I am talking about 1 year ago. I was going towards my home from my friend's home. Between our home there are too many cross roads with traffic signals, where one have to stop for at least 30 seconds. I reached at a cross road and on that time the signal went to red light. I stopped my bike on that time. I was able to break the signal by driving fast but what happened to me and I stopped my bike.
As I was the first one who stopped vehicle on my side, the traffic policeman came to me and told me with smile, 'yaar! tum signal todke jaa sakte ho, bus itna khayal rakhna ki hamare haath me na aao.' means 'Yaar! you can break the signal, but just remember never get caught by us.'
It meas he was asking me to break the traffic rule. As the traffic police inspiring others to break the rule then how can a general person will follow the rule. As traffic situation in India is too much bad plus this is the increment in it.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Brilliant Interview
Actually I got an mail containing this interview from my friend. Just Read it out.
Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today because he has changed jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the ˜job hopper™ (referred here as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to mind it at all. Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in just 14 years gives Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the ˜company loyal™ employees are struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off like some other 14-15 year experienced guys “ the difference being the latter have just worked in 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here are the excerpts of an interview with Mr. JH:
Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: To get financially sound and stable before getting laid off the second time.
Q: So you knew you would be laid off in the year 2009?
A: Well I was laid off first in the year 2002 due to the first global economic slowdown. I had not got a full-time job before January 2003 when the economy started looking up; so I had struggled for almost a year without job and with compromises.
Q: Which number of job was that?
A: That was my third job.
Q: So from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009, in 6 years, you have changed 8 jobs to make the count as 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: I had no other option. In my first 8 years of professional life, I had worked only for 2 organizations thinking that jobs are deserved after lot of hard work and one should stay with an employer company to justify the saying ˜employer loyalty™. But I was an idiot.
Q: Why do you say so?
A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only marginally. I could not save enough and also, I had thought that I had a ˜permanent™ job, so I need not worry about ˜what will I do if I lose my job™. I could never imagine losing a job because of economic slowdown and not because of my performance. That was January 2002.
Q: Can you brief on what happened between January 2003 and 2009.
A: Well, I had learnt my lessons of being ˜company loyal™ and not ˜money earning and saving loyal™. But then you can save enough only when you earn enough. So I shifted my loyalty towards money making and saving “ I changed 8 jobs in 6 years assuring all my interviewers about my stability.
Q: So you lied to your interviewers; you had already planned to change the job for which you were being interviewed on a particular day?
A: Yes, you can change jobs only when the market is up and companies are hiring. You tell me “ can I get a job now because of the slowdown? No. So one should change jobs for higher salaries only when the market is up because that is the only time when companies hire and can afford the expected salaries.
Q: What have you gained by doing such things?
A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, I had a fixed salary (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, my salary was 8X. So assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my last drawn salary in Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I never bothered about variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and go through the appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a hike.
Q: So you decided on your own hike?
A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again in future like it had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when the next slowdown would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a ˜debt-free™ life before being laid off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly basis without waiting for the year to complete.
Q: So are you debt-free now?
A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for money and spent so little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 sq.. feet) plus a loan free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am laid off too but I do not complain at all. If I have laid off companies for money, it is OK if a company lays me off because of lack of money.
Q: Who is complaining?
A: All those guys who are not getting a job to pay their EMIs off are complaining. They had made fun of me saying I am a job hopper and do not have any company loyalty. Now I ask them what they gained by their company loyalty; they too are laid off like me and pass comments to me “ why will you bother about us, you are already debt-free. They were still in the bracket of 12-14 lakh p.a. when they were laid off.
Q: What is your advice to professionals?
A: Like Narayan Murthy had said “ love your job and not your company because you never know when your company will stop loving you. In the same lines, love yourself and your family needs more than the company's needs. Companies can keep coming and going; family will always remain the same. Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make money for the company, not the other way around.
Q: What is your biggest pain point with companies?
A: When a company does well, its CEO will address the entire company saying, ˜well done guys, it is YOUR company, keep up the hard work, I am with you. But when the slowdown happens and the company does not do so well, the same CEO will say, It is MY company and to save the company, I have to take tough decisions including asking people to go. So think about your financial stability first; when you get laid off, your kids will complain to you and not your boss.
Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today because he has changed jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the ˜job hopper™ (referred here as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to mind it at all. Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in just 14 years gives Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the ˜company loyal™ employees are struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off like some other 14-15 year experienced guys “ the difference being the latter have just worked in 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here are the excerpts of an interview with Mr. JH:
Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: To get financially sound and stable before getting laid off the second time.
