Tasks for software engineers in 2012 !!

Read More:
Just getting into a job does not end up things - as most of us feel ?? . It is very important for a software engineer, developer or not, to be reading more and reading new. There is a lot that is available on the web, it is just a matter of finding out what is relevant and what is good and read through. How many books have we read this year? Unfortunately, not many of us (Indians??) have a habit of buying technology books, am I wrong? we, however have a habit of collecting some soft copies and never open them up other than having a collection of such ;-)

Eating more, Smoking more or Drinking more might not be good to body.. but reading more is good to brain :-) so, read more.. happy reading !!!

Blog:
Blog Blog Blog.. this is what I have been telling people I meet... this is the way you express yourself.. pre -internet days, it was just a handful of some authors who were able to express their feelings in the book they author and others just read.. web has given everyone a chance to express their feelings and gain larger audiences.. so express.. technical, non-technical whatever.. express... share.. it is very important for every one... you never know, your blog might land you in a new job :-) motivated????


Break the shell:
This is something even more important. Most of us live in a shell - INHIBITION??? break that please... be social.. choose right people, get hooked to a good network(s).. keep and eye on the network members.. as you grow you might be in need of changing nodes in your network and it is obvious.... also be aware if someone - who you admire - is pushing you away from theirs ;-) let there be someone for you to share your ideas, admire your thoughts, respect your actions else you might be in a crowd but still be alone.. :-) even lonely mind is a devil's workshop :P

open up... get going....

Learn something new:
Just don't be happy with what you are doing, may be a programming language you know, tools you work with.. whatever, get to some new things.. new things give new ideas. As someone rightly said, if the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail, add more tools to your tool kit.. they might help you in times of need :-)

For developers, I feel, mobile development is something that one should be on and even QA folks should concentrate on Mobile QA and Android, IOS and WP7 are the ones to look for.. other hot area must be HTML5.. in a way.. building HTML5 UI to scale on multiple devices.

Talk More, Talk Right:
Talking more is as important as talking right. Talking right to the right audience will definitely improve your reputation. If keeping shut lets someone imagine you to be an idiot, NOT talking right can prove it :-) so talk right !!! More good from you can attract people to you.

Live Confident:
CONFIDENCE makes a lot of difference and make sure it is substantiated with some decent and relevant knowledge :-) confidence without ability can put you into embarrassing situation ??

Set Goals:
Set some goals.. say read 2 books, learn 2 design patterns, learn tricks of writing clean code.. it can be anything.. set goals for this new year and may be post it on you desktop.. for reminding you all the time...

Write Code:

As someone said - A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself - or may respected by others.... now.. a programmer must code... write code.... and make sure write clean code.. and good if you have test cases testing it :-) a team lead does not mean one to stop writing code.. you don't have any right to review others code if you are not writing code yourself.. happy coding :-)


Wish you all a very happy new year 2012.. have fun :-)

Master needs rest !!!

Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple

The great master of computing needs rest !!! for the first time I feel there was some innovation that keeps human young forever. I would give away what ever I have to keep this master young !!!

A standing salute to this master to what he has given to us !!!

God or Devil ??

Something interesting strikes my mind and thought to blog... God or Devil.. what are we afraid of? may not be afraid.. what are we more careful about? I need a quick ans please... just one word GOD or DEVIL?

Every morning after I take my shower the first thing I do is, walk into the pooja room (place where God's idols are maintained in Indian culture ) and pray/request take care of my day. I never think of Devil and ask not to screw up my day :-) expecting God to take care of it ;-). I am driving on the road and watch a beautiful girl.. corrupted mind !! might force me to do some wrong thinking !! but you know what... a thought called "God is watching" and the a worry that God not take care of my day worries me more than my wife sitting beside me :-) might look funny but the fact !!!

Any ill thought that comes to my mind is wiped off by one thought that "God is watching"... is God really watching ???? Interestingly I never thought of Devil, did I? or do you ever? I am sure we don't unless someone is scared of dark and ever happen to spend some time in there.. :-) me... I am not scared of dark either.... meaning I am not scared or worried of devil but my from conversation above.. it was evident that I am more worried of GOD than the Devil.. hummm interesting analogy.. if I am understood right then not just me many around me are also more worried (rather scared) of GOD than the devil... interesting? foolish? funny?

