Tomorrow is not the End

The hottest topic of discussion these days, “The End of the World”, I know you have been discussing it with your friends or family. My perception, ‘Not gonna happen..!!’ & I am thankful to you all that you follow me with so much dedication that my belief matches your thinking :P

Anyways, now that we are so near to the Day, you have been thinking a lot and what are the things that these thoughts have in common, ‘I should have done so many things before I die, and I just have a day left, and today also I am in office :( ‘ There would have been a lot of things that you wanted to do lately but you haven’t been able to take out time for it, or you did plan but your friends ditched you on it.

I am giving a list of things one would have wanted to do before the so called “End of the World” and here it goes:

Top thought: You want to kill your Manager or Lead :D or least blast them nicely ;)

Rest of them:

·      Go out booze, get high and get wasted. I am sure many of you haven’t even smelled liquor by now :P

·      Bunk office :D most of us would have bunked college and school, how many of you have bunked office, ‘No’, then go ahead and try it.

·      Live in The president house for the day and see all the nuclear missiles in action ( I am sure this thought is going to pre-pone the End of the World by a day :P )

·      Sneak into NASA and take a trip to the outer space in a space shuttle.

·      Take leave and enjoy with your family, umm I guess you are a little late for that, but you still have tomorrow left if in case no one implements the above thought :D

·      Want to have a muscular body or a curvy one, well you can’t get that in a day unless you meet a Genie or a Fairy :P

Apart from the above crazy thoughts, some of the normal thoughts may be enjoying a sip of coffee and witness the way time flows, go around the places you wanted to visit, live a life of a your favorite celebrity, drive a Ferrari on a highway, get dressed like a prince/princess and many more things.

Now you can come out of the dreams you went in, thanks to me & I would say come back to reality and continue doing your work which most of you hate to do. The most important of all, don’t laze around and think about enjoying your life only when you get the knock at your door about the limited time. Take out time from your busy schedule, live life the way you want to and enjoy the most you can.

P.S: If you are going to implement any of the above thoughts, I am not responsible for the consequences. :)

The You and The Me

To a long lost friend……………………………………………..

The you who was once around

The you who was full of life

The you who made me lively

The you who shared my feelings that no one even knew

The you who I bored for hours

The you who still bore me

The you who cared for me

The you who shared with me

The you who made me feel special

The you who laughed and smiled

The you who I called a close friend

The you who I disappointed

The you who I hurt

The you who I turned down

The you who I betrayed

The me who didn’t have words

The me who kept mum

The me who didn’t know what to do

The me who thinks if you think of me

The me who had a beautiful you

The me who was sorry for all he did

The me thanks you for being with me.

Are you really cared?

We all have been working in the IT industry for quite some time now. Some are in the starting steps and some are on the verge of climbing the stairs and some are already on the top. But as we move up on this ladder, or we are stuck at some step, our needs and demands vary widely.

Expectations are you work hard, extend when required, consider project issues on top of your plans or parties or personal issues and many more, I am sure each of you has your own list, but What do you get in return?? Do you get in return to the dedication of the work you have done. Are your expectations met against the hard work we put throughout the year? Indeed for some of us they are, but most of them fall into the potholes on the way ahead. Not only the expectations from the organization but Conflicting egos, age differences, over confidence and insecurities are such factors which are also among those potholes on the way ahead. Definitely the expectations from the organization need to be met, because they hired you for a reason, but how do we face the other challenges. At the end of the day all that counts is the one thing that you missed or you did no finish on time, and the countless things that got you or the team appreciation, ‘Oh! That is history, are you still stuck in those dreams, Come out already!’

Still you keep working in the hope that you will be rewarded for your efforts, but do you really get to do what you want? At times you have the skill to do a task better than someone else but then, you will not even get a chance to show it. Only technical skills are not enough, the most important thing in my realization apart from technical skills of course, is people knowing you. Yes, it is not ideal but this is how it works, ‘Getting the spotlight’ is going to be your key. How to grab it you ask? Well there are two ways to do so:

Either you perform extra ordinarily, take a lot of initiatives and make sure they are addressed, if they are not addressed they won’t be implemented, but I know you are smart enough to know that much ;)

Second being, make a blunder which will grab all the attention to you, but if you don’t want to be kicked out, make sure you have the plans to correct what you did and earn the appreciation.

In both the cases, you will be known for some of your own qualities, Creativity or Problem Resolution. Whatever it is, don’t get blinded by this little bulb on your head, it’s not the sun. It will go off very soon, you need to perform once you have the spotlight, don’t let it go, Never!

Continue working with all your efforts, dedication and put all your hard work, or just roam around take extended coffee breaks, laze around in the greens or sleep in the dormitory, no one is really going to care, because this is life and on top of it the ‘life of IT’, and you will understand it sooner or later.

P.S: Take Care, coz you are special!!  :)