Delivery Manager : All the best, come back to $%$^% !
HR ( at exit interview ) : Had you told this in the interview, you could have asserted even to the head of the company, that I will work only with that profile. (It’s a good learning, you have full rights to claim what was promised to you in the interview)
Security Guard (at final exit, I don’t have the ID card, but the relieving letter)
(me) : I have the relieving letter
(sg) : Ok. That’s fine. But it’s my duty, show the letter. (Opens up the letter and takes a glance). Kisi acchi jagah ja rahe honge (you must be going to some good working place)
(me) : Yes. Kaam accha hoga wahan (Work will be good there)
(sg) : Laughs. Waise mujhe kehna to nahin chaiye, ^&^&%& aane se pehle main bhi sochta tha yahan bahut accha kaam hota hai ( Before joining here as security, I had an impression that work is great at this company, all because of the big name)
(me) : India main naam bade and darshan chote ( Bigger and branded name, but the work profile is low )
(sg) : Bilkul sahi (That’s perfect) ]]>
No. 72. Rakesh Gupta
No. 73. ….. and so on.
Hurray ! I was floating on cloud nine . I had made in to the company . The on campus drive at my college hyped as arduous process had been a cake walk for me. The faculty member read loud the list of the students who had made in. Celebrations were inevitable . 24th September 2006 :
Hey, did you collect the offer letter ? No, have they come? Cool. Having an offer letter in your hands of a big shot MNC, with a year more still left to complete your engineering degree, sounds fantastic. I had made my mind, I will join it. Become a fundoo coder shoder !! All things seemed to be so perfect. My future path was decided. But, I failed to realise that heavenly signal. As they say in literature, when you desire something, universe conspires to let you have the best. But, I was blinded by the charm and glamor and was not able to see that I had something better to achieve. 10th May 2007 – 25th June 2007:
Desperate wait for the receiving the joining letter at the company. As the history says, it should be something in the middle of June. Perhaps, this was one of the firsts of heavenly signal which I failed to realise. The signal that I am destined for something better and I should seek or continue with some other opportunity. 1st July 2007:
For the first time on the college’s history, a database giant had arrived interviewing our batch. The coll was over and everyone was relaxing at home. But the offering and name of the database giant tempted everyone to rush back to the campus from even their remotest abodes and try their knowledge and luck. The selection process was strenuous and I was pleased to make into top 18 out of the 500 people appeared. But unfortunately, they needed only 12 folks. Hence, had a narrow setback. I was disappointed, but this was another heavenly indicator that destiny has something else in store for me and I should realize my potential. 10th July 2007:
The joining date of the company came(23rd July). As expected, it was in their huge training campus. I had mixed feelings. But, I had made my mind and was careless to hunt for any other opportunities. 17th July 2007:
The company had altered the joining date and location to 6th August, to a place where I had never been too. Perhaps, this was the biggest heavenly indicator. Again, I could not sense it. What could I do ? I was not seeing things beyond joining this company, which eventually turned out to be a big mistake of my life. I have been avid passionate about Java and Open Source technologies since my college days. With an expectation of getting similar kind of work/training, I joined the company at the new location 6th August 2007:
Lush green campus and huge glassy buildings, good enough to dupe anyone. I was joyous. The training process started and things went on smoothly. Till one fine day, we had the catastrophic event …. MAINFRAMES, yes your batch has been identified for the mainframes stream. Happy hunting folks, Its gonna be a wonderful time. Man, I was shattered, I never desired to study those outdated legacy systems. The company was not willing to cater to your personal interests. 10th October 2007:
I started pumping my resume like anything. I wanted to get out and do anything but not mainframes. Ill-fated, nothing much happened. Only ray of hope was to complete training and expect to get a different technology project. Chances are meager, but you never now. 1st Feb 2008:
After successful completion of training, off to production. Seems, a whole new world is going to start. Fortunately, I managed to sneak into a non mainframe project after persuading one of the managers at the company. New energy and enthusiasm started to reverberate again in me. 10th April 2008:
All that glitters is not gold. I could perfectly understand that. This one was the biggest and best heavenly indicators, you need to work hard, you are destined for something else. Now I started feeling it hard. The project, they call it support and maintenance barely requires you to be smart, logically and technically sound. There was nothing much crucial I was playing. It started striking me that I am losing, losing rapidly; everything, my knowledge, my analytical and logical skills. What would my future be ? A dumb box. Oh no ! I won’t let that happen. Job hunt began with more fierce efforts. I needed to move out. No kidding this time. It’s a high priority to give justice to my career life. 15th July 2008:
Filed the resignation, a sense of relief or moksha. 20th August 2008:
I walkout like a free bird. With lesser apprehensions about my next venture.