What kind of GARANTEE will this council provide ????????????????????

I wish....

I wish I was able to clear off any part of my memory I dont want to be there and just keep what I want to... imagine a thing like that... amazing... who would not want it that way? I guess everyone... unfortunate.. we cant... but you know what.. god is a greatest creator.. smartest architect.. has used all sorts of design patterns and handled all sorts of conditions and made us and created everything around us.. surprised on me switching gears.. lemme explain ... guess we had a way to do what I wished to.. now I have a situation...

I had some great moments.. and that great moments then lead me to some sorrow moments... and now what should I clean off ?? do I clean off that great moments.. the happy part of life... would I want to.. definitely not, then........ should I clean off the latter.. but then I have to do the cleaning operation every day.. every moment.. haaa guess what I would be left blank.. race condition? may be this is the reason why we dont have that ability :-) haaa lemme think may be I need some more abilities. I should not only be able to clean up my crap but be able to clean up the crap from the heads around me and being the reason for my situation.. haa complexity.. we humans have a habit of making things complex.. so will my additional capability solve my problem? hummmm I donno lemme think.. who all should I clean now? I dont even know who they are.. god I need more things to add to it.. I want to read human brains now.. grrrrrrrrrrr haaaaa no satisfaction.. typical human... god.. tussi great hooo....

I feel god is selfish here.. If he had really given us all those crappy stuff may be we would never even remind him. God wants us to remember him all times at least when u r not happy - that is what most of us do though - remember poor god only when we r not happy.. bad humans... lemme go find solution for my problem... wish me great time ahead ;-) bye...

what if....

what if these people have not chosen the filed the are in....

Ratan Tata - Business Man

Though India has a hand full of corporate houses or so called conglomerates, I for some reason always admire the TATA group, for whatever obvious reasons. And especially after Ratan Tata has taken the charge. His vision, His passion, His endeavor have inspired and motivated me a lot. If he was not in this field, probably, India would always be driving cars only made by foreign makers. Indian companies might have never even thought of acquiring foreign biggies... and many more would have remained undone...

Sachin Tendulkar - Cricket

Another great personality, India and every Indian can and should be proud of. His contribution to Indian cricket, probably, would not match to anything anyone has done to anything. It is all about his passion towards his profession, that has kept him unbeaten for more than 20 years. He made many youngsters feel embarrassed and even ashamed. Once again, his passion, his endeavor, his perseverance are probably un matching...

Steve Jobs - Innovative software

wow.. person whom I dream of every day, every morning, every night.. he is the man I wish to live like. The man who has inspired me the most ever in my life.. I think, why I am not born like him, or why was i not inspired by him in the early part of my life, may be I would have been even better. If a company has grown from trenches to the riches (third richest in the world in terms of market cap - >320B USD), I feel it is because of this one man. He is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in over 230 awarded patents or patent applications related to a range of technologies. Nothing can define him.. I don't have to say what made him great...


This might not be the end of the list, there are many more, many more who I am not even aware of.

So what I am doing with all this, at least try to do good in what I am, if not excel. who might have inspired them.. I dont know, but they might have inspired many.. I am just one among them... easier said than done.. let me do something.. taking leave for now...

What did I change in me so far.. for good !!!

hummm.. very personal topic.. but that's fine...

I started thinking on what should I change in me to become a better person and make it larger than life.. a couple of things so far...

Dealing with situations....
This was definitely troubling me a lot. When ever i face a tense situation I used to loose control and start shouting all around for no good reason. It's only later I realized that, it does not do any benefit neither to myself nor to the ones I am shouting at, rather, it's more damaging. I took it very serious to correct that part of me and I did that.. and trying to get even better...


Commenting on everyone...

