How I Switched to a Product-Based Company ?
The Beginning: A New Chapter at Cognizant It all started in November 2024 when I joined Cognizant. By March, I found myself in Chennai, completing my training. The very next day after our cohort's training ended, we were all deployed to different projects. Out of the entire group, only two got their preferred locations. Everyone else, including me, got Chennai. I hadn’t seen my hometown in four months, and the city’s heat was unforgiving. Staying there for a whole year didn’t feel right. So, I decided I had to move to Hyderabad, which is the closest city to my hometown. Taking the First Stand I started researching the project I was assigned to. I checked where my future teammates were working from. Some were in Coimbatore, some in Bangalore, a few in Chennai, and luckily, a few from Hyderabad. I listed down their names and decided to approach the project lead the next day. Just as I was about to reach out, I got a Teams call from him. “Hey Fazil, I discussed your project location w...