How it feels to be part of Loremate
When Abhishek asked me to write this post, he wasn’t very clear about it. I didn’t understand what he wanted exactly, until he just put it bluntly: “How does it feel to be a part of Loremate?” Hmmm. Let me think about it, Abhishek. This post is so long overdue that I guess you won’t mind waiting a few moments more!
So. Lemme start at the beginning. A friend of mine told me about Loremate.com when I was hankering after him for notes about some subject. I googled Loremate.com. I have to admit, I was pretty surprised to see notes for every insufferable subject we engineers have to suffer through. I also went through the Loreblog- the earlier version of it (the site’s updated now, and looks nothing like it used to before!)- and started reading the posts. Now I don’t know who the writer for Loremate was then, but I knew that most posts were by Abhishek himself. And they were damn funny at that. Honest, funny writing- exactly the way I like it! I kept reading posts for an hour or so, till I saw this message at the corner saying “Do YOU want to write for Loremate?” I don’t know why I sent in an old post of mine- was on an impulse really, but it was the best thing I did.
I got a call from Amandeep Singh (co-founder of Loremate, not a part of it now though- v.sadly) the next day. He asked me general questions and told me he liked my post too, and Loremate was interested in taking me on as a writer for their team. Anyway, I got through that and a few emails later, I got my own column at Loremate!
It’s been almost four months now, I guess. And now I come to Abhishek’s question. What it is like being a part of his company. It is wonderful, really. He isn’t the bossy kind- I don't think he'd even know how to boss anyone around. The whole route we follow before a post goes up on Loreblog- coming up with an idea, throwing around a few opinions here and there, submitting something, you giving me your opinion, a few more corrections, and finally putting it up! That is how work is at start-ups. Everything is at a smaller scale in the beginning, except the payoff in satisfaction when we start achieving our dream for the company- a little bit more each time. It is amazing to see my photo up there, my name, and more importantly my posts. And you know what; it makes my parents damn proud too.
Working for Loremate isn’t working really. Too cheesy? Alright. I won’t follow that tangent. But working for Loremate really is everything I just told you and everything I didn’t too. If you’re thinking about joining Loremate, think no more. Like the honchos at Nike said: just do it!
In fact, Loremate.com is looking for people who are ready to spend a small part of their life making life easier for crazy/stupid engineers like me! So… are you up for it?
(And if the sentimental factor doesn’t work out either for you, lemme tell you, it has its perks too: like the headphones mounted on my head, while I write this post!)
- Surashree Kulkarni