Power of networking

I am amazed. This week i have contacted 25 alums in senior positions across multiple companies and 3 CEOs who were not alums. I have heard back from almost all of them including all the CEOs. While i am recruiting in this pathetic economy, it is heartening to hear back from these people and gives [...]

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Insights for Search

This new service by Google is uber-good! You can check how a particular key-word is behaving in popularity over a period of time, across countries and different regions within countries. The data is scaled to 100 for some reference point – usually the top searched item/location depending on context. Hence, if I were to search [...]

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Voice

Such an incredible thing. Voice. Humans generally like speaking, to share maybe or just to say something. (ha!).. people write to communicate their thoughts as well, but there are some issues with writing. To being with, one needs to be educated – literate; and then you need someplace to write stuff. Like this blog. You [...]

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Email etiquettes

An introduction to the actors:
Actor 1 is a developer
Actor 2 is the technical design lead – the boss!
This conversation occurred over emails today in a chain that had several members:
Actor 1 (Matter of fact tone):
We did some testing today and blah blah … it is not working.
Actor 2 (Neutral):
[...]

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Consultants

Two Consultants in a discussion over when to start a job, at 9:40 PM:
C1: So.. go ahead and start the loads.
C2: OK. Great. But how much time do i have?
C3:Take as much time as you want. But give it back to me by 11:00 PM.
Yeah right! Doublespeak?
O big brother, where art thou!
!*~

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Life is beautiful

i just posted a loooong post as private. So what do i have for public?
I wanted to leave early yesterday. Was ready to go as early as 8 pm. Managed to leave office only at 3 AM. So much for working under a last minute manager. When i returned to the hotel, Zee MGM was [...]

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Rambling on b'lore, bombay, life…

Today i finally feel like putting down some thing. The last few days have been busy, if not hectic. So wednesday, after a really long time, i was busy. Not doing anything path breaking though. Most of it was routine, like completing the Technical Design document, developing testing scripts working as a secretary to consolidate [...]

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Hungry still

As I descended from my perch on the top most floor of my building and walked, climbed down the stairs. Chatting with colleagues, eager with the prospect of food. Made all the more eager by not having had much to eat since the night before. I was faced with utter dismay when I realised that [...]

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