It has been a long time; since I updated something in this blog and now I am back.
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Shall I start saying “there is a pleasure in the pathless woods” or shall I say “to seek to pursue and not to yield” .. Anyways the words are said; and let’s move on!!
I had a junior; very passionate and a very close friend of mine;
He had been working in Hyderabad for some days; and now he left his job and is preparing for Civils as of now.
He made a small business plan; and he went to ICRISAT (translated the telugu words into English)
“Sir i have to tell u an incident that changed my life sir
monna naa bplan ni present cheyyadaniki ICRISAT vellanu ( I took my Bplan to present it in ICRISAT)
challa: oh great
bandla: my plan got selected its under incubation
challa: awesome
bandla: it will take 3 months more to finalize if i become an entrepreneur or not but more interesting thing happened on that day
challa: oh temme
bandla: A middle aged man......shabbily dressed came into the hall of all distinguished people all experts in their own fields.......he just came on to the stage and said......."Ayya...naa deggara oka plan undi .." ( I have a plan)
indulo 3 packets unnai.... (there are three sample packets with me)
okati amalapuram lo soybean plant waste ( one is the waste from Soybean factory in Amalapuram)
danitho company ki chala problem avthundi ( Company is facing problems regarding the waste)
aa waste ni nenu oka feed tho mix chesi animal feed ga tayyaru chesanu..... (I made animal feed out of this waste)
naaku just 50 k kavali pulverizer konadaniki ( I need just 50K to buy the pulverizer)
The waste transformed into a product worth 20 rs ( each packet costs 20 rs only)……I mean literally from crap to a product worth 20 bucks….this is what value addition is from 0 to 20 not from 10 to 15
I felt ... this is what we call a plan?
he didnt have even enough money to come to Hyderabad but only thing he carried with him always was confidence
challa: awesome…..did he get qualified?
bandla: yes...
even if he didnt i was going to fund him for his business
i had to translate everything he said in telugu to english........so it was soo close to me
challa: great man
i understand
bandla: till then i was thinking about stability and all....
challa: what stability?
bandla: that day my perspective changed stability in life.........stability which we think actually exists..........happy and settled life
challa: okay
bandla: happiness only comes form a journey not from a settled life
:)
challa: ha ha …well said buddy……..i am using this chat; in my blog; fine??
bandla: sure sir
“
Man I loved this story; “to be undaunted what ever the circumstances are!!” this is what life is all about.
Regarding me; I am in love with myself;
Yes I am tensed about the outcome of the movie!! But then there is always the pleasure being here and doing the work I love!!
Auditions at night; designing the equipment for ourselves; and getting ready for the ready!! What more can I ask for.
Well of course the long walks are back!! And it is raining from the day I came here!!
It’s awesome to discuss about movie songs; and the tracks with the band; that too if u listen music at nights!! U will get high!!
And Nishesh ( kind of my teacher and friend and technician for my movie!) is the best singer I have seen. He can sing songs all night;
Humming “Vandemataram …” and suddenly chanding the tune to “Dil se ree….” Or “Dil Giraa “
Masteroo… life is beautiful... But god knows what is going to happen in the future
3 cheers
Yours,
Srikanth.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Education and a note of thanks
Education:
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education—Mark Twain.
Well said boss!!; I understood why you said these words after reading your Tom sawyer and Finn. You are one hell of a genius.
Education for us (for a typical student of India (and his parents included)) is a source to acquire a job. And we study because we need a job (obviously risk less) and we work for money (and security).
Where is the fun in life!!
Education must teach you to explore the world; it must make you an eternal student;
It must add passion for our lives.
But all I see is this. Present education is killing the spirits of people. Most of the guys ‘hate to work’ but still they work because they want their jobs!! And they can’t live without them. Worst thing is I can’t blame them. They are all very good people; I do like them. They are the products of present education.
We had an excellent lesson in out 10th standard. Author confesses with us; how he exploited and old man giving him meager wages who worked in his garden (some jasmine garden). Finally the old man dies by lack of proper treatment. And the author repents his bad deeds. When I read the story for the first time; It touched me so much that I couldn’t think of anything for sometime.
But I mugged the lengthy Q & A's for that lesson so many times; I wondered why the hell he wrote this story at all.
Come on man; we read stories to enjoy its beauty; our language naturally improves.
Give marks liberally and just encourage the kids to read more. We need this kind of people. Well of course if this happens the present schooling system will tell children not to read any languages as there are no grades allotted to them.
Already I see many kids who don’t play out door games; they just sit around TV or play video games. This condition is really awful to watch.
Even in technical education; they start teaching expecting perfect results from them. You are creating life long workers there won’t be any scientists and people who can think different and people who are ready to accept new challenges.
Adding to this The parent factor!!
I see no hope; but still I want some change; I want an education that really teaches you to live your life!! This is the only way for a better future.
And then I am not saying everyone to leave everything they are doing!! I am asking you to do that with passion and make the difference.
Note of Thanks:
I thank Priya; Swathi and vishlesh for helping me to edit the blogs.
Like everyone I wonder sometimes; the blogs I am writing; are they readable atleast??
(Anyways I will keep on writing even if they are not readable; but still i had this doubt)
But one my friend pinged me and said
“I don’t know how many read your blogs read; I check it definitely;
They are so touching and remind me that all around us is loveable; especially this article where u talked about your father being the inspiration behind u being a frequent traveler.
I remembered my days; me and my father both used to travel to places without any reservation in trains, and then it used to be very adventurous
:)
We used to stay at crazy places, eat at weirdoes outlets
:)
This June, I am planning to go to Himachal Pradesh “
I absolutely loved this comment; you surely motivated me to write more my friend.
Lets us be the same freaks all our lives...
For got telling you I got this plan; we can make a movie for 2 years and travel around the world for 2 more years. Anytime we can say; we are thinking about the script and we are traveling for inspiration (ha-ha; a very genuine reason)!!
Let’s rock.
Yours Srikanth.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education—Mark Twain.
Well said boss!!; I understood why you said these words after reading your Tom sawyer and Finn. You are one hell of a genius.
Education for us (for a typical student of India (and his parents included)) is a source to acquire a job. And we study because we need a job (obviously risk less) and we work for money (and security).
Where is the fun in life!!
Education must teach you to explore the world; it must make you an eternal student;
It must add passion for our lives.
But all I see is this. Present education is killing the spirits of people. Most of the guys ‘hate to work’ but still they work because they want their jobs!! And they can’t live without them. Worst thing is I can’t blame them. They are all very good people; I do like them. They are the products of present education.
We had an excellent lesson in out 10th standard. Author confesses with us; how he exploited and old man giving him meager wages who worked in his garden (some jasmine garden). Finally the old man dies by lack of proper treatment. And the author repents his bad deeds. When I read the story for the first time; It touched me so much that I couldn’t think of anything for sometime.
But I mugged the lengthy Q & A's for that lesson so many times; I wondered why the hell he wrote this story at all.
Come on man; we read stories to enjoy its beauty; our language naturally improves.
Give marks liberally and just encourage the kids to read more. We need this kind of people. Well of course if this happens the present schooling system will tell children not to read any languages as there are no grades allotted to them.
Already I see many kids who don’t play out door games; they just sit around TV or play video games. This condition is really awful to watch.
Even in technical education; they start teaching expecting perfect results from them. You are creating life long workers there won’t be any scientists and people who can think different and people who are ready to accept new challenges.
