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.