2nd Monthiversary at SAP

A bit late for this, but on the 24th of Sept, 2 days after my birthday, I completed my two months at SAP. My excitement at joining SAP has not diminished one bit, which is a good sign. I seem to have learnt a few things along the way in this short period of time. I am part of the Palo Alto based arm of the Key Account Support Team at SAP. So far, making my way from a midsize software company to working for one of the two giants of the industry (the other being Oracle), there is a sense of astonishment of size that I had an abstract idea about but really only got a taste of it after I started working here.

One of the first things you learn after getting in is that there is truth to the reputation that SAP has acquired for being a process oriented and even somewhat process heavy organization. That is good news for someone who is new though since it is rather easy to find information you may have to track people down for and jump hurdles to get to with other entities or organizations within the company.

Apparently what happened at Mercury when I joined over there happened here as well. The Director who hired me has chosen to take on other challenges within the same organization (KAS) and one of the Team Leads has taken over as Acting Director for now. The same happened at Mercury within weeks of my joining the company there. I remember that my hiring manager at Mercury went on to the dizzying heights in that company. I hope for the same to happen for my former Director. I found her to be very agreeable and forthright. I am sure she will make a more exciting kind of difference in her new role for KAS.