LAW OF THE JUNGLE
Two guys were hiking through the jungle when they spotted a tiger that
looked both hungry and fast. One of the guys reached into his pack and
pulled out a pair of Nike.
His friend looked at him "Do you really think those shoes are going to
make you run faster than that tiger?"
I don't have to run faster than that tiger, his friend replied. "I just
have to run faster than you".
Welcome to the corporate world!!
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Oasis to Mirage
Oasis to Mirage- an year in IT Industry
I would like to express my transition from real freedom to assumed freedom. I am here talking about my transition from my college to the booming IT industry. I would like to pour my one year experience of the so called glamorous and fun filled IT industry.
We used to wander those spacious heat filled open grounds and dirty class rooms with just 50Rs. in pocket and plan the whole week with that budget. But now we wander along the well cleaned, fully air-conditioned corridors with about five to six credit cards in our pocket planning where to swipe the cards. Credit cards eagerly waiting to eat next month’s salary. I can’t believe that it was just one year before that the 50Rs. seemed to be lacks now, lacks seems to be nothing.
College canteen, Tea shops were the favorite hot spots where we spent hours together, having a hearty chat with our buddies forgetting the whole world. But now Cafe Day, Quickies, Baristas have taken those places. What a coffee cost 2.5Rs last year has now gone up to 50Rs a cup.
Those precious days where we used to laugh for nothing, while chatting or while playing or even when you fail in your paper because you have got 30 marks for a empty paper. But now you rarely smile except the smile for the forward you just received or the smile to your PM to impress him.
Hate ness and Ego were the words you haven’t heard in those days. You smash or hit your friend for some reason and the next moment you walk along him with hands on his shoulders. But now you doesn’t like the guy sitting beside you because he’s getting a salary 10k greater that you or he’s always being appreciated by your PM. True friends are hard to find here
In college if some one is talking badly about your college you can find your blood boiling inside even though you don’t like your principal. But here loyalty is the lost word, whenever someone is talking badly about your company you join them to criticize your company. You join the company with the resignation day in the mind, is this loyalty. Don’t mind I have also planned my resignation date.
You have seen the late nights only on the eve of the exam, where you rely on your friend to wake him/ her at night 1 or 2. And how can we forget those last minute tensions in exam, you remember that only just before entering the exam you find that you have forgotten to revise a important question that your friend suggested that it will surely appear on this exam. You rush back and flip those Xeroxed pages with tension. But today you work at least 2 days a week till 1 or 2 in the night to deliver something to your unknown client who is at US or UK. You are aimlessly typing at the useless word document that your PM asked you to finish with his tailor made smile. Loads of tension with calls from home, with your eye lids eager to kiss each other and you promise them to allow it a little later, cursing Bill Gates for inventing MSWord.
Writing all these to celebrate my first anniversary at this field. It seems I have been in my own desert where I have realized that I am moving from the warmth ness of the Oasis to chase a mirage. A mirage that promises a lot of thing, but still its just a mirage. When I turn back I can find thousands chasing that mirage with a ID card around their neck. I wish all the best for them.
I would like to express my transition from real freedom to assumed freedom. I am here talking about my transition from my college to the booming IT industry. I would like to pour my one year experience of the so called glamorous and fun filled IT industry.
We used to wander those spacious heat filled open grounds and dirty class rooms with just 50Rs. in pocket and plan the whole week with that budget. But now we wander along the well cleaned, fully air-conditioned corridors with about five to six credit cards in our pocket planning where to swipe the cards. Credit cards eagerly waiting to eat next month’s salary. I can’t believe that it was just one year before that the 50Rs. seemed to be lacks now, lacks seems to be nothing.
College canteen, Tea shops were the favorite hot spots where we spent hours together, having a hearty chat with our buddies forgetting the whole world. But now Cafe Day, Quickies, Baristas have taken those places. What a coffee cost 2.5Rs last year has now gone up to 50Rs a cup.
Those precious days where we used to laugh for nothing, while chatting or while playing or even when you fail in your paper because you have got 30 marks for a empty paper. But now you rarely smile except the smile for the forward you just received or the smile to your PM to impress him.
Hate ness and Ego were the words you haven’t heard in those days. You smash or hit your friend for some reason and the next moment you walk along him with hands on his shoulders. But now you doesn’t like the guy sitting beside you because he’s getting a salary 10k greater that you or he’s always being appreciated by your PM. True friends are hard to find here
In college if some one is talking badly about your college you can find your blood boiling inside even though you don’t like your principal. But here loyalty is the lost word, whenever someone is talking badly about your company you join them to criticize your company. You join the company with the resignation day in the mind, is this loyalty. Don’t mind I have also planned my resignation date.
