This blog is to assure women like me, who have rejoined the workforce after a long break, to continue to believe in their strengths and to help them find solace in their day to day work. After a lot of internal conflicts and enough thought-process, you must have decided to finally rejoin the workforce. Every small thing might look different […]
Rejoining workforce after a long break
Transition from College to Work
There are different phases in every student’s life. After graduation, the big changes gonna happen. Yes, It’s college to work life. This transition is challenging for many students as it can be more stressful and it is like stepping into a whole new world. Initially, it is quite uneasy to adopt a corporate routine because the corporate world is different from […]
Old SSL certificate being served by nginx
I had let the SSL certificate on one of my properties expire. I purchased a new certificate and installed it on the server. But the server seemed to still return the old, expired certificate. I had restarted the nginx service several times and yet nothing happened. I ended up spending an annoying amount of time on this issue as StackOverflow […]
Freshers, tell us about your job hunt
We noticed a trend – many freshers (recent graduates) do not land a job even after months of job hunting. We want to help but we do not have data. So we have created this survey: https://goo.gl/eB9H2R If you are a fresher or in your final year, please: 1. Take the survey – it takes about 10 minutes […]
Comics for easier conversations – November 2016
This is part of the series of ‘Comics for easier conversations’, in which I share work related cartoons. This November post has comics related to work scenarios like missing an important detail, deadline dates and applying a new concept. Listed comics: 1) When you are testing a few functionalities and as an oversight, you missed an important one. 2) At […]
Comics for easier conversations at your workplace
This post gives you a few comic strips and a related work scenario to use them. I like comics and comic strips. I actively use comics at my workplace. Comics make it easier to make my point. I use images which set contexts and help me frame or re-frame my point of view. In this series of blog posts, I […]
Cool things I read this week (22-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include Feynman on chess and science, a David Snowden blog post, a bug that ended a relationship, thoughts on WordPress and a cartoon. 1. Feynman on chess and science 2. Describe. Don’t evaluate 3. A bug that ended a relationship 4. Where […]
Cool things I read this week (15-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include the importance of communication in reducing error, a Elon Musk interview, Paul Graham on maker and manager schedules, Bayes theorem explained with legos and surprising post by Richard Branson. 1. John Nance on the importance of communication 2. Elon Musk interview […]
Cool things I read this week (08-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics include thoughts from experts on different aspects of making good software, a site for canned emails, an interview with Karpov and an image from when Microsoft developers enjoyed working on Windows. 1. Dave Snowden on software processes 2. Gerald Weinberg on the […]
Cool things I read this week (01-Feb-2015)
I read. A lot. And I share the five best things I read every week. This week’s topics are about testing, Apple, space exploration, science and a somewhat mathematical poem. 1. On the easy way and the fallacy of the simple 2. Apple’s original business plan 3. NASA mission to Europa! 4. Scott Adams on science and credibility 5. A […]