Make it happen or rest in peace
In life we all experience ups and downs, moments which we would like to hold on and moments which we like to forget forever, people who we want to have as friends forever and people whom we don't want to get associated with, companies for which we want to work and companies we hate, things which we aspire and things which we get. The best thing that could happen to us is that we get all the things that we want and reject all the things that we don't want, but things doesn't happen that way and we have to live with whatever we have and then try to achieve whatever we want to do.
There are people who wait in a well of darkness for a ladder that would help them climb up outside the well and there are people who cling on to small branches of hanging trees that could help them climb some portion of the well. Nobody is sure whether the darkness would be totally removed or not but people half way are happy compared to people who are still drowned and waiting for that long ladder to be placed. It's all how you perceive things in life, if you see the light at the other end of the tunnel to be a train then you better stay where you are but if you can take a risk and consider it to be the path outside then march ahead. What we do to our own lives, are we ready to go in for a decision that would put us into the right path but progress would not be that great? Or wait for that express way that would zap us through the journey with the uncertainty whether that would happen or not.
Fortune favors the brave, don't forget that, even though you may not believe in fortune, you would get paid for being brave. When I walked into a company for an interview the panel put across a question: will you work for your current employer, who gives time to study, who gives enough holidays for you to relax and where you know the kind of work and people / With us after knowing that we wouldn't give you that many holidays, you can't study here in office and you may be required to work on weekends also added to this, you would be put under tremendous pressure as this is a new setup and we want to have all things in place. My answer was to select the second option, for I knew that I am capable of doing a good job no matter whatever the situation is and I emerged victorious, I soon found out that the situation was just the right kind platform I wanted and gave me all the experience of great importance in my life.
Be brave and break your shackles, I am sure you deserve more and you can do more. If Gandhi would have just remained a student of law then 1947 would have been just a dream. To transform dreams into reality chase it and make it happen, nobody can judge you better than you yourself and never underestimate your potential and capability. The situation in which you are at present may not be that great but you know that you can make things happen. Make it happen or rest in peace.
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Friday, February 20, 2004
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Technology makes life simpler
The first example of this came to light today when I wanted to open my ICICI bank account in Pune. A representative came in and wanted me to fill in the account opening / relationship form. Just the thought of filling this form gave me all the nightmares of putting down all your details from your childhood to employment in detail and in 10 places but my thought soon vanished when I just had to put in bare minimum details like my name, mother's maiden name and nominee details.
The convenience didn't stop here when I was finished filling the form and gave a photo to the person, the person handed over a welcome kit, I now thought what a wastage of money from the bank, there is no need for this but the welcome kit had 1) Cheque book 2) ATM / Debit card 3) Debit card instructions 4) Telebanking number and password 5) ATM / Debit card pin number 6) Internet banking username and password 7) Internet banking instructions..ufffff
I got everything in 5 minutes flat and everything was working also. I think this is what we would want technology to do to us, I could remember in Indore I had filed an application for enabling internet banking in my account and I am still waiting for the instructions from the bank. A great beginning by the bank and for me too!
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
The first example of this came to light today when I wanted to open my ICICI bank account in Pune. A representative came in and wanted me to fill in the account opening / relationship form. Just the thought of filling this form gave me all the nightmares of putting down all your details from your childhood to employment in detail and in 10 places but my thought soon vanished when I just had to put in bare minimum details like my name, mother's maiden name and nominee details.
The convenience didn't stop here when I was finished filling the form and gave a photo to the person, the person handed over a welcome kit, I now thought what a wastage of money from the bank, there is no need for this but the welcome kit had 1) Cheque book 2) ATM / Debit card 3) Debit card instructions 4) Telebanking number and password 5) ATM / Debit card pin number 6) Internet banking username and password 7) Internet banking instructions..ufffff
I got everything in 5 minutes flat and everything was working also. I think this is what we would want technology to do to us, I could remember in Indore I had filed an application for enabling internet banking in my account and I am still waiting for the instructions from the bank. A great beginning by the bank and for me too!
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Open it up
Group of guys talking "thu bhi...chal re...bore mat kar". If you enter this scenario then you would take these guys as white collar gundas or people without manners, that's how corporate world would put it but these guys are just enjoying their work. No barrier exists between these guys, they communicate in whatever language they want and in whatever manner they want, no bureaucracy, what others want from them is that they should work together and achieve the objective. At the end of the day nobody should be complaining about anything and they are achieving that quite easily.
I can remember people waiting for emails to start their jobs even though they might be situated next to you, Thank God those days are gone and now what we have is a real open culture, I am not talking about the buzz words of the MNCs but what I feel when I go to work is what I am expressing. Designations and management levels are things of past, what we have now is respect for co-workers and the objective of maturing together. This kind of culture is really heartening to see and I am sure most of the Indian companies are yet to break their shackles and that's because of us (Indians) only.