Adding to this The parent factor!!
I see no hope; but still I want some change; I want an education that really teaches you to live your life!! This is the only way for a better future.
And then I am not saying everyone to leave everything they are doing!! I am asking you to do that with passion and make the difference.
Note of Thanks:
I thank Priya; Swathi and vishlesh for helping me to edit the blogs.
Like everyone I wonder sometimes; the blogs I am writing; are they readable atleast??
(Anyways I will keep on writing even if they are not readable; but still i had this doubt)
But one my friend pinged me and said
“I don’t know how many read your blogs read; I check it definitely;
They are so touching and remind me that all around us is loveable; especially this article where u talked about your father being the inspiration behind u being a frequent traveler.
I remembered my days; me and my father both used to travel to places without any reservation in trains, and then it used to be very adventurous
:)
We used to stay at crazy places, eat at weirdoes outlets
:)
This June, I am planning to go to Himachal Pradesh “
I absolutely loved this comment; you surely motivated me to write more my friend.
Lets us be the same freaks all our lives...
For got telling you I got this plan; we can make a movie for 2 years and travel around the world for 2 more years. Anytime we can say; we are thinking about the script and we are traveling for inspiration (ha-ha; a very genuine reason)!!
Let’s rock.
Yours Srikanth.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Random Thoughts
My present room is Bliss. My friend says “It’s a resort”. What he means is ‘ it’s pretty relaxing’.
Yes; if you can sit in your verandah and watch the vast Sea before you; and if you can feel its soft cold breeze in a hot summer (especially in Chennai); you will definitely love it.
As a fact; every water source has this great charm I think. Trek around for some hours and reach a water fall; take bath in it!! Man do you really need anything more.
So here I am; sitting all alone in my verandah; looking at this vast Sea; simply fascinated by its light blue colour and tides.
I start thinking about the conversation with my friend.
My Gtalk status was “What can I say except that life is an Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes.”
vicky: sounds fuzzy to me!
vicky is online.
challa: haha..But that’s true..Aint it
vicky: I don’t quite understand it...you mean that...life is all about recording all your memorable experiences ?
challa: not recording suppose; I ask you what you did in your life till now what will you say ??
vicky: I will say what all I think I did so far
challa: wait; write the sentence again properly
vicky: I will say what all I did in my life Until now
challa: tell me now
r nt they anecdotes of your life.Anyways buddy; tell me what you did till now,atleast some maama, I am eager to listen
vicky: haha
i have a question?
challa: adugu maama( ask me)
vicky: so why is it beautiful ?..im asking this because...every one does so many things...but i always wonder why are we doing all these
challa: every one do lots of crap;when we are asked what we did, we say our best works aren’t they beautiful for individuals
vicky: 1 sec mama ;some one came
challa: okay
vicky: yeah…best works in the sense? Like professionally sound, ethical or ….. ?
challa: that u need to tell me; you said that you will say what ever you did. Tell me some
vicky: that’s okay but before that I want to know .what is best in your opinion?
challa: oh; i am asking you n ur asking me okay maama. Moments I enjoyed most are the best for me
vicky: you enjoyed means. You had fun. You laughed etc etc
ok
challa: no
vicky: then?.......can you give 3 incidents
challa: I was never at my best when I am laughing
I loved feeling the morning sun on me
I loved to think and understand
I loved talking to myself alone..
And I loved rains; and trekking through forests
Many things man….ippudu nuvvu cheppu neekemi ishtamo (tell me your favorite incidents)…..what he told me ; I cant share with you.
So coming back to our blog. I started questioning what were the best moments of my life till now.
Himalayas; Uttarkhand ; one of the best tourist places in India.
Me and my father almost trekked 14 KMs to reach Kedarnath ; and we were standing before the shrine; (obviously with out chappals). And then this Happened; Ice rain! And it’s raining Ice. No place to run any where!! And the temple is really small; we need to stand there!!
All we did was to dig some place to keep single leg and standing on that leg we dig we dig out another hole before ice fills the previous hole.
Man that’s the best experience I ever. When I am coming back; all the mountains with trees looking as if they were covered with a green blanket were filled with ice every where;
Oh my god that was the most beautiful thing I have seen till then!! For the first time I felt what ecstasy is.
Yes; if you can sit in your verandah and watch the vast Sea before you; and if you can feel its soft cold breeze in a hot summer (especially in Chennai); you will definitely love it.
As a fact; every water source has this great charm I think. Trek around for some hours and reach a water fall; take bath in it!! Man do you really need anything more.
So here I am; sitting all alone in my verandah; looking at this vast Sea; simply fascinated by its light blue colour and tides.
I start thinking about the conversation with my friend.
My Gtalk status was “What can I say except that life is an Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes.”
vicky: sounds fuzzy to me!
vicky is online.
challa: haha..But that’s true..Aint it
vicky: I don’t quite understand it...you mean that...life is all about recording all your memorable experiences ?
challa: not recording suppose; I ask you what you did in your life till now what will you say ??
vicky: I will say what all I think I did so far
challa: wait; write the sentence again properly
vicky: I will say what all I did in my life Until now
challa: tell me now
r nt they anecdotes of your life.Anyways buddy; tell me what you did till now,atleast some maama, I am eager to listen
vicky: haha
i have a question?
challa: adugu maama( ask me)
vicky: so why is it beautiful ?..im asking this because...every one does so many things...but i always wonder why are we doing all these
challa: every one do lots of crap;when we are asked what we did, we say our best works aren’t they beautiful for individuals
vicky: 1 sec mama ;some one came
challa: okay
vicky: yeah…best works in the sense? Like professionally sound, ethical or ….. ?
challa: that u need to tell me; you said that you will say what ever you did. Tell me some
vicky: that’s okay but before that I want to know .what is best in your opinion?
challa: oh; i am asking you n ur asking me okay maama. Moments I enjoyed most are the best for me
vicky: you enjoyed means. You had fun. You laughed etc etc
ok
challa: no
vicky: then?.......can you give 3 incidents
challa: I was never at my best when I am laughing
I loved feeling the morning sun on me
I loved to think and understand
I loved talking to myself alone..
And I loved rains; and trekking through forests
Many things man….ippudu nuvvu cheppu neekemi ishtamo (tell me your favorite incidents)…..what he told me ; I cant share with you.
So coming back to our blog. I started questioning what were the best moments of my life till now.
Himalayas; Uttarkhand ; one of the best tourist places in India.
Me and my father almost trekked 14 KMs to reach Kedarnath ; and we were standing before the shrine; (obviously with out chappals). And then this Happened; Ice rain! And it’s raining Ice. No place to run any where!! And the temple is really small; we need to stand there!!
All we did was to dig some place to keep single leg and standing on that leg we dig we dig out another hole before ice fills the previous hole.
Man that’s the best experience I ever. When I am coming back; all the mountains with trees looking as if they were covered with a green blanket were filled with ice every where;
Oh my god that was the most beautiful thing I have seen till then!! For the first time I felt what ecstasy is.
Well then my next best experience also in
I think I got this spirit to travel from my father; where ever we go either its
One hell of a person my father.
We reached Gangothri ‘the place where
Believe me; there is a waterfall right in front of the room we took; and
I was dumb struck for sometime; and my father was standing next to me enjoying the beauty.
Well I am back; the sea is right before and my moments still with me. Odyssey of beautiful anecdotes
Yours
Srikanth.
