- What is your Name?
- How much do you expect?
- When can you join us?
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Ideal Interview
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Global Village
To know what is globalization and it's effect, the best book is "The world is flat" Thomas Friedman.
If you are looking for a much more crispier one, it is here .[Both in my humble opinion]
Thanks to the lots of factors mentioned in the book, I am lucky enough to be a global citizen of this global village.
Once when I went out for a lunch to a Japanese restaruant with a vietnamese guy along with an indian and a desi american[Green Card Holding NRI] in US of the A.
The vietnamese guy who was eating the rice with chop sticks asked me, "How do you people eat rice with fingers?"
Until last friday, I was thinking, the above conversation holds the top rank in my globalization experience until I happen to over hear the following conversation.
An European counterpart asked an Indian Counterpart, " How is your wife doing?" Indian replied, and asked back, "How is your Dog?"
If you are looking for a much more crispier one, it is here .[Both in my humble opinion]
Thanks to the lots of factors mentioned in the book, I am lucky enough to be a global citizen of this global village.
Once when I went out for a lunch to a Japanese restaruant with a vietnamese guy along with an indian and a desi american[Green Card Holding NRI] in US of the A.
The vietnamese guy who was eating the rice with chop sticks asked me, "How do you people eat rice with fingers?"
Until last friday, I was thinking, the above conversation holds the top rank in my globalization experience until I happen to over hear the following conversation.
An European counterpart asked an Indian Counterpart, " How is your wife doing?" Indian replied, and asked back, "How is your Dog?"
Monday, August 02, 2010
Want WMD! Wanna Annhilate!
Once there was a famed fearless warrior[well, still he is] who was dedicated to nothing but his mission.
Most of the time the pursuit of his mission would be on the top of his mind.
He was well trained that he can quickly slip in to the mission within minutes.
He loved the mission to a great extent he would linger and live with the effects of mission even after he returned from it. He could never just get enough of it.
He always responded to the call of the mission unhindered by the trivial stuff like meeting and training.
Though adverse environmental conditions hardly mattered to him to pursue his mission,Off late, his mission is in big time TROUBLE!The mighty warrior cannot do justice to his mission and be focussed on it as he used to be.
Day in, Day out it has become a never ending struggle to destroy his enemies and all known strategies to mankind have failed. Sometimes he even wonders, "Is it because they are females, that he can't win them over completely?" His enemies are a perfect testimonial to the modern day context of mighty and gigantic Goalith falling to the small sling of David. His epic battle with his enemies is of such magnitude that he thinks he would have beaten this record hands down[or together]!
They outnumber him in large numbers and he is desperate enough to start the search for WMD[Weapons of Mass Destruction] in Iraq[or for that matter in any damned part of the world] to annhilate his enemies completely putting an end to their existence,who have been habitating this earth for some 95 million years!
Most of the time the pursuit of his mission would be on the top of his mind.
He was well trained that he can quickly slip in to the mission within minutes.
He loved the mission to a great extent he would linger and live with the effects of mission even after he returned from it. He could never just get enough of it.
He always responded to the call of the mission unhindered by the trivial stuff like meeting and training.
Though adverse environmental conditions hardly mattered to him to pursue his mission,Off late, his mission is in big time TROUBLE!The mighty warrior cannot do justice to his mission and be focussed on it as he used to be.
Day in, Day out it has become a never ending struggle to destroy his enemies and all known strategies to mankind have failed. Sometimes he even wonders, "Is it because they are females, that he can't win them over completely?" His enemies are a perfect testimonial to the modern day context of mighty and gigantic Goalith falling to the small sling of David. His epic battle with his enemies is of such magnitude that he thinks he would have beaten this record hands down[or together]!
They outnumber him in large numbers and he is desperate enough to start the search for WMD[Weapons of Mass Destruction] in Iraq[or for that matter in any damned part of the world] to annhilate his enemies completely putting an end to their existence,who have been habitating this earth for some 95 million years!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Why Why Why
Passenger: Start பண்ணப்ப இருந்து ஏன் சார் பர்ஸ்ட் கியர்லேயே போறீங்க.