You have seen the late nights only on the eve of the exam, where you rely on your friend to wake him/ her at night 1 or 2. And how can we forget those last minute tensions in exam, you remember that only just before entering the exam you find that you have forgotten to revise a important question that your friend suggested that it will surely appear on this exam. You rush back and flip those Xeroxed pages with tension. But today you work at least 2 days a week till 1 or 2 in the night to deliver something to your unknown client who is at US or UK. You are aimlessly typing at the useless word document that your PM asked you to finish with his tailor made smile. Loads of tension with calls from home, with your eye lids eager to kiss each other and you promise them to allow it a little later, cursing Bill Gates for inventing MSWord.
Writing all these to celebrate my first anniversary at this field. It seems I have been in my own desert where I have realized that I am moving from the warmth ness of the Oasis to chase a mirage. A mirage that promises a lot of thing, but still its just a mirage. When I turn back I can find thousands chasing that mirage with a ID card around their neck. I wish all the best for them.
A Poem exploding an X-teenager's feelings of the college.. in hindi
For friends forever :
Is pal pe likhta hoon choti si ek kavita..
Yaad aayega sabko ke ek saal me kya-kya bita..
Ek acchaa job mil jaye sabke dil me thi yeh aas..
Bande jaate the walk-in me ban-than ke ekdum jhakaas..
Hamesha dhoonda karte koi ladki hain kya aas-paas..
Roz kiya karte the wo apti,C, Unix ya koi aur bakwaas..
Par nothing can beat the 'Analysis of Algorithms' ka trash !!!
Har walk in mein socha karte ke job mil jaye aaj..
Kal nahi soya to kya hua sounga mein job mil jane ke baad..
Har ek round k results ke liye kitne hote hum bekaraar..
Din bhar tension me karte results ka intezaar..
Sabka dil diya karta tha bas yehi ek pukaar..
Ke is baar to ho jaye apni naiyya paar !!!
Yaad hain mujhe kuch mere wo khushnaseeb yaar..
Jinka roz hua karta walk-in me sweet-sweet pyaar..
Duniya se chupte-chupate roz karte dil ka izhaar..
Aur poocha to kehte ' We're just friends yaar ' !!!
Aakhir aa hi gayi hum sab ki bichadne ki baari..
Koi gaya MNC me to kisi ne shaadi karke jindagi savari..
Sab kaam pe lag gaye ek-ek..baari-baari..
Bas reh gayi apni yaadein khatti-meethi pyaari-pyaari !!!
Ab bhi yaad aati hain mujhe wo " Results out " ki pukaar..
Kya pata kyu hum sab bichad gaye yaar..
Dil me hain jo baat keh deta hoon ek baar..
Tum jahan bhi ho doston..yaad aaoge baar baar..
Is pal pe likhta hoon choti si ek kavita..
Yaad aayega sabko ke ek saal me kya-kya bita..
Ek acchaa job mil jaye sabke dil me thi yeh aas..
Bande jaate the walk-in me ban-than ke ekdum jhakaas..
Hamesha dhoonda karte koi ladki hain kya aas-paas..
Roz kiya karte the wo apti,C, Unix ya koi aur bakwaas..
Par nothing can beat the 'Analysis of Algorithms' ka trash !!!
Har walk in mein socha karte ke job mil jaye aaj..
Kal nahi soya to kya hua sounga mein job mil jane ke baad..
Har ek round k results ke liye kitne hote hum bekaraar..
Din bhar tension me karte results ka intezaar..
Sabka dil diya karta tha bas yehi ek pukaar..
Ke is baar to ho jaye apni naiyya paar !!!
Yaad hain mujhe kuch mere wo khushnaseeb yaar..
Jinka roz hua karta walk-in me sweet-sweet pyaar..
Duniya se chupte-chupate roz karte dil ka izhaar..
Aur poocha to kehte ' We're just friends yaar ' !!!
Aakhir aa hi gayi hum sab ki bichadne ki baari..
Koi gaya MNC me to kisi ne shaadi karke jindagi savari..
Sab kaam pe lag gaye ek-ek..baari-baari..
Bas reh gayi apni yaadein khatti-meethi pyaari-pyaari !!!
