It was the third Friday of March 2021, the beauty of the spring season was at its peak in the northern part of India. I was sitting in front of my laptop on a zoom call when I saw my name popping up on my laptop screen. I had won a Spotlight Award for the Bright Beginning. I was over the moon after seeing my name. But where did it all begin? Let me walk you through my journey from a fresher to a professional. Naive to the corporate world, I stepped into the world of technology with excitement, unaware