Vendors are shouting high to sell their products. A train bound to different place moves towards the platform. Mohan busy with his talk at STD PCO gets a miss call on his celphone.Thinking it as a reminder call from the gang, he assumes that this train is theirs and gets into it. He failed to notice the train details or see the whole gang sitting on the platform.The train starts moving. “Is it the train bound to Chennai”, Mohan asked a passeneger inside the train. “No, its just going till Chattisgarh only”, passeneger replied surprisingly. Mohan feared that he has entered the wrong train. He either needs to pull the chain or jump. He preferred the latter method. The train had moved out of the platform and the barren ground had started. Owing to the slippery surface, Mohan’s jump turned out lethal and he hit a hard rock with his left knee. The cargo trousers were fully torned. Its around 9:15 PM in night.
With his rickety walk, Mohan moved towards the platform 1, where he had left his gang of friends. Mohan said, “Yaar thodi chot lag gayi thi… koi baat nahin. I will manage”. Everyone was baffled by his torn half trousers on the left leg. Before anyone could speak or figure out anything, Shyam took him in search of medical facility on the station. The wound was deep enough to expose piece of flesh.There was no medical faicility available at the railway station and hence SHyam took him to the nearby hospital in an auto.
The clock hit 9:25PM. Just 10 minutes left before the arrival of train. Shyam called up Rohit and said to try pulling the chain in case they are not able to make it to the station on time. Rohit and Amit rushed to the station master’s office to seek some help. Unfortunately, he was not there. Train arrived. Shyam talked to the Ticket Collecter Officer and he discouraged the step of pulling the chain.”Hum kuch help nahin kar sakte, chain kheechoge to jail main daal denge”, ticket collector replied in a harsh tone. Meanwhile, Manish escorted Sonu in stuffing everyone’s luggage in the coach. Their coach was aound ten boggies behind the main central location In case, Shyam and Mohan are not able to return within 5 minutes, the will have to cancel the trip.
The gong of the train striked. Shyam, still on call with Rohit said just two minutes we will be right inside the station. Sonu and Manish at a far location in the backside of train were in a confused sate whether to move the luggage out of the train or let it be inside.Train started catching up pace. Rohit and Amit rushing with the train, unable to decide what to do. They could now see Shaym and bandaged Mohan rushing towards the train. As they got inside the moving train, Rohit and Amit also moved inside. Immediately, Rohit called up Sonu who is with the luggage many boggies behind to be seated. Mohan had got around six stitches for his wound.
Thus they were able to make inside the train by a very narrow margin.
* ORIGINAL NAMES CHANGED TO HIDE IDENTITY ]]>
PREAMBLE
Motto: “Akal badi ki bhains : Bhains”
We take the oath to produce as many ENGINEERS as we can , with an higher end CGPA ( max =10.0 ) , it really doesn’t matters the amount of knowledge and concept that they develop during their tenure of four years. As its a process of “minimum input and maximum output“, after all , we are manufacturing FODDER to FEED the BUFFALOES. Therefore , quantity is what that matters . As “Akal badi ki bhains …. ans. Bhains(Buffalo)[WHICH IS MORE BIG , BRAIN POWER OR BUFFALO : BUFFALO] “.
ESSENTIAL FEATURES
–> Increase in marks after distribution of copies is highly encouraged , provided you have the capibilties like influencing by flattering or you belong to same creed of the faculty or if you are a girl .
–> Dont dare to understand the concept or the underlying logic , as it may hinder the correction process. It is highly expected from you to cram each and every word released during the classroom lecture .
eg. 1+1 =2 may also seek relevance , if it was told in the class. It should not be taken as obvious .
–> Teacher is always right , dont try to prove Newton’s laws of motion .
–> The exact grammar along with punctuation marks as stated in the textbook is to be repdroced , failing to abide by the same may attract reduction in marks.
