Many many happy returns of the day:
No I am not celebrating my birthday today. Two people in our project are celebrating their birthdays today. So I was sending them birthday wishes. While composing my mail, I noticed one thing...Why we all wish a person "Many many happy returns of the day”? Or how did it all start? Thanks to Google and Wikipedia which always serve as a warehouse of solutions to all my queries. This time Google helped me out. The happy returns on your birthday refer to solar returns - the moment when the sun returns to the zodiac sign and degree it occupied at your birth. It began as an occult wish, recalling our birth and anticipating the next life. Then people started using it frequently…And we are all following that tradition.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
No plagiarism...
Yes plagiarism seems to be the catchphrase these days. So let me make it clear. These questions can be found some where in the internet. Even I don’t remember the source. Let me start my Trivia section…
Trivia # 1
"Jesus Wept" refers to something in Tennis lingo…Good guess will do…
Hint: Wiki
Yes plagiarism seems to be the catchphrase these days. So let me make it clear. These questions can be found some where in the internet. Even I don’t remember the source. Let me start my Trivia section…
Trivia # 1
"Jesus Wept" refers to something in Tennis lingo…Good guess will do…
Hint: Wiki
Monday, May 01, 2006
McJob:
I have often heard software engineers( I am no exception) refering their job to be McJob. But when you count the benefits that job has provided then certainly you have to re frame your statement.Five day week, enough money for the rest 2 days,parties,social acquaintances, free chating,browsing and orkutting(certainly orkutting has become a part of Software enginner's quotidian office activities these days),list goes on and on.
But to be selfish is humane. Who wont be when u hear that ISB grads are offered a whooping 8 digit salary.All the MBA institutes are coming with equally good figures.So then comes the moment of self realisation?What am I doing here?Offcourse saying and doing are two things...
Before joining even i had different plans...Switching jobs,better job profiles during each switch.It is true that many people quit looking for work when they find a job.That is my case too...
Now even i ve a feeling...mine is a mcjob comparing those figures...
PS:McJob refers to a low-paying, non-challenging job with few benefits or opportunities. The term was coined by Douglas Coupland, in his novel Generation X, after McDonald's fast-food chain.
I have often heard software engineers( I am no exception) refering their job to be McJob. But when you count the benefits that job has provided then certainly you have to re frame your statement.Five day week, enough money for the rest 2 days,parties,social acquaintances, free chating,browsing and orkutting(certainly orkutting has become a part of Software enginner's quotidian office activities these days),list goes on and on.
But to be selfish is humane. Who wont be when u hear that ISB grads are offered a whooping 8 digit salary.All the MBA institutes are coming with equally good figures.So then comes the moment of self realisation?What am I doing here?Offcourse saying and doing are two things...
Before joining even i had different plans...Switching jobs,better job profiles during each switch.It is true that many people quit looking for work when they find a job.That is my case too...
Now even i ve a feeling...mine is a mcjob comparing those figures...
PS:McJob refers to a low-paying, non-challenging job with few benefits or opportunities. The term was coined by Douglas Coupland, in his novel Generation X, after McDonald's fast-food chain.
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