I’m a Rich Internet consultant

Thursday, the 31st of January was my last day at SAP, after a lot of thinking I finally decided to step out of the corporate work environment that I’ve been in since I started my career and give consulting a chance. But wait, before you start typing an email to send me your next RIA project, I have already committed the next several months to an RIA for a stealth mode web startup based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The project is extremely exiting and was one of the many triggers that made me take this big step. Currently we are a small team of three where I’m the only developer, the other two guys are the ones who had the idea and understand the business in the idea very well. So from a development standpoint I’ll be doing it all on my own, although we may seek more help if needed down the line. I’ve done many such all on my own projects at SAP so I’m pretty confident that i can pull this off. The scary part is the working from home bit …. while I used to occasionally work from home while at SAP, doing it full time scares me a lot .. hopefully I can deal with it .. If you have some tips please do share.

I would like to thank all my peers a SAP for all the support, encouragement, guidance and learning that they provided me over the past 14 months and wish all of them a very bright future. I had an excellent time working at SAP … I worked on several Flex/AIR/SAP applications that showcased how SAP could be used as a platform for rich experiences and all my projects very well received all across the company, many of them even helped SAP win big sales deals. The people I got to work with are some the best is their respective fields and I learned a lot form all of them and best of all I made some very good friends.

These past 14 months couldn’t have been better and now its time for me to take on some exciting new challenges, so wish me luck.

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Published:: 02.03.08 / 11am

Category:: AIR, Flex, General, RIA, SAP

Glenn Williams 02.03.08 / 10pm

hi mate,

I’ve worked from home, programming since I was 14 (now just about to hit the big 4 0). I can’t imagine any other way.

Though many people say the opposite, I find that it’s best to remember you are at work, not at home. try to dress the same as you would in the office (don’t in your PJs). get yourself a set up in a room slightly cut off from the rest of the house, not too close to the kitchen). get yourself a watercooler, and mini fridge in your room if possible. Get out of your workroom for an hour mid-day if possible). Make sure friends, family don’t think just because you’re at home now they can come visit any time of day. Get a second phone line & number.

I love working from home. I’ve tried once of twice to go the other way, but i’m nowhere near as productive.

Oh, and a good view from the window in your office is always nice too. make it a room you really look forward to going into in the morning.

Lastly make sure you remember you are working form home - not living at work!

good luck, and let me know how it goes.

glenn
tinylion UK

Debabrata Acharjee 02.03.08 / 10pm

Wish you all the luck! I know you will prove yourself best in this too cause your best !

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.03.08 / 11pm

Glenn,
Thanks a lot for your very valuable advice, I will try my best to follow it all. I really appreciate you taking the time to share

Thank you
Mrinal

Deb,
Thanks a lot for your good wishes

Satish Kore 02.03.08 / 11pm

Wish you all the best, and its nice to see that some of us started breaking linear path (i.e. doing job), I have been doing consulting since quite a bit of time but did not have chance (guts) to start full time consulting.

-Satish Kore

Satish,
Thanks a lot for your good wishes

It was a very hard decision indeed but i figured .. I’m 23 with no family responsibilities … If I want to take some risks … now’s probably the time.

Abdul Qabiz 02.04.08 / 12am

This is cool, all the best man… This is going to be fun… I have done it in past and would do it again soon, not sure when

-abdul

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.04.08 / 12am

Thanks Abdul , I hope to have a lot fun

Campbell 02.04.08 / 1am

Nice man, its a good time to be out there. I fully agree with Glenn’s comments too.

Best of luck mate.

Campbell

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.04.08 / 3am

Thanks Campbell

Congratulations to you on becoming an Adobe Ambassador.

saurabh 02.04.08 / 10am

my sincere wishes as you embark on a new journey mrinal all the very best!!!

Anupam 02.04.08 / 11am

Hay dude,
All the best for your all future endeavors..
The Indian Flex Community will miss you for sure.
Have fun..
-Anupam

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.04.08 / 12pm

Thanks a lot Saurabh

Hey Anupam,
Thanks a lot for your good wishes …

Why will community miss me? .. I’ll still very much be in India, I’ll be working from home.

ambatisreedhar 02.04.08 / 4pm

Hi Mrinal
Challenges only tells our full potential.
Best of luck.