Q: So you knew you would be laid off in the year 2009?
A: Well I was laid off first in the year 2002 due to the first global economic slowdown. I had not got a full-time job before January 2003 when the economy started looking up; so I had struggled for almost a year without job and with compromises.
Q: Which number of job was that?
A: That was my third job.
Q: So from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009, in 6 years, you have changed 8 jobs to make the count as 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: I had no other option. In my first 8 years of professional life, I had worked only for 2 organizations thinking that jobs are deserved after lot of hard work and one should stay with an employer company to justify the saying ˜employer loyalty™. But I was an idiot.
Q: Why do you say so?
A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only marginally. I could not save enough and also, I had thought that I had a ˜permanent™ job, so I need not worry about ˜what will I do if I lose my job™. I could never imagine losing a job because of economic slowdown and not because of my performance. That was January 2002.
Q: Can you brief on what happened between January 2003 and 2009.
A: Well, I had learnt my lessons of being ˜company loyal™ and not ˜money earning and saving loyal™. But then you can save enough only when you earn enough. So I shifted my loyalty towards money making and saving “ I changed 8 jobs in 6 years assuring all my interviewers about my stability.
Q: So you lied to your interviewers; you had already planned to change the job for which you were being interviewed on a particular day?
A: Yes, you can change jobs only when the market is up and companies are hiring. You tell me “ can I get a job now because of the slowdown? No. So one should change jobs for higher salaries only when the market is up because that is the only time when companies hire and can afford the expected salaries.
Q: What have you gained by doing such things?
A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, I had a fixed salary (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, my salary was 8X. So assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my last drawn salary in Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I never bothered about variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and go through the appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a hike.
Q: So you decided on your own hike?
A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again in future like it had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when the next slowdown would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a ˜debt-free™ life before being laid off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly basis without waiting for the year to complete.
Q: So are you debt-free now?
A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for money and spent so little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 sq.. feet) plus a loan free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am laid off too but I do not complain at all. If I have laid off companies for money, it is OK if a company lays me off because of lack of money.
Q: Who is complaining?
A: All those guys who are not getting a job to pay their EMIs off are complaining. They had made fun of me saying I am a job hopper and do not have any company loyalty. Now I ask them what they gained by their company loyalty; they too are laid off like me and pass comments to me “ why will you bother about us, you are already debt-free. They were still in the bracket of 12-14 lakh p.a. when they were laid off.
Q: What is your advice to professionals?
A: Like Narayan Murthy had said “ love your job and not your company because you never know when your company will stop loving you. In the same lines, love yourself and your family needs more than the company's needs. Companies can keep coming and going; family will always remain the same. Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make money for the company, not the other way around.
Q: What is your biggest pain point with companies?
A: When a company does well, its CEO will address the entire company saying, ˜well done guys, it is YOUR company, keep up the hard work, I am with you. But when the slowdown happens and the company does not do so well, the same CEO will say, It is MY company and to save the company, I have to take tough decisions including asking people to go. So think about your financial stability first; when you get laid off, your kids will complain to you and not your boss.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
An Experience with Green Drivers
Many people have started green drive to save our natural resources and save ourself from more effects of global warming. Though the number of green drivers is too much small compare to what is required. I am one of them but I am never pressuring others to follow it because I am not the 100% Green Driver.
Now lets move to topic, I have seen many people pressuring others to follow green drive to save environment, natural resources etc. They sending email to others to follow green drive. If they are employers then they are pressuring their employees to follow green drive in office.
I have seen many green drivers (pressurers) not following the same. They are keeping AC, fans, tube lights on for the whole day, and sending mails to empolyees to follow green drive. (They are doing so to save huge electricity bills and other cost saving purposes. Actually they are never having interest in what is global warming etc.) They are not taking care of what they are doing. One single AC is spending about 5 fan euivalent electricity, and they are keeping 2-3 ACs (depending on their room size) in their room. Other fans, light sources are extra. Which is similar to the usage of other employees resources in most medium class companies.
I hate such kind of persons who are pressuring other to follow green drive and they are not following by themself.
This was my experience with Green Drivers.
Now lets move to topic, I have seen many people pressuring others to follow green drive to save environment, natural resources etc. They sending email to others to follow green drive. If they are employers then they are pressuring their employees to follow green drive in office.
