A Retarded Prodigy speaks out

Don't just assume your manager is SMARTER than you

Tuesday at work ... I was told that some stuff that I was supposed to get done by the 15th now has to be done by the 4th!! Talk about planning ... To think that the management people are the ones making so much money when the basic glue of an enterprise called "communication" is so bad. And how do I exact my revenge? Simple I bill more hours to the project , they pay for my overtime ... I get more $$$ ... I put more of that money into my summer plans

So my manager has been going through a tough couple of weeks with his mom back in Canada getting a heart-attack ... he's been out for 2 weeks now. So my manager's manager has been observing my workload & my issues. And when I tell him that I have only 5 days to complete something that initially we thought had 20 days he does the inevitable ... He assigns me 4 (not one or two or three but four!) off-shore designers and developers from WIPRO sitting in Bangalore, India. Was I supposed to say "Thank You" or #%$!*&^%$#

Since Wednesday I've been talking to these guys at 8 in the morning, 'cos that seems to be the only sane time to set up conference calls with our "team-mates" on the other side of the world. I've been sending e-mails every now & then clearing their questions and doubts. I am more or less repeating my whole problem in little bits & pieces to these folks, who are actually supposed to be reducing my workload by helping me. I have got so less of my own work done, that I have to go tomorrow and do some work on my own alone.

Seriously ... I don't mind companies acting cheap and outsourcing or off-shoring all this work. But do it properly!! Have them come out here first and see how it is expected to be done and then let them go back & do it. They make stupid decisions to save money, then they have communication problems with deadlines, then they think they are helping me out by assigning more ignorant team members ... and to still think these managers are getting paid more! Where is the justice?!?

Having said all this, me like a good boy will keep quiet and still get the work done for them by 4th as promised.

posted by bobbycalls @ 8:39 PM 1 comments

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Sometimes even little things can seem funny ... like for example >>

posted by bobbycalls @ 6:08 PM 5 comments

What did I learn?

Few days ago I had to go to a Driver Improvement Program 'cos of a speeding ticket I got in November. The class was on a Saturday and it went from 8:30 to 4:30!!

The interesting thins I learnt ...

- Accidents are the 2nd biggest cause of deaths among the 15-25 folks
- Kids below the age of 11-12 have not developed peripheral vision ... that is why they cannot observe cars moving around in the neighborhood ... that is why we should drive slow (I don't believe the medical fact though ... I'll do some tests and let you know if it's true)
- The headrest on your car seat is not a headrest but a head-restraint!! It's designed to protect you from a whiplash .... and so the head-restraint is supposed to be in contact with the middle portion of the back of your head (Any other location could get you hurt)
- Rubbernecking is the 3rd biggest cause of accidents ... Yeah! it was surprising to me too ... (I don't slow down ... but if you're one of those jerks take pictures of accidents on your camera phone ... next time I see you I will tail-gate you with my high-beam on for atleast 10 miles!! ... you sick jerk!)
- If you rear-end someone, it's not true that you will always be at fault no matter what ... if you have a strong case to convince to the cop/judge, you can have the matter resolved as "no party is at fault" or if you're lucky "the other part is at fault". So unless you were following too closely, you have a chance!
- Watch where you place your thumb when you grip the steering wheel. In case of a hard collision, when the air-bags on the steering wheel inflate immediately, if your thumb is in the way ... it will simply break. Yeah! it seems many a times medical personnel have had to attend to broken or bruised thumbs in accidents. So keep your thumb on the outside or along the circumference of the steering wheel

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(I have a short memory ... so I will update this post as time goes by ... if I feel like it)

posted by bobbycalls @ 8:52 PM 4 comments