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.04.08 / 6pm

Thank you Ambati

shajahan 02.04.08 / 8pm

hey mrinal,
i was shocked to see your message but i’m sure you took the right decesion. It’s nice to have people like you moving to consulting and i’m sure you’ll succeed. I wish you the best.

dinesh 02.04.08 / 10pm

Hi mrinal,
Wishing you all the best ……

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.04.08 / 10pm

Thanks Shajahan

Thanks Dinesh

Varun Shetty 02.04.08 / 11pm

wow.. that is huge… i think it is very inspiring. very few have the heart to get out of the rat race.. Best of luck for your new endeavour…

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.05.08 / 6pm

Thanks a lot Varun

Joeflash 02.06.08 / 4am

The great thing about working from home, for me has been that I can do this anywhere. Not tied to the big city anymore, I moved to a charming little town in the country which fits better with my love of the outdoors. As a remote worker you can be truly nomadic! And by the sounds of it, you’re already livin’ the life. As Glenn mentioned, the hardest part is discipline, which sounds worse than it is: just be careful to form work habits that support you, because no one’s telling you to show up at 9am anymore.

Best of fortune in your endeavours.

vivek 02.06.08 / 5pm

Best of Luck

Cheers
vivek

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.06.08 / 6pm

Thanks Vivek

Cheers !!

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.06.08 / 7pm

Joe,
Thanks a lot for your good wishes and the very valuable advice. Not being tied to a city is definitely very attractive

thiru 02.07.08 / 3pm

best of luck, as every body told “discipline” is very important, and also make sure U meet ur friends daily, since we are used to work in a environment where , we are around people always and going for canteen or for a walk when we get stressed in office , so have a social circle to hand around in the evenings

Suketu Vyas 02.08.08 / 12am

Hey, Best of Luck dude. Wishing you great career ahead.

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.08.08 / 12am

Thank you Suketu

Thanks Thriu

Baishakhi Mitra 02.08.08 / 11am

Hey Mrinal,

You are lucky man…!!! I am on the verge of loosing my friends back in my native due to lack of communication. They have kind of prohibited me to enter into their community anymore :(.

Parents seems frustratingly calling me every night just to keep the feeling going that they have 1 piece of living daughter somewhere.

And food!!! Now I curse myself for often getting angry with my mother for cooking the same type of curry for two consecutive days. Now I try to fill my stomach and be happy by imagining the beautiful site of the curry my mother used to prepare for me. And that awesome smell, and that taste!!!! Ohhhh…now I better zip my lips.

And waking up at 6′O Clock one fine morning to find out that my headache is going out of control, feeling feverish and then my heart terribly wants my body to lay down once again and then suddenly remembering that all my PLs and sick leaves are over…then RUN……or I will miss the cab!!

I envy you Mrinal. But still wish you an exciting life ahead.

LNR 02.14.08 / 7pm

Good luck and keep in touch l

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.14.08 / 7pm

Thanks LNR

Anwin 02.15.08 / 12pm

Hi. Thanks for participating in the Bangalore bloggers meet scheduled for tomorrow, Feb 16. I would like to confirm your participation and I am looking forward to meeting you in person and other bloggers as well. As of now 50+ bloggers have confirmed their participation. Email me at anwin.at.anw.in or call me on 9880518019 for anything regarding the bloggers meet.

Ashvin Savani - Arckid 02.17.08 / 10am

Mrinal,

Good luck.

I started the same way as y ou are doing right now. If you are going to be a company than there would be ups and downs but if you would have good network and peaceful mind everything would be okay. And if you would like to go as one man army thats the best as no dependency on others.

I started as alone, and in 3 years grown as 3, 8, 20, 30 and currently 25 team size.

Good luck once again.

Mrinal Wadhwa 02.17.08 / 1pm

Thanks a lot Ashwin, its very inspiring to know about your success and I wish you all the best in the future as well.

Ashvin Savani - Arckid 02.18.08 / 5pm

Thanks for your wishes

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Sahana 04.24.08 / 10am

Hey dude

Wish you all the very best …..

Mrinal Wadhwa 04.24.08 / 1pm

Thanks Sahana … its been close to 3 months and things have been very interesting till now.

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Vikram 05.02.08 / 10am

I really love this concept but you have to be strict towards yourself and work like working from office.

Rally liked the desk setup of mrinal.

Happy Working.

Sahana 05.08.08 / 10am

Dont worry …
Go ahead ..:-)

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