Informal atmosphere is what that keeps people motivated. Companies tend to do whole lot of things for people to get comfortable but if people around you are irritating then I am sure all those thousand things will not make you happy. I remember one of my friend who is working as a clerk in an Indian firm, has a habit of getting 'pan' for his boss. I ask him, what if you tell NO for which he is s##t scared. You can't help it and have to wait for your bosses to die and get replaced by someone else who is more mature and is exposed to this open culture. I really pity those guys who toil day and night to earn their living in such suicidal environment.
People admire such companies as world leaders, pioneers but nobody is concerned about what they do internally. I think there should be some report which should get opinions of people working in all big companies and publish them, it's high time that we live with such stupidity in place.
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Group of guys talking "thu bhi...chal re...bore mat kar". If you enter this scenario then you would take these guys as white collar gundas or people without manners, that's how corporate world would put it but these guys are just enjoying their work. No barrier exists between these guys, they communicate in whatever language they want and in whatever manner they want, no bureaucracy, what others want from them is that they should work together and achieve the objective. At the end of the day nobody should be complaining about anything and they are achieving that quite easily.
I can remember people waiting for emails to start their jobs even though they might be situated next to you, Thank God those days are gone and now what we have is a real open culture, I am not talking about the buzz words of the MNCs but what I feel when I go to work is what I am expressing. Designations and management levels are things of past, what we have now is respect for co-workers and the objective of maturing together. This kind of culture is really heartening to see and I am sure most of the Indian companies are yet to break their shackles and that's because of us (Indians) only.
Informal atmosphere is what that keeps people motivated. Companies tend to do whole lot of things for people to get comfortable but if people around you are irritating then I am sure all those thousand things will not make you happy. I remember one of my friend who is working as a clerk in an Indian firm, has a habit of getting 'pan' for his boss. I ask him, what if you tell NO for which he is s##t scared. You can't help it and have to wait for your bosses to die and get replaced by someone else who is more mature and is exposed to this open culture. I really pity those guys who toil day and night to earn their living in such suicidal environment.
People admire such companies as world leaders, pioneers but nobody is concerned about what they do internally. I think there should be some report which should get opinions of people working in all big companies and publish them, it's high time that we live with such stupidity in place.
Reach me at hifromsriram at HOTMAIL.com
Monday, February 16, 2004
Software blues part II
Are you a software engineer? Are you married? How many hours do you spend with your family?. I am sure most of us, just want to avoid these questions and carry on with the job but just pause for a second and think of the family that is living for you, wife who is waiting so that you would make it on time at least twice in a week, children waiting to see your faces before they go to sleep. You get married to stay together; you have children so that you can groom them along. You never set out to take this job so that you peacefully forget your family and carry on with whatever you do. Just think yourself in your spouse's shoes, you will feel the pain.
I think, we software engineers are setting wrong examples as far as personal life is concerned. As a bachelor, we try to hang out with our friends in places like Pubs, cafe shops, restaurants just because we can afford it but we never think whether it's absolutely necessary to do this, spend like this. Once in a while, things look great, but I am sure most of us do this daily.
I remember once I asked a question to my manager that why can't he give me a soft loan as he has the permission to do so, the answer was simple, "just because I have the access to the money, I shouldn't spend it as I like..". Just because we can afford such great prices for simple things, we shouldn't encourage such practices. Today, a decent food in a IT City comes at a price and Nobody is there to be blamed for this but for software people. Anything you pick in an area near IT park, you pay a price for it. Same facilities in other places is normal except for areas where people are dictating terms for software people. Our same people who feel proud of the services that we do to the nation by putting ourselves in the IT map are doing this.
It's high time that someone intervene and put an end to this, otherwise even drinking water would be rocketing in such places, what's the use of IT when civic amenities are sky rocketing. Our government gives so many discounts to cos. setting up offices in the city but doesn't care about it's own people working there, strange isn't it. In this field of software most of things are strange because nobody's cares about other things but for earning a million from this field.
Can something be done to stop this ! just think
Are you a software engineer? Are you married? How many hours do you spend with your family?. I am sure most of us, just want to avoid these questions and carry on with the job but just pause for a second and think of the family that is living for you, wife who is waiting so that you would make it on time at least twice in a week, children waiting to see your faces before they go to sleep. You get married to stay together; you have children so that you can groom them along. You never set out to take this job so that you peacefully forget your family and carry on with whatever you do. Just think yourself in your spouse's shoes, you will feel the pain.
I think, we software engineers are setting wrong examples as far as personal life is concerned. As a bachelor, we try to hang out with our friends in places like Pubs, cafe shops, restaurants just because we can afford it but we never think whether it's absolutely necessary to do this, spend like this. Once in a while, things look great, but I am sure most of us do this daily.