I have seen many green drivers (pressurers) not following the same. They are keeping AC, fans, tube lights on for the whole day, and sending mails to empolyees to follow green drive. (They are doing so to save huge electricity bills and other cost saving purposes. Actually they are never having interest in what is global warming etc.) They are not taking care of what they are doing. One single AC is spending about 5 fan euivalent electricity, and they are keeping 2-3 ACs (depending on their room size) in their room. Other fans, light sources are extra. Which is similar to the usage of other employees resources in most medium class companies.
I hate such kind of persons who are pressuring other to follow green drive and they are not following by themself.
This was my experience with Green Drivers.
Friday, October 23, 2009
About Indian Education System
This post can cause problem to many persons but from many days this was moving in my mind. So finally today I am writing whole thing what is moving in my mind.
Few days before I read in news paper about stopping subsidy for IITs. It is too much bad news for all Indian students as per my view. Because one middle class or lower middle class student will not be able to join world class institute only where original education is given, if government will stop giving finance to these institutes.
Though now a days Indian government is planning to upgrade education system and also have taken good steps for it. I am appreciating these steps of government. Though still in many states of India education system is still on lower grade. Most of the institutes of the India are teaching exam oriented. They are teaching students about how to pass exams. They are not teaching practically. I am not saying this to all institutes of India. But there are many where students are learning only for passing exams. They don't have any practical knowledge.
Let me give example of my own field of computer engineering. Many students of computer engineering don't know programming till they get job. Even they don't know simple syntax of printf in C till the end of last year.They are not attending any practical labs due to load of time pass assignments (Only one or two persons of a class are completing their assignments on their own and others are just copying it from those one or two assignments without understanding anything whether answer is wrong or not.) and some colleges don't have proper infrastructures where student can work join lab. Some colleges don't allow student to sit in labs during free time in which they can do practice of programming. And they are passing all exams with good grade by preparing questions of last few year papers and some important questions given by corresponding faculties. At interview time they are failing due to less practical knowledge.
One more thing the lecturers of colleges also don't have knowledge of their subjects which they a teaching. Because one is taking job as lecturer who don't have chance to get good job in industry. So one who don't know any thing about his the subject what he's teaching then how can he'll make students best person. I know many of my friends as lecturer who don't know anything about the subject what they are teaching. Though in schools still situation is little bit better then higher level education institutes. But in government schools same situation is there. Teachers who don't know ABCD in English teaching English to students. They are taking rest in schools and taking good salary (15k to 40k per month) for not teaching students. I have seen many students of government schools in my city who don't know how to write '1' in 5Th standard. This is the situation of education.
Now in higher level education system (ie professional level courses) government have stopped giving subsidy from last 8 years. Because of which self finance institution fees has reached high ( 3-5 lac Rs. a year for medical students, 30k-70k Rs. for engineering student) from 0 to 4000 Rs. a year. Due to this good students are not able to join their selected course in good institutes.
Though there are many institutes in India where they are giving best education with practical knowledge. But they are too much costly where middle class or lower class cannot join.
Also let me give you my own example from standard 1. I was good at study from starting as per my parents, teachers. But there was a problem. There is a similarity with Mahatma Gandhiji and me. That is bad handwriting. My handwriting was too much bad that I cannot read it. Though now I have improved it a lot but still not too much good. Due to this my teachers were not able to give me good marks and I was considered a dull student. And they gave me last bench to sit with other same category students. And other brilliant students with good handwriting were sitting on first benches. This made me lazy guy and till 8Th standard I remained dull and lazy as my colleagues were also same as me. Teachers were not taking care of us they were just asking to first benchers and giving them paper solutions and etc. Teachers and other students were hating us as we are criminals. At inspection time teachers were not allowing us to sit on first 3 benches due to my bad handwriting. And also inspector was asking question to rankers only not to any one else. (In some schools teachers are informing students that inspector is coming for inspection and when he'll as any question only selected students will raise their hand) I was not completing any homework and was not interested in going to school. My parents were pulling me to the school by auto when I was not interested to go in school.
In standard 9Th, I got good teachers who taught me well and inspired me that you know well and helped me to improve my handwriting. This was the turning point where in school I got sit with brilliant students on the first bench and after it I have improved my self. And now I can see where I am. All students were moving around me for learning different things till the end of engineering. Still many are asking me for solving their problems. Also in standard 3 my teacher tried to make me good by making me sit with other good students with good handwriting. But in standard 4Th again same situation happened till 8Th. Thank a lot to my teachers those who make me good and also those who made me dull. My parents helped me a lot during this time. They were teaching me and inspired me a lot. I am very thankful to them for inspiring and also for showing me right way.