Driver: சார் நான் மட்டுமல்ல என் கார் கூட விஜய் fan.ஒரு வாட்டி ஒரு கியர் போட்டுட்டா நானே மாத்தினாலும் என் கார் கியர் மாறாது.
Emp1:My manager is the worst
Emp2:My manager is the worst.
Emp1: Okie, lets ask Paul, the Octopus.
They take the picture of the managers, write their names on it and drop on it.
To their utter horror, Octopus jumped out of the tank and committed suicide :(
P.S
First one is out of my sheer imagination.
Second one,inpired my a mobile message forward.
Driver: சார் நான் மட்டுமல்ல என் கார் கூட விஜய் fan.ஒரு வாட்டி ஒரு கியர் போட்டுட்டா நானே மாத்தினாலும் என் கார் கியர் மாறாது.
Emp1:My manager is the worst
Emp2:My manager is the worst.
Emp1: Okie, lets ask Paul, the Octopus.
They take the picture of the managers, write their names on it and drop on it.
To their utter horror, Octopus jumped out of the tank and committed suicide :(
P.S
First one is out of my sheer imagination.
Second one,inpired my a mobile message forward.
The fall and the rise of the Mercury
One fine day[no on a very damned, cursed day] an IT professional, fell terribly sick, like never ever before in the history of his life. He was completely wonder stuck as he dint know when,where,why and how the thunderbolt struck him. You know these IT people go crazy like anything if they cant get to the bottom of it and find the root cause. To add fuel to the fire, he did even faint out even with out seeing any beauties! The Director and board members of his room felt his condition was worse than BP oil spill and needs professional medical attention.[Well you see,Most of his room mates educate the doctors on what the drugs actually do,what options they do have and they don't;)]
Of all things he fears the most,[well one among the very few] is getting injected. In spite of his initial protestations, they succeeded to drag him on to a doctor. Right in the beginning he set the terms and conditions, "NO INJECTION, I CAN'T RUN,YOU CAN'T CHASE". Out of his IT experience he definitely knows how to set the expectations right in the very beginning and to talk smooth.
The doctor moved on with preliminaries asking age, measuring height and weight ,and started measuring the arterial pressure using sphygmomanometer, [yeah we average joes call that as blood pressure]now the doctor was much more worried than the person who accompanied the IT professional which was pretty clear from the frowns on his forehead.
The doctor was like, man this is more like a project that is turning towards red or for all i know it could have already turned red.
The IT professional asked the doctor will he mind checking his BP after 5 minutes of his meditation. Doctor with a little bit of reluctance agreed to it.
After five minutes, when the doctor measured, the mercury was raising so high the systolic measurement was between 135-145 and diastolic measurements was between 85-95. In plain terms he was traversing between prehypertension to hypertension.
There the doctor uttered those 4 words, the most overused words in the universe in all languages combined, may be next only to "I Love You" "IT'S A MEDICAL MIRACLE". Then, he shot me a barrage of questions What kind of meditiation is that? Where did you learn? Was it from that swamiji or this swamiji? Though he was caught in the act, they say his pranic healing was good? You attended his sessions? If not (them)him, Who else? How long have been practicing it? Can you teach me this? How much does it cost? How long will it take to learn? Is it difficult to learn, practice.
Wondering at the role reversal,who should be asking whom a lot of questions, decided to play along and said shall try to answer your questions.
"I started learning this some 3-4 years back. Gurus are no one special but very normal people like us.All I have to do is think about the salary i get, more especially the salary hike and some unfulfilled promises here and there. I might know some people who could even break this sphygmomanometer"
Alas, the doctor had the last laugh when he said , "Oh I should have asked your profession well in the beginning, you work in IT, that explains it.!"
