Sayantan Mondal
Collaboration Technology Consultant
TCS
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Could you tell us briefly about your family background?
I come from a middle class family from West Bengal. From childhood my parents focused to give me and my elder sibling the best possible education not the most expensive one. I am indebted to my family background as it taught me to struggle rather than taikng things for granted to grow in life.
Plans for the Future
I want to see myself in a more decision making role with focus on developing sustainable IT solutions, I may want to venture in new technologies.Customer relationship management and team building is really interesting for me.I like learning and doing something in a different way that impacts people
Role Model
My role model is Swami Vivekananda who tried to make a better world against all odds. All he said was will power that makes all the difference. If we want to live our dreams we have to wake up from the dream. He always focused on learning by doing. He said to leave a mark. Hope I can do it someday.
Most Important Lessons
1.Positive attitude is very necessary.
2.Just do it ,don't wait for someone else.
3.Teamwork is necessary for any good project.
4.Learning and sharing of knowledge should never stop.
5.Never have a false ego.
6.When your career is at stake,no compromise.
Current Role
1.Customer facing role with onshore and offshore coordination.
2.Technical consultant for Collaboration technologies.
3.Migration Expert.
4.Mentoring junior team members and bring in new business for the account.
Work Life Balance
1.My family helps me which is important.
2.Need to know where to stop.We are not robots.
3.Taking up calculative risks.
4.Say yes only when you are confident.
Current Job Profile
Collaboration Technology consultant.
Most Important Career Decisions
1.Started in mainframe but switched to Client server technologies.
2.Had a thorough experience in production support role to understand how the real time IT culture works in moments of crisis.