Category: Work & Career
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259/365 A Long Conversation in Person
One of the things I missed from the last two years is long conversations with others.. in person…. I happened to have one such conversation a few days back… Well I cannot say I have not had long conversations.. but in the office discussing a product being developed hearing the problem being defined and technical…
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256/365 Work From Home, Office or Hybrid
Yesterday someone asked a question…. What do I prefer… working from home, office or hybrid…. I answered that it was too early to decide… I started working from office only two weeks ago… And I like it… One main thing is I don’t have a long commute… I have been in a hybrid mode for…
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249/365 Thinking on Your Feet – A Page from Memory
I was in Bangalore in 2020 and this is where I started my career years ago and felt like going down that memory lane and picking some old episodes. I started my career selling computers. We used to buy parts and assemble PCs, Provide a Warranty to customers and sell and support them. This was the 90s…
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247/365 Don’t Quit Your Job; Not Yet
I have heard people say that they will be happier if they had so much money that they don’t need to work again, and they could start doing what they love. My answer to them has always been – There is no better time to do what you love… than NOW. And for that you…
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244/365 Working From Office after 2 Years
The experience if I have to explain sits somewhere between surreal and Dejavu… I have worked from home so many times in my career… since 1993 when I ran my own small shop from my home… but I always had a choice to go to office.. or a client site.. if I wanted to… but…
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241/365 Back to working from office
I write this on a Monday but you will read it on a Tuesday… Today is a holiday.. President’s day in the United States… Not just that.. I am also starting a new job on Tuesday. Usually people ask you if you are taking a break when you move into a new job… I have…
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236/365 Nothing Matters; But Results… But How?
Nothing matters if you can’t deliver results. It might sound ruthless; but that is the only business truth. And No sob story (however convincing) can replace actual results. You either did it or you did not….. period!! The ‘I Tried.. but..’ argument is the result of not asking help on time. Knowing when to ask…
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235/365 How I became a Scrum Master
If you are not aware… I have made my paid Agile Scrum course free on my YouTube Channel.. And so I thought I will write about how I became a Scrum Master. The course is 6 part and here is Part 1.. You can watch all of them on the Penpositive YouTube channel I wanted…
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234/365 Poetry and Business – Finding that Link
In 1991 there was an essay in ‘The Atlantic’ by Dana Gioia titled ‘Can Poetry Matter? It points out that Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to make it essential once more This and a few other essays were then published as…
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225/365 Colleagues and Bosses you wish you never had
At the onset let me tell you that I have been way lucky to have bosses who I did not have any problem with. While there were people I really loved working for and had utmost respect for there were some who were not that great.. but still I will never say they were bad.…
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