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    • Technical arrogance of a good design

      Posted at 12:30 am by Rashid Siddiqui, on May 21, 2012

      Is creativity alone sufficient?

      Recently i came across situations where i saw some good designs. I mean network design for data centers. A team full of CCIEs and experienced people. They act independently and propose changes, fitting their own piece of creativity somehow to existing setups. They all think themselves smart enough not to be challenged. They are right. In a sense if we do not put control to the system, creativity alone can not bring sustainable business results. I thought again the concept of design control strategies a company should define in order to make autonomous systems grow in coherence. However Australian ITians lack this vision somehow, to the people i have met so far.

      Ideally the Data-center design blueprint should focus on the security zone uniformity and resiliency. I call the Duo Factor “Security Zoning + Resiliency” as the efficiency of a DC ecology. At any point of time any design should not deviate the Standards an organization should define for their IT data flow and security. But at the first step these policies has to be defined. Most of the times if the policies and standards are not defined, the growing infrastructure will get out of control leaving organisations on the mercy of people and parallel stakeholders. At ground any organisation’s IT should define their routing policies, zone communication standards, switching policies, infrastructure manuals, and redundancy/resiliency structure depending on the CIA rating of the systems in place.

      Technicalities apart, actually it depends on the leaders and vision of any organisation to a larger extent. This is quite subjective. We say “it depends, well …”

      PMs sucks… Not all but many,

      Some PMs act as a level next in a hierarchy. I ask generally to them, some questions, they feel difficult to answer. I should not challenge them, this is their bread and butter and somehow they also have links and connections to exist in the system. This is how they get earn their livelihood. But again, if they do not contribute, it sucks.

      So what are you going to contribute? How can you make it happen? Are you a contributor to something, or just a credit hijacker, typing mails and making your presence felt. Well, i see zombies do exist. As a defined layer in organisations. Feared to their own existence and shout to subordinates.

      I personally do not have any problem with these suckers. But i have problem if their quotient of superiority complex surpass their intellectual level. They should at least understand technology and deliverable before starting their typing work and engaging resources. Not all technology, but at least first hand knowledge and crystal objectives. I saw some of my fellow country mates, out of making them smart they don’t ask questions and agree on stupid objectives. Do we call it project management? Asking questions do not degrade anyone.

      The fear driven Indian culture and religious orthodoxy has made Indians dumb deaf and blind to an extent.

      So the next time i see people laughing, smiling and cracking jokes with their managers, i am not surprised. This is how they exist. They work if something is given to them. They can’t drive, they are driven. Intelligence, oh yes, i know how to make excel sheet green, yellow and red, and how dare you think i don’t know. I know everything and i am shameless to people i report to.

      Posted in Australia, General IT | 2 Comments
    • Recent encounters,

      Posted at 3:41 pm by Rashid Siddiqui, on April 22, 2012

      While i try to visualize problems with the looking glass of logic, things unwind, however the layer of emotions burns and it create scars. Unaware of the situation, the grave melancholy developed, and the burning sensation, thoughts flow to unknown downstairs, leading to anger, jealousy and frustration.

      Then it stops when again i adjust my looking glasses,

      This is not all about the things which i do not like in others, and a parallel layer of hate i develop to certain characteristics of others, thereby i abstain myself and restrain in doing so, what they do. If you are a good person, this comes at the cost of sacrifice. Nothing is free, not a mere smile. How do you keep smiling? Either you are unaware or don’t care. This is hard to maintain. An ecology of healthy smiles.

      Growing old is a bliss or curse? Gaining mass comes at the cost of loosing your speed. While the net momentum is somewhat constant, that is what i feel. New solutions, problems are solving. However new challenges are coming. Challenges of magnitude i never visualized in recent past. Money is responsibility, will i keep up the products constants. Faced with different simultaneous living life equations, getting real roots are extremely difficult. The imaginary solutions of z-domains do not fit well in real life, and real life calculations go beyond the boundary conditions of space and time. How should a problem be solved, if you do not have control to define the conditions, assumptions and limits, since they are humans, psyches, and emotions?

