BarCampMumbai so far

The best thing about BarCampMumbai so far, has been the interaction. It’s a like a large BoF session. I have already met more geeks here than I meet in a quarter. My intention of coming here is served – meet hackers and geeks. And learn what they are upto. The most common discussions I witnessed […]

Employee hunting

The tables have turned. The situation in the IT market is now employee hunting and not job hunting as it used to be. My first two hours at BarCampMumbai have been filled with discussions on the current situation in the IT market. Employers are not able to find good programmers. Or even programmers! People have […]

Apollo 13 – Leadership lessons

We had a screening of Apollo 13 yesterday. This was the first movie in the Leadership workshop, and everyone enjoyed it. I was thrilled to see the various types and perspectives of leadership in the movie. Right from the flight director – Gene Kranz, Jim Lovell (the commander) and everybody else. The different moods of […]

BarCampMumbai is getting hotter

I listed down some ideas for my session at BarCamp this weekend. Thought I should also check up the wiki page to see what’s up. Checked up the BarCamp Mumbai page, and my jaws dropped! Man, this thing is getting hotter everyday! There are some great sessions lined up, most of the geeks I know […]