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People say success & failures are complementary. It is like two side of coin & both co-exist. Over last few years I have noticed in every spectrum people are celebrating failures be it cover page of famous magazine, online portal, help/advice avenues like Quora or social media portals like Twitter, Facebook, Medium or LinkedIn. I …
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Few months back I celebrated 29 years of my existence. I have been thinking for sometime, what are we here for. This is my list which I am always reminded to : Parents & Family: Everything I have right now is because of my parents & awesome family around. Friends: Its good to have few …
OpenStack is over 5 years old now. I have seen the project from days when many pundits claimed its not needed or it is a dead project or what not. These are some of my thoughts about the overall project & where it i s headed. Community: I think OpenStack is one of the biggest …
Leaving an organization is extremely difficult especially when you have been part of it from day Zero[or before] or a 1st/2nd hire. But as someone said every great thing comes with an expiry date hence here I am writing my post on my last day of work at The New Stack. The Journey I got …
Ordinary Nepali friends are in real pain & I have written about same before in my previous blog. Who are the real culprits for current situation: Nepali Politicians Nepali politicians are thick skinned. They are part of every deal be it taking bribe from India or China for giving contracts or channeling money to personal pocket …
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When I was a little kid we only had Doordarshan, India’s national channel & It had limited hours dedicated for news. Currently we have 25+ hindi & english channel catering 24/7 news. If we add up entertainment/lifestyle/sports the list will go over 200. It is same with newspapers. I have not purchased a newspaper in …
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I have completed almost 2+ years working remotely. I can only say its not an easy job & requires well defined process in place. I just felt like sharing what could be the best way to avoid conflicts across team members & abiding to timeline. Daily Communication Tools To communicate with the daily activities with …
We are living in hyper connected community. All celebrations, entertainment, get together are more online than offline. As a result our success & happiness has new degree of measurement like: How many people like my Facebook status. How many retweeted my Tweet At same time we equally question our self : Is my …
Advantage of being a connector is that you get to meet people with diverse background, culture & belief. Some are very successful with whatever they are doing, others working hard to reach there. I made a list of qualities which in my opinion you will see in these successful people. 1. They are grounded. 2. …
I am done living half of my life [assuming we don’t get Nuked by our neighbours or we have some natural calamity ] There are few things which at times I think about from past : should have acted more professional in that executive meeting. should not have fought over phone after few bottles down …