When
I learnt how to walk
I had a lot
of butterflies in my stomach and was damn nervous the night before I joined
Ogilvy as an intern. My friends and family kept supporting me. It was a very
different kind of a feeling. I was nervous because this is my first job my
first step into the corporate world. It’s the 1st baby step that you take into
this world that changes your life forever. Though I am just an intern, my life
would just change in a few hours.
Interning
at Ogilvy is a real big thing. It’s like your people go all crazy - "OMG!
Ogilvy? You are an intern at Ogilvy?? Wow!"
I dint even
know that I had that talent in me to get through the interview I knew I needed
a lot of polishing and a lot of guidance. I need to learn a lot of things
including how to scan your id to get a door pass.
Anyways my
day started after an uneasy night of the totally advance level people in the
corporate game haunting me in my nightmare. This was the first time I switched
off my alarm in the first go and not waking my whole family up.
It was the
first day of my life that I managed to get ready on time.
It was the
first day I nearly reached on time and in a filmy style stared at the towering
Westin building where I would experience my life changing.
I was too
nervous to even get a security check done. And if the security personnel would
just look at my expressions, I would look like a fresher in the suicide bombing
field. Anyways I managed to get through them and nervously entered my details
with the security so that if something would go wrong I would be the first one
to get interrogated.
I managed
to make it to the 14th floor where I would be working and was
welcomed by my mentor Nandan. I was advised by a lot of people to keep at bay
from mentors. It didn’t really matter to me because I have always been open to
good genuine and talented people. They have their ways of working and they are
not wrong on their part. They give space and expect the same. Anyways I was
acting a bit weird on my part but no one would know since it was all new. Felt
like a curious Dee-Dee from Dexter’s Laboratory wanting to say- “What does this
button do?” when I was given my first official desk, my personal desk.
I can’t
actually describe how I felt when I was told about the brands I would be
working for. It’s that kind off a feeling when someone hands over a new born
kid to the mother. I wouldn’t be playing a major role in working for these
brands but I felt awesome, I always knew I was taking the right decision in
giving my interview at Ogilvy (And hopefully they were right in choosing me).
I realised
that I have to learn a lot. It’s tough surviving. We think we are the most
perfectly talented and creative people when we are in our own nutshell. But
it’s a totally different world out there. A lot of people trying to prove
themselves, a lot of people trying to make it big. A lot of people trying to
survive. And in this battle I am just going to be me. Open to learning. And
that’s one thing that should be there in everyone. I don’t mind asking a
question even if feels like it’s the dumbest question ever. And this thing I
learnt from my best friend Gahana Advani when suddenly out of the blue she
asked, “Why doesn’t it hurt when our nails grow?” no doubt that was the most
dumbest question I had ever been asked but she had a point. It’s when people
start asking questions we start listening and thinking.
Hoping to
learn a lot in life. Have a long way to go.
Samanah. Rizvi
9th July,2013
13:06 p.m
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