DISCLAIMER:
Well, the usual one. This post is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidential
Of all things he fears the most,[well one among the very few] is getting injected. In spite of his initial protestations, they succeeded to drag him on to a doctor. Right in the beginning he set the terms and conditions, "NO INJECTION, I CAN'T RUN,YOU CAN'T CHASE". Out of his IT experience he definitely knows how to set the expectations right in the very beginning and to talk smooth.
The doctor moved on with preliminaries asking age, measuring height and weight ,and started measuring the arterial pressure using sphygmomanometer, [yeah we average joes call that as blood pressure]now the doctor was much more worried than the person who accompanied the IT professional which was pretty clear from the frowns on his forehead.
The doctor was like, man this is more like a project that is turning towards red or for all i know it could have already turned red.
The IT professional asked the doctor will he mind checking his BP after 5 minutes of his meditation. Doctor with a little bit of reluctance agreed to it.
After five minutes, when the doctor measured, the mercury was raising so high the systolic measurement was between 135-145 and diastolic measurements was between 85-95. In plain terms he was traversing between prehypertension to hypertension.
There the doctor uttered those 4 words, the most overused words in the universe in all languages combined, may be next only to "I Love You" "IT'S A MEDICAL MIRACLE". Then, he shot me a barrage of questions What kind of meditiation is that? Where did you learn? Was it from that swamiji or this swamiji? Though he was caught in the act, they say his pranic healing was good? You attended his sessions? If not (them)him, Who else? How long have been practicing it? Can you teach me this? How much does it cost? How long will it take to learn? Is it difficult to learn, practice.
Wondering at the role reversal,who should be asking whom a lot of questions, decided to play along and said shall try to answer your questions.
"I started learning this some 3-4 years back. Gurus are no one special but very normal people like us.All I have to do is think about the salary i get, more especially the salary hike and some unfulfilled promises here and there. I might know some people who could even break this sphygmomanometer"
Alas, the doctor had the last laugh when he said , "Oh I should have asked your profession well in the beginning, you work in IT, that explains it.!"
DISCLAIMER:
Well, the usual one. This post is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidential
Monday, July 19, 2010
செல்போன் சிணுங்கல்கள்
சத்தமின்றி துயில்வாய் என்ற
செல்போன் சிணுங்கலுக்கு
செவி சாய்க்காமல்
சத்தமாய் தூங்கிகொண்டிருந்தான்
அவன்!
P.S
Dedicated to[Inspired by] my roommate, who has this ring tone and snores too loud ;) :P :D
செல்போன் சிணுங்கலுக்கு
செவி சாய்க்காமல்
சத்தமாய் தூங்கிகொண்டிருந்தான்
அவன்!
P.S
Dedicated to[Inspired by] my roommate, who has this ring tone and snores too loud ;) :P :D
Friday, July 09, 2010
Thou Shall not Insult My Intelligence!
In the US, even strangers, say "Hi", "Good Morning" and "Happy weekend". When I first came across this kind of behavior, Though it was not personal, It was a great "feel good" feeling that cheered me up. I was happy to reciprocate and very soon became a roman as i was in Rome.
In offices, during the festival times, "We get a Happy so and so, wish you that this" from the HR, the Junior VP, VP and senior VP and from everybody mailed to everybody. I appreciate even this a nice gesture and courtesy.
When you do a good job/or meet your target or something to this effect, your second level manager chips in, sends you a congrats note. I can bear even this, cause even he is a stake holder to an extent.
Whereas, certain occasions, such as, "when you stay in an organization for quite some time like a touchwood and receive a mail that says "You Da Man" undersigned by some VP who barely knew/knows of your existence!" and "when all the higher up's whom you never know how they fit in the hierarchy, start spamming you with congratulations, thank you notes and asking you to keep up the good work[when they really have no clue on what you are doing] when you get a mere paltry sum as a monthly hike[an amount less than what you would make in one single day, when you freelance] as a result of an HR gimmick" then, then you are really PISSING me off!
Dear so called upper/middle management, "Do not pretend that you care for me on a personal basis. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry!"