Friday, April 3, 2009
I Was/Am/Will be A Hard Worker
I am a Hard worker ; Yes; Yes ; believe me I am a Hard worker.
I this well written blog I am going to prove it. Yes I am going to add some real strong points (readers can read them as ‘ Intelligent’ points) to support my case.
This is my reply for all my critics who think I am a lazy good for nothing dude!!
Coming to the point!!
Let me tell you why I am forced to write this blog.
It started one month back in orkut; one of my junior scrapped me.
“ Hi sir; how r u doing; Howz job life?
Forgot to ask you; what about your job? Didn’t they sack you?”
Well I convinced myself that this is a compliment.
But then all of my juniors started sending me the same scrap.
I can’t take this as a compliment anymore.
These juniors; they are good for nothing.
I decided not to scrap my juniors anymore.
But then a senior scrapped ; “ rey challa! U still have ur job! If so be careful ; start working”
Juniors; seniors all are same; I started getting worried.
“ Only my friends know how hard working I am” I said to myself.
I called my friend; I desperately needed someone to praise me now;
“ Man ; these juniors; all are asking why IBM didn’t sack me till now; they must be ragged again !”
Now my so called friend; that idiot started laughing in the phone.
My friend “ Maama two jokes in a single line ; only you can talk like that “
Me: what jokes?
Friend (aka Idiot ) : You remember how they commented you on our convo? -you cant even rag properly; that will be like torching yourself. Regarding that Job; even I am wondering the same”
I switched off my cell phone for two days and I didn’t receive calls from anyone for 2 days.
This is not a compliment anymore… damn it.
Next day ; I was working on my computer ( seriously coding something ) and one of my colleague approached me silently
Colleague: How come you are working in office Challa? No movies in the comp?
I had enough; I felt like banging this computer before me and my colleagues head at once. However, as both are not possible; I thought of making a list of the points which prove I am a hard worker and mail it to every one
1) I know I got very less GPA ; and yes some suppli’s too . But then I mastered the art of one day batting guys. I even got a 7 in one fine semester. Isn’t that hard work??
I cleared subjects of Sarkar in single attempt.
Yes you may complain I got suppli’s in easy subjects like mathematics.
But then when Rahul dravid is batting in test match before the day of exam;
How do you expect me to read? As a fact taking a chance to read everything later is a sacrifice and it involves lots of hard work later.
(You need to store the notes for next year; every one might have forgot the subject; and none can explain you.. do you see the point!!)
Now there was this talk: I don’t know any thing about this SI and CI but still I got a B+ in IC engines. The fact is I just don’t know the full forms of them; but I can write pages of stories about them.
Even for this talent guys, I put in great effort.
When I can do this; Cant I manage my job?
2) I still prefer playing cricket.
3) You will see me reading anytime; I never sat at chai centers doing chit chat. Almost all the time you will see me reading. Didn’t I read Around the world in 80 days ( ofcourse Credit must be given to Mr.Jules verne too ) non stop. Dickens ; Wodehouse I read almost everything I can get. You can occasionally spot me in library reading ; ‘Photogaphy Today’.
( note: the point is total pages read by me will be greater than any topper from my
College)
4) Well ; not to forget the night outs to watch sunset and sun rise. I pretty well
watched all parts of rocky in a night. I prefer to walk or cycle than to travel by
automobiles.
I thought some of these excellent points and sent a mail to all my friends.
Let me show you some of the replies :
Mohan: you are the same old B** C*** stuff; you did not change at all challa.
Topper: I don’t exactly remember you; r u the only guy who got a second class from our branch?
Mechanical : Damn your branch professors; How can they give a 7 for you ?? This is too much.
Vivek: every idiot in idea will play cricket. With regards Vivek.; IT specialist TCS,Banglore
And the worst reply.
Abhishek: What the F*** are you trying to prove challa, u r hard worker or something !!
I couldn’t stop laughing after reading your mail.
This is disgrace !! This is absolute disgrace!!
Especially that abhishek; he who used to irritate me a lot when laughed aloud; I should have broken his teeth in college; then he wouldn’t have sent a reply like this!
But still I stick to my words; I am a hard worker;
If you at least one of you believe that I am a real hard worker I will be happy.
You know what I did to prove myself a hard worker finally?
I added one more point and forwarded the mail again to everyone.
4) Come on guys! I worked hard for two hours to prepare these points.!!
Jai Ho
( Disclaimer : All are imaginary characters ..)
I this well written blog I am going to prove it. Yes I am going to add some real strong points (readers can read them as ‘ Intelligent’ points) to support my case.
This is my reply for all my critics who think I am a lazy good for nothing dude!!
Coming to the point!!
Let me tell you why I am forced to write this blog.
It started one month back in orkut; one of my junior scrapped me.
“ Hi sir; how r u doing; Howz job life?
Forgot to ask you; what about your job? Didn’t they sack you?”
Well I convinced myself that this is a compliment.
But then all of my juniors started sending me the same scrap.
I can’t take this as a compliment anymore.
These juniors; they are good for nothing.
I decided not to scrap my juniors anymore.
But then a senior scrapped ; “ rey challa! U still have ur job! If so be careful ; start working”
Juniors; seniors all are same; I started getting worried.
“ Only my friends know how hard working I am” I said to myself.
I called my friend; I desperately needed someone to praise me now;
“ Man ; these juniors; all are asking why IBM didn’t sack me till now; they must be ragged again !”
Now my so called friend; that idiot started laughing in the phone.
My friend “ Maama two jokes in a single line ; only you can talk like that “
Me: what jokes?
Friend (aka Idiot ) : You remember how they commented you on our convo? -you cant even rag properly; that will be like torching yourself. Regarding that Job; even I am wondering the same”
I switched off my cell phone for two days and I didn’t receive calls from anyone for 2 days.
This is not a compliment anymore… damn it.
Next day ; I was working on my computer ( seriously coding something ) and one of my colleague approached me silently
Colleague: How come you are working in office Challa? No movies in the comp?
I had enough; I felt like banging this computer before me and my colleagues head at once. However, as both are not possible; I thought of making a list of the points which prove I am a hard worker and mail it to every one
1) I know I got very less GPA ; and yes some suppli’s too . But then I mastered the art of one day batting guys. I even got a 7 in one fine semester. Isn’t that hard work??
I cleared subjects of Sarkar in single attempt.
Yes you may complain I got suppli’s in easy subjects like mathematics.
But then when Rahul dravid is batting in test match before the day of exam;
How do you expect me to read? As a fact taking a chance to read everything later is a sacrifice and it involves lots of hard work later.
(You need to store the notes for next year; every one might have forgot the subject; and none can explain you.. do you see the point!!)
Now there was this talk: I don’t know any thing about this SI and CI but still I got a B+ in IC engines. The fact is I just don’t know the full forms of them; but I can write pages of stories about them.
Even for this talent guys, I put in great effort.
When I can do this; Cant I manage my job?
2) I still prefer playing cricket.
3) You will see me reading anytime; I never sat at chai centers doing chit chat. Almost all the time you will see me reading. Didn’t I read Around the world in 80 days ( ofcourse Credit must be given to Mr.Jules verne too ) non stop. Dickens ; Wodehouse I read almost everything I can get. You can occasionally spot me in library reading ; ‘Photogaphy Today’.
( note: the point is total pages read by me will be greater than any topper from my
College)
4) Well ; not to forget the night outs to watch sunset and sun rise. I pretty well
watched all parts of rocky in a night. I prefer to walk or cycle than to travel by
automobiles.