      Strange, but the gravity of life pulls. Pulls to an end of a uncontrolled process, where we were just a variable.

      I met new people. I see my past in their actions. Their zeal and passion. I had the same once upon a time. Now i am engaged somewhere else. This is fanaticism. Idealizing someone is good and getting inspired. Talking about individuals. Restless talks. Proving our points. Getting angry over while in discussion with friends, sometimes shout and cry. When the vector to responsibilities are not aligned, center of mass do not follow a trajectory which brings results. You think this is your action bringing success and this is why i was failed. My experience is a random statistical figure. Neither success nor failure can be predicted, no matter how you work hard. This is the probability figure you make in your favor, by doing some mind and muscle. These are the two faces of coin we must get, and if the result of toss is always same, coin is faulty, … sikka khota hai …,

      Getting failure, and repeated failure is healthy sign. Success is dangerous, but it is good once or twice. The motivation to your work should be your passion. And if passion is materialized or thought in terms of success and failure, this is neither success nor failure, it is impotence.

      Bringing true innovation and nobility to work starts with an unknown force, we call it passion. Getting passionate is brought by love and carried with courage. Do not let the spark diminish ever.

      I didn’t liked the joke. For humor and fun, if you do so, do take care of your friends. Do not make a sarcasm, do not ever speak double meaning funny languages. To this we loose our mass and our hollow skeleton floats in laughter. This may be a reason of happiness at moments, but cant bring happiness following peace. The peace is an outcome of sincerity and sacrifice, very few understand.

      And most of the times you don’t know, to whom you are speaking with? He may be enough knowledgeable in his/her field. Do you think knowledge to be a criteria to respect someone? If so you must know the difference between knowledge and information. Information applied and practiced transforms to knowledge. How do you test, if you really posses knowledge? So, if you speak and other understand and this do not make you step out of anger and prejudice, and you have the relations intact without cutting it in tears with the sword of your logic, you have knowledge. You will often speak, and laugh will be replaced by a heart-touching smile. A smile that will kill the daemons and make you angel.

      Posted in Australia, Friends, General IT, Religion | 0 Comments
    • A Sincere Acknowledgement Vs Exaggerated Appreciation

      Posted at 10:33 pm by Rashid Siddiqui, on April 2, 2012

      Monday, January 16, 2012

      A company belongs to managers, that is what i learned so far…

      People from different background. Their mindsets were not or i will say never matured with the thoughts of mathematics, fantasies of physics or the process of engineering. For most of them, this was just a process to get a degree and get a job.

      Over the times i worked with different people. For me, being vulnerable to seniority, i loose most of the times the opportunity to prove a point. As i think if i am trying to be over smart or what? What if seniors will feel offensive? So people thought that “he do not know”, but i knew; however the upbringing lessons kept me at shore, not to intervene.

      While in Srilanka and in most other places, i was a victim of my own quality. Be it a quality or weakness, for me it is still a puzzle. Your strongest quality is the weakest link sometimes. So if someone scolded me for some reason, i didn’t argued over. They thought me being gentle, since i satisfied their ego. I saw people with their strange, wicked desires, teaching me “how to work?”. People like these are full of anger, prejudice and hate. Easily recognized, since they speak filthy language in informal chat, we call desi language. It is too old to coin it gaali.

      They think that “I should know”. Well Right.

      And if they get an opportunity, they don’t miss. Never. Since you are not up to, not right, i am better than you. Better learn a lesson. “I am your God”.

      There was a contempt. To over judge, and under judge. You see that guy. He come office and go home in time. We are working day and night. He is not sincere. How can he leave office if we are working? I mean how slaves dare to stand and walk out if me “The God” is here. He do not deserve to be.