In offices, during the festival times, "We get a Happy so and so, wish you that this" from the HR, the Junior VP, VP and senior VP and from everybody mailed to everybody. I appreciate even this a nice gesture and courtesy.
When you do a good job/or meet your target or something to this effect, your second level manager chips in, sends you a congrats note. I can bear even this, cause even he is a stake holder to an extent.
Whereas, certain occasions, such as, "when you stay in an organization for quite some time like a touchwood and receive a mail that says "You Da Man" undersigned by some VP who barely knew/knows of your existence!" and "when all the higher up's whom you never know how they fit in the hierarchy, start spamming you with congratulations, thank you notes and asking you to keep up the good work[when they really have no clue on what you are doing] when you get a mere paltry sum as a monthly hike[an amount less than what you would make in one single day, when you freelance] as a result of an HR gimmick" then, then you are really PISSING me off!
Dear so called upper/middle management, "Do not pretend that you care for me on a personal basis. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry!"
Friday, June 25, 2010
Knowing Thyself
What do I want?
Like most people in the world, More Wealth. I do not want to put an upper limit to my potential.
Then a little fame. Yep a little fame. Not much, I am not too greedy you see.
Lots of other things, which I may not explicitly say so.I am not Jimmy Carter ogay!
Most people desire for things that they dont deserve. Am i deserving enough for my desires? Well, let's see
What are all my strengths?
I can converse about something for hours together even without knowing anything about it.
High and mighty as well as mere mortals could identify me with them.
I can be both the devil's and angel's advocate.
I am comfortable and confident in handling peoples and situations.
I could be an inspiration and role model to few people[some times for the good reasons, sometimes for all the bad reasons]
I could be very philosophical.
I could play the agony aunt giving a patient ear to all your grievances.
I could give advice and solutions to all your problems.
Oh by the way I am also knowledgeable about many things under the sky and have a good smile :)
What should I be doing?
If you are thinking I should be doing something like Sales/Marketing/HR/General Management/etc etc
Nah Nah Please Please stop!
After the discussions with my divine inner self during my deep meditation of the soul alone at the Himalayas, the lord showed my the best career path for me.
Start an ashram and become a SWAMIJI! HARI OM! HARI OM!
Like most people in the world, More Wealth. I do not want to put an upper limit to my potential.
Then a little fame. Yep a little fame. Not much, I am not too greedy you see.
Lots of other things, which I may not explicitly say so.I am not Jimmy Carter ogay!
Most people desire for things that they dont deserve. Am i deserving enough for my desires? Well, let's see
What are all my strengths?
I can converse about something for hours together even without knowing anything about it.
High and mighty as well as mere mortals could identify me with them.
I can be both the devil's and angel's advocate.
I am comfortable and confident in handling peoples and situations.
I could be an inspiration and role model to few people[some times for the good reasons, sometimes for all the bad reasons]
I could be very philosophical.
I could play the agony aunt giving a patient ear to all your grievances.
I could give advice and solutions to all your problems.
Oh by the way I am also knowledgeable about many things under the sky and have a good smile :)
What should I be doing?
If you are thinking I should be doing something like Sales/Marketing/HR/General Management/etc etc
Nah Nah Please Please stop!
After the discussions with my divine inner self during my deep meditation of the soul alone at the Himalayas, the lord showed my the best career path for me.
Start an ashram and become a SWAMIJI! HARI OM! HARI OM!
Time to call it quits
Why should you leave an organization? or When exactly should you leave an organization?
Salary is not up to your expectations. Sometimes even the world is not enough for the human greed. There is no end to the needs and desires. Being driven by money cannot be the right thing.
Bad boss. Well there is no assurance that new organization and new boss would be an angel. Remember a known devil is better than an unknown angel. This also applies to the the culture and nature of the work place too.
Nature of the work. What if you do not like the nature of the work? What if this is not your call of the heart? Well not all are lucky to get what they want to do.You may like sleeping all day, but no one will pay for your sleep. Like the work you do, if you don't get the work you like.
