Do you want to be a better programmer?

I have been thinking about this for about three months now. One of the major problems in software industry these days is to find good programmers. (retention comes after hiring 😉 It’s easy to find people, but extremely difficult to find good people. It becomes important then, to groom candidates to become better programmers. So […]

Ego and Engineers

Excerpts from The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams Ego-wise, two things are important to engineers: a) how smart they are, b) how many cool devices they own. The fastest way to get an engineer to solve a problem is to declare that the problem is unsolvable. No engineer can walk away from an unsolvable problem […]

New Office pictures

I have posted a few pictures of the new office. Starting from the early days – how it was when we saw the place, how we opened up the whole structure and what we built finally.

Serial Blasts in Mumbai

There were seven bomb blasts in Mumbai suburban rail system yesterday. About 140 are dead and many more injured. One of my uncles had a small injury in hand, but he is safe. Thankfully, there are no other mishaps and families, friends and colleagues are fine. I was shaken to see the pictures and read […]