As good writers always advise that writing is all about editing. Removing the words which are not required. Replacing complex words with simpler ones. Converting 10 words sentences into 5 words. Splitting longer paragraphs into 2-3 lines. Let me edit the above paragraph which is already easy to read. Writing is about editing. Remove not… Continue reading Edit
Category: Craftsmanship
Listen Up!
Listening to understand is one of the lost skills in the world of business. The world is bombarded with so much information that we are constantly thinking about what to speak next. The art of listening has completely or almost living the face of the earth. That’s what my observation is while working with the… Continue reading Listen Up!
Outcome Formula
Our Business Development trainee asked me this question “Can you please be more specific by what do you mean by quality?” after I denied her more work due to lack of her current quality of work as it does not bring the outcome to the company. She was surprised because she was doing all the… Continue reading Outcome Formula
Ten talks that will change you
This post is about knowledge that will make you think and discuss change. Caution: These talks are 18+ You may or may not hear words you are not prepared for or even topics that are a cultural taboo. You are willing to read ahead. All the talks are from people who are investors, business people,… Continue reading Ten talks that will change you
State of the Art
There is a fascination with building a perfect product. The definition of Perfect is different for everyone. It is nearly impossible for everyone in the team to agree to one shape of perfect. This chaos of being perfect or chasing perfection makes us put in a lot of effort without any results in return. Now… Continue reading State of the Art
Open Letter for your first tech job
Before telling good bye to 2017. I want to put this request for your first Tech Job. Thirteen years back I was looking for my first job. My name is Vikram Shetty and I have a Masters of Science (Information technology) degree with me. In 2004 I was looking for my job to become a Microsoft Dot… Continue reading Open Letter for your first tech job
75 constraints used in 2015 across the Globe for Global Day of Code Retreat
Tomorrow on 18th November 2017 is Global Day of Code Retreat 2017 #GDCR17 This will be my 3rd year in a row to attend and practice my craft. After 13 years of experience writing code it still feels like a ride in a theme park to attend Global Day of Code Retreat. In year 2015 I… Continue reading 75 constraints used in 2015 across the Globe for Global Day of Code Retreat
A developer’s day in life
I have meet and worked with few developers. I have always found it common theme that they are always better at there task and programming however struggle with time management, project management and client understanding. Everyone is not in this category, its a mix and a match. Let me list out few example of true stories you… Continue reading A developer’s day in life
How to search for quality remote work?
Remote working is something which is gaining traction across the global. The trend of growing tech entrepreneurship and individual professional. Made the increase in demand of co-working place. There are company who have remote work options like wordpress.com, basecamp.com and upworthy.com. There are portal which cater only remote working jobs. Also there is a who book written about remote… Continue reading How to search for quality remote work?
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 320 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… Continue reading 2015 in review
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