Present

So, this is what is happening now. I'm back at Innoz. I wasn't here for 2 months; march and april; I'd got a job at Calicut, in a company called 'Clime Computers' (and Pixel IT). I got that job via my mom's cousin in UAE. He asked me to send my resume, and I did; which a friend of his saw. So this guy, Mr. Ravindran, who is something in Clime (I'm still not sure what) contacted me and asked if I'd like to join. The salary offered was 7.5k. I thought I'll check it out.
I went to their Calicut office, which was nothing more than a small room with some 4 computers. Compared to Innoz, the office was -you know- pity. I did not want to join. So after getting back home, I mailed them telling I decline their offer. And I went back to Trivandrum. After a week, they called me again, told me they wanted me back. I guess they were impressed by the work I did there. This time the salary offered was 12k and since money is the root cause of all problems, I thought I'll join.

I never liked the work atmosphere there. There were 3 other guys, 2 web designers; Anooj and Anas, and a developer; Shainu. The 'boss', Mr. Basheer and the other guy Ravindran were at UAE. We'd to say 'Good morning sir' via GTalk to each of em every day when we reach the office. OK. After that they'd tell us what we were to do that day, or would tell us about the last day's work.
One thing about Mr. Ravindran was that he was never satisfied with our work. On my first day, I was given a site's work, to modify it, which was done by Shainu. I had no idea about the site. But I had to complete it before leaving the office that day. I told him it would take me some time to figure out the code before starting to modify it. Shainu was absent that day, so I had to figure it out by myself. Ravindran told me the client was real pain in his ass, so "please, finish it as fast as you can". Hm, ok. So I did what I could, and by evening he told me I was slow.
Later on, I found out that this was usual; all works given were to be finished really fast. Like, for example a whole site in max 2 days, which was practically impossible. As Shainu had been working there for over 2 yrs, he told me not to worry, do the work as I could, thats what he'd been doin' over these years. I've no idea why Anooj and Shainu is still working there. Shainu had been showing interest to resign, but Anooj -who's been in this company for 5 years, i.e, right from the start, doesn't seem to be wanting a change.
There was another guy, Abhi, I met when I first went to the office. He'd already resigned from Clime, but used to come to the office like once or twice a week to ask about his unpaid salary. One day he came with his friend and took away a monitor. Can't blame him, he had been asking it for more than a month or so. We informed it to our 'boss'. Next day he got his salary, and he returned the monitor.

After that, on the first of May, Abhinav called me and asked if I would go back to Innoz for 10k a month. I was more than happy to accept. He wanted me to get here as soon as possible, but I was worried about my last month's salary. We used to get the salary on 10th. So I told him I'll go after that. But they wanted me sooner. I told Mr. Basheer some 2-3 days later about this offer, and all he said was "Talk to Ravi". I did so the next day, and he didn't sound like he wanted me to stay. He told me he was in a meeting with a client and will talk to me after discussing with Basheer. Next day he wasn't online but Mr. Basheer started asking me not to go. He told me "nee pokandeda" and stuff. I told him that I'd made up my mind, and slowly he started telling me stuff like its not good for me to do this, etc. He told me I'd promised him that I'd stay for a year, which I don't remember doing.
At last he asked me to stay for that month. I told him that even if I stay for another month I would need at least a 2 weeks' leave. So agreed that I can leave after finishing the work I've been doing and complete that week, which I did.
I'd talked to Shainu about my salary, and to transfer it to my back account when its sent.

Next week I got back here at Innoz. Things hadn't changed much here. Life was still the same. I felt like I got my life and freedom back.
Next problem was my unpaid salary at Clime. I haven't got it till now. Today is June 1st. So it's late by 21 days. I'd mailed him some number of times, and once he replied that he wasn't deliberately delaying it, but had some problem of his own. May be I should go to their office and take a monitor to solve his problems. I don't know.

But apart from that (and of course some other things, which I choose to ignore) I'm happy with what I have. And I think that's kinda all that matters. I have a good life here. I love my work, which is programming, which has been one of my passions since I was a kid, and my office, and my so-called 'co-workers', who are my friends from college.
At Innoz, it's not mandatory that I go to office everyday. Our CEO (guys who know him might find this line funny) never comes to the office, unless our Chief Operating Officer (yeah, Abhinav) or Chief Software Architect (Ashwin) asks him to in case he's needed. Don't get the wrong idea, this does not compromise our productivity or efficiency. The works are finished in time. There was a new guy in the office, Bibin, when I came back, who has now left the company, as he could not do the work given to him. There have been 3 or 4 other developers who were fired as they weren't fit enough. If it ain't clear, what I mean is that the stuff we do ain't no piece of cake. They are challenging, and requires some skill. We're still looking for developers who meet our requirements.