This is a very bad quality in me... no I would rather say this was a very bad quality in me.. when I am introduced to a person from any of my first contacts I probably start thinking more about them and start doing my own analysis and I don't know what more I do... and then start telling all that to my contacts at a later point.. aaahhhh that was awful.. really very bad... not that my thought was bad but that my own friend might think bad of me if I pass on any wrong or invalid comments... I should not do that at least for my own friend's perspective.. so decided not to do that again and got this attribute too into my was list !!! Thank god, better late than never.


this is all I could find so far.. will continue to get better...

is the word 'Politics' abusive since it's origin?

Is the word "Politics" abusive since its origin.. this is the definition of the word from WIKI:

Politics (from Greek πολιτικός, "of, for, or relating to citizens"), is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs. It also refers to behavior within civil governments. However, politics can be observed in other group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power"[1] and refers to the regulation of public affairs within a political unit,[2] and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.[3]

wow.. that does not seem abusive.. but why am I now talking about this.. Baba Ramdev wanting to go on fast/hunger strike (until death? not sure) for some good or bad reasons. He has a cause, that might not only benefit him but everyone, if done right. Now, interesting part is, a big bollywood film start comments on this saying - Baba has a political motivation behind his decision, and so he is not supporting him. My question is, who cares if you dont?

First, the word POLITICS/POLITICAL is made abusive? whats wrong if he has a political motive behind.. as long as he sticks to the original definition of the word. If someone has to do good to this society then something they minimum need is power to do it. and may be he is trying for that power... who knows.. or may be he becomes another bad politician.. we have been having them for long now.. so does not make any difference. Why is Anna not able to get the Lokpal Bill out.. coz he has no power to do it.. and the ones who have power to do it, is not willing to.. what if Anna, or someone with good motive for that matter, was in politics (non abusive) may be he would have done lot of good to this society..

I don't understand why these buggers (especially from the color world !! with no responsibility) even comment on someone doing something.. if you can do something.. go do it.. if you cant keep your mouth shut and just keep watching.

let us hope for something good to this society and something good to us... its just hope... good to have :-)

- a stupid common man -

What part of my life is 'LIFE' ?

This is how I spend my day
3 hours for driving - this part of my life is called driver !!
10 hours for programming - This part of my life is called an employee !!
6 hours for sleeping - This part of my life is called a tired human !!
5 hours miscellaneous - This part of my life is called - UNKNOWN !!

What part of my life is called LIFE? I am sure this is not just with me !! this is with everyone!! Sometimes I feel life really sucks!! but then I recall the word called Motivation, and get motivated... and keep going... I wish, I was able to kill my dreams and live a simple peaceful life, but I know I cant. So, if you cant kill your dreams, then be prepared to kill your peace :-) a better word to express the same is "Motivation".

End of Sunday, had a working Saturday, and partially working Sunday too :-(. Waiting for Monday,

"Thank God It's Monday" - how many people reading this blog think this way? be honest please . I get to listen to that on a local radio channel, as a marketing message from one of the software companies around here. I am sure the reality is definitely not the same. Will have to start off the week and wait for Friday to say - Thank God it's Friday !! lets be realistic.

Finally, I am still waiting to find my part of life that is LIFE !!!!

Story of three monkeys !!

I remember listening to this story a very long ago.. they were transporting monkeys in a ship with each drum having monkeys from different countries - India, abc and xyz. The other two drums were locked, so that monkeys don't escape, and the one with Indian monkeys was not. When the same was asked, the answer was - if one monkey tries to escape the others would pull it down. The moral of the story was - an Indian never lets other Indian grow - that made me feel bad, but sometimes found to be real !!! but looks like even the American monkeys need not be locked either.. read this news - click here may be the story was right then.. good to see others joining us :-) is this the affect of the gushing Indians to the US ;-)

what a stupid statement ?????

I watched a super nonsense movie today - "Anjaana Anjaani" - forget the stupid movie - there was a statement in the movie that goes - Live everyday like it is your last - I am sure this movie was not the origin of this statement and was snatched up from somewhere - I don't believe creativity in many movies out here. Let us get back to that statement - Live everyday like it is your last - how stupid does that sound???? How can I do so? can you? if I really knew that I am living my last day, just imagine what all I would do - anything that I wished to - anything meaning anything. I am a hypocrite, so cant write everything out here ;-)

Leave a comment, otherwise, someone's gonna get hit hard

How big an achievement is it to be a Software Engineer ??

