Ethics and HR in large companies – mutually exclusive?

Two guys from our QA section broke their contract and joined L10NBridge last month. First, one guy disappeared (called up the morning and said I am not coming!) And then another went after him in a week. This was better, he came to office, said I am quitting, and that give me my papers ASAP […]

Shortage of IT talent

Attrition and Shortage of IT talent is something that I am concerned about right now. We have seen four times more people leave in last month, than our average. This may be also because the size has grown, and the ratio to total number of developers would come to the same. But it yet makes […]

What’s your relationship with numbers?

Something that I am thinking about, after my last ILP class. Statistics are important. They provide measurement to the results. I typically treat numbers as “something there, needed, but not something that I work from”. Money and numbers are secondary for me. This definitely makes me approach things from a different perspective. But I am […]

CDAC experience

We do a lot of work in localization – especially for Gujarati language. We met Mahesh Kulkarni of CDAC Pune yesterday. We have met many other people in public sector and government over the last 3 years about Utkarsh and GujaratiLexicon. We have always got many hurdles. People have always spoken a lot about it, […]

On business ideas

We brainstorm about new business ideas every now and then. Some things I recently: We should think about the size of the idea, not just how good it sounds! How much revenue can it generate? The idea should provide a steady value addition and revenue stream. Anything that gives less than 20% growth in a […]