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Dard purane kya likhkhe hum

Dard purane kya likhkhe hum Bhule kya aur shikkhe hum Apne par aasaan hai likhna Par unke layak kya likkhe hum Dard purane kya likhkhe hum Bhule kya aur shikkhe hum Munkin bhi hai voh sab likhana Kaise voh jaazbaat likhe hum Dard purane kya likhkhe hum Bhule kya aur shikkhe hum

Thak gaye hai ab chup reh-reh kar

Thak gaye hai ab chup reh-reh kar Kuch bole toh bhi khuch hoga nahi Sab kuch toh sahi hai pass mere Mann phir bhi magar khush houta nahi Har taraf se ghir sa gaya hu jaise, Ab bhagne bhi khuch hoga nahi Aasaan hai safar kis musaphir ka Sahil se milan khuch hoga nahi

ASSumption of SCALE

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...

Three Bosses

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...

Mera hai tu mera hai

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

Be a Bolt

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 ...