Today is my last day at Infibeam.
I’m going to miss working in this environment because I learned a lot about ecommerce and online buying in India. For example, I was surprised to know how much sales go up during Diwali (in hindsight, not so surprising, of course) and was surprised at the amount of online buying that happens from Tier II cities. Then there was the learning on the huge amount of logistics that happens – the part where the customer visits the website and clicks on the Buy button is just 1% of the total stuff that happens behind-the-scenes.
I am also thankful to Ajay and Infibeam for getting me into the Rails wagon, I’m finally starting to see the light. Learning a new language and framework from scratch to delivering a full ecommerce platform in 4–5 months was a fascinating experience. And soon, anyone can set up their own online store on top of Infibeam’s infrastructure.
Infibeam has done many things right, has many things to improve, and rumors say they may face many challenges in the future. All in all, that’s a good thing. Infibeam launched at the right time and is helping to grow ecommerce in India, and it will continue to do so.
But alas, it’s time for me to move on. I can haz plans.
Listening to Stand Up by The Prodigy
god speed
@swaroopch Good luck long term financial planner!
@swaroopch All the best! As per your blog post, it seems like Crossword’s online store is running on Infibeam infra. Is that correct?
@swaroopch all the best on your next venture
@swaroopch Well, all the best dude!
@swaroopch Up, up and away! :)
@swaroopch All the best. New startup plans?
@swaroopch All the best! Looking forward to hear more about the plans :)
so what now for you, back to startup bandwagon?
@swaroopch that is great..keep me updated about the plans..we shd talk sometime
@swaroopch Best wishes for whatever you are onto next!
@swaroopch best of luck! starting something yourself?
@swaroopch where will I send my bug reports now ;)
@swaroopch Good luck Swaroop.
@swaroopch Best wishes, and I am sure you would do well in this venture!
Good luck!
All the best for next thing, I am sure it would be another big thing…
Guess you have bigger plans for future. Can we expect a detailed post on your departure from Infibeam?
All the best & Keep Rocking :)
@swaroopch wow.. it feels like yesterday when I read your post bt joining infibeam.. why leaving so fast? anu good reason you want to share?
@swaroopch .. and good luck for your new job ;)
@swaroopch All the best! :)
@swaroopch Just read about your leaving Infibeam – good luck with whatever you’ve set out to do!
@djd @amit @abdul Thanks for the wishes!
@vaibhav nope
@pavan Well, there was nothing to write about, that’s why I didn’t :)
Hi Swaroop,
Wishing u lots of Good Luck and sucesses for your future endeavors.
Girish
So like every one asks , wondering what’s your next plans ……
@Hari Let’s see how things go :)
Hi Swaroop,
All the best for your next job.
Regards…
All the best Swaroop :) I am sure you are gonna do something very positive….Keep Rocking.
@swaroopch Dude I am waiting for THE announcement. When you #startingup?
Wishing you the best Swaroop. Keep writing though. A lot of folks look upto your blog.
Thanks for all the wishes.
@Vijay Yes, need to be more regular at writing, but my writing requires me to do interesting stuff, so that’s what I’m looking to do now ;-)