On a journey exploring paths through continuous learning
For a long time, I felt wearing spectacles were cool. I went to the extent of buying zero power glasses just to look cool. I guess I was influenced by pop culture where glasses equated to curiosity and intelligence. Though I bought the glasses, I did not carry it around as it was not useful […]
A lot of CEOs are openly misanthropic, they dehumanise people as another expense in their sheet. Very open statements like the ‘New tech is going to do all the jobs, we do not need to hire humans anymore” are presented to drive insecurities among people. Historically, every revolution has required lesser and lesser humans for […]
During my school holidays, I used to visit my hometown and also the nearby villages. In the 80s and early 90s farms were dominated by use of animals for transport, ploughing, milling etc. I used to jokingly refer to as being in a self driving car as the bulls when leaving the farm will always […]
I have observed one common thing across different organisations I have been associated with, how the appraisal process works. Bell curve is the default standard. Over the many years; I have seen this kill very high performing teams by promoting silos, heroisms and also a rat race to avoid the bottom. One place I remember […]
I keep thinking about abstractions all the time ever since I begun to understand large scale software development. In the early days of programming I took a lot of pride in understanding code in depth and writing the most efficient code. I was fortunate to start learning programming from the rudimentary steps like creating adders […]
One of my mentors, pointed out that I was gritty in making things happen but I should also watch out for willpower depletion as time flies by. That is the time he got me into systems thinking, every decision that we take in a day causes an imbalance and a build up of that causes […]
It is very hard to move from one social class to another unless there is a big low probability windfall that happens. Especially moving away from poverty to a middle class life is extremely difficult. Poverty traps like poor health, bad nutrition and inadequate education can create a self-reinforcing cycle that will keep sustaining. While […]
When I once dined at my college hostel, one weird behaviour stood out. People will hurriedly eat their fried eggs right off the skillet from the live counter, sometimes sustaining burns in the mouth. It did not make sense for me until I witnessed a bully stealing the fried egg from another person’s plate while […]
A lot of have been talked about stress at the workplace, those are visible and bold like toxic managers, unrealistic deadlines etc. A very few people speak about silent stressors that are very much invisible but damages more in the long run as very less is done to eliminate them. When I had begun working, […]
During the current Dusshera celebrations, our tradition is to have multiple thanksgivings. We thank our house, tools (like scissors, kitchen knives), books, currency, vehicles and anything that helps us earn our livelihood and live comfortably. People whom we employ for domestic help are gifted something as a token of thanks, as they make our lives […]