Saturday, July 16, 2011

The Crazy Sound,,,

This will truly amaze you but make sure you read it to the end



A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?



The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no other that he has ever heard. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, We can't tell you because you're not a monk.




The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery.




The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car..




That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that he had heard years earlier.




The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the monks reply,

We can't tell you because you're not a monk.




The man says, all right, all right. I'm dying to know.

If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?




The monks reply, you must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk.


The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, I have travelled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and have found what you had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.







The monks reply, congratulations, you are correct, and you are now considered a monk

We shall now show you the way to the sound.







The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, the sound is behind that door.







The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks, May I have the key ?





The monks give him the key, and he opens the door.





Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone... The man requests the key to the stone door.







The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. And so it went on until the man had gone through doors of emerald,...








...silver, topaz, and amethyst.








Finally, the monks say, This is the key to the last door ..












The man is relieved to be at the end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source of that strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight














.. But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

IT Myths A Practical experience...!!!!

After lots of meet ups with non-IT friends, relatives, strangers etc,
you will notice that the moment you say that you are an IT guy, they have
already made some assumptions about you.

Myth #1: If you haven't been onsite ...u are a loser

Uncle: "Tum 3 saal se IT company mein kaam kar rahe ho na?"
Me: Haan uncle ......bas ....."
Uncle: "Tum videsh nahi gaye?"
Me: "Nahi uncle project mein requirement nahi hai onsite
kaa"
Uncle: "Lekin woh deepak ko toh maanna padegaa.... vo chote
sheher se hai.....bade college se nahi hai ...fir bhi usne jamke mehnat ki
aur usse company ne USA bheja!"
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 1 - www.mailbrunch.com

Aaaha! That s the problem. People think that the smarty pants are sent on
site while the loser ones are the people left behind in India. So the
assumption is that if you haven't been on site then you don't work hard nor
you have any sincerity and... ok that's enough for now.

Myth #2: If you are not in the biggies... u are a loser


Auntyji : "Beta, kaunsa company?"......"Kabhi suna nahi"....."Kaha
hai ye?"
Aunty: "Tumko HP mein nahi mila kya?" (in short: "tum
second grade gadha lagte ho")

Then I have to make efforts to tell them how I actually work in a much
niche technology. In case the opposite person is technologically sane then
I give him some product development 'funda' (arrogance).

Myth #3: You can fix any computer and calculator and may be clocks too



Most of the computer engineers around must have at least once gone to a
friend's place only to fix his /her comp. The task can be from installing a
software (next..next.. finish) to fixing a computer which gives electric
shocks when its metal areas are touched.
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 2 - www.mailbrunch.com


Myth #4: You have lots of money


Once I met up with my friends from school ...from various fields. I just
mentioned that it is such a pain to go to office nowadays and said that I
wanted to buy a car.
Friend1: "what problem do u have man .. u are an IT waala"
Friend2: "Tu toh Honda CRV le saktaa hai"
Me: "CRV!! aabey CRV kyaa mere pass VCR lene ka paisa nahi
hai"
Even after 5 minutes of convincing them weren't getting convinced.
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 3 - www.mailbrunch.com
.


Myth #5: Coding means sitting in front of the computer


During my college days , my classmate had an encounter with a guy from
mechanical dept:
Mech guy: "Your Computer engineering is a big nautanki.... four years
You learn the same grey dabba... and all you ppl do is sit nicely in front
Of that dabba and punch the keys"

Well I don't completely disagree
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 4 - www.mailbrunch.com


Myth #6:


One more thing which oldies say : " Now you work in such a big company ,
you are settled , you should marry now !! " OMG this salary is not enough
for one poor soul.. how to handle two ???


Myth #7:


In Diwali...u get questions like......"Are you gonna get a bonus this
Diwali.....??" And when we reply in the negative.....they seem so
surprised...!!!!!!!
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 5 - www.mailbrunch.com



Myth #8: A common issue that I have seen:


When I tell anybody that I work with Mphasis, many times I get a reply "My
son/daughter/relative Mr/Ms XXX also works with Mphasis. You must be knowing
him/her" and if I answer in the negative, they feel disappointed (they
think.....may b nobody wants to know me).

How to explain to them that there are around thousands of employees in my
company, and I cannot know everybody in my ODC, forget about knowing
everybody in the company. L LoLzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 6 - www.mailbrunch.com



Add ons:


#How many times do you face this question
"What does your company make...???"
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 7 - www.mailbrunch.com


Very logical question but.....How do you answer this one?
IT Myths A Practical experience Do Read - 8 - www.mailbrunch.com
FYI:
The last Question about Do you know my nephew XXX who is in your company
I have heard a more elaborate question in the above form (in Malayalam though)
Oohh you are in Bangalore? Then you MUST be knowing my uncles daughter who is there .
Hey common yaar she is there for around 7 years

In my college days there was this illiterate soul to whom I tried to explain that I am
doing MCA that means that its computer related studies .. and the response (with an air of sarcasm)
Aahhh computers . Well everyone, now days goes for computer classes .. even my 2nd
standard daughter has computers to learn after this you may get to work in some medical
 store or a textile shop right?....

Sunday, June 26, 2011

यकीनन जिस्म जरिया है मोहब्बत का...

दो रूहें जिस्म के जरिए मोहब्बत करती रही बेइंतहा,

अचानक खुदा का फरमान आया...

एक रूह जिस्म से निकल गई....

दूसरी उसके गम में डुब गई बेइंतहा,

उसने भी जिस्म छोड़ दिया मगर अफसोस....

बगैर जिस्म के दोनों एक दूसरे को पहचान न सकीं,

और जहां से आई वहां लौट गई.............

"यकीनन जिस्म जरीया है मोहब्बत का"

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Managemant...!!!

Story # 1

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.

Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"
Fox: "Hmm... But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more."
Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed"

The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.

Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"
Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV.
Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?"

The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.

Scene : Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.

Moral :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A MANAGER IS FAMOUS; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

Management Lesson in the context of the working world : IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES

 

Story # 2

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk.

Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My thesis."
Fox: "Hmm... What is it about?"
Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox: "That's ridiculous ! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!
Rabbit: "Come with me and I'll show you!"

They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing.

Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: "What's that you are writing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf: "you don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?"

The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.
Finally a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear: "Well that's absurd !"
Rabbit: "Come into my home and I'll show you"

Scene : As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion.

Moral: 

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR.

Management Lesson in the context of the working world: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR NOT