I thought some of these excellent points and sent a mail to all my friends.
Let me show you some of the replies :
Mohan: you are the same old B** C*** stuff; you did not change at all challa.
Topper: I don’t exactly remember you; r u the only guy who got a second class from our branch?
Mechanical : Damn your branch professors; How can they give a 7 for you ?? This is too much.
Vivek: every idiot in idea will play cricket. With regards Vivek.; IT specialist TCS,Banglore
And the worst reply.
Abhishek: What the F*** are you trying to prove challa, u r hard worker or something !!
I couldn’t stop laughing after reading your mail.
This is disgrace !! This is absolute disgrace!!
Especially that abhishek; he who used to irritate me a lot when laughed aloud; I should have broken his teeth in college; then he wouldn’t have sent a reply like this!
But still I stick to my words; I am a hard worker;
If you at least one of you believe that I am a real hard worker I will be happy.
You know what I did to prove myself a hard worker finally?
I added one more point and forwarded the mail again to everyone.
4) Come on guys! I worked hard for two hours to prepare these points.!!
Jai Ho
( Disclaimer : All are imaginary characters ..)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Swades
Its been a long time ; Most of the guys are out of work due to recession; but its opposite here. My honeymoon with IBM is over from this February .Finally I did start working with dead lines. And I am working on a complicated plot for my new story. So I must say I am pretty busy with myself.
But then some things forcibly drag you out of hibernation and make you write something. I avoid group discussions as much as possible. Accept it or not they are really monotonous. I am okay with some student discussions; they will have something to cheer about; they have some optimism in them. But if you follow the discussions of newly employed guys; they discuss mainly about how much they miss their college life; and how tough their working is especially in their respective fields .If they are a bit rich they will making it a point they have bought a new Ipod or some other new crap.
Discussions, especially with elder people; they suck big time!! My grand father who is already retired asked me once - what is the salary of your project manager?? To hell if I care ! I didn’t even think of it. I didn’t understand why he is thinking about my manager at all. Apart from grand mother no one told me about their childhood. All people ask me is my salary!! If not they ask me if my office is has centralized AC and whether I get free coffee or not?? If I say yes; they will start talking how many facilities youngsters are getting now a days. But they don’t know that most them do donkey’s work; and say to themselves ; if we work hard now ; we can enjoy later!!
and most of the family functions act as forums for this general discussion. And so I avoid parties as much as possible. But sometimes there is no escape route. My father fell sick and as I was spending that weekend at home; its decided that I need to my mom to a very important marriage ( I mean they are close relatives of ours).
The first person I met was an old uncle of mine.
Me: Hello uncle; how are you?
Uncle: Helloooo !! I couldn’t even identify you srikanth!! Long time we met!! Your father told me that you are working in IBM Chennai?
Me: Yes Uncle.
( he slowly placed on my shoulder and moved close to me)
Uncle: how much are they giving? ( he whispered in my ear)
Me: pardon
Uncle: how much they are paying you? ( he repeated )
Me: 20K ( I am really embarrassed with that question )
Uncle: oh; very less !! why so
(personally I think I am being over paid buddy!!)
One more guy joined us. I never knew him .
Uncle: this is srikanth; working in IBM ; Chennai. His sister works in America!!
Me: Hi
New Guy: Where does your sister stay in America ( haha; he didn’t tell his name;)
Me: She stays in Ohio ; Columbus.
New Guy: Oh good; I went to england once ; I work for BHEL!!
( now whats the connection between His visit to England and my sister studying in US;
But still I tried to remain humane with him!!)
Me: England; that’s a pretty cool place?? Did you watch any county matches there; I heard it would be real great .And I heard the places are real good to visit. Did you visit Scotland by any chance?
New Guy: I dont watch cricket; and I don’t like visiting places.
( then why the heck are you updating your resume here ; you ass!! Dude; no need impress everyone !! You will get enough dowry ( rate!!) don’t worry.
( I had enough by then ; )
Me: I need to find my Mom; bye yaar..
This is the latest generation of India.
Well .. well one more incident;
I went for a walk with my grandfather once. We met his friend there ; this man makes it a point to tell me that his son went to England 6 times till now. That’s a record in my village; this time that legendary kid also came in ( bad time; he is not in England)
They started purchasing something. My grand was bargaining with the lady ; my legend with all his impatience; “ come on uncle; you don’t bargain for one rupee ; two rupees with these people.. they should live!!
I saw his father’s face; its so happy and proud; and then I saw the woman’s hurt face ; you guys think that I am a beggar!! And is this Kid showing mercy on me;
And worse the legend is still talking; we are earning 40 – 50 K per month and you are bargaining for 1 rupee and 2 rupees.
Thank god; the lady left without speaking her heart;
And YES!! This is the latest generation of India; counting salaries and dreaming for bigger salaries;
Worse; neither they are are happy; nor they are making anyone happy..
God!!
Give us some brains and happiness!!
One of my friend asked me ; Your sister is in America right? Then when are you planning to go.
Is this some kind of game or something!!
For a typical guy Education is something that you mug and get a degree to acquire a white collar job!! And I must say I was as an idiot myself till my 10th ; and I wanted the same white collar job.
Some of my relatives stopped talking with me; because I didn’t advice their kids regarding IIT preparation. I seriously told him “ Give some time to play games; and start thinking for yourself; and you can decide what You need to do” . I am trying to stop the make one more idiot!!
All the people I met talked about careers nothing else. I met some excellent teachers; they taught me all kinds of subjects and they taught me how to compete; but none taught me how to lead life.
And this is the reason why I hear crap; and most of us are taught the same crap.
I sat in my meditation class; and my teacher was saying; “meditation is always being aware of yourself at the present moment and not to think about the future or the past.”
I looked at her face; I can easily understand she is teaching us what she learnt from her smile. Her smile told me what really peace is. I thanked God; atleast now you gave me a teacher who can teach me about life.
Well I am not being religious here I am being Spiritual.
I prefer an Atheist or some one who hates all religions than some one who hates all religions except his religion( because they are more dangerous) . And I can one more thing ! I know nothing about God; But spirituality definitely improves your life.
This is the time to discover ourselves ; not fill ourselves with more fears!!
Keep Rockin
Yours
Srikanth
But then some things forcibly drag you out of hibernation and make you write something. I avoid group discussions as much as possible. Accept it or not they are really monotonous. I am okay with some student discussions; they will have something to cheer about; they have some optimism in them. But if you follow the discussions of newly employed guys; they discuss mainly about how much they miss their college life; and how tough their working is especially in their respective fields .If they are a bit rich they will making it a point they have bought a new Ipod or some other new crap.
Discussions, especially with elder people; they suck big time!! My grand father who is already retired asked me once - what is the salary of your project manager?? To hell if I care ! I didn’t even think of it. I didn’t understand why he is thinking about my manager at all. Apart from grand mother no one told me about their childhood. All people ask me is my salary!! If not they ask me if my office is has centralized AC and whether I get free coffee or not?? If I say yes; they will start talking how many facilities youngsters are getting now a days. But they don’t know that most them do donkey’s work; and say to themselves ; if we work hard now ; we can enjoy later!!
and most of the family functions act as forums for this general discussion. And so I avoid parties as much as possible. But sometimes there is no escape route. My father fell sick and as I was spending that weekend at home; its decided that I need to my mom to a very important marriage ( I mean they are close relatives of ours).