Well there could be lots of other reasons like, Passed up for promotion, Extreme work pressure etc etc. IMHO even they are not worth the cause to jump ship.
So when should a person leave an organization? When you think (or realize) that all your co-workers are much more dumber than you, then, then my friend it is high time to get the hell out of the dodge city![Carefully, Look at my choice of words, I did not say when you (think) you are much more smart than others]
Salary is not up to your expectations. Sometimes even the world is not enough for the human greed. There is no end to the needs and desires. Being driven by money cannot be the right thing.
Bad boss. Well there is no assurance that new organization and new boss would be an angel. Remember a known devil is better than an unknown angel. This also applies to the the culture and nature of the work place too.
Nature of the work. What if you do not like the nature of the work? What if this is not your call of the heart? Well not all are lucky to get what they want to do.You may like sleeping all day, but no one will pay for your sleep. Like the work you do, if you don't get the work you like.
Well there could be lots of other reasons like, Passed up for promotion, Extreme work pressure etc etc. IMHO even they are not worth the cause to jump ship.
So when should a person leave an organization? When you think (or realize) that all your co-workers are much more dumber than you, then, then my friend it is high time to get the hell out of the dodge city![Carefully, Look at my choice of words, I did not say when you (think) you are much more smart than others]
End of the Tunnel
Proverbial wisdom says there is light at the end of the Tunnel.
Is there light?
When you were in tenth grade, they bull shitted you telling tenth is very important, once you are work hard do well, all is well. You thought it was a one time effort and got sucked up to it and started the journey in the tunnel.
Enter the higher secondary, they start telling you, there is no assurance, since you did well in tenth, you will do good in higher secondary. It is important to be much focussed and more serious and the best you can give. Do not drop the ball! Do not make a mess of yourself. Once you get good marks and get in to a good college, you are on the road to happiness.
Come to the college, they start telling you, after coming so far, if you dont get a job you will make a fool of yourself.You can't afford to screw up your life. Make sure you will get a job.Once you get a good job and good money, you are on the road to heaven.
Come to corporate life, hell awaits you. You are in the biggest rat race that you have ever seen. Appraisals, promotions, Job changes, house(s), abroad assignments and what not!
Before you could breathe, you the social animal would be chained to an institution and you would be on your way to prepare your progeny for the journey through the tunnel which you are still travelling.
So, Is there light? No.
The reality is, When you reach the end of the tunnel or when you think you have reached the end of the tunnel, there comes a hard realization that hits you hard all over the places where it hurts the most that this is just the beginning of another tunnel!
And there is no end and there is no LIGHT. PEACE OUT
Is there light?
When you were in tenth grade, they bull shitted you telling tenth is very important, once you are work hard do well, all is well. You thought it was a one time effort and got sucked up to it and started the journey in the tunnel.
Enter the higher secondary, they start telling you, there is no assurance, since you did well in tenth, you will do good in higher secondary. It is important to be much focussed and more serious and the best you can give. Do not drop the ball! Do not make a mess of yourself. Once you get good marks and get in to a good college, you are on the road to happiness.
Come to the college, they start telling you, after coming so far, if you dont get a job you will make a fool of yourself.You can't afford to screw up your life. Make sure you will get a job.Once you get a good job and good money, you are on the road to heaven.
Come to corporate life, hell awaits you. You are in the biggest rat race that you have ever seen. Appraisals, promotions, Job changes, house(s), abroad assignments and what not!
Before you could breathe, you the social animal would be chained to an institution and you would be on your way to prepare your progeny for the journey through the tunnel which you are still travelling.
So, Is there light? No.
The reality is, When you reach the end of the tunnel or when you think you have reached the end of the tunnel, there comes a hard realization that hits you hard all over the places where it hurts the most that this is just the beginning of another tunnel!
And there is no end and there is no LIGHT. PEACE OUT
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