Life on Client-Side

As lots of ThoughtWorker advertised, the life on-beach is pretty nice: relaxing, leisure and happy. There's only one task to fulfill: interview. All kinds of interview: code review, phone interview, office interview. Believe me, all of them are fun, especially the office interview (that deserves a separated entry). But how about the life on client-side? Not bad too! Especially after finishing two bottles of Asahi.

Today is Friday, as usual, employees of the client company (I have to hide the client's name) began their 'mini-party' at 4:00pm on time. We had beer and chips, all members of the team gathered around a table, drinking beer and chatting. We have four guys from Indian, one guy from UK, one guy has German blood, and one guy from China, that is me. I felt good after finished 2 bottles of Asahi. I can't code anymore, but that didn't matter.

During the party, one Indian guy showed his picture of his baby. His family had a big party to celerabe the birth of the new member. All family member came, dressing up in traditional Indian style, which reminds me of the days in Banglore where I attended the ThoughtWorks Uni.

We talked in ... English. I have to admit that Indian English is somewhat hard to understand, so is German English. But that didn't matter, the atmosphere is great. I felt I belong to them, we are just a international team.

That's snapshot of the life working on client-site as a ThoughtWorker.