How to quit your job in the middle of Global Financial Crunch!
In last whole month, I’m hearing & reading lot about the Global Credit Crunch we’re having in our planet. I’m seeing people relating this crisis to each & everything which matters & even not matter at all. That is really crap!
I seriously hate when people directly relate technology with this crunch and then directly target India like this is the slowdown of Indian Technology Ecosystem; and it is more frustrating when many Indians itself support this crap-talk! My question why people act so blindly like our nation is all about off-shoring, why don’t they see the innovation. Surely, a large part of our technology ecosystem is based on outsourcing, But that is not the only thing that defines the system, there is major part of innovation which is driven from small start-ups incubating to large enterprises, there is innovation driven by small technologists like us, there is innovation driven by the most talented pool of minds in whole world we have.
Let’s take a typical Bangalore scenario. Out of city’s 5.8 million population almost 1.6 million people work here for technology. And, you may be one of them. Let me be very specific here… You work for “technology”; you do not work for your big IT company. Give a big hug to Big Uncles that your piece of job which you thought you were working for your Big IT company, might be part of lay-off movement. You never know. And, you’ve seen it too that corporate-culture sucks. Especially in remotely controlled technology ecosystem like ours. This really sucks!
Crunch like these works typically as a fuel to more technological innovation. 8 years ago we’ve seen when the bubble burst during the start of this century. That was a similar situation, though the center that time was the world wide web, this time the center is the Wall-Street & Markets around the world. For example, Take a look at Google, CISCO, Mozilla, WebMD all these companies started right in the middle of the bubble’s burst, all are valued over a billion dollar companies today.
Let’s talk about the tech now… Look closely, technology is anywhere & everywhere. It is wheel that drives innovation. Finance, Money etc is definitely an essential part of the system which is build by technology. But look separately, technology alone always keeps moving, it is completely a different matter that large tech companies are in crisis now, because we’ve really fucked-up the whole planet-wide financial system! Both are part of same system, but specifