{"id":947,"date":"2016-06-07T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T09:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/precog.iiitd.edu.in\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2020-11-19T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T12:00:04","slug":"precogiiitdmyjourneyandthepeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Precog @IIITD\u200a\u2014\u200amy journey and the people"},"content":{"rendered":"

A journey is best measured in friends!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course we are doing some breath taking work!
\nOf course I highly recommend everyone to apply for open positions here!<\/p>\n

But I won\u2019t talk about the work (everyone else already is). I will talk about what really makes Precog\u200a\u2014\u200athe people@Precog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outsiders see it as a group, insiders see it as a family<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my second semester I had taken up a course in Probability and Statistics under Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru \u201cPK\u201d<\/a>. This is how I got introduced to Precog and PK.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was 2013, at that time I was trying to figure out my niche as a CS major . I was in search of a new and exciting opportunity. A friend who had been working with Precog told me about an opening. As I have already mentioned in another post of mine, I have a threefold criteria while evaluating opportunities:<\/p>\n

Is it aligned with my short and long term goals?<\/strong>
\nIt was definitely aligned with my short term goal of getting my hands dirty with new technologies. At that time I didn\u2019t realise the extent to which Precog would contribute towards moulding me into an aspiring product designer in the long run.<\/p>\n

Is there exciting work that I can contribute to?<\/strong>
\nWithout divulging any details, let me just say it was a product of national interest. The research and development activities at Precog are making their mark in more ways than meets the eye ( of course I can\u2019t speak about it :P, If you want to know apply and get in! )<\/p>\n

The people I will be working with<\/strong>
\nThis was and still is the most compelling reason. Not only are they really smart researchers and developers but also very helpful. Precog alums and collaborators are everywhere: Facebook, Apple, Princeton, UIUC, CMU, Georgia Tech etc<\/p>\n

(PS: I will be joining Georgia Tech this fall for my masters. I already know so many there because of Precog. I am staying with an Ex Research Assistant from the lab)<\/p>\n

After a month of interviews and coding tasks I was picked as a software developer for the project. Over the next couple of months I got to know the entire team, even people who weren\u2019t working on the same project as I was (very welcoming people!).<\/p>\n

In the coming time I collaborated with different people from the lab, learnt so many different things from them, specially from PK. He\u2019s helped me not only with professional, but also personal matters (thanks!). He\u2019s invested much more time than a normal advisor would\u2019ve in making this relation stronger.<\/p>\n

My lab mates taught me the real meaning of \u2018with great responsibility comes great power\u2019, after the first time I messed up some daemons on the server (:P) Everyone in the lab has contributed in so many ways that I don\u2019t even know how to write it down. From helping in my assignments to giving me feedback on my applications.<\/p>\n

While concluding I would strongly recommend everyone to apply for the open positions@Precog,<\/a> you won\u2019t regret it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A journey is best measured in friends! Of course we are doing some breath taking work! Of course I highly recommend everyone to apply for open positions here! But I won\u2019t talk about the work (everyone else already is). I will talk about what really makes Precog\u200a\u2014\u200athe people@Precog. Outsiders see it as a group, insiders see it as a family In my second semester I had taken up a course in Probability and Statistics under Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru \u201cPK\u201d. This is how I got introduced to Precog and PK. It was 2013, at that time I was trying to figure out my niche as a CS major . I was in search of a new and exciting opportunity. A friend who had been working with Precog told me about an opening. As I have already mentioned in another post of mine, I have a threefold criteria while evaluating opportunities: Is it aligned with my short and long term goals? It was definitely aligned with my short term goal of getting my hands dirty with new technologies. At that time I didn\u2019t realise the extent to which Precog would contribute towards moulding me into an aspiring product designer in the long run. Is there exciting work that I can contribute to? Without divulging any details, let me just say it was a product of national interest. The research and development activities at Precog are making their mark in more ways than meets the eye ( of course I can\u2019t speak about it :P, If you want to know apply and get in! ) The people I will be working with This was and still is the most compelling reason. Not only are they really smart researchers and developers but also very helpful. Precog alums and collaborators are everywhere: Facebook, Apple, Princeton, UIUC, CMU, Georgia Tech etc (PS: I will be joining Georgia Tech this fall for my masters. I already know so many there because of Precog. I am staying with an Ex Research Assistant from the lab) After a month of interviews and coding tasks I was picked as a software developer for the project. Over the next couple of months I got to know the entire team, even people who weren\u2019t working on the same project as I was (very welcoming people!). In the coming time I collaborated with different people from the lab, learnt so many different things from them, specially from PK. He\u2019s helped me not only with professional, but also personal matters (thanks!). He\u2019s invested much more time than a normal advisor would\u2019ve in making this relation stronger. My lab mates taught me the real meaning of \u2018with great responsibility comes great power\u2019, after the first time I messed up some daemons on the server (:P) Everyone in the lab has contributed in so many ways that I don\u2019t even know how to write it down. From helping in my assignments to giving me feedback on my applications. While concluding I would strongly recommend everyone to apply for the open positions@Precog, you won\u2019t regret it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4820,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/4820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precog.iiit.ac.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}