I was very seriously thinking about this for the last 2 or 3 days, how great is it on this earth to be a software engineer. I am sure western world might not see software engineering as a great work but in our nation – India- software engineers are considered next to god!!! unfortunate; This is all because they live a lavish life style, dress well, drive a nice car, and work in air conditioned work space, is that all enough to qualify one to be a very successful person in life? Hope not. Rather, wish not. But trust me, I feel, that is how it is.

How much of the work that software engineer produces if flawless? If it was so we would never need a separate department for testing softwaresJ. Every engineer – developer- I know of, works with one intention in mind, there is testing team to find bugs, why should I be bothered, and never bother to produce something flawless or at least close to flawless. Saying this, I don’t want to say that every software engineer is the same, if it was so, software engineering would have not come so far. Per say, how many people blog and how many searches for that, there is the answer. The day Google servers crash, the productivity of our so called great Software engineers would probably drop by 80%?? I guess 85%!! Maybe more J so, what is today’s development methodology called? Waterfall, Agile, Scrum – no it is GOD – Google Oriented Development. Interesting!!

I am not underestimating all the work that we do, I am just trying to let people realize, if not so, that we – software engineers - are doing nothing great than any one around, unless you are doing it with passion. But I don’t feel people feel so. In India, almost every parent wants their kids to be a Software Engineer and nothing less than that – I say it because most of the other jobs are considered disrespect!! It is almost considered a SIN for not being one!! The person is almost considered useless if not!! I guess, this is all because most of it is by purpose than by passion. I don’t want to talk much about it here, have been talking for long now. Every one wants to be with a big branded company no matter what they do there as long as they are paid for it!!! Again – as my blog says I am speaking my heart – never mind if others agree with me or not.

If you ask me, in the current trend, getting a job as a software engineer is the easiest of all jobs that I can think of!! Have a graduation in hand – the easiest of all the tasks today - and you are half done, browse internet for some puzzles – with answers though – you are closer – bluff a bit in the interview and you are in – are you a beautiful good looking girl? – You will have some reservation - not to worry much – isn’t that easy?

Readers, please comment your thoughts!!!

how important is motivation in ones life....????

I believe, everyone on this earth is motivated towards something or the other and by someone or the other.. or may be... self motivated.. now.. what matters is the intensity of motivation and how long does that motivation affect your actions in your life.. a regular behavior of human is to get motivated by something and that stays active not for long.. and we get back to normal.. yes it happened with me too.. when I was watching Surya in "Surya S/O krishnan", I was very motivated to build up my body as his.. haaaaaaaaa but I knew that would never happen... so.. I am exactly the way I was before watching the movie. Dint put up even a single gram to my weight after that.... interesting ;-) ...... means I was not enough motivated.. if so, what might have motivated me more than that.. may be if I had to impress a girl with my physique.. I would have probably worked harder..  !! I had no strong motivation to put on my body !! great... luckily it is not the same with my career.. I have found more reasons, rather better reasons to be motivated when it comes to my career.. guess what.. a BMW, an Audi or a Rover.. yup.. my passion to own a better car than what I currently own motivates me.. and as it says.. there is never an end as long as we have new cars coming up.. isn't that interesting now... motivation for life time... oh!! meaning.. if I had an option to replace my girl with someone new.. may be I would have been motivated even in the first case.. ;-) hummmm not a practically viable situation.. so better gave up the first goal and I am very happy this way.. and reason to escape working up my body for hours.. hard to do than said !!!! Instead.... I decided to add up weight to my brain.. hoping even that would do the needful ;-)

I would say, motivation definitely helps one to achieve goals easier and still keep you active... when you set goals.. have strong motivation behind that.. may be something like me !! motivation in certain case can be because of someone in life.. but I would say.. self motivation is the most viable option !! be self motivated.. nothing can damage it !!