Ab bhi yaad aati hain mujhe wo " Results out " ki pukaar..
Kya pata kyu hum sab bichad gaye yaar..
Dil me hain jo baat keh deta hoon ek baar..
Tum jahan bhi ho doston..yaad aaoge baar baar..
રસ્તો કરી જવાના
Its a gujarati poem...
The theme is like... wat ever you do.. wat ever u say in these world... but u r not immortal.. u will die.. n so live ur life to the fullest..
its on the theme of the post below this.. abt charles schultz...
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
n-joy
રસ્તો નહીં જડે તો રસ્તો કરી જવાના,
થોડા અમે મુંઝાઇ મનમાં, મરી જવાના !
નિજ મસ્ત થઈ જીવન આ પૂરું કરી જવાના,
બિન્દુ મહિં ડૂબીને સિન્ધુ તરી જવાના.
કોણે કહ્યું કે ખાલી હાથે મરી જવાના ?
દુનિયાથી દિલના ચારે છેડા ભરી જવાના.
છો ને ફર્યા નથી કંઈ દિ થી ડરી જવાના,
એ શું કરી શક્યા છે, એ શું કરી જવાના.
મનમાં વિચાર શું છે? અવિરામ કંઈ દિપક છે,
પ્રકાશ આંધીઓ માં પણ પાથરી જવાના.
એક આત્મબળ અમારું દુ:ખ માત્રની દવા છે.
હર ઝખ્મને નજરથી ટાંકા ભરી જવાના.
સ્વયં વિકાસ છીએ, સ્વયં વિનાશ છીએ,
સ્વયં ખીલી જવાના, સ્વયં ખરી જવાના.
સમજો છો શું અમોને, સ્વયં પ્રકાશ છીએ !
દીપક નથી અમે કે ઠાર્યા ઠરી જવાના.
અય કાળ, કંઇ નથી ભય, તું થાય તે કરી લે
ઇશ્વર સમો ધણી છે, થોડા મરી જવાના ?
યાંત્રિક છે આ જમાનો ફાવે છે વેગવાળા,
એ યુગ ગયા વિચારી પગલા ભરી જવાના.
દુનિયા શું કામ ખાલી અમને મિટાવી રહી છે?
આ ખોળીયું અમે ખુદ ખાલી કરી જવાના.
- અમૃત ઘાયલ
The theme is like... wat ever you do.. wat ever u say in these world... but u r not immortal.. u will die.. n so live ur life to the fullest..
its on the theme of the post below this.. abt charles schultz...
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
n-joy
રસ્તો નહીં જડે તો રસ્તો કરી જવાના,
થોડા અમે મુંઝાઇ મનમાં, મરી જવાના !
નિજ મસ્ત થઈ જીવન આ પૂરું કરી જવાના,
બિન્દુ મહિં ડૂબીને સિન્ધુ તરી જવાના.
કોણે કહ્યું કે ખાલી હાથે મરી જવાના ?
દુનિયાથી દિલના ચારે છેડા ભરી જવાના.
છો ને ફર્યા નથી કંઈ દિ થી ડરી જવાના,
એ શું કરી શક્યા છે, એ શું કરી જવાના.
મનમાં વિચાર શું છે? અવિરામ કંઈ દિપક છે,
પ્રકાશ આંધીઓ માં પણ પાથરી જવાના.
એક આત્મબળ અમારું દુ:ખ માત્રની દવા છે.
હર ઝખ્મને નજરથી ટાંકા ભરી જવાના.
સ્વયં વિકાસ છીએ, સ્વયં વિનાશ છીએ,
સ્વયં ખીલી જવાના, સ્વયં ખરી જવાના.
સમજો છો શું અમોને, સ્વયં પ્રકાશ છીએ !
દીપક નથી અમે કે ઠાર્યા ઠરી જવાના.
અય કાળ, કંઇ નથી ભય, તું થાય તે કરી લે
ઇશ્વર સમો ધણી છે, થોડા મરી જવાના ?
યાંત્રિક છે આ જમાનો ફાવે છે વેગવાળા,
એ યુગ ગયા વિચારી પગલા ભરી જવાના.
દુનિયા શું કામ ખાલી અમને મિટાવી રહી છે?
આ ખોળીયું અમે ખુદ ખાલી કરી જવાના.
- અમૃત ઘાયલ
Philosophy of Charles Schultz
http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/schultzphilosophy.htm
Charles Schultz Philosophy
The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
Charles Schultz Philosophy
The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
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