The first person I met was an old uncle of mine.
Me: Hello uncle; how are you?
Uncle: Helloooo !! I couldn’t even identify you srikanth!! Long time we met!! Your father told me that you are working in IBM Chennai?
Me: Yes Uncle.
( he slowly placed on my shoulder and moved close to me)
Uncle: how much are they giving? ( he whispered in my ear)
Me: pardon
Uncle: how much they are paying you? ( he repeated )
Me: 20K ( I am really embarrassed with that question )
Uncle: oh; very less !! why so
(personally I think I am being over paid buddy!!)
One more guy joined us. I never knew him .
Uncle: this is srikanth; working in IBM ; Chennai. His sister works in America!!
Me: Hi
New Guy: Where does your sister stay in America ( haha; he didn’t tell his name;)
Me: She stays in Ohio ; Columbus.
New Guy: Oh good; I went to england once ; I work for BHEL!!
( now whats the connection between His visit to England and my sister studying in US;
But still I tried to remain humane with him!!)
Me: England; that’s a pretty cool place?? Did you watch any county matches there; I heard it would be real great .And I heard the places are real good to visit. Did you visit Scotland by any chance?
New Guy: I dont watch cricket; and I don’t like visiting places.
( then why the heck are you updating your resume here ; you ass!! Dude; no need impress everyone !! You will get enough dowry ( rate!!) don’t worry.
( I had enough by then ; )
Me: I need to find my Mom; bye yaar..
This is the latest generation of India.
Well .. well one more incident;
I went for a walk with my grandfather once. We met his friend there ; this man makes it a point to tell me that his son went to England 6 times till now. That’s a record in my village; this time that legendary kid also came in ( bad time; he is not in England)
They started purchasing something. My grand was bargaining with the lady ; my legend with all his impatience; “ come on uncle; you don’t bargain for one rupee ; two rupees with these people.. they should live!!
I saw his father’s face; its so happy and proud; and then I saw the woman’s hurt face ; you guys think that I am a beggar!! And is this Kid showing mercy on me;
And worse the legend is still talking; we are earning 40 – 50 K per month and you are bargaining for 1 rupee and 2 rupees.
Thank god; the lady left without speaking her heart;
And YES!! This is the latest generation of India; counting salaries and dreaming for bigger salaries;
Worse; neither they are are happy; nor they are making anyone happy..
God!!
Give us some brains and happiness!!
One of my friend asked me ; Your sister is in America right? Then when are you planning to go.
Is this some kind of game or something!!
For a typical guy Education is something that you mug and get a degree to acquire a white collar job!! And I must say I was as an idiot myself till my 10th ; and I wanted the same white collar job.
Some of my relatives stopped talking with me; because I didn’t advice their kids regarding IIT preparation. I seriously told him “ Give some time to play games; and start thinking for yourself; and you can decide what You need to do” . I am trying to stop the make one more idiot!!
All the people I met talked about careers nothing else. I met some excellent teachers; they taught me all kinds of subjects and they taught me how to compete; but none taught me how to lead life.
And this is the reason why I hear crap; and most of us are taught the same crap.
I sat in my meditation class; and my teacher was saying; “meditation is always being aware of yourself at the present moment and not to think about the future or the past.”
I looked at her face; I can easily understand she is teaching us what she learnt from her smile. Her smile told me what really peace is. I thanked God; atleast now you gave me a teacher who can teach me about life.
Well I am not being religious here I am being Spiritual.
I prefer an Atheist or some one who hates all religions than some one who hates all religions except his religion( because they are more dangerous) . And I can one more thing ! I know nothing about God; But spirituality definitely improves your life.
This is the time to discover ourselves ; not fill ourselves with more fears!!
Keep Rockin
Yours
Srikanth
Friday, November 14, 2008
Weird Things…
This is the time for more laughs.
1)
One particular weekend all my engineering mates arranged for a get together. So we reached Kakinada as planned. Then we went on an excellent drive to Yanam, thanks to Rahulji for his bike. Paddy fields and coconut trees were all along the way and ofcourse not to forget you can see streams and canals cross all the way (u will feel the presence of Godavari I promise). I still remember the moon light’s beautiful reflection on the river and the temple lights glowing in the near by island. Well if I start writing about the journey I will lose string; so not to meander much. All I want to say is that we had some very good time on the banks of Godavari. It was late by the time we reached back to the room. We need to pack off the following day.
Then I got this call at six in the morning. It was a bit weird and awful; I don’t expect a call from anyone on a Sunday at 6am.
Me: Hello
Anil: Maama ; its me Anil ( this guy was with us till yesterday ; he should to attend a function at home in his village nearby; so he left early)
Me: Anil; Why you didn’t wake me up when u you are leaving?
Anil: That’s okay ; I didn’t want to disturb your sleep; But come to station now. I need some change.
Me: Find some ATM nearby man.
Anil; That’s not about hundred’s I want some change;
Me: What? (May be I am still sleepy I thought)
Anil: I want 2 rupees change; Ticket is 15 rupees and I am having 13 only; remaining all hundreds and none has any change here.
(Damn my luck)
Me: Okay; I am coming there; I am starting
Anil: we have 40 more mins; take your time!!
Me: okay.
I noticed that my cell was not charged; so I woke my friend and told him the situation. I asked him for his cell.
He woke up; and gave me his cell )
So I reached Station with some change (again on Rahulji’s bike); and my luck!! The cell I bought dint have network in Kakinada!! But luckily I found Anil before the station.
And I found Anil in his worst of his moods. ”The Clerk out there is an Ass maama; he is having change but he didn’t give me” Anil continued “ and he started questioning ; why don’t you guys get change when you start from home; when Railways is doing so much for you!! If some one asks me for any change today I am going to hit them. That’s it!” he stopped.
Thanks to Indian Railways!!
2) Working in IBM for more than year is awesome; Learnt a lot professionally.. haha!!
I am done with a project (actually sacked ; ofcourse they used the term ‘cost cutting’)
And I am into a new project now!!
I used to have a project manger (He is in US) a 50 % Project manager ( he takes care of project details in India) and a people’s manager ( he guides me for my career) and a location manager ( In charge for the location ) and a team lead….
Looking at this u may wonder I am forced to work a lot!! Don’t even think of it...
My project manager is the coolest stuff ever seen; we used to have some weekly meetings; all I need to do is say a ‘Hi Babu’ and relax till the end and say a ‘ Bye Babu’ at the end. One fine I attended from my room; I said a ‘Hi’ I slept ; and roomies were wondering what’s happening on my cell phone; when I am sleeping.
50% PM is a tough stuff; I always maintained the distance; one unlucky day ; he caught me online as I didn’t send any report for many days.
Me : Okay Raj; I will send the report when I am back; I am on leave this Friday and Monday.
( he Immediately called me)
Raj: You didn’t ask me for the leave.
Me: I took the permission of project manager and my team lead.
Raj: but I told you guys not take any leave!!
( come on man ; that’s why I didn’t ask you)
Me: Sorry Raj; this was a sudden plan; My uncle came from US suddenly and he is arranging this party. I must attend.
Raj: You are telling me ; your uncle came suddenly!!
Me: yes raj.
Raj: So what about project.
( I couldn’t control myself)
Me: There is no work for me as of now Raj.
