Not so long ago, I was working at my first job as an Associate Software Engineer is a reasonably sized IT services organization, large enough to be called one of country’s largest. I was proud, happy, surrounded by good friends, most of them who had joined their first jobs just like me. It felt like a college away from college – there was all the inside jokes, the late night shenanigans, the drinking, the partying, the dancing and what not! I was happy that I had found my crowd and that I was at a place that was mine. I felt comfortable and settling down. On the works side, though I struggled at first to come to terms with who an ERP consultant was and what he does – mostly due to my ignorance or lack of awareness, I quickly grasped the concepts and mostly understood the way things worked for an ERP consultant and became genuinely interested in the line of work. I was rising through the ranks, not if we are equating ranks to the likes of designations and promotions, but if we a...