The biggest problem with big companies like (insert big tech company name here) is that there is just way too much power with managers. Once the chain of desi managers is built from VP – Director – Senior Manager – Manager, then its almost impossible to break the chain.
March 12th, 2009
Desis to blame for the ban on foreign workers amendment?
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9rules, Business, DesiPundit, Observations, Politicking | 
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March 10th, 2009
Banning Foreign Students from American Banks
The “Buy American” clause runs counter to every conservatism principle there is given the arguments of merits, free trade (of intellectual capital, and supporting legal immigration; in fact it exposes xenophobic fears that prey on rational sensibilities. It makes a false assumption that there is a pool of American workers who are equally qualified and willing to replace foreign workers.
Patrix | 9rules, Business, DesiPundit, Politicking | 13 Comments »
February 19th, 2009
CNBC still spewing stupidity
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Rick Santelli (never heard of him before) is a CNBC hack . His so-called rant on the trading floor today that is being cheered by the Republicans strangely doesn’t address the bank bailouts which also as [...]
Patrix | Business, Politicking | 9 Comments »
February 16th, 2009
Kappi at Starbucks
Are things for Starbucks so bad that they are going the kaapi way? Next up, a Starbucks vending machine at the airport.
Patrix | Asides, Business, Food Drink | 2 Comments »
February 15th, 2009
Shiv Sena is anti-Marathi Manoos
“Due to anti-Valentine protests by Shiv Sena, the flower vendors in Mumbai are non-committal about stocking red roses. Usually the prices of roses shoot up on Valentines… and the farmers and vendors (Most are Marathi) make a tidy sum! Something that is unlikely to happen this year. And Uddhav speaks of understanding farmers’ woes.”
From Ek [...]
Patrix | Business, Politicking | No Comments »
November 20th, 2008
The Beg 3 and Politics
It is raining bailouts and after the $700 billion largesse for the financial industry almost every industry is knocking on the Capitol doors asking for a similar handout. Turn on the TV and you seen countless arguments for or against the bailout for the auto companies or as they are/were popularly know, the Big 3 [...]
Patrix | Business, Current Affairs, Governance | 6 Comments »
May 21st, 2008
Paying Employees to Quit
Zappos, the much-acclaimed online shoe store actually pays new employees to quit. Why? They are looking for committed employees that get the Zappos company culture instead of just bailing out. Many of their employees are Twitter power users.
Patrix | Asides, Business | No Comments »
February 2nd, 2008
Microsoft to buy Yahoo?
In an unsurprising move, Microsoft made a bid to buy Yahoo in order to increase its role in the World Wide Web with an astronomical offer of $44.6 billion. Traditionally, Microsoft has been relied on desktop software like its hallmark product, Windows and other ancillary softwares like Office, etc. It hasn’t made a serious dent [...]
Patrix | Business | 6 Comments »
December 7th, 2007
Content Aggregation – The Channel [V] way
Blogging is hard work; no wonder almost 90% of the blogs that are created never go beyond the ‘Hello World’ post and 99% of the blogs aren’t updated more than once a month. Yet those 1-10% of blogs still number in the millions giving rise to popularity of content aggregation or meta-filtering like Digg, Reditt, [...]
Patrix | Media, Weblogs | 13 Comments »
December 4th, 2007
The Technology Bubble
To make up for today’s video which I was told is almost a year old, feast your eyes on this spanking new video by The Richter Scales on the current technology bubble. Catchy music and apt lyrics. If you don’t believe we are in a bubble, then this video is for you:
Patrix | Business, Technology, Videos | No Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2009-06-21 15:30
Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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2009-06-10 19:00
Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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2009-06-05 16:45
Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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Crowdsourcing Writer's Block
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