Its always the “first” things in life that stand out in your life. Be it First Love, First Car, First House, First Salary… Bosch happens to be my first job. Joined way back in June 2005 as a Associate Engineer. Yesterday was the day when I had to leave the campus as a Senior Engineer. It is June 2008, 3 long years and so many people I have met, so many friends I have made. It was a difficult time but as the saying goes “Life moves on”. I never expected the entire floor to be present during my farewell, but it happened.

I will be leaving Bangalore shortly in less than 48 hours to Chennai were I will be on a break doing random stuff I like and eating Home food for the next 2 months. After that it will be yet another farewell. This time it might be even more difficult as I will be leaving my family, country for quite some time. Yes! I will be heading to Europe, Switzerland to be more specific, for my Masters in Electronics at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) If you find me committing more than usual to the free software projects that I am part of, hanging too long on IRC, its because I am unemployed at this moment

Neverthless, It was great working in Bosch and I will miss everything when I am gone. But, you need to sacrifice certain things to fulfil other interests and ambitions in Life. Oh btw, I got a very cute little Penguin soft toy as one of the gifts. Photos of all my other gifts later.