Quote of the Day - Sexual Harassment on Women

I would like to shoot the feminists who fight for sexual harassment on women without fighting for improving public transport.

Side Effects of Dowry - Dowry From Working Women

The following is taken from Idli, Orchid and Will-Power by Vital Venktaesh Kamath.

Venkatesh Kamath's friend's daughter marriage was fixed. But, later on his friend was thinking of dropping the match, because, the bridegroom was asking for a car. He was not even in a situation to buy a scooter. He came to Kamath and told the same.

Kamath asked him to bring the bridegroom once. He brought the bridegroom to his hotel. After talking casually for some time, Kamath asked the groom, whether he was fine with the marriage, if he gets a car. The groom said, he does not have any problem. Then Kamath told his friend to print the wedding cards and sent him away.

After that, Kamath asked the groom, "Why are you asking for a small car? Ask for Mercedes."

Groom: "No way. They cannot give. Even this car, I did not ask. My mother asked."

Kamath: "It does not matter who forced. Finally, you only asked. So, ask for big car."

Groom (got confused): "We don't have place even to put a small car. How can I ask for a big car?"

Kamath: "Then ask for a garrage for the car also."

Groom: "They don't have capacity even to give a small car. How can I ask for a big car and a garrage?"

Kamath: "That is not your problem. I will make sure that, they would give all those."

Groom: "Are you going to give money to them?"

Kamath: "Yes, as a loan"

Groom: "How can they repay you. They don't have that much capacity."

Kamath: "I will tell you one life secret. No daughter would like, if her father is in debt. If her father has taken the loan for her, then she would prefer to clear it as soon as possible. That is also, if her husband works in a big company like L&T, then she would prefer to clear it even sooner. She takes Rs.100 everyday from you and saves it. She gives that to your father-in-law, and he would give it to me. That way, I would get back my money through your wife from you."

Later on, the groom married the girl without any dowry.

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Recently, my friend got married. She has given dowry in the form of cash and gold to the groom. She has taken loan equivalent to the total dowry amount. After the marriage, She would clear the loan from her salary.

After hearing that, I got confused on what the groom or his family thinking while taking the dowry. One reason might be, they may be thinking that, after the marriage, she may reject to give her salary, so better to take it now itself as dowry.

At the end, By taking the dowry, the third party who has given the loan to the bride is getting benefited.

Different Roles in Software Development

In many product based companies, the developers at different levels starting from Trainee Software Engineer till Distinguished Engineer, are given the same kind of work. But, the way they do that work would be lot different.

If some work is given to developers of different levels, and if all of them do their best, then others may say the following in response to their work.

Distinguished Engineer - He has not delivered anything.

Principal Software Architect - He has not written even single line of code.

Technical Architect - Even a kid can write the code that he has written.

Sr.Software Engineer - He has developed a complex functionality single handedly.

Software Engineer - He has developed one of the most complex functionalities with very good design, which uses all the concepts of design patterns.

Trainee Software Engineer - He has developed the application by using all the latest technologies, it's latest features, and all the concepts of design patterns. To understand what he has written, one needs to learn all the latest concepts in the latest technologies.


(If the problem can be solved by changing the process or the way they use the system, then it won't require any new product to solve the problem. Even if it cannot be solved by changing the process, if it can be solved by using existing products in a different way, that would be better. That's how, Distinguished Engineers and Principal Software Architects work.)

By the way, My lead is taking lot of time to understand the code that I have written with the latest concepts. I also used the following comment, while sending for review.
// When I wrote this, only God and I understood what I was doing
// Now, God only knows

Obituary - Google Buzz - Rest in Peace

Yesterday, Google Buzz died.

When Google Buzz started last year, the no.of visitors to my blog has increased by many times just in few days. It was very simple and user-friendly to share and read. My blog would be definitely effected by the death of Google Buzz.

I feel, it was the biggest stupid decision that Google has taken till now.

Laziness

Laziness is not a bad quality. If somebody is lazy, it only means, they do not have interest, or Physical or Mental strength to do the specific task.

Lack of Interest need not be a negative point. If the person has more interest on others, then they may never get interest to do this and may think it is lazy. For example, if someone has interest in doing something, but, whenever they would like to work on that, if they remember something more important, then that never gets done.

Lack of Physical strength is one major thing in laziness, and many times, it is very difficult to understand. Many people think that, a person is healthy or not healthy, and there is nothing in between. But, there are many stages between healthy and not healthy. If the person does not have enough energy to do something, then unintentionally, they may try to skip doing that. When people become old, this would become more clearly visible. In recent times, With the change in the food habits and many other things, by the time one reaches the age of 30, their energy reduces significantly, and they may try to skip many things, which appears to others as laziness.

If the mind is too stressed, or if it does not get enough rest or relaxation, then the mind may not work effectively. In that case, one may try to skip the tasks that requires thinking. Others may consider this as laziness.

Many times, it is very difficult to find the root cause of the laziness. It can be as simple as, having spectacles of power slightly less than or more than the required. In that case, they can see everything clearly and they won't get headache. But, it would cause uncomfortable to them and they would feel like taking rest instead of doing work.

Once the problem crosses a certain limit and makes them unhealthy, they would get the treatment, and everything becomes normal. But, if the person is in between healthy and unhealthy for quite some time, that would lead to laziness. They think, they are healthy, where as they are not.

If you care about others who are lazy, help them in identifying the root cause rather than making fun of them. If others are making fun of you for your laziness, they are not worth of being your friends.