Showing posts with label IT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IT. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2011

Thought to Ponder About - Why is No one Happy?


Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.




So, what's wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don't have. You have a Santro, but you want City; You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money, .I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, does it actually worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we want them?



After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don't. May be I didn't need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my father back at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn't need 32" Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says, "Its a phone, I need this just for calls."



And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier. It's a very fine line between these two, but after looking my father's life style closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32" plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.



Initially I had lot of questions.



I am earning good, still I am not happy,...why ?



I have all luxuries, still I am stressed.... ....... why ?



I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?



I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don't know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the "stay connected" syndrome. I realized that, at home also I am logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnected. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls, and that is keeping my mind always full of stress. I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more money. I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still I am stressed about job and salary and spends.



May be, many people will call this approach "not progressive attitude", but I want my life back. Ultimately it's a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I'll never be happy tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one's; spending time with yourself is the most important thing.



If on Sunday you are alone and you don't have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted. May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's happiness is a worthwhile thing to do. May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.



I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.



Think about it.


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

SIDE EFFECTS of working in the IT sector !!!

☼ ☼ SIDE EFFECTS of working in the IT sector !!! ☼ ☼




These are real life anecdotes shared by IT workers.



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Vivek



I once left home to go to the market wearing my Infosys ID card and did not realize till my friend asked me why I was wearing it !!!!



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Bhavani



Once I was flashing my ID card instead of unlocking the house door with keys.



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Ashok



Few days back I slept at 12:00 in the night and woke up in the morning at 7:00 and suddenly thought that I haven't completed 8 hours and laughed at myself when I realized that I am at home.



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Jyotsna



Just after our training completion in Mysore and posting to Pune, me and my friends went out for dinner in one of the best restaurants. .



And as I finished.. I started walking towards the wash basin with Plates in my hand..



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Abhijeet



Once I was on call with my father and mom was not around.



I went on to ask, "Why is she not attending the status call?"



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Anup



I don't login to orkut, yahoo, gmail, youtube, etc..



at my personal internet connection at home...



thinking it will be blocked any way.



Till I realize - I am at home.



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Rohit



Yeah sometimes it do happens with me also.



keeping hands in front of tap for waiting water to drop by itself is very frequent with me.



I just forget that we have to turn on and off the tap....



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Nidhi



Once after talking to one of my friends



I ended the conversation saying,



" Ok bye...in case of any issues will call u back"



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Nisha



Sometimes when I mistakenly delete a message from my mobile, I hope for a second, maybe it’s in the recycle bin



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Nisha



I gave my office mail id and password to access Gmail and wondered when they became invalid???



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Sandeep



Once I went to a pharmacy n asked for a tab....



pharmacist asked whether I want 250mg or 500mg.....



I replied 256mg....thank god he didn't notice.



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Ashwin



Me getting a thought of doing an Alt+Tab while switching from a news channel to the DVD while watching TV.



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Vidyarthi



And I - after a forty hour marathon in Bhubaneshwar with Powerbuilder, decided to take a break and went to a movie. In the middle of the movie, when I wanted to check the time, I kept repeatedly glancing at the bottom right corner of the theatre screen!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Poor IT guy

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!"



Aaaha! thats 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?"

Auntyji: "Tumko Info*** 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.







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.











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







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... !!!!!!!







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

When I tell anybody that I work with C**, many times I get a reply "My

son/daughter/ relative Mr/Ms XXX also works with C**. You must be knowing

him/her" and if I answer in the negative, they feel disappointed (they

think.....may b nobody wants to knows 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. ....









Add ons:

#How many times do you face this question

"What does your company make...???"

Very logical question but.....How do you answer this one?

Friday, May 23, 2008

Nuvvu naaku nachav nachav - Bench for IT professional

Devuda,
Cheppukovadaniki JOB ichav,
Choopinchataaniki ID CARD ichav,
Free ga ICICI BANK ACCOUNTichav(excat ga ICICI kaaadu, Yevariki ye bank
aite adi) ,
Every month SALARY kooda ichav,

Devuda,
Koorchovataniki KURCHI ichav,
Vundataaniki CUBICLE ichav,
Mails check cheyyataniki SYSTEM ichav,
Chatting ki COMMUNICATOR ichav,

Devudaa...................,
Kaali ga vunte COFFEE MACHINE ichav,
Time pass kosam TERMINAL ichav,
Lunch kosam Food court icahv,
Punch kosam appudappudu Health club kooda ichav,

Kaani,,,
Enduku nannu BENCH meeda vunchav,
AINAAAA NUVVU NAAKU NACHAV…
NACHAV…. NACHAV.. anthe. :)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

IT company

A Banner cum Sign Board In front of an IT company..
Drive Slowly, Dont kill our Employee...
..... Leave them to us