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Why Part Time MBA (any stream) is a bad idea for anyone looking for career change ?

So, you are a working professional (most probably IT professional), who has a decent salary. But you have realized that you don’t enjoy technical life and may be you should move into management. Also, some of you may be facing mid life crisis. By now, you already have done many trainings in all the organizations you have worked for.

Why learning management is very important for engineers during college itself ?

So, you know about SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). And you have studied that boring book on software engineering. You don’t give a damn to the development model whether it is Waterfall model or Spiral model. And if you are new age engineer, you don’t even care about the new term “Agile”.

Why some websites ? Block the whole internet, You fuckers…

Every now and then, you’ll see this message on some websites.. “The URL has been blocked as per the instructions of the Competent Government Authority/ in compliance to the orders of Court of Law.” And this will make you feel something strange but then, you ignore it because the way it happens, you feel may be you did something wrong.

Why is Hiring and Firing done wrongly in India

Hiring is an integral part of any company. Be it a startup or a large MNC, both cannot survive without hiring and the opposite of it, Firing. But the HR managers struggle to get the right candidate to fill in positions. You would have heard it many times that any decent position hiring takes at least 100 people to be interviewed to hire one right person and firing is much more painful.

Why is Sales so tough and why salespersons deserve utmost respect ?

Every day, some one is trying to sell you something. Most of the time, you’ll simply say no to the salesperson. You’ll still get a call again and you shout on the phone before disconnecting. And many times, you’ll blacklist the number. This is a fact which makes sales being one of the toughest profession.

Do Product Managers really talk or think about Agile ?

Okay. Disclaimers first : I believe agile is a good philosophy and provide a good method for development / execution. But I don’t practice it anymore … I am a Product Manager for the past few years. Before turning into an Entrepreneur, I worked in a multi national firm which tried all its might to implement agile in various forms spending millions of dollars on training and implementation.

Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. But how lonely it is ?

Exactly the way many entrepreneurs sit in their room and spend the night…. If you are planning to take the leap of faith, then you would have heard this line from many entrepreneurs and if you are an entrepreneur (whether failed or successful), you would have been through this or may be still go through this everyday.

Why is Pay TV Channels packaging done ? Is a-la-carte channels better ?

So, you may have been wondering for so many years about channel packaging on your Digital TV. Whether in India or abroad, creating bouquets of channels or packages is a common practice. and a general feel among everyone is that it is expensive. May be Yes, May be No. For some people, it will be expensive and for many, it might not be.

Customer Experience : Who cares ?

As a product manager, you are always stuck with the discussion around customer acquisition, retention and revenue. It’s always a battle between a new feature release or to spend time in fixing the current customer experience. Customer Experience always comes first for a product manager. But a product manager deals with many different departments in a company to make sure that the product is successful and the customer is happy.