Career....

You decided to stick to a company for more than a decade and half, you can speak fairly good English, could network with the right people and address an audience of over around 50-100 – You are VP, SVP J

You decided to not to quit a company for more than a decade, possess average programming skills, understand/utter some technical jargons, you cannot make a speech to large audience – You are a Software Architect. J

You decided to work for a company for more than decade, you can do some coding, do not understand and use jargons at the right occasions – You are a Senior Principal Software Engineer. J

You decided to change 6 companies in 5 years, IT job market at its peak, you earn the ‘best in the industry’ standard remuneration – You are a Project Manager J

You are not bothered about the career growth, could speak the English language fairly well, possess a bit of IT knowledge to run business, you are interested in making quick money – You are a Consultant. J

You did your Bachelors in Engineering – You are a Software Engineer. J

There are quiet a few roles/designations that vary with several parameters, like experience in the industry, relevant experience in the industry, current designation, current salary, desperation to get a job, desperation to fill a position, market standards, university of graduation, educational qualification, etc etc.

PS: As in any system, there could be exceptions, would you like to discuss??? J

Career....

Disgusting

Out of over a billion people in the country, the elite politicos of major parties, found a man who held possession of a automatic weapon and a man who betrayed the country in the most revered sport of the country in the international arena, as their candidates to contest the general elections, who will run the country if elected. 

These are people who cannot even get away with the background verification process, for a post of Software Engineer in an IT company. 

Clearly shows the agenda and motifs of the parties. 

Truly disgusting....

Disgusting

Ho Ho... Po Po

Onboard train from Cairo to Luxor, I found my seat, stowed my backpack and sat down and took a breather. A teenager who looked like an Asian followed and took seat besides me, He was followed by a European in his early twenties, occupied the one next to him.

We all looked at each other exchanged smiles; guy who arrived last started the conversation and asked the Asian, where is he from? The guy replied back that he is from Japan. It looked like is knew very little English and returned back the obvious question to him. Till then the guy had no clue that it’s going to be the most unpleasant moment of his journey. He goes, ‘I am from Holland’. The Japanese guy, haven’t heard of the country named Holland till now, replies ‘Oh Poland’. The Dutch guy was obviously not happy to know that someone could not recognize the country where he came from. He gave me a helpless look and started trying his luck again. He continues ‘You know Nederland’, Japanese guy posed a flat face at him. I saw noticeable disappointment on the Dutch guy’s face. But he persisted in his efforts, ‘Holland, its in Europe’…. ‘Oh yeah Poland’. I decided to help the Dutch guy, and stressed the first syllable ‘Ho Ho’, the Japanese guy goes ‘Po Po’. More disappointment on the Dutch guys face.

Now the Japanese guy takes a pause and asked me ‘where am I from’? By now I got a little nervous and answered ‘India’. ‘Oh India…’, Delight on my face and more disappointment on the Dutch guys face. Meanwhile the Japanese guy, pulled out a electronic dictionary and typed in ‘Holland’ and found no match. He asked ‘is it English?’ (Probably meant ‘are you telling the name of the country in English’).

The next desperate attempt followed, I would say this one of the wildest attempts I have ever seen. ‘Do you know the South Korean football coach Guus Hiddink….. He is from Holland’. By this time I was laughing out loud internally. Again the Japanese guy replied back with a blank face. You cant blame the Japanese guy, its too much expectation from the Dutch. The Dutch guy smiled at me helplessly for the second time, for which I gave a reassuring smile. He pulled out a book from his back and started to read it for rest of the journey.

I understand it’s not a great feeling to be in that situation, felt pity for the Dutch guy…..

Ho Ho... Po Po