( there is a long silence ; I was shouting ‘ hello’ hello ‘ repeatedly)
Me: Hello Raj
Raj: Yes Srikanth; I don’t know what to say!!
Me: Shall I go then!!
Raj: okay
Haha!!
My team lead heard my conversation and called aside;
Team Lead: If you don’t have any work; just don’t say it like that; Just say “ I DON’T HAVE ANY EMERGENCY DESPATCH”
My first corporate lesson guys.
My location Manager is a lady; though we are in good terms; I pretty well know she is irked that I watch movies in Office , though she never told me this directly she kept asking me whether I have any work at all; till the end. And finally on the day I am being released she came to me and said: “ Srikanth; you should work hard”
I cant resist playing with her; I too looked at her seriously;
Me: Ma’am; I always work hard!!
( then came the real one)
Lady: Atleast stop watching movies in Office.
( I couldn’t hide my laugh; but I managed saying; ‘ I will try Ma’am’.
And my peoples manager is the best stuff all; he thinks I can do something technically; and even suggested me to write a paper on my work;
That the height of comedy; But he always bought his Car to take us to play ground to play Cricket!! So I forgive him for everything.
3) My First Bike Accident:-
I am a pretty careful driver basically; so didn’t have any accident till now;
But the wonderful event did take place recently.
Sitting at home isn’t my (and my father’s) style of spending a holiday; So we decided to go to ‘Bhairava kona’ a place some 140 KM from our home.
Started nicely; and reached there; but Swimming there and the beautiful temple of lord shiva carved from a hill took me to a high.
So I was not the same when returning; and I entered “sine wave curve“ roads ; After two ups and downs; I was climbing at my full speed and only when reached the top I understood that the road isn’t straight and it is turning towards right!!
But the feeling you know!! I know I am going to fall down!!
I am shouting ‘Dad’ ‘Dad’
Even my father understood the situation;
He was saying ‘Okay; Go on’
And finally we fell.. Really lucky fellows we are; escaped with some minor injuries.!!
And lessons were learnt.
4) I saved the best for the end!!
I watch very few movies; and I didn’t watch any Telugu movie for a long; for I prefer to stay silent than to irk my brain;
Here I go to get my passport photo; they took my photograph and asked me to wait for 15 mins; I could have gone for a walk ; but there is some problem with business people; if ur not there they will abandon the work; and they will start only when ur back; As this is very urgent I decided to stay. And only amusement there was the TV. And almost everyone was watching this movie.
As I don’t know Tamil; I cant give its name and true dialogues; I am giving u what exactly happened!!
Scene 1:
Our hero came drunk to a meeting (7/g fame) and starts disturbing the meeting
Heroine ( negative role; tamanna) was anchoring; So our tamanna invites him for a speech ; ( Clever tactic!!) this guy ( I saw his leg was hurt ( bandage n stuff)) starts speaking some rubbish on the stage. When some asks him to address the crowd he happily narrates his local address in Chennai. So finally he was thrown out of stage. Tamanna rejoices. But then I saw none other than Ileana very much worried about him ( second heroine who obviously loves him a lot)
Scene 2:
Our hero playing billiards with friends; and Ileana enters; I pretty well know we are going some big class;
And really she did speak a lot (what I understood is; Ileana recognized that our hero lost concentration; and is acting like a freak; and he needs to concentrate to reach his goals)
And our Hero bluntly rejects this;
So Ileana challenged to take drop a red ball in the hole; then she will accept that he didn’t loose his concentration;
This ass instead drops the white ball in hole ( striker ).
Ileana triumphantly looks at him;
I had enough by that time; I wanted to escape
Me: My photos sir;
Owner: 5 mins sir ( he is agitated that I disturbed him from a serious movie; and I looked around and everyone are looking at the screen involved!!)
Any idiot would have accepted that he lost his concentration by this time; but out hero still fights against; Damn him.
Tell you what; she took him to balloon shooting this guys!! And our hero misses three times. Then Ileana walks to him seriously; takes the gun and shoots the balloon. Full marks for her. Followed by a big class ( this is what we call concentration n all) and finally a close shot of hero n Ileana (Ileana encouraging hero and hero concentrating at the balloon) and finally this happened!! Hero shot the balloon and Ileana gets a teddy from the owner.
I had enough; but when saw around; I saw young girls n boys loving it; come on guys; I can understand why we need GF/BF; but this is too much;
Me: sir; my photos??
Owner: wait sir;
And then I recognized our hero is basically a kick boxing champion ; and a training song started with our hero; our hero getting hurt while training; and Ileana helping him;
Finally he did win the competition; though there was some foul play;
I Got my photos; But my brain is damaged!!
Kudos to the story writer!!
1)
One particular weekend all my engineering mates arranged for a get together. So we reached Kakinada as planned. Then we went on an excellent drive to Yanam, thanks to Rahulji for his bike. Paddy fields and coconut trees were all along the way and ofcourse not to forget you can see streams and canals cross all the way (u will feel the presence of Godavari I promise). I still remember the moon light’s beautiful reflection on the river and the temple lights glowing in the near by island. Well if I start writing about the journey I will lose string; so not to meander much. All I want to say is that we had some very good time on the banks of Godavari. It was late by the time we reached back to the room. We need to pack off the following day.
Then I got this call at six in the morning. It was a bit weird and awful; I don’t expect a call from anyone on a Sunday at 6am.
Me: Hello
Anil: Maama ; its me Anil ( this guy was with us till yesterday ; he should to attend a function at home in his village nearby; so he left early)
Me: Anil; Why you didn’t wake me up when u you are leaving?
Anil: That’s okay ; I didn’t want to disturb your sleep; But come to station now. I need some change.
Me: Find some ATM nearby man.
Anil; That’s not about hundred’s I want some change;
Me: What? (May be I am still sleepy I thought)
Anil: I want 2 rupees change; Ticket is 15 rupees and I am having 13 only; remaining all hundreds and none has any change here.
(Damn my luck)
Me: Okay; I am coming there; I am starting
Anil: we have 40 more mins; take your time!!
Me: okay.
I noticed that my cell was not charged; so I woke my friend and told him the situation. I asked him for his cell.
He woke up; and gave me his cell )
So I reached Station with some change (again on Rahulji’s bike); and my luck!! The cell I bought dint have network in Kakinada!! But luckily I found Anil before the station.
And I found Anil in his worst of his moods. ”The Clerk out there is an Ass maama; he is having change but he didn’t give me” Anil continued “ and he started questioning ; why don’t you guys get change when you start from home; when Railways is doing so much for you!! If some one asks me for any change today I am going to hit them. That’s it!” he stopped.
Thanks to Indian Railways!!
2) Working in IBM for more than year is awesome; Learnt a lot professionally.. haha!!
I am done with a project (actually sacked ; ofcourse they used the term ‘cost cutting’)
And I am into a new project now!!
I used to have a project manger (He is in US) a 50 % Project manager ( he takes care of project details in India) and a people’s manager ( he guides me for my career) and a location manager ( In charge for the location ) and a team lead….
Looking at this u may wonder I am forced to work a lot!! Don’t even think of it...
My project manager is the coolest stuff ever seen; we used to have some weekly meetings; all I need to do is say a ‘Hi Babu’ and relax till the end and say a ‘ Bye Babu’ at the end. One fine I attended from my room; I said a ‘Hi’ I slept ; and roomies were wondering what’s happening on my cell phone; when I am sleeping.
