The world is divided into 2 kinds of people: the Engineers and the Others. The Others, of course, take into their fold a lot of good people – some do this and some that… but, the Engineers… ah, what would the world do without them? Their belief in simplicity of words, the promise of technology and the words of the Service agreement…
Till around the end of second semester, a lot of my friends and I always identified ourselves as engineers. So, we'd talk, think, convey - almost 'live' – in a certain manner. However, now it begins to sink that it (our sense of ourselves) has changed…
I am involved in doing something for something that Sify is coming up with… now this thing is really cool… and has a lot of things in pursuance of which there are different aspects that I look after… in one such pursuit I asked the Operations Manager to attach me with an Installation Team for a day so that I may see as to how they operate… I was asked to report to one of Data Centers of Sify wherein a Network Engineer received me as one of the 'MBA fellows'… it was only when they started briefing me, and got my responses that they asked me as to what I was before I came in for this course… the scenario and the pulse of conversation changed after this…
All day long we went around the various installation sites that were already operational, tweaking this and that… the afternoon saw us land in our newest site with all the gear on… the equipment, the wires and bottles of water (there's no way you can survive the heat otherwise)… got a chance to do some things first hand like climbing up a mobile tower, climbing down through the A/C duct, walking on the edge of the buildings… mazaa aa gaya!
In continuation of my corporate experience, people who have ever been to a tall building with me know of my dislike of the elevator/lift (except on occasions when I am dead tired)… now a lot of buildings in Hyderabad have basements extending to 2 or 3 levels below ground level… I went into this building to meet a friend of mine (office on the 4th level) and the lift took inordinate time to respond to my press of the button… consequently, I ran up the stairs… and I did the same while getting down… only that I forgot when the ground floor came and went… I ran right down to the second level of the basement… (and then I was tired enough to take the lift).
Then the other night I was walking across the street to meet a friend of mine for dinner that somebody asked me for directions to some eatery… I took him along and as we conversed we decided to have our dinner together… turned out the fellow had 11 years of experience, 8 out of which were with Dell!
However, thisS recounting is about something else… we (the 3 of us) were traveling in an auto… a long road led onto a flyover… midway the engine died… so out we were - pushing the auto, redirecting the traffic… and winking at the passing crowds… all under the watchful eyes of the many billboard beauties put up at that strategic place… the billboard companies do such a fabulous job in putting up the hoardings… it actually seems as if the product-gracing beauties look at you straight in the eye…
All day long we went around the various installation sites that were already operational, tweaking this and that… the afternoon saw us land in our newest site with all the gear on… the equipment, the wires and bottles of water (there's no way you can survive the heat otherwise)… got a chance to do some things first hand like climbing up a mobile tower, climbing down through the A/C duct, walking on the edge of the buildings… mazaa aa gaya!
In continuation of my corporate experience, people who have ever been to a tall building with me know of my dislike of the elevator/lift (except on occasions when I am dead tired)… now a lot of buildings in Hyderabad have basements extending to 2 or 3 levels below ground level… I went into this building to meet a friend of mine (office on the 4 th level) and the lift took inordinate time to respond to my press of the button… consequently, I ran up the stairs… and I did the same while getting down… only that I forgot when the ground floor came and went… I ran right down to the second level of the basement… (and then I was tired enough to take the lift).
Then the other night I was walking across the street to meet a friend of mine for dinner that somebody asked me for directions to some eatery… I took him along and as we conversed we decided to have our dinner together… turned out the fellow had 11 years of experience, 8 out of which were with Dell!
However, thisS recounting is about something else… we (the 3 of us) were traveling in an auto… a long road led onto a flyover… midway the engine died… so out we were - pushing the auto, redirecting the traffic… and winking at the passing crowds… all under the watchful eyes of the many billboard beauties put up at that strategic place… the billboard companies do such a fabulous job in putting up the hoardings… it actually seems as if the product-gracing beauties look at you straight in the eye…
Then, there was the issue of this movie – '300'… I have seen it so many times in the theatre with my friends… and followed it with repeat shows on my system… I remember every battlement, every move, every word!... well, one of the fellows here (in the company) asked if I'd like to join his friends for a show of 300… how could I refuse (otherwise it would not have looked nice… ;) )
I never realized it till the first dialogue was delivered… never picked on the posters for the place… never understood any word that was said… why? Because the movie had been dubbed in Telugu… yes…Telugu… haha… just couldn't stop my laughter for the next 10 minutes or so… anyhow I did understand the language of the spear and the sword…
Then, there was the issue of this movie – '300'… I have seen it so many times in the theatre with my friends… and followed it with repeat shows on my system… I remember every battlement, every move, every word!... well, one of the fellows here (in the company) asked if I'd like to join his friends for a show of 300… how could I refuse (otherwise it would not have looked nice… ;) )
I never realized it till the first dialogue was delivered… never picked on the posters for the place… never understood any word that was said… why? Because the movie had been dubbed in Telugu… yes…Telugu… haha… just couldn't stop my laughter for the next 10 minutes or so… anyhow I did understand the language of the spear and the sword…
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