Scratch Pad

This is an extract from the mail i composed to my club (CrAC) members when i was working as an intern... hope some of you might feel the same after reading this


is this something different??

Don't feel that i am advising you people..just consider some of these things when making some decisions


4 months at a software company

software jobs suck. i hate being a developer after just 4 months of experience.(its because of the work culture ..not because of the work)
-U r just a machine to make money for them
-No work timings,too many deadlines..a typical software life cycle
-The only good reason why u take up a job is money and only money

Do u ppl think that sitting in an AC office in front of big monitors ,with high pay scales is a risk free job??
XYZ told me this and i also saw this article in a news paper recently..because of the radiation field , the sperm generation capability of software engineers is decreasing these days( i donno what happens for gals( this is just an information..not to be taken in any other sense))[case study at a hospital in Chennai]


A recent talk with an A6 guy

" India is the best in the servicing industry (man power) for the time being and china is just behind us.It is concentrating on manufacturing rather than servicing industry
*For a country's proper growth,it should first concentrate on the manufacturing industry and then go to services
*We indian's as we got a very good quantum of man power the services industry(especially IT) expanded rapidly leaving behind the manufacturing industry.But what is the scenario 20 yrs from now??China after reaching an optimum stage in manufacturing industry and may jump into capture the services market( and truly they can provide a better service at a cheaper Price compared to us)What if the market goes there..What happens to the Indian software industry???Have you ppl ever thought of this???
A chat with the senior researcher at MSR -----people in the age grp 21-28 in INDIA because of the software jobs earn what is called as risk free moneyGetting a job that pays is 20-30 k per month??( this is something great ..caz a senior manager in a normal company with 5 yrs of experience would earn less than this)The ppl in this grp spend approx. 35% more than what is actually needed ( according to a survey..i forgot the source) compared to people who earn money thru a risky job( they know the value of money they have earned) People in software industry doesn'tSo think again if u r getting into or aiming at a software job( in case u belong to some other disp)Lets take the case of a civilite for example.Why does he or she wanna get into a software job??How many of you ppl know that some of the best of the best civil engineers from India are retiring from the government jobs in the next 4 yrs..and in the present scenario..where no one opts for a civil engg degree or drops into a different field in job...what happens to these vacancies???( unfilled for yrs ..if filled( by unqualified ppl)) But we are intrested in software jobs..make more money and spend more money..is this correct??-->

But what is the scenario 20 yrs from now??

why a job ?? the basic question??

is the main motive to earn money and live a life??... don't we have any aims or goals to make it big...to be the news maker...to be recognized as someone ?different?..?unique?

Have you ever heard of the institutes like these??

IISC..some might have heard this name in NEWS recently..but what is it??....this is the only institute in INDIA which produces good phd's....this has a life of 100 years producing phd's for INDIA
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/

TIFR---Tata Institute of Fundamental Research..is this a laboratory??....unfortunately..this damn good institute is a PS!! station as well..the best brains of India work here doing research in various fields
http://www.tifr.res.in/scripts/homepage.php

ISI----u ppl remember ISI mark on the products right??..this is INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE....do you think this has some thing to set standards and is a govt body...do u know that u can do a masters degree at this institute??
http://www.isical.ac.in/

and there are many more.....

Went for a trip during the apogee this semester. It was one of the most exciting trips i ever had in my life. 1 full week of travelling and having fun at every stop we had. As, we were a team of 19 members ..a big gang of enthued bitsians, we took three vehicles and started off late in the night at around 3am soon after MITHALI.
We directly set out for Shimla and didnt take a break in the journey till we were there. It is first time i have travelled that long on a GHAT Road(90km ) to reach shimla. That place is simply amazing . People genrally walking down the hills to carry out thei daily routine activities. All the houses in different colours making the mountains look damn colourful. We took rooms in a hotel at the very begining of the city and stayed there for the night. We went on for a everning walk t see the place and had dinner in the mall road.
Next day morning we set out for a place called KUFRI which is 15km away from shimla and a famous tourist spot. We had to ride on horses to reach the mountain top which is 3 km from the parking. I had a thrilling experience riding on that. My horse was over enthued all kept running all the time leaving the other group members. Finally we landed at a magnificient place which had a panaromic view of the himalayas. We could see many places using the telescope.
And the much awaited thing ..the SNOW... we played in the snow for a while till we got exhausted. Later we visited a temple which is on the peak of the mountain. We came back to the parking place again on the horses. We headed for the Shimla Heli pad from there before we left the place.