Mushtaq Ahmed

Pune Area, India India

Mr Scala at ThoughtWorks

Technology / Software / Internet

I was interviewed at ThoughtWorks for a position of Business Analyst in 2008. My resume mentioned that I eventually want to work on Scala projects as a developer. In spite of my bizarre intentions, I am grateful that TW made me the offer. Back then almost none in Pune office had heard of Scala. Today in 2013, almost 30 % of Pune office is working on Scala based projects. I became a full time developer in 2011, primarily to have fun coding Scala and also to support teams ramp up quickly on this new platform. I am very happy that directly or indirectly I influenced the technology choices on these projects. Looking forward to seeing even broader adoption of Scala by other TW offices in c...