Fresh out of college, in my first company GXS, after our training, me and another guy were put into a legacy maintenance project. It was atrociously boring. A couple of weeks into it, I told my colleague that I am going to talk to the manager regarding this. It was a pretty bold step going by the … Continue reading Be Vocal
Work from home
Recently, there has been a brouhaha in the tech community over Marissa Mayer's views on work from home. As an individual tech worker, it is very appealing to side with work from home, and going by the community's reactions, I would say that I am not in the least surprised. But, when you look at it from … Continue reading Work from home
Letting go of perfection
The dark side of perfectionism. Being a perfectionist is all the rage these days. Perfectionism has a dark side to it, which gets glossed over. When you are new to something, perfectionism acts as a hindrance. Many times, you know that you cannot dedicate wholly to something. In this scenario, perfectionism prevents you from starting—your … Continue reading Letting go of perfection
Mental model of systems
One beautiful Sunday evening our quartz jobs running inside tomcat server started to freeze. At the same moment, tomcat went kaput. I sshed into the server and started poking around the logs. No error in logs. Hmm, ok. Checked the system health, again stats looked hale and hearty. Now, what do I do? I started to reason around … Continue reading Mental model of systems
The social taboo – body and mind
I just finished reading this and my mind was contemplating over the society's taboo of using your body to advance yourself in life. I do not think Sasha Grey's parents adore their daughter's achievements in the adult film industry but I am sure Nate Silver's parents are proud of his mathematical acumen. The world today is … Continue reading The social taboo – body and mind
The Algorithm and Data Structures Conundrum
Hacker news denizens have a penchant for articles on hiring. Every once in a while, a post appears on the home page followed by a passionate and vituperative debate. People conversing on this can be divided into two camps; one argues that math, algorithm and data structures are critical and interview candidates should be quizzed … Continue reading The Algorithm and Data Structures Conundrum
Programmers and movies
I just finished watching Looper and really loved it. In the beginning, for sometime, my brain was scrambling around like a headless chicken trying to fit things together. After settling into the movie for about half an hour, things started to make sense like a mist evaporating from a glass pane as the sun rises up … Continue reading Programmers and movies
Gandhians With Keyboards
6th January 1980; young, 20 something artist; supremely gifted with a melodious voice; has no connections in the entertainment industry; zilch sugar daddies who can put her in touch with the right people in the recording business. How can this artist unleash her hidden talent on the unsuspecting world? The same situation forwarded to 6th January 2013. Records her … Continue reading Gandhians With Keyboards
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