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Have you become enough experienced, Huh?

October 19, 2011

At some point, most software engineers start talking about themselves like they’ve got enough experience. “Even if it seems right, it is too late to change our focus now.” Or “Why do I need to understand the mobile platform now? My twelve year experience in client-server and web is enough.” Even organizations and families make [...]

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Know how to walk first, running comes later.

October 18, 2011

Some musicians spend years doing nothing but practicing a piece of music and get it validated from their artist guru. If the piece of music isn’t right, it doesn’t matter what else you do, you cannot perform in the live show. Clients of most software programming projects that expect you to build great applications presume [...]

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Real Problem 7

October 11, 2011

I’ve got tired; I don’t have time; It’s too costly; I cannot match that speed; I don’t have the space; I don’t have good resources; I don’t have ‘that’ title … …are mere cunctations for not getting into the execution mode. And, (the right kind of) execution separates the sheep from the goats.  

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Thinking compliance? Are you in the right bus?

October 7, 2011

Our education system is organized around compliance. Admissions, study classes, examinations are about schooling the students to follow some directives. Many company cultures are also organized around compliance. From hiring to appraisals to training programs – all follow certain set of known ways of doing things. The reasoning for this appears to be that at [...]

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Walking matters, Direction matters more.

September 22, 2011

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” ~ Proverb “…Only if you know it is the right direction,” You might argue. ‎If you don’t know whether the direction is right then you know what you don’t know, so start knowing what you should know. Your [...]

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