–> The threshold is determined solely by the quantity . Your marks will be alloted with respect to the answer sheet amounting to the maximum number of pages. It doesnt matters whether that is relevant w.r.t the question.But since someone has mentioned , you are also expected to do the same.
–> The standards of the paper shall be determined by the weakest student , as the aim is to bring him/her to the top , no one will speak the word COMPETITION.
–> Please do not challenge the capability of the faculty , he/she is new in this area , ready to slaughter
your future , its a pure learning process , your faculty is also learning from you.
–> You are expected to know everything , because after completion of the course you enter a new world ,
a new beginning where you shall not be using the CRAP which you learnt during the four years. Therfore keep yourself flexible and capricious .
AMENDMENTS
–> Dear engineers , Maths doesnt holds any relevance , we think of discarding it .
–> The problems discussed in class only shall be asked in the exams . And do refer only the faculty’s xerox . No need to read the sub standard textbooks. You are not some engineers.
THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED HERE ARE SOLEY BASED ON WRITER’S EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT MATCH WITH YOURS . IN THAT SITUATION PLEASE DO NOT APPLY YOUR BRAIN AND SIMPLY FORGET IT . ELSE , YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
]]>And ultimately where do you land up …. ” Jack of all trades and master of none”. It may seem really fascinating field as it claims to ” decipher the code of life ” . But finally what you do is some garbage in and garbage out …. CONCLUSION – TOTAL NON SENSE.
Of late many universities and collges have started offering courses ranging from BSc. to MTech . But beware as this chimera branch can lead you nowhere . There are lot of myths and hoax associated with bioinformatics being the next hot spot of education but the real face of reality is exactly reverse. What actually is kind of work expected is more like a DATABASE ENTRY OPERATOR. And if you contradict with other aspects of Bioinformatics like moleular modelling etc , then you need to have solid foundations in Chemistry which a HYBRID bioinformatician fails to acquire .
The worst part of it is the extreme mix nature of accomodating people from two diiferent backgrounds of BIOLOGY and MATHS are mingled and taught . Hence , the maths guy gets frustrated as well as the BIOLOGY one. It can be called as BPO of life sciences where you are expected to input the data in already build software and generate the output without actaully analysing the data and knowing the ultimate essence of it.
However a deeper aspect of the subject would require you to have an exhaustive knowledge in one of the fields like Maths , Algorithm or Molecular Biology .
The blog is written with contributions from Mr Bhaskar Mangal . ]]>
There are huge chunk of engineers graduating from the colleges across the nation.The number of colleges has mushroomed to a huge extent . Targeting particularly the deemed universities and the educational standards prevailing over there . The government has given them green signal to flourish and begin any courses of their own . But what is the actual scenario ?? In terms of engineering norms , infrastructure , curriculum etc. B.Tech or so called engineering now just seems to be a label without actually imparting something to you. And anyone who has deeper pockets or slight brain can get this done.
DEEPER INSIGHT
These deemed universities dont even possess basic amenities in terms of human potential . However they may have good infrastructure like tangible components computers and labs but no well defined curriculum and faculty. Many students everywhere get trapped in the cobwebs of these private deemed universites and pay huge really huge ( upto a lac per anum for B.Tech ) and end up as popularly called “jack of all trades and master of none “. With rampant IT boom all the engineering field graduates are getting job and it seems satisfactory . But whats the point in studying Biotech or Chemical or else for four years of life and finally whacking your hands on the keyboards of an IT comapny .
ADMISSIONS
These universities create a chimera of students , that is a blend of students . Meritorious , direct admissions and management quota . A student can seek admission by paying huge amount ( eg 12 lac fo Biotechnology ) . Accordingly course contents are revamped and definitely can not suit the extremes , the meritorious and the donation student . Thus it seems to be more like a money making business where u pay cash and get this label put on your head and there are no restrictions or boundations on who is elegible to get this label.
CONSEQUENCES
Definitely it brings huge amount of frustration to the meritorious students who seek admission after clearing nationwide competitive exams and securing a handsome rank. With huge expectations the student enrolls for the course and later on realizes the pathetic scenario existing . Low standards of engineering , no educational environment and inexperienced faculty are a few to be mentioned.