It will be a while before I’m a full fledged member of the team out here as there are so many things that I have to learn and catch up on. The server room is a place which is a perfect example of order in chaos, what with the absolute abundance of cables snaking all over the place, connecting the gazillion gizmos around, and mind you, this server room is but an glorified storeroom! The place where the real action is, the actual Param server room is now vacant; empty in readiness to host its new occupant, the as yet unnamed, as yet unbuilt 10 Terflop+ supercomputer, India’s most powerful yet. Things will get immensely more interesting and complicated once that beast becomes operational, so I have to use this time to get prepared for what lies ahead! Definitely exciting and all that but the challenge is also in staying motivated and on the job, even in the absence of people to guide. Mollycoddling doesn’t happen here and the seniors, while extremely helpful and friendly have their hands full too, making me think ten times before approaching them with a doubt or a problem. More about my job and progress later! Love you all, Cheers, Prash Chengi.