Watching wind industry grow, memories from last 20 years
I work in renewable wind energy industry, and saying this fills me with pride and many many memories... Memories of a roller coaster ride over last 20 years, with ups and many downs.. Wanted to write these down for a long time.. because writing can help make sense of things, discover patterns in random draws of life and separate signal from the noise. So here it goes... In 2002, fresh out of college, I joined the world of serious work at GE research center in Bangalore. It was amazing.. The whole place was buzzing with passionate people from each walk of engineering, at desks and in labs, wanting to make their mark with their hardwork, ideas, working with each others and colleagues all over the world and creating a good reputation for Indian engineers. In the same year, as Enron scandal unfolded all over the news, GE acquired the wind turbine business from Enron at a fire sale, and lot of work came to us to learn and contribute to the new business. A German engineer came to Banga...