      Crazy, Isn’t it?

      Do i need a pointer? oh let it be. There were good and bad people around. Why to take a risk in loosing a relation? I am not here on a prophetic path. Let them burn in their own fire.

      Why don’t you just Live. I remembered the Indian Truck back sign board “Jiyo Aur Jine Do”, “Blow Horn”, “Jagah Milne Per Paas Denge”,

      And most of them think themselves to be manager. As a badge. A medal of honor. Prepared by themselves. Self signed. Oh Ya. Yes. I am in position.

      There are two approaches always, out of many, at a single point to choose. Either you live on top of “System’s Vulnerabilities” or you Strive on “pieces of perfection”. It’s your approach, which defines you, irrespective of your success or failure.

      Woohoooooo, Appreciation. Is it exaggerated or a sincere acknowledgement? Let me check the source, i mean for me, there are differences.

      Posted in Australia, Biography, General IT | 0 Comments
    • Leaders vs Dealers

      Posted at 10:31 pm by Rashid Siddiqui, on April 2, 2012

      Wednesday, December 21, 2011

      You blame your managers for n number of reasons. The obvious first cause is that he is a source to work and we in general do not want to work. Is it true?

      May be at some stage of life, but not for those who are skilled professionals. I have at least six years of experience and worked with 10 managers at least. Each of them is unique in their way of work and demand. The best of them were of course from … ok not to disclose and let us have it open discussion.

      I see people who do not possess leadership definition and having managerial roles. What is leadership? Is it comes the time you instruct someone to do something? Since you are at some higher state, does it mean you became leader?

      My definition of a manager is more of like a leader, who leads solution, and do not deal problems. Dealing problems and leading solutions are two different approaches to solve the same problem. When you lead a solution, doesn’t mean you have a solution, but you focus on solution and behave positively to people. When you deal problems, most of the times you create noise. Transfer management pressure on your team, leading chaos and ambiguity.

      The management and a leadership relation with the team start with “trust”. If a manager fails to create trust of him in the team, the team can never rise to win. Some people in the role of manager throw questions, and make team in puzzle. Team does not know the intention why? But it is like proving, look I am your manager and I am more knowledgeable than you. You may prove yourself smart, but this will never create a trust.

      No one likes humiliation. “No , you did this wrong”, “This is wrong”, “Why this is delayed?”, etc. etc. if your intention is that, by making a person humiliated, I will put a stamp of superiority and will prove a point to be a manager, you will create a big vacuum. If I am a skilled resource, I do work. There may be some different demands I may not be fulfilling. So you must be communicating in a good healthy way. Once a resource looses his interest, he will do what you will say. You can’t bring perfection and at a larger level innovation to work. Yeah, if you want a dry and rough repetitive task, and guarantee your stubbornness will bring value and perfection, God bless you.

      So if I will appreciate, acknowledge good work, he will demand. May be I will lose my value. Right? This thinking can’t be helped. How come he should communicate to customer? British have ruled us for some 300 years and red-tappism is in blood. Insecurity ostracizes innovation. And we Indians are cowardly insecure mostly.

      It takes courage to appreciate. Courage to learn. Courage to grow. Courage to rise and give a pat on back. Courage to inspire and make a difference.

      It takes courage to be clear. To say right. To convey the real picture. To bring the dawn of ambiguity free morning.
      It takes courage to love, learn and grow. To accept and move. To appreciate the challenges and dare to dream. It takes courage to be vulnerable. To say “let it go”. To be open and let aspirations meet success.

      It takes courage to say Hi. Say hi to the team with a healthy smile. A smile which sets the mood of team to welcome his role model. A manager who looks in your problems and makes yours. Gets the work done with a lot pressure but appreciates you and never says “you are wrong”. A manager who is always responsive to you and do not stop you communicating. A manager, whom you can trust.

      Posted in Australia, Biography, General IT | 0 Comments
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