another crib..

I've wanted to post so much in the past week that I actually managed to post none!! So that says it all..Another usual crib story about my God-forsaken Office, Office Mates, Mr.x...But I cross all boundaries that can be thought of and make this statement:
"IT is SH short of what it actually is"
and don't forget to add me to the ever expanding list of IT-bashers.

This is not about the past week but about something that has changed over a period of 4 years (quite some time, isn't it??, fair enough to make that generalism!!) Are people being recruited just to show off that we are the biggest recruiters? Is this some kind of human trade??(dubaikku kalla thonila poraa mathiri varavana ellam eduthukaa..)..Do these HR guys have any idea of what is expected of people who come in or is it only the target that matters to them? We are not running Training institues to train and provide certificates to freshers. People are expected to work on bloody projects and DELIVER..Why else on earth are they being paid in 5 digits a month right after stepping out of college?Questions on syntax, loops, logic put me totally off
balance.Do our HR guys insist on getting guys without brains/common-sense and hope to fit it here making them work on live projects??.Cmon..when are we going to stop spoonfeeding...India is already reeling under this new age of Intellectual slavery and we are only adding to that ..too fast...and i see no end in sight unless we understand that IT is not restricted to Air Conditioned office rooms..flexi-work hours..perks,..pay..onsite...

I have always said this and continue to say: My only expectation from anybody (be it a fresher or a director) who joins work is the willingness to work and learn...ATTITUDE...as simple and straight as that...let me even cut that learning part off if people find it too hard...the least that you can do for all you earn is complete what is expected of you..I will not be surprised if i hear from a fresher that it is a violation of labour law under so-so section!!If these guys wanna play the game according to their rules,my response is clear: get the hell out and gather guts to put up your playground..define your rules and prove that you are what you say...don't expect that here...

All said and done.. i don't blame these guys solely for all that has prompted me to write this..what do the trainers(who else but partially baked guys like me who need to fill in some 'Organization Initiative' in the Appraisals form or the all familiar 'yaaravadhu pudusa vanthirukkanu pakkalmda' guys) do all through the couple of months of training...people still are at college level with no idea of what coding standards are...school students will beat them any day with their knowledge...Trainings ought to be made more stringent and dedicated faculty added if we are looking at steps forward...

Ooh ..the best part..doesn't end without references to Mr.X ..does it??...What kind of a manager is one who cannot read through his emails but never fails to ask for an update (on what was put in the email..the worst part being..it would have been addressed to him??!!)?I never knew we had an 'Illiterate quota' in my company..easiest way to get in...someone who can't identify what project is being talked about for 45 minutes???someone who cannot understand what a UNIX login id is???someone who stumps you by asking the all too famous 'who is going to fix the MySQL bug man'...all this someone is not someone..this is specific to Mr.X..and am sure there are friends of mine who are only more than eager to add details about 'their man'...there is one consolation from these guys though: they are living examples of 'Learn How not to be a bad manager in 24 hours'...i do not include every manager in this list...there are some who have acquired the art and 'manage'(in its purest form) really well...hats off ..you guys are a rare breed!!!

Deteriorating standards of new entrants..weak middle management...a far-too-distant top management...are we heading anywhere?? Yes.. the only destination that i see is an endless dark hole and the direction:VERTICALLY DOWN...!!!

(My favourite song suits perfectly: Naadagam vidum velai than ..uccha kaatchi nadakuthamma...
and if i am going to read this post sometime in the future, i should not be left wondering as to what the inspiration to this piece of writing was: Jus heard from someone that one of my team members was seen in a 'near-weeping' status after all the drama early today...!!??)