Autobiography of Software engineer ... Good one : Must read...

Look at the imagination and flow of the story. It never takes your mind away
till you complete reading this........


There was a contest in TCS to write a fictional story for 500 words max which
would start with the line " On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay
huddled on the railway tracks leading to the Chennai station "

This is what a guy wrote for the contest....... and surprisingly, it was
adjudged the best short story:))

On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled on the railway tracks
leading to the Hyderabad station. At once I was held back to see someone in
that position during midnight with no one around. With curiosity taking the
front seat, I went near the body and tried to investigate it. There was blood
all over the body which was lying face down. It seemed that a ruthless blow
by the last train could have caused the end of this body which seemed to be
that of a guy of around my age. Amidst the gory blood flow, I could see a
folded white envelope which was fluttering in the midnight wind. Carefully I
took the blood stained envelope and was surprised to see the phrase
"appraisal letter" on it. With curiosity rising every moment, I wasted no
time in opening the envelope to see if I can find some details about the dead
guy. The tag around the body's neck and the jazzy appraisal cover gave me the
hint that he might be a software engineer. I opened the envelope to find a
shining paper on which the appraisal details where typed in flying colors.
Thunders broke into my ears and lightening struck my heart when I saw the
appraisal amount of the dead guy!!!!! My God, it was not even, as much as the
cost of the letter on which the appraisal details were printed.... My heart
poured out for the guy and huge calls were heard inside my mind saying "no
wonder, this guy died such a miserable death"...  As a fellow worker in the
same industry, I thought I should mourn for him for the sake of respect and
stood there with a heavy heart thinking of the shock that he would have
experienced when his manager had placed the appraisal letter in his hand. I
am sure his heart would have stopped and eyes would have gone blank for few
seconds looking at the near to nothing increment in his salary.

While I mourned for him, for a second my hands froze to see the employee's
name in the appraisal letter... hey, what a strange co-incidence, this guy's
name is same as mine, including the initials. This was interesting. With some
mental strength, I turned the body upside down and found myself fainted for a
second. The guy not only had my name, but also looked exactly like me. Same
looks, same built, same name.... it was me who was dead there!!!!!!!! While I
was lost in that shock, I felt someone patting on my shoulders. My heart
stopped completely, I could not breathe and sprung in fear to see who was
behind......... splash!!! Went the glass of water on my laptop screen as I
came out of my wild dream to see my manager standing behind my chair patting
on my shoulder saying, "wake up man? Come to meeting room number two. I have
your appraisal letter ready".