I am requesting to the government of India to start giving subsidy to all level institutes so that education will become cheaper for all and by this way education ratio will be higher. And please don't involve politics in education system.
I am requesting to institutes to make education system better. And also arrange some industrial lectures for students for making them better by hiring good industrial persons.
I am warmly requesting to lecturers / teachers of India to make education practical oriented not only exam oriented and make students interested in researching in their interested subjects and also encourage them. Don't do partiality between brilliant students and other students. Behave same with both of them so that other students won't feel that they are not good.
I am also requesting students to attend all practical labs and keep researching for your interested thing and keep interested in what subject you are interested. Never think you as dull person. Try to make yourself better on your own. Try to make good relations with your teachers (for getting good marks
).
I am requesting all parents of India to appreciate their children and let them to choose their line, you just give them suggestion but don't pressure them to select your selected field. This may cause your children to get dull.
That's all I want to say.
Few days before I read in news paper about stopping subsidy for IITs. It is too much bad news for all Indian students as per my view. Because one middle class or lower middle class student will not be able to join world class institute only where original education is given, if government will stop giving finance to these institutes.
Though now a days Indian government is planning to upgrade education system and also have taken good steps for it. I am appreciating these steps of government. Though still in many states of India education system is still on lower grade. Most of the institutes of the India are teaching exam oriented. They are teaching students about how to pass exams. They are not teaching practically. I am not saying this to all institutes of India. But there are many where students are learning only for passing exams. They don't have any practical knowledge.
Let me give example of my own field of computer engineering. Many students of computer engineering don't know programming till they get job. Even they don't know simple syntax of printf in C till the end of last year.They are not attending any practical labs due to load of time pass assignments (Only one or two persons of a class are completing their assignments on their own and others are just copying it from those one or two assignments without understanding anything whether answer is wrong or not.) and some colleges don't have proper infrastructures where student can work join lab. Some colleges don't allow student to sit in labs during free time in which they can do practice of programming. And they are passing all exams with good grade by preparing questions of last few year papers and some important questions given by corresponding faculties. At interview time they are failing due to less practical knowledge.
One more thing the lecturers of colleges also don't have knowledge of their subjects which they a teaching. Because one is taking job as lecturer who don't have chance to get good job in industry. So one who don't know any thing about his the subject what he's teaching then how can he'll make students best person. I know many of my friends as lecturer who don't know anything about the subject what they are teaching. Though in schools still situation is little bit better then higher level education institutes. But in government schools same situation is there. Teachers who don't know ABCD in English teaching English to students. They are taking rest in schools and taking good salary (15k to 40k per month) for not teaching students. I have seen many students of government schools in my city who don't know how to write '1' in 5Th standard. This is the situation of education.
Now in higher level education system (ie professional level courses) government have stopped giving subsidy from last 8 years. Because of which self finance institution fees has reached high ( 3-5 lac Rs. a year for medical students, 30k-70k Rs. for engineering student) from 0 to 4000 Rs. a year. Due to this good students are not able to join their selected course in good institutes.
Though there are many institutes in India where they are giving best education with practical knowledge. But they are too much costly where middle class or lower class cannot join.
Also let me give you my own example from standard 1. I was good at study from starting as per my parents, teachers. But there was a problem. There is a similarity with Mahatma Gandhiji and me. That is bad handwriting. My handwriting was too much bad that I cannot read it. Though now I have improved it a lot but still not too much good. Due to this my teachers were not able to give me good marks and I was considered a dull student. And they gave me last bench to sit with other same category students. And other brilliant students with good handwriting were sitting on first benches. This made me lazy guy and till 8Th standard I remained dull and lazy as my colleagues were also same as me. Teachers were not taking care of us they were just asking to first benchers and giving them paper solutions and etc. Teachers and other students were hating us as we are criminals. At inspection time teachers were not allowing us to sit on first 3 benches due to my bad handwriting. And also inspector was asking question to rankers only not to any one else. (In some schools teachers are informing students that inspector is coming for inspection and when he'll as any question only selected students will raise their hand) I was not completing any homework and was not interested in going to school. My parents were pulling me to the school by auto when I was not interested to go in school.
