Sunday, May 31, 2009
Satisfied Saturday
It was fifth saturday of the month and we were working (Generally we have off on fifth saturday of the month). We all were in no mood of working today. And anyhow we were just passing the time by doing some important technical discussions related to some projects. Meanwhile around we got a news from our Manager that our Director is going to give a party to everyone in batches. We were bit shocked and elated too. Just sometime before lunch we were asked to assemble for some announcements. Everyone was talking as of what's going to take place. The lunch time started and everyone assembled. We saw the Director was enraptured with a big smile on his face and started his speech on a happy note saying today is a landmark day in the history of the company one being we are working on the fifth saturday and the most prominent news was we were doing good business in last two months and achieving the target in this recession making some good profits for the company. Said few other things on the company doing good business and announced a half day off (which we all deserved). All were in gay and rejuvenated and started celebrating the weekend.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Distinct Approach
Dedicating this to few of my friends and ex-colleagues.
I had always cherished myself being in the technical field. I had met some IITians and admired them for their distinct approach. I always wondered why I myself feel their approach to be distinct.
Few months back, when I changed my job, I got chance to work with an IITian, Amresh a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Kanpur. After meeting him and sharing the same workplace, I got to learn many more things and that really increased my admiration. Few days back, while having a casual chit-chat, our discussion moved to “how the IITians think and approach”. And he was sharing few of the traits that are taught to them during their course of study. The first and foremost came as the attitude what IITians are made to believe on the very first day of their joining IIT (when they are just out of the school) is that "They are the best of the best." This attitude starts brimming from thereon. There is no looking back since then. And this belief gives them the motive that they can’t deliver something lesser than the best. They have a very straight, centered and a systematic approach. They believe in never taking things as they are dictated or directed by anyone and everyone without knowing the nitty-gritty of the smallest matter. It's always hard for them to approach a particular problem or thing without knowing or aligning them to the overall picture. The habit of “always think big with every minute detail” is profoundly incarnated in them. The same is reflected whenever you need some help or suggestion from them, be it technical or non-technical.
There’s a lot to be added in this list, but what I felt to be important was that a mere collection of what they feel will not do any good. It's rightly said "If you aim for MOON, then only you would reach at the top of the TREE." If we can change our thinking as they have done over a period, then for sure sky is the only limit.
I had always cherished myself being in the technical field. I had met some IITians and admired them for their distinct approach. I always wondered why I myself feel their approach to be distinct.
Few months back, when I changed my job, I got chance to work with an IITian, Amresh a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Kanpur. After meeting him and sharing the same workplace, I got to learn many more things and that really increased my admiration. Few days back, while having a casual chit-chat, our discussion moved to “how the IITians think and approach”. And he was sharing few of the traits that are taught to them during their course of study. The first and foremost came as the attitude what IITians are made to believe on the very first day of their joining IIT (when they are just out of the school) is that "They are the best of the best." This attitude starts brimming from thereon. There is no looking back since then. And this belief gives them the motive that they can’t deliver something lesser than the best. They have a very straight, centered and a systematic approach. They believe in never taking things as they are dictated or directed by anyone and everyone without knowing the nitty-gritty of the smallest matter. It's always hard for them to approach a particular problem or thing without knowing or aligning them to the overall picture. The habit of “always think big with every minute detail” is profoundly incarnated in them. The same is reflected whenever you need some help or suggestion from them, be it technical or non-technical.
There’s a lot to be added in this list, but what I felt to be important was that a mere collection of what they feel will not do any good. It's rightly said "If you aim for MOON, then only you would reach at the top of the TREE." If we can change our thinking as they have done over a period, then for sure sky is the only limit.
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