Jack of all trades…. Master of one???

A specialist in particular technology or to be generic????A dilemma that every IT pro is faced with when it comes to deciding the path to build a successful career. Every company big or small which depends on IT will want to have the best hands working for them to provide solutions and so as a specialist you are in demand very much. And when you talk specialization , there are varying degrees of it with different technologies that one can go down to. It’s one’s prerogative as to how far one should go.

But the beauty of technology is the fact that it keeps changing rapidly and at times transforms into a completely different one .What do you do then? The technology that you specialized might have lost flavour with the advent of the new and a better one.Having an array of skill sets will always help your cause at any time. Being flexible, to be able to adapt to the changing times is probably the defining factor to making a successful career in the field of IT. However radically different new technologies may be, the learning's of the past will always be adaptable to the change with minor alterations making for an easier learning curve.I guess specializations should be only to the extent where you are a step ahead of the competion and not necessarily the master of the technology itself.You have the flexibility to change gears and jump technologies when the need arises.

This is even more relevant today and applies to more than just the knowledge of technology. With the current economic scenario and the imminent job cuts and cost cuts , it will better serve you if you could even expand your horizon beyond technology to management as well.When the going gets tough organisations will look towards a more lean process and delivery system where resources which have the skills to manage as they deliver will be sought after. This I am sure takes the term of flexibility to a whole new dimension and not many people might agree with it. But yes that is the fact…

As the saying goes …”Change is the only constant thing in life “……… Learning in itself is the process of knowing the unknown , exploring and expanding beyond known horizons with change as the enabler for the process….And no amount of learning shall have you prepared for the change and the surprise that comes with it.To ADAPT and ADOPT will be the wisest thing to do ……… JACK of All or Master of one!!!! I leave that for you to decide….. just ensure that you don’t end up being the MASTER of NONE!!!! :)

Culture Vultures………….

Frustrating , Disgusting ….. hopeless… that is what I feel looking at the events that have unfolded over the last few days in India. An increasingly violent mob taking the law into their hands in the name of moral policing .The country is being torn apart by issues and incidents that are of least important at this point for the nation and its people.
What is more scary is the kind of debate that we are having over the violent acts that happened in mangalore.There can be no two ways about it. It was against the law and every person who was involved must be dealt with severely and punished. Just like in case of the other issues we often miss the point.This is not the time to debate whether pub is part our culture or not and what it does to the youngsters of our nation. This is a debate that has to wait.What is more important is that if people start taking law into their own hands for such frivolous things where is our nation headed. The writing is on the wall. These people have to be reined in and it has to be done with a highest level of urgency.If we wait and watch this is going to be a disease that is going to take up dangerous proportions.It was both comical and pathetic to see a member of the national womans council come out condemning the people in the pub saying that they were wearing so called NUDE CLOTHES and inpart justifying the violent attacks.Now I really don’t know what that means but all I can say is that it is very distressing to see that a person in such a position could even be supporting such violent incidents and giving reasons for that to happen.
No amount of reasoning can justify such violent acts.I do believe and accept that the nations culture is deterioating and needs to be addressed but that will happen over some time and not overnight.It will take more meaningfull ways than just hooliganism.It is important that good culture is practised but to try and force it in such a way would do no good. The younger generation needs to believe and understand the importance of the good things that our traditions and culture hold in them. The more we try to supress things without giving a valid reason there is going to be more revolting against it. If youngsters can be trusted to vote and select a nation’s leader I am sure they can be trusted to make their choices wisely. It’s a matter of guidance and helping them make those choices the right way and things must be fine. Violence has never been part of our culture and it is an irony that someone would use that as a means to propagate good culture.
If these pople are not dealt with it will set a bad precedent and we should be preapred to see more incidents like this. The lethargic attitude displayed by the authorities and the government will lead us to point of no return.But I guess in a country where the difference between politicians and such miscreants is hardly present or very blurred, these are on the expected lines and more can be expected.Everything boils down to law and law enforcers.If the law enforcement does not change for the better , this is just the beginning.

BAD TIMES?????... LetZ PARTY!!!!!

Hey Everybody…. You know what…. THE WORLD IS GOING THROUGH A FINANCIAL CRUNCH AND BAD TIMES FOR THE ECONOMY….guess what US IS ALSO PART OF IT just in case if somebody is forgetting.
At a time when the nation along with the rest of the world is struggling through tough times , hoping that this comes to an end at the earliest, a gala event of this magnitude seems to be the most inappropriate thing for an incoming president to do.It defies logic…. Bailout package, forclosures and bankruptcy has been the theme for over a few months now and despite a crisis that’s hanging over everyone , the new elect and his party men unmindfull of the scenario are going ahead with such celebrations unabashedly. Different estimates peg the cost of this event to be around $150 million.Now that is indeed a large amount money down the drain I would say. As an incoming administration the least that they could do to show some solidarity with the public at such terrible times is show a little bit of restraint and avoid such wasteful expenditure. Are these signs of the incoming administration for what is to be expected in the future. The past was that one man came…he saw … he spent and he is leaving. Has the next one come to continue the legacy.Makes one wonder if the trust and the expectations have been misplaced.I Hope NOT….. I hope some sense comes back and prevails.

SATYAM .... MAYTAS ...

Coming as it did , it was a true shocker.A BOLT out of the blue sky!!!! Fourth largest IT company is absolutely nothing as it is now , fallen from grace so hard that it has pulled with it the country as well.The idea that a person magnified an organization's balance sheet in broad daylight without anybody even having a hint of it.... well this raises a lot of questions about corporate governance in India.One person's wish and thought today has literally brought to halt so many peoples dreams and the countries as well.Temporary it may be but still has the undesired impact on the country's image.SATYAM... MAYTAS ..the very word that symbloizes truth has become the symbol of deceit and untruthfulness.

The growth story sure has gone awry . With an already weakend Global economy having impacted Inida’s economy, this just takes it one step further .It is sure going to be a long and hard struggle for evey business to come back where they have been hit and move on from there. But yes it is time to take stock and be realistic. Over the days I have listened to various people speaking on this issue and it sounds as though they are determined to dig their own graves and sleep in it for the rest of their lives. Yes Satyam WAS ONE of the well known companies reflecting India and its growth story across the world but that in no way should undermine what others bring to the table.We are not just one of company.There are other’s who have done even better who can still go out there , proudly lead india’s growth story.Every country has had its share of corporate governance failures and we are not the first and we shall not be the last.

A nation of TATA’s , Infy’s and so on can do better than just keep wondering what hit it so hard. Its time we stop blowing one bad incident out of proportion.But as I do say that we move on I do also hope and wish that there is just one such bad apple in the lot and we don’t come across more.Its time we stop the rhetoric of what this has done and start looking for meaningful ways to tide over this nasty wave and march ahead into future.

The government has stepped in.But governments being what they are it is highly unrealistic to expect them to do eveything the right way and clear out things but lets hope .But the onus is more on the corporates themselves who will have to set straight a few things, have more self governance ensure that they do not forego values, ethics and business standards for the sake of unrealistic sense of achievements. Hopefully this incident turns out to be a good lesson and corporates learn from this. Well….just as is the case in many other issues in our nations ……Lets us WAIT AND WATCH!!!!!!!!!