Monday, September 25, 2006

Back from B'Lore !

After a hectic Midsem week [TableTennis really tires one out, u know ;)] and a Work Visit week [MG to Brigade to MG again, is tiring as well], am headed back for the 'usual', 'boring', 'peace', 'lazed-out' semester starting tomorrow.

Firstly, I have to make up my mind, what makes me Happy ... as if that was easy ...Phew !
Then, Double OS Lab this week, is a threatening situation. [HP Analogy : Seems much like Double Potions, that Snape took. Snape had greasy black hair. In my case, its greasy enough.. but thats about it :P]

Nevertheless, heres what I took from the visit:
1. Quality Research in CS is possible in India, wrt: MSR, Google etc.
2. Value knowledge and satisfaction over an overkill of financial pay-off. The second follows the first. The question essentially is: what is the the differentiating line between basic & surplus !
3. Reading is a joy. So is spending on quality books.
4. Coding is an important skill, no matter where you land up !
5. B'lore has amazing weather, and thats about it. Its costly and un-safe with a non-existent night life.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Coding is an important skill, no matter where you land up"...lol..so very true!!;)

Anonymous said...

All the best to determine what makes you happy :). Quite glad to see the first four observations from the Bangalore visit. I see you have begun asking correct questions :). If there's anything you think I can add, feel free to drop in anytime :).

SaiK said...

U crib relentlessly on ur blog .... cheers !!!

Anonymous said...

hey shantanu...remember me.atul haldankar from ses high school...good to see where you have ended up today..cheers my pal!!

Anonymous said...

hey Gangal, wondering if dmd's seen this? >:)

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Shantanu said...

@anonymous'es :- Kindly do sign the comment :-)
@vichare Sir :- Thanks, it means a lot.
@sai :- Luv ya!
@dmd's fan :- Who are thou ?!