I remember once I asked a question to my manager that why can't he give me a soft loan as he has the permission to do so, the answer was simple, "just because I have the access to the money, I shouldn't spend it as I like..". Just because we can afford such great prices for simple things, we shouldn't encourage such practices. Today, a decent food in a IT City comes at a price and Nobody is there to be blamed for this but for software people. Anything you pick in an area near IT park, you pay a price for it. Same facilities in other places is normal except for areas where people are dictating terms for software people. Our same people who feel proud of the services that we do to the nation by putting ourselves in the IT map are doing this.
It's high time that someone intervene and put an end to this, otherwise even drinking water would be rocketing in such places, what's the use of IT when civic amenities are sky rocketing. Our government gives so many discounts to cos. setting up offices in the city but doesn't care about it's own people working there, strange isn't it. In this field of software most of things are strange because nobody's cares about other things but for earning a million from this field.
Can something be done to stop this ! just think
Software blues part I
When we enter into this line with all that struggle, I mean all that mug-slugging acts for getting a seat in IT either in BE, BTech, MCA or any other PG, we dream of so many things that we would want to do in life. I am sure many of us would have anticipated the field to be full of challenges and with the much of hype created by the media and other, we would have got the impression that the so called Knowledge Workers are not here to do simpler tasks that any tom, dick and Harry would do but to do things that require some special knowledge, something special that only few can offer, but things change and I really mean it. As a college passed out you might have that fire in the belly to do things that you would really want to do, even I did it as I worked for a pager company as a Customer Service Executive, contrary to what I aspired but I constantly upgraded myself, I learnt C and other languages and soon was famous as a techie, though I could never use the knowledge into use.
Though I am managing enough to quench my technical thrust, I am hardly going into the direction in which I wanted to go to. People call me techie and even they go a step further to call me super techie but I know from deep within, what's my worth is and what kind of techie I am.
The journey continues for me from one company to another who can quench my both the thirsts; Family and myself and I fear that any company you take will fall short in one of these lines. I am in search of something, which is close to my dream of becoming a true software engineer. It's pity that when we are at in our college days, we are not being told about the true work that is existing and how hard it is to become the select few in this Industry. In a country, which chunks out some 50 Lacs professionals yearly, nobody has the time to tell the generation next as to what they are up to if they take computers as their subject. I think as a country we have not matured enough to understand the nitty grities of this line, we may boast as the IT hub of the world but deep in hearts we know the kind of work that we do and the capability that we possess.
I am not saying that all should do high profile jobs, i.e. super techie jobs but at least we can set example for our next generation, in US they have a lots of people to follow, but is there someone like here in India (known nationally), I doubt. I think it's high time that we realize our potential and set high standards in R&D and Innovation too. I am very proud of the ripples that we have created in such a short span of time but I want these ripples to become waves and sweep the world one day.
We should all realize that we are a part of the ripple, so if you think that you are earning your salary then continue otherwise seek one and do justice to your aims and others too.
When we enter into this line with all that struggle, I mean all that mug-slugging acts for getting a seat in IT either in BE, BTech, MCA or any other PG, we dream of so many things that we would want to do in life. I am sure many of us would have anticipated the field to be full of challenges and with the much of hype created by the media and other, we would have got the impression that the so called Knowledge Workers are not here to do simpler tasks that any tom, dick and Harry would do but to do things that require some special knowledge, something special that only few can offer, but things change and I really mean it. As a college passed out you might have that fire in the belly to do things that you would really want to do, even I did it as I worked for a pager company as a Customer Service Executive, contrary to what I aspired but I constantly upgraded myself, I learnt C and other languages and soon was famous as a techie, though I could never use the knowledge into use.
Though I am managing enough to quench my technical thrust, I am hardly going into the direction in which I wanted to go to. People call me techie and even they go a step further to call me super techie but I know from deep within, what's my worth is and what kind of techie I am.
The journey continues for me from one company to another who can quench my both the thirsts; Family and myself and I fear that any company you take will fall short in one of these lines. I am in search of something, which is close to my dream of becoming a true software engineer. It's pity that when we are at in our college days, we are not being told about the true work that is existing and how hard it is to become the select few in this Industry. In a country, which chunks out some 50 Lacs professionals yearly, nobody has the time to tell the generation next as to what they are up to if they take computers as their subject. I think as a country we have not matured enough to understand the nitty grities of this line, we may boast as the IT hub of the world but deep in hearts we know the kind of work that we do and the capability that we possess.
I am not saying that all should do high profile jobs, i.e. super techie jobs but at least we can set example for our next generation, in US they have a lots of people to follow, but is there someone like here in India (known nationally), I doubt. I think it's high time that we realize our potential and set high standards in R&D and Innovation too. I am very proud of the ripples that we have created in such a short span of time but I want these ripples to become waves and sweep the world one day.
We should all realize that we are a part of the ripple, so if you think that you are earning your salary then continue otherwise seek one and do justice to your aims and others too.
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