Huawei Myths

I am in Island Express on my way back to Kerala, one  of my co-passengers is sharing his wisdom about Huawei to his friend... I am sure this guy had never worked in Huawei otherwise he would have told such nonsense
As per this great personality...
      1.    Huawei has an RnD department and if you are a member of that team you won’t able go home before 10 pm on any working day.
      2.    Except very few RnD engineers all Software Engineers in Huawei are doing network component monitoring and maintenance. They don’t have to do programming
      3.    Huawei gives 15-30 percent hike every six month.....(Even Google and Microsoft can’t do this)
      4.    Once you work in Huawei for some time you are in a trap... you cannot move to another company because nobody would be able to offer you a hike on Huawei package (Obviously if you are getting 30% hike a year). And most of the time the HR/consultant will faint hearing your package.

Dude... I had worked four years in Huawei, that too in RnD... almost always I used to leave office before 7pm. I did not find it difficult to find another job too.... I must say Huawei is a very good company to work if you like challenges and taking up responsibilities...Also they trust young blood and if you are capable you can grow in your career quickly. And all those rumors about bad work culture are not true.

Shall I slap this idiot who is spreading nonsense?!!!!

Laddu is circle in hyderabad

While interviewing a candidate today I asked him the following puzzle

I have laddu of 4cm radius and I sell it for Rs.8; So if I make laddus of radius 2cm then what should be the price?

Candidate started solving the problem by drawing two circles on paper; and his answer was Rs 2. I asked him to explain his solution. His reply was genuine "Circle area is PI*r*r so when you make radius half it will be PI*r/2*r/2 so PI*r*r/4 implies 8/4 = Rs. 2 for the smaller laddu" Even though his answer was wrong his way of thinking was correct and hence I thought I will help him. "See Mr X you are thinking in the right way. But laddu is not a circle, its three dimensional. Tell me what is the shape of laddu". The candidate looked confused and after two minutes deep thinking he told me "But sir...laddu is circle in Hyderabad". I could not control my laugh...........:):):)

NB: Similar situation happened with another candidate and his answer was more funny. He told me with great confidence "My laddu is circle only...." :P

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What a copying sir ji

It all started from France in 1989


Lambada (Kaoma Cover) | Upload Music

Then in 1990 Indian Singer/Music Directory Bappi Lahiri decided to copy paste

Years later in 2005 a  remixed version from a Telugu music director with a bit of Shakira beats

What a copying sirji...... !!!!!!

 Another music copy
Originql : kajra mohabbat wala

2010 copy version in Malayalam
Anuraga vilochananayi

 

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What is so special about Facebook groups

I don't know what is the hidden majic in Facebook groups but all I can say is that there is something in it which makes it so special. My B.Tech class mates have a group of 50 members which was previously in yahoo groups, it was very inactive; around 15 posts a month. Last month we had created the same group in Facebook. Everything changed from then, I can see 10+ post a day with at least 50+ comments and a lot of 'like's. Today I spent 2hrs on Facebook group chat and had a nice long chat with my classmates. Thanks to Facebook.....

I am still trying to understand what makes Facebook so attractive and easy to use

Twitter for supporting public in cirisis - an example from Mumbai blasts 13/07/2011

While searching for mumabi blast updates on twitter I came across this tweet "Help directory #mumbaiblast http://bit.ly/orndiB" the URL given is a google doc, where people who are willing to help the blast victims could provide their details [Name, location, contact number and what help are they willing to offer]. It was amazing to see that with in minutes there were 100+ entries in the document from various parts of Mumbai offering accomodation, transportation etc . Also there were 50+ people reading the document online. Whoever created the doc has done an excellent job and I am sure it might have helped many. Hats off to this wonderful human being for the idea of keeping a public help directory in google docs and then publishing it in twitter. It reached pople in seconds and its just amazing..... Thanks to Twitter and google for poviding such powerful tools for free...

URL of the document: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmlFN3_L6ZeZdEUtb2twd3dZZ1FhdmlhNW9wZ1pTRUE&hl=en_US#gid=32

NB: I accept the fact that in India many people dont have a highend phone to access twitter or google docs. but still this was a great idea implemented in no time.