What does "The New Way To Work" mean to you?
"Well, to me it's a dream come true, realization of my vision".
Back in early 90s, when the craze for computers is picking up in India, I too jumped on to the band wagon by joining a course in computer programming. Towards the end of the course we were introduced to a new technology - Internet. It was all fun to get to know website urls and check for information online and sending mails and so forth. My knowledge is very limited by then with regards to computers and networking and all possibilities of communication. My family had few patches of farm land, and I decided to follow my father into farming. But before entering into farming, as my father is actively looking after the family business, I wanted to try my luck in the field of computers. If everything goes well my plan is to continue in the field of Software Development for a decade and then get back to home town and indulge in family profession of farming. So, soon after discovering the new world of a world wide web, I gave my thougts a little freedom to see how I can benefit from this after leaving the field of computers for farming. My imagination showed me a way of working from home using computers and internet coupled with WWW, as the farming is not a fulltime employment. I've been dreaming of this throughout my career as a Programmer to Team Leader. I've build my career in software development with various organizations and spent a decade in the field. Then I've quit Software Development to lead my life into my family business - farming. As my home town is a remote village in India, we have been provided with a dial up internet connectivity only by the time I reached my home leaving all the urban comforts. |
Soon after resuming my operations in farming, I didn't waste time in accessing internet using the dial-up connectivity available and exploring various options to work from home. Dial-up connectivity is not that reliable, used to get disconnected quite often, so I had no option but to wait for a better connectivity like broad band.
Finally 15 years after having a vision, I got the broadband connection at my hometown, and through internet search I've found a great opportunity in the form of Elance. And immediately registered as a basic user to explore various aspects of system. I started bidding sparingly using the 3 connects provided with the basic membership and tried to understand the psyche of the buyers and providers for couple of months. When I felt I had enough understanding, I've upgraded to Individual membership and started bidding more confidently than before, with a "New Provider" tag. One fine morning there was response from one of the buyer for whose project I'd placed my bid. He was asking me to have a chat to finalize the award process. Awesome. I was surprised to see my dream come true. I am always thankful to my first buyer for trusting me and assigning me the job. Now I am planning to build a small business organization and to provide an opportunity to abundant talented resource persons from the rural areas to the vast career opportunity "The New Way To Work" "The New Way To Work" means Career and Business Opportunity; Hope and Growth; Challenge and Development; Life and Leisure; Freedom and Contentment. |