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After a period of 18 months approximately, I made first job switch of my career. I separated from my previous company - a IT Company (probably the biggest) to another big company, although in a different industry (Retail).

Last working day was quite eventful. At office, I spent the whole day managing the separation process & said good-bye to everyone. At home, all 3 of us (my 2 room-mates and myself) wished each other Good Luck. One of my room-mates got a job, other one was going abroad. Next day, I left Pune for my home at Delhi and stayed there for a week before taking up my new job at Bangalore. I did nothing at home except relaxing and partying, that was the objective anyways.

Next week I went to Bangalore and joined my new company.

My job change was actually a Career Shift. I've changed my role from pure technical to that of a mixed one. My current role requires both technical skills as well as functional knowledge. It was a personal choice for me, so I took this decision. I wanted to gain business insight in my work so as to feel excited about it and my new role offered exactly same thing; so I didn't mind _relocation_ pain also.

When I joined the new organization, I also observed the difference in working culture of a relatively smaller and non-IT organization with my previous company. Smaller organizations are less process oriented when compared to the big shots of Technology arena where you need to follow process for everything, right from requesting stationary to separation (except going to the loo - as mentioned by another professional from similar organization). Too much process-orientation is a pain especially when you don't achieve much benefit or efficiency from it. Processes are beneficial only when they are practically followed.

Since it's not an IT organization, the objective here is not to achieve ultimate & ace technical solutions. But to use technology to make accurate business decisions smartly. It makes sense for them since their primary goal is to conduct business efficiently rather than implementing latest technology solutions.

I got started with my project work on the 3rd day. Since, it is a new field and role (requiring functional knowledge) for me, I'm having a tough time to learn the business concepts and processes. It's actually analyzing the business & helping in decision support. Even the technology is a bit different as I have to work here on a Data Warehouse whereas I worked as a PL/SQL Developer previously.