The times they are a changing

I am an software engineer ergo I am the quintessential of the modern age. The spectacular quality of software industry is the constant change its undergoing. There are many layers to a software organization, much like an onion, and it is almost as essential. 

Speaking of change, everyone i know has read "who moved my chesse", about embracing change or shunning it. In a social world, embracing change is a good thing, it speaks volumes of your character and your adaptability as an individual. I have myself seen coming into the turbulent under-draft of a change. How we each respond to change decides on how we survive the ruffles. 

Pondering on this a little further I was able to convene my immaculate train of thought. If all we do is respond to change, we will only keep adjusting ourselves never actually getting ahead of the curve. There are many such examples I can quote, a few famous companies like toyota, accenture and apple; definitely not ford, they only respond to change. As we look at the world leaders and the successful elite many only aspire to be, a certain quality unbecoming us is we are attempting to ape. This is probably a quality imbibed into us by the many generations that we have left behind. An ability to engineer a change and foresee the magnificent future that lies ahead would partake analyses and depth only the  profound can envision.

The ever changing world around us will only let us play catch up until we rise above it and start looking at ways of controlling and engineering it. So to all those aspiring gates and jobs, dont try to follow in someones footsteps , dont''satisfy yourself with emrbacing change; take the few difficult steps and envision a future your mum would be proud of.

The Gre English guy syndrome

I think this might be a new term I have coined and someone will eventually conjure up a study on this. This title of the Gre English guy was not actually coined by me although the syndrome part was gracefully added and the recurring social phenomenon identified, probably I am the next Freud in making.

To explain this new "syndrome" I have to delve into a few finer details. I have the tendency to use a simple flow in my language using words as appropriate. Sometimes the usage of my vocabulary borders on the proverbial Cambridge scholar (I think the oxfords are a bunch of goofs). In effect over days of reading garbled nonsense on the internet and the times of India, my vocabulary and my keen sense of judgment has suffered major setbacks. I just might be rebuffed by the oxfords too now.

Coming back to the issue at hand, recently I took up the GRE, a test of your abilities to continue education. Anyone who has written or even remotely heard of the GRE has definitely heard of Barron's. I was set with the arduous task of roting the entire damned list of improbable words which would never be used any learned person in normal daily conversation. The grueling task which I was never able to complete found me a reputation among my friends; I was counted among the so called GRE English guys, although I would prefer to be associated with the English rather than the Americans.

Now anytime I use the remains of the vocabulary I have left, I am taunted with the title "The Gre English guy". The syndrome I have envisioned is when someone actually responds to the taunts with a dull and boring dawdle, trying to suppress the detritus remnants of their vocabulary.  

Year End Musings

The merriness and mirth about a new year is pompous. There are plans made up and torn down the next instant. There are parties to attend and people to wish. Many of whom i haven't talked to in a long time. The new years always a hectic time. There are people going away on vacations and a million things to do.

A new years mean a lot of resolutions and looking back on the year that was. A solemn year for me, a few wise learnings. As I look back on the year passing me by and planning for the wait of another year ahead; I can see a certain momentous charm running through me. A wry smile over the caprices I have not planned, the many journeys I would partake and a million memories I would make. The subtle hints of nostalgia are always under the surface. Another year gone by, another year to come; is the next year going to be at least as sane as this one?

Looking beyond the yonder, this new years though is quite different for me. There are no plans made, until now that it is. I am not wishing anyone I haven't talked to in a long time. I am leaving the manners in the proverbial shit hole, no keeping appearances or making pretenses. I am in for a long haul cozy up new year. A long break is in this year for me and I am looking forward to enjoying every moment of it.