Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Guys, this one is the reply I got from my friend Suman Kumar (www.sumankumar.com),
while Sriram Iyer is getting prepared for a new innings in his IT career. Suman is currently
working with wipro. Must read... if you are an IT professional.
I can understand, empathize and condone being sentimental about friends
and family; what I don't understand though is this almost heart-breaking
romance with your company. Let's get it clear: It is business. Your
company will not remember you, for you were a resource; a mere number.
As with any business, you never get what you want, not always. That's
why I kept saying 'I want to work with people better than me.' That
should be a benchmark; if majority of the people in your company are
less smarter than you are, pack you bags and get out. Or, be a one-eyed
king in a country of blind. What we have achieved -other than marrying
and becoming a father- is nothing. Read my furry lips. Nothing. If you
are ambitious you know what I mean. If you are working only for money,
stop reading here.
I work for money, and glory. I want to be remembered, no matter what. I
want to be famous. I want to make a difference. So I keep trying. To me,
I am doing a company a favor by joining it. If I leave a company it
means that the company stopped turning me on. Honestly, the earlier
company was a mistake for me. But I more than compensated by making
some wonderful friends. So life evened out.
There are three types of people: one, those who live for themselves, by
their rules. Two, those who live for others. Three, those who don't have
a life in the first place. Most fall under category two. And a few
losers (Devdas, Kurt Cobain, Jim morrison...) belong to three. Very few
belong to one. Because they are the people who rule the world.
Choose who you are. Let me put all that I said in one line: Getting a
COA is ok. Getting a Booker is better.
I want to be one of the world's best story-tellers. Nothing will stop me
from that. Companies, people, nothing. Stop thinking of working for
companies. Start thinking about owning companies.
while Sriram Iyer is getting prepared for a new innings in his IT career. Suman is currently
working with wipro. Must read... if you are an IT professional.
I can understand, empathize and condone being sentimental about friends
and family; what I don't understand though is this almost heart-breaking
romance with your company. Let's get it clear: It is business. Your
company will not remember you, for you were a resource; a mere number.
As with any business, you never get what you want, not always. That's
why I kept saying 'I want to work with people better than me.' That
should be a benchmark; if majority of the people in your company are
less smarter than you are, pack you bags and get out. Or, be a one-eyed
king in a country of blind. What we have achieved -other than marrying
and becoming a father- is nothing. Read my furry lips. Nothing. If you
are ambitious you know what I mean. If you are working only for money,
stop reading here.
I work for money, and glory. I want to be remembered, no matter what. I
want to be famous. I want to make a difference. So I keep trying. To me,
I am doing a company a favor by joining it. If I leave a company it
means that the company stopped turning me on. Honestly, the earlier
company was a mistake for me. But I more than compensated by making
some wonderful friends. So life evened out.
There are three types of people: one, those who live for themselves, by
their rules. Two, those who live for others. Three, those who don't have
a life in the first place. Most fall under category two. And a few
losers (Devdas, Kurt Cobain, Jim morrison...) belong to three. Very few
belong to one. Because they are the people who rule the world.
Choose who you are. Let me put all that I said in one line: Getting a
COA is ok. Getting a Booker is better.
I want to be one of the world's best story-tellers. Nothing will stop me
from that. Companies, people, nothing. Stop thinking of working for
companies. Start thinking about owning companies.
The road ahead!
Dear Sriram: Less than a day you left Indore office, I feel like lost myself somewhere; neither I could see the smile in naughty nags nor we feel like cracking jokes during the break. Better that you are also moving to Pune where you always have the company of your sister and our Suman, the worst part is that you are leaving the place where you have spent half of your life.
Fine it’s all part of life, when people like me are staying away from home leaving family and friends at the far end of Kashmir:) Pune wouldn’t be a big deal for you as it’s just an overnight journey. As you said, may be this Indore does not want you to stay here for more than 11 years. It’s not that you are leaving the company matters here, but it’s that you are leaving few good old memories of our everlasting friendship with “Sama LU”, “Manmada Raaza” and “Psycho Suman”. Moreover you are climbing one step ahead in the ladder of success when things are not going the way you expected at the present company.
All I want to say again is “All the best!” you are an inspiration to all of us, your hard working nature and personality will be remembered by us for ever.
And finally this is all I have it for you,
The woods are lovely dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
With best wishes from,
Nags, Lu, Suman and Sam.
Dear Sriram: Less than a day you left Indore office, I feel like lost myself somewhere; neither I could see the smile in naughty nags nor we feel like cracking jokes during the break. Better that you are also moving to Pune where you always have the company of your sister and our Suman, the worst part is that you are leaving the place where you have spent half of your life.
Fine it’s all part of life, when people like me are staying away from home leaving family and friends at the far end of Kashmir:) Pune wouldn’t be a big deal for you as it’s just an overnight journey. As you said, may be this Indore does not want you to stay here for more than 11 years. It’s not that you are leaving the company matters here, but it’s that you are leaving few good old memories of our everlasting friendship with “Sama LU”, “Manmada Raaza” and “Psycho Suman”. Moreover you are climbing one step ahead in the ladder of success when things are not going the way you expected at the present company.
All I want to say again is “All the best!” you are an inspiration to all of us, your hard working nature and personality will be remembered by us for ever.
And finally this is all I have it for you,
The woods are lovely dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
With best wishes from,
Nags, Lu, Suman and Sam.
Monday, January 19, 2004
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Friends: Wish you all a Happy New Year 2004. In this New Year will you keep your resolution? This is the question I have asked to myself before making a resolution. Fine, New Year's gone by and time has come to practice what I have promised to myself. It's not an easy task for a guy who is working in the IT industry to keep the blog updated regularly, but I wish I would keep my blog updated at least once in a month. The interesting thing here is, I have created this blog almost a year back and this is the first posting over here.
Thanks to my friends Suman Kumar and Sriram Iyer who made me realise that there are lot more to do with the web rather than just sending e-mails and chatting.
-Sam
e-mail: bright_sam@yahoo.com
Thanks to my friends Suman Kumar and Sriram Iyer who made me realise that there are lot more to do with the web rather than just sending e-mails and chatting.
-Sam
e-mail: bright_sam@yahoo.com
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