I also feel, it is equally important for someone to not just be motivated but be motivation for others.. yes.. and I also feel that, it is not really necessary for someone to be successful at every stage of life to motivate others.. rather a person with great success stories after sorrowful failures might be even more motivating.. as you find such people more frequent than the former !!! fyi, I rather come into later category !!! when one tries to motivate others, they tend to do things better than normal... dont they? I believe in that principle though !!

anyway.. as the blog says.. I am just speaking my mind.. irrespective of what it means to other minds.. take it if you think it is making sense ignore it if it is not !!! Good Luck !!

Voice against corruption !!!

last 4 days - something really remarkable - listening to the slogan "Bharath Maata ki Jai" was really pleasing.. no political party name, no politician name in the slogan no religion no caste.. when was the last time we saw such a thing especially for a good cause... come lets fight. This is a common man fight for our own rights.. it is like now or never.. I am amazed to see this happen just in days after I wrote in my blog - I was wrong. not every one among us is sleeping. We can do and one man has proven that... time to react I hope this is not let down... millions fighting for their own rights... was reading the other day about one stupid film director saying this does not make any difference to him.. screw him and his statements a** ****

Was watching TV and was surprised to see school kids talk about corruption, should that be considered awareness on a good note or the depth of the roots of corruption on the wrong note.. I was unable to decide.. kids too talking about corruption and supporting Anna was in a way inspiring and was worrying too.. tears flew down my eyes.. what a situation we are in... our f*****ing ba**** politicians and bureaucrats have brought us down to such a worst stage... just imagine.. what is the money they are dwindling on.. it is ours.. we paid it in the form of taxes.. it is our sweat and blood

97 hours fasting from one great man has awakened the entire nation. Glad to see the kind of support he got. Irrespective of what the end result is going to be, one should be glad that there are many Indians wanting a change and just waiting for the right time to fight it back. And yes it was all over the news that it was a victory of common man and victory of democracy... the worrying part is, our politicians are well know to slip tongues, will this not be another such case?? you never know..... lets us wait and watch !!!

waiting for some good to happen in this corrupted world !!!!!! A stupid common man !!!

Finally.. Someone fasting for a good cause with good heart !!!

Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare - Here I am at your feet... every sensible Indian must be very proud of you and everyone supporting you.. glad to see something good happening.. but I am worried our f****ing politicians would let you die at the cost of their earnings.. How many politicians have we seen go on a hunger strike. Many great gentlemen went on a hunger strike from my unfortunate state of Andhra Pradesh and no one did it for more than a couple days and everyone is behind them, take them under medical surveillance for a couple days.. lots of followers create ruckus and nonsense.. and thats it.. everything comes to a halt with a half empty stomach and stacked up bank accounts..... and back to normal.. all sort of dramas around well managed by the great NEWS MEDIA MAFIA.......

I dint have lunch for a day and I uttered it over a dozen times before I went to bed, I am not even half his age... shame on me... This great person is now 71 years and fighting against b******ds in the counts of 100's for the sake of 121cr odd Idiots... I pray god almighty, let his wish come true, let someone realize the need of his act. I am sure our crazy people are more worried about IPL. Most of them do not even know the reason why this great person has decided to go on "Fast till Death". I pity our nation. Nothing is going to change this country. Literally Nothing.

My sincere salutes to this great person !!!

Are we at the beginning of the ending ?

" Earthquake hits Japan again, tsunami warning issues" - whats happening with this planet earth.... another tragic news of the day. Looking at the incidents happening around the globe in the recent past, it looks to me as if we are at the beginning of the ending.. is 2012 going to be real... it need not be the case that on Dec 21 2012 everything is gone at once.. everyone on this earth become homeless as shown in the movie.. but somehow nothing seems to be going well with this planet these days..... if you ask me if I am worried about it.. I am really not. We are the creators of our own destiny... we have to face it... I want to see that life too where we get back to bullock carts, eat raw veggies, no fuel no automobile, no phones, no software.. nothing.. probably.... just like a century ago.. wow that would be amazing.. start everything from scratch once again..