed many factors of development, and importance of ME in this independent India and to surprisingly, the time ran for 60 minutes without any of our notice. At the end of the session, We all carried the message that it is not just sufficient to contribute indireclty ( like donating to a NGO) for the growth of the nation but directly involve myself in some field which interests ME.
I felt happy, satisfied and more importantly understood the sentence " Its important to participate rather than Winning"...
