Monkey Philosophy

This monkey reminds me of one of the greatest philosophies - Our mind is like a monkey. It will jump here and there to find happiness, just as the monkey jumps from tree to tree to find fruits. How do you think you could possibly make the monkey stop jumping - by giving a basket of fruits to it.
And how could you find the basket of fruits for your mind? Click here to find out

Some pics

Bill Gates

Bill gates – the man who changed the way the world uses Computers

• A Harvard Dropout
• A computer Geek
• A “Thinker”
• A Visionary
• A Strategist
• The World’s richest man
• Microsoft CEO / chairman
• One of the world’s Best Entrepreneurs
• A Perfectionist
• A Writer
• A Philanthropist

A huge number of people all over the world who who are either progrommers, software professionals or simply PC users, owe a lot to Bill Gates !!

Quotes by Bill Gates

pics

Lets Create Space

I was wondering - how much of electronic data space would be there in this world. And how much of it is being underutilized (or may be overutilized from another perspective)?
We as individuals and organizations store lot of un necessary data in the name of backup. And we do take backup of backup, email data to multiple email accounts, copy in network and write in CD/DVDs

Just imagine the amount of free space the world could achieve, if we delete the unnecessary backups, unnecessary emails and junk data !!

Ofcourse not a good idea for companies manufacturing storage devices and disks ;)

Does a Union in IT make sense

There are labour unions and trade unions across various sectors in India (ranging from banks to heavy industries), but there is no such (significant) “Union” for IT / ITES so far.

One of the reasons given by experts is that the other industries which have labour unions are labour intensive, whereas in the IT industry, the workers are not labours but “engineers”, who are capable of taking care of their interests, and do not need a Union for that.

Moreover, none of the IT companies promote or support the existence of any such unions which could disrupt the smooth functioning of the company (considering how time critical the projects in IT are)

So far so good

Just another dimension… consider the rate at which the industry is growing, and the number of people (especially at the bottom of pyramid) joining these companies… consider the contract agreements signed by employees etc. Till the business is going good, there does not seem to be any reason to worry. This depends on global factors… But, in a scenario when there is a downturn in the industry, there is no framework that can support the interests of the employees… will union be of any help here??

Vertical Limit

Is there a vertical limit for a person's career?

I have this thought running in my mind since quite some time... A person grows in his career from an employee through middle management and senior management... and then the top jobs... and then??
Is this the vertical limit? What are the possible options after reaching a top job like CEO or president, etc. This thought is typically for a salaried person in top job and not a equity holder (who has options to diversify etc)

Assuming that there exists a vertical limit, what option would a person looking for self-actualization go for...

• Becoming an investor himself (vertical growth)
• Grow horizontally - media, politics, social networks, sports... (like Lee Iokoka)
• Switch the company !! (potential vertical growth)