In Search of Divine

During a recent Skype meeting with one of our lead developer, I heard him say "what if we have 100 times ... " Now don't get me wrong, I have been there and done exactly the same, various time myself. But not having been involved directly, gifted me an opportunity to look at the software development process a bit objectively, over the past year. And I have come to this, unshaken realization, which is to "stop daydreaming on SCALE" and consequently make costly assumptions that will leave its ripple effects throughout the project. Unnecessary "Tech Debt" in other words. Imagine a 10-year kid planning on opening a lemonade factory after selling just 10 lemonade, of which 5 are bought by own family and friends. This is not only naive but also super dangerous thought that developers think of more than they should, especially, young ones. I will like to remind and request all startup developers to remember a principle namely "Do Things that Do...

Often priceless insights come from things you resist in doing in the first instinct. This blog briefly describes one such lesson learned over the past quarter. Been an avid observer, initially, my gut reacted with aversion. I was more than convinced that having more than one boss is just a bad structure in any organization be it a fast-paced startup like the one I head or be it any other medium or large scale organization especially in IT. I was empathizing as always and putting myself in the employee shoes and concluding it as a bad idea. Having two bosses was annoying but imagine having three, ouch!! simply nightmarish, it must be. Note: Boss = Supervisor = Manager = Team Leader Though by not shouting out my gut feelings, I let the situation rolled in for a while. To my surprise what I experienced, did shock me. I observed that most employees outgrew their growth from their previous experience in a very short amount of time. The employees were exposed to thr...

Naye safar pe puraane hosale nikale, hazar muskiloh ko saath haraane nikale. Sukoon mile na mile garv toh hai jeena ka, Hamare saath kayi aur deewane nikale.

Hum unse muhubhat Kar baithe Na voh samjhe na hum maane. Unki yeh khata hai aakho ki, Kya kya kehde hum kya jaane.

Mera hai tu mera hai, Mera hai tu mera hai, Mera hai tu mera hai naa! Hai naa! hai naa! Mera joh yeh safar hai, Tere hi dar badar hai, Tu hi toh mera ghar hai naa! Hai naa!, hai naa! Main tujko sochta hu Tujho hi khochta hu Koi tujko bataye naa Chahe tu ya na chahe, Yeh tera faisala hai, Koi tujse gila hai na. Play Recorded Version

A few days back I was having an interesting discussion with my team and so thought of formalizing my viewpoint and share it with the world. Living a life of working more than 14 hrs a day, weakens the mind in many ways, for example, it starts to feel lazy,  or gives up in the middle too easy, it gets restless or feels frustrated and angry etc. So it's highly important to remind ourselves about, what's the actual goal is and then consciously put efforts in clarifying every minor doubt we have. Now, there are few apparent differences between working in a startup vs working in a corporate. And in this blog, I will choose to throw some light on not so obvious ones. So kindly pay more attention than usual, cause, well, it's not so obvious. Being a part of the startup is exciting, teaches you plenty. Every day is new and you get to solve a variety of problems. This is obvious. But on the other hand, it also tests every last cell in you. It causes pain and stress, twice the ...

Often the insights come from random places and at unexpected times. These last few months have been quite a journey. I have met plenty of new people, visited various new places and learned more than I can keep a track of. The overall experience was intense but worth every penny to be fair. Lack of experience and urgent responsibilities are a bad combination to deal with. But when you are in it, you don't have an option, but to figure a way out. Now when you are finding your way out, this is inherently not an easy job, as its bound to create a ton of frictions among not only the entities that are involved such as partners, employees or coworkers but also people surrounding you such as your friends and family, along the way. The ups and downs come in everyone's life, and so it did with mine as well. The downs are unpleasant, causes pain and weird discomfort, which often steals the limelight. The mind starts ignoring the ups, as and when its keep imagining and replaying spec...

Kora khaghaz, aadhi baatein, Thode khawaab, tuti Kalam. Kya likhe aur Kya kahange Sach hai Kya Kya hai bharam. Dil diwana dhoondhta hai, har Nazar mein aashiqui, Kya kahe kaise samjhaye, darr hai Kya Kya hai sharam.

Been a while since I last wrote any blog but I seriously could not resist or ignore this bugging question that is "was it really, Really, REALLY worth it? you know going to college or a university and getting a degree and all?" which not to brag I had managed to get three so far a Diploma, a Bachelors and then a Masters. Over the past couple years, I read many blogs and saw plenty of video's on youtube, from highly successful people (obviously from an economic point of view 😉) convincing me that colleges are utterly worthless and to drop out instead, that too with a grand, rebellious attitude, is one of the smartest thing a student can do. And so naturally this thought bugged me and so I wanted to publically share my insights related to this intriguing question. I am pretty sure, there will be many just like me, who must have been bitten by this same bugging question. And it's quite a buzzing bug, as it does not leave a pleasant feeling once it bites you. ...

What wonders I might see, If I'd close my eyes, And sink into nothingness, And let myself die.