50% PM is a tough stuff; I always maintained the distance; one unlucky day ; he caught me online as I didn’t send any report for many days.
Me : Okay Raj; I will send the report when I am back; I am on leave this Friday and Monday.
( he Immediately called me)
Raj: You didn’t ask me for the leave.
Me: I took the permission of project manager and my team lead.
Raj: but I told you guys not take any leave!!
( come on man ; that’s why I didn’t ask you)
Me: Sorry Raj; this was a sudden plan; My uncle came from US suddenly and he is arranging this party. I must attend.
Raj: You are telling me ; your uncle came suddenly!!
Me: yes raj.
Raj: So what about project.
( I couldn’t control myself)
Me: There is no work for me as of now Raj.
( there is a long silence ; I was shouting ‘ hello’ hello ‘ repeatedly)
Me: Hello Raj
Raj: Yes Srikanth; I don’t know what to say!!
Me: Shall I go then!!
Raj: okay
Haha!!
My team lead heard my conversation and called aside;
Team Lead: If you don’t have any work; just don’t say it like that; Just say “ I DON’T HAVE ANY EMERGENCY DESPATCH”
My first corporate lesson guys.
My location Manager is a lady; though we are in good terms; I pretty well know she is irked that I watch movies in Office , though she never told me this directly she kept asking me whether I have any work at all; till the end. And finally on the day I am being released she came to me and said: “ Srikanth; you should work hard”
I cant resist playing with her; I too looked at her seriously;
Me: Ma’am; I always work hard!!
( then came the real one)
Lady: Atleast stop watching movies in Office.
( I couldn’t hide my laugh; but I managed saying; ‘ I will try Ma’am’.
And my peoples manager is the best stuff all; he thinks I can do something technically; and even suggested me to write a paper on my work;
That the height of comedy; But he always bought his Car to take us to play ground to play Cricket!! So I forgive him for everything.
3) My First Bike Accident:-
I am a pretty careful driver basically; so didn’t have any accident till now;
But the wonderful event did take place recently.
Sitting at home isn’t my (and my father’s) style of spending a holiday; So we decided to go to ‘Bhairava kona’ a place some 140 KM from our home.
Started nicely; and reached there; but Swimming there and the beautiful temple of lord shiva carved from a hill took me to a high.
So I was not the same when returning; and I entered “sine wave curve“ roads ; After two ups and downs; I was climbing at my full speed and only when reached the top I understood that the road isn’t straight and it is turning towards right!!
But the feeling you know!! I know I am going to fall down!!
I am shouting ‘Dad’ ‘Dad’
Even my father understood the situation;
He was saying ‘Okay; Go on’
And finally we fell.. Really lucky fellows we are; escaped with some minor injuries.!!
And lessons were learnt.
4) I saved the best for the end!!
I watch very few movies; and I didn’t watch any Telugu movie for a long; for I prefer to stay silent than to irk my brain;
Here I go to get my passport photo; they took my photograph and asked me to wait for 15 mins; I could have gone for a walk ; but there is some problem with business people; if ur not there they will abandon the work; and they will start only when ur back; As this is very urgent I decided to stay. And only amusement there was the TV. And almost everyone was watching this movie.
As I don’t know Tamil; I cant give its name and true dialogues; I am giving u what exactly happened!!
Scene 1:
Our hero came drunk to a meeting (7/g fame) and starts disturbing the meeting
Heroine ( negative role; tamanna) was anchoring; So our tamanna invites him for a speech ; ( Clever tactic!!) this guy ( I saw his leg was hurt ( bandage n stuff)) starts speaking some rubbish on the stage. When some asks him to address the crowd he happily narrates his local address in Chennai. So finally he was thrown out of stage. Tamanna rejoices. But then I saw none other than Ileana very much worried about him ( second heroine who obviously loves him a lot)
Scene 2:
Our hero playing billiards with friends; and Ileana enters; I pretty well know we are going some big class;
And really she did speak a lot (what I understood is; Ileana recognized that our hero lost concentration; and is acting like a freak; and he needs to concentrate to reach his goals)
And our Hero bluntly rejects this;
So Ileana challenged to take drop a red ball in the hole; then she will accept that he didn’t loose his concentration;
This ass instead drops the white ball in hole ( striker ).
Ileana triumphantly looks at him;
I had enough by that time; I wanted to escape
Me: My photos sir;
Owner: 5 mins sir ( he is agitated that I disturbed him from a serious movie; and I looked around and everyone are looking at the screen involved!!)
Any idiot would have accepted that he lost his concentration by this time; but out hero still fights against; Damn him.
Tell you what; she took him to balloon shooting this guys!! And our hero misses three times. Then Ileana walks to him seriously; takes the gun and shoots the balloon. Full marks for her. Followed by a big class ( this is what we call concentration n all) and finally a close shot of hero n Ileana (Ileana encouraging hero and hero concentrating at the balloon) and finally this happened!! Hero shot the balloon and Ileana gets a teddy from the owner.
I had enough; but when saw around; I saw young girls n boys loving it; come on guys; I can understand why we need GF/BF; but this is too much;
Me: sir; my photos??
Owner: wait sir;
And then I recognized our hero is basically a kick boxing champion ; and a training song started with our hero; our hero getting hurt while training; and Ileana helping him;
Finally he did win the competition; though there was some foul play;
I Got my photos; But my brain is damaged!!
Kudos to the story writer!!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
My Experiments with IT industry-1
This has been more than one year, me entering this IT industry; my stay in this industry is a reasonable comic; of course the industry itself is a good comic.
As this journey can’t be described in a single blog; I will deal with it in several episodes.
My placements:- Almost everyone aspiring to get into software engineering would be seen solving puzzle’s ( remember that shakuntala devi book!!) . I have no specific love for any company; I needed to show at home that I got a job and I would be free for a year (unquestioned) and I was eagerly waiting for it!!
TCS came first for mass recruiting; Well, words travel first; we came to know that TCS has some fixed questions and we already got them. But of course if you giving out the least package you can’t question more right? Well the PPT was cool; I mean everyone out there was eyeing a girl (one of the presenters) and then the written test was easily cleared (last years question paper was shuffled)
Then came the interview’s; and we were made to fill some form’s before the interview!!
What do you expect from yourself in the next 5 years?? ( I remembered as idiots suggestion then!! Be frank in your interview.. and I wrote “ to reach a position that satisfies me”.
Well my interview started
Hr: I give you 5 ‘2’s’ can you make 7.
( Be frank dude ; be frank)
Me: I already solved this puzzle.
Hr: okay; I give you 5 ‘5’s’ can you make 31.
Me: Its same as before!!
Hr: I see that in 5 years you want to reach a position that satisfies you; can I know what is that?
Me: Well, that can be money or rank; how can I say it now sir!!
( Plainly I was rejected; well A company that took 800 out of 1000 guys rejected me.. it’s a pleasure!!)
Then came Kanbay; PPT was going seriously; and me along with my gang are busily engaged joking and this girl looks at me as if she is going to kick me!! Now she expected us to get serious and to pay attention to PPT. One and the same, we started laughing at her; so finally she changed her place. Till the end whenever I saw her in campus; I couldn’t control myself from laughing!!
Well finally the exam started!! and the paper was damn tough. They just gave 90 questions to answer to answer in 90 minutes!! With negative marking; the first question was a problem from HC Verma which takes at least 15 mins to solve and they expected us to solve in a single minute.. Out 120 guys 1 guy passed the cut off.. I just wondered what that PPT girl was doing then!!