In standard 9Th, I got good teachers who taught me well and inspired me that you know well and helped me to improve my handwriting. This was the turning point where in school I got sit with brilliant students on the first bench and after it I have improved my self. And now I can see where I am. All students were moving around me for learning different things till the end of engineering. Still many are asking me for solving their problems. Also in standard 3 my teacher tried to make me good by making me sit with other good students with good handwriting. But in standard 4Th again same situation happened till 8Th. Thank a lot to my teachers those who make me good and also those who made me dull. My parents helped me a lot during this time. They were teaching me and inspired me a lot. I am very thankful to them for inspiring and also for showing me right way.
I am requesting to the government of India to start giving subsidy to all level institutes so that education will become cheaper for all and by this way education ratio will be higher. And please don't involve politics in education system.
I am requesting to institutes to make education system better. And also arrange some industrial lectures for students for making them better by hiring good industrial persons.
I am warmly requesting to lecturers / teachers of India to make education practical oriented not only exam oriented and make students interested in researching in their interested subjects and also encourage them. Don't do partiality between brilliant students and other students. Behave same with both of them so that other students won't feel that they are not good.
I am also requesting students to attend all practical labs and keep researching for your interested thing and keep interested in what subject you are interested. Never think you as dull person. Try to make yourself better on your own. Try to make good relations with your teachers (for getting good marks
).I am requesting all parents of India to appreciate their children and let them to choose their line, you just give them suggestion but don't pressure them to select your selected field. This may cause your children to get dull.
That's all I want to say.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Last Day we launched new UI of Infibeam
Last day we launched new user interface of infibeam where I am working as a Software Engineer. It is looking cool compare to what it was. All my friends are saying that it seems much better then what it was. I was also involved in the user interface change. I had created a small javascript for whole menu stuff and it was designed by our designer.
I am too much weak in website designing stuff. Always I am leaving designing stuff to designers. But now a days I know designing stuff well compare to what I was knowing as I am working with designer for designing stuff. He teaches me new things in designing. So I am going to be all rounder in website development. As I know server side scripting in most of the languages, javascript for client side and sql stuff and now designing. These are the required things for website development. Though one thing is remaining that is Flash. I'll learn it, too.
That's all for today....
Also Visit infibeam.com and give me your response for its new look.
I am too much weak in website designing stuff. Always I am leaving designing stuff to designers. But now a days I know designing stuff well compare to what I was knowing as I am working with designer for designing stuff. He teaches me new things in designing. So I am going to be all rounder in website development. As I know server side scripting in most of the languages, javascript for client side and sql stuff and now designing. These are the required things for website development. Though one thing is remaining that is Flash. I'll learn it, too.
That's all for today....
Also Visit infibeam.com and give me your response for its new look.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Finally Got Time For New Post
Finally Today I got time to post something on this blog.
Today I will share some funny incidents of my life.....
As a Software Engineer I am connecting everything with any program. Something like when I am sleeping I am thinking it as a sleeping mode of thread, while am planning to wake up thinking it as ready mode and after wake up it is running mode of thread. This is just an example. Even in dreams also I am getting println, boolean bla bla all programming stuff as I am doing programming for whole day....
One more funny example of my life with program.
It was my friend's brother's marriage reception. I went there with my friends as my friend invited us. There was a dinner and all were in queue to take their dishes and other meals. I was also in queue with my friends for taking dish. But queue was too much long so that it took 20 minutes for me to take a dish, others are still remaining. On that time by mistake I told my friend that the all are moving in for loop. As for taking roti or other food one need to join queue again. After it I told that this is circular queue. All were laughing on that time as I joined this with programming stuff. And also they advised me to stop thinking about programming for all time.
Today I will share some funny incidents of my life.....
As a Software Engineer I am connecting everything with any program. Something like when I am sleeping I am thinking it as a sleeping mode of thread, while am planning to wake up thinking it as ready mode and after wake up it is running mode of thread. This is just an example. Even in dreams also I am getting println, boolean bla bla all programming stuff as I am doing programming for whole day....
One more funny example of my life with program.
It was my friend's brother's marriage reception. I went there with my friends as my friend invited us. There was a dinner and all were in queue to take their dishes and other meals. I was also in queue with my friends for taking dish. But queue was too much long so that it took 20 minutes for me to take a dish, others are still remaining. On that time by mistake I told my friend that the all are moving in for loop. As for taking roti or other food one need to join queue again. After it I told that this is circular queue. All were laughing on that time as I joined this with programming stuff. And also they advised me to stop thinking about programming for all time.
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