Then came Infosys; I didn’t want to miss this chance; I was getting restless.
Exam started; I was so eager to clear it ASAP and I took the question carrying the heighest marks; struggled on it for more than half an hour ending up with nothing. My never-say-die attitude made me take the next highest scoring problem (unlucky; I couldn’t solve this problem too; so scoring a zero I was out of the interview league)
I thought there was some kind of jinx… Actually I am clever at planning!! I make sure I don’t learn more than necessary while preparing exams; and I make sure I forget everything I read after exams. Now I was so careful; that I sometimes didn’t know the full form of the subject and so I copied the subject name in my answer sheet from the question paper.
Being such a planner; I decided I shouldn’t loose one more interview; I arranged a meeting with Rahulji (a genius in this kind of situations) I planned everything this time.
CTS interview: Can you tell me about yourself?
ME: I am honest; hard working ; creative at the same time I am ambitious .(what a planned reply)
HR: so you are creative;
Me: yes.
HR: You say you are creative, can you solve this puzzle..
Me: (I tried for 10 mins and couldn’t solve it!!)
HR: You say you are hard working I see you have got 6 suppli’s ( arrears) why?
Me: Its coz I am more interested in computers!!
HR: then you should have done some good work in CAD
ME: yes sir (damn.. I somehow managed to pass it)
HR: What’s the full form of CAD?
ME: ( I really tried hard to remember; but I just couldn’t remember it) I don’t remember it
**Rejected**.. And I am sure I am not going to get a job in Software industry.
Well then; here comes IBM; easy written test; I am qualified for interview!!
Hr: how are you
Me: Not good sir; been suffering from viral fever for a week.
Hr: (entering into technical questions) Do you know C well?
Me: No sir. It was in our 1st semester; I forgot everything.
Hr: Can you tell me main parts of a computer?
Me: CPU, MONITOR and KEYBOARD
HR: no, I am asking main parts
Me: yes sir CPU, MONITOR and KEYBOARD.
HR: Okay what is CPU..
Me: (one more full form; I struggled hard to remember; but I couldn’t) Sorry sir; I don’t remember it..
( I think he understood my range)
HR: Do you use Linux or windows on your lab?
Me: Windows.
Hr: How many computers are there in your lab? ( well this a good question)
Me: 32
Finally he gave me a puzzle to solve which I already knew; but my good sense made me to solve it again and answer him!!
Here I am in IBM working for a year!! This experience definitely deserves another blog!!
I called home; I told my father everything; My father, with his limited knowledge in computers, said “CPU.. are you speaking about Central Processing Unit..” I felt like a running train just hit me!! Well of course pride is the enemy of men; we need to shed it!!
So here I am!!
Yours Srikanth
As this journey can’t be described in a single blog; I will deal with it in several episodes.
My placements:- Almost everyone aspiring to get into software engineering would be seen solving puzzle’s ( remember that shakuntala devi book!!) . I have no specific love for any company; I needed to show at home that I got a job and I would be free for a year (unquestioned) and I was eagerly waiting for it!!
TCS came first for mass recruiting; Well, words travel first; we came to know that TCS has some fixed questions and we already got them. But of course if you giving out the least package you can’t question more right? Well the PPT was cool; I mean everyone out there was eyeing a girl (one of the presenters) and then the written test was easily cleared (last years question paper was shuffled)
Then came the interview’s; and we were made to fill some form’s before the interview!!
What do you expect from yourself in the next 5 years?? ( I remembered as idiots suggestion then!! Be frank in your interview.. and I wrote “ to reach a position that satisfies me”.
Well my interview started
Hr: I give you 5 ‘2’s’ can you make 7.
( Be frank dude ; be frank)
Me: I already solved this puzzle.
Hr: okay; I give you 5 ‘5’s’ can you make 31.
Me: Its same as before!!
Hr: I see that in 5 years you want to reach a position that satisfies you; can I know what is that?
Me: Well, that can be money or rank; how can I say it now sir!!
( Plainly I was rejected; well A company that took 800 out of 1000 guys rejected me.. it’s a pleasure!!)
Then came Kanbay; PPT was going seriously; and me along with my gang are busily engaged joking and this girl looks at me as if she is going to kick me!! Now she expected us to get serious and to pay attention to PPT. One and the same, we started laughing at her; so finally she changed her place. Till the end whenever I saw her in campus; I couldn’t control myself from laughing!!
Well finally the exam started!! and the paper was damn tough. They just gave 90 questions to answer to answer in 90 minutes!! With negative marking; the first question was a problem from HC Verma which takes at least 15 mins to solve and they expected us to solve in a single minute.. Out 120 guys 1 guy passed the cut off.. I just wondered what that PPT girl was doing then!!
Then came Infosys; I didn’t want to miss this chance; I was getting restless.
Exam started; I was so eager to clear it ASAP and I took the question carrying the heighest marks; struggled on it for more than half an hour ending up with nothing. My never-say-die attitude made me take the next highest scoring problem (unlucky; I couldn’t solve this problem too; so scoring a zero I was out of the interview league)
I thought there was some kind of jinx… Actually I am clever at planning!! I make sure I don’t learn more than necessary while preparing exams; and I make sure I forget everything I read after exams. Now I was so careful; that I sometimes didn’t know the full form of the subject and so I copied the subject name in my answer sheet from the question paper.
Being such a planner; I decided I shouldn’t loose one more interview; I arranged a meeting with Rahulji (a genius in this kind of situations) I planned everything this time.
CTS interview: Can you tell me about yourself?
ME: I am honest; hard working ; creative at the same time I am ambitious .(what a planned reply)
HR: so you are creative;
Me: yes.
HR: You say you are creative, can you solve this puzzle..
Me: (I tried for 10 mins and couldn’t solve it!!)
HR: You say you are hard working I see you have got 6 suppli’s ( arrears) why?
Me: Its coz I am more interested in computers!!
HR: then you should have done some good work in CAD
ME: yes sir (damn.. I somehow managed to pass it)
HR: What’s the full form of CAD?
ME: ( I really tried hard to remember; but I just couldn’t remember it) I don’t remember it
**Rejected**.. And I am sure I am not going to get a job in Software industry.
Well then; here comes IBM; easy written test; I am qualified for interview!!
Hr: how are you
Me: Not good sir; been suffering from viral fever for a week.
Hr: (entering into technical questions) Do you know C well?
Me: No sir. It was in our 1st semester; I forgot everything.
Hr: Can you tell me main parts of a computer?
Me: CPU, MONITOR and KEYBOARD
HR: no, I am asking main parts
Me: yes sir CPU, MONITOR and KEYBOARD.
HR: Okay what is CPU..
Me: (one more full form; I struggled hard to remember; but I couldn’t) Sorry sir; I don’t remember it..
( I think he understood my range)
HR: Do you use Linux or windows on your lab?
Me: Windows.
Hr: How many computers are there in your lab? ( well this a good question)
Me: 32
Finally he gave me a puzzle to solve which I already knew; but my good sense made me to solve it again and answer him!!
Here I am in IBM working for a year!! This experience definitely deserves another blog!!
I called home; I told my father everything; My father, with his limited knowledge in computers, said “CPU.. are you speaking about Central Processing Unit..” I felt like a running train just hit me!! Well of course pride is the enemy of men; we need to shed it!!
So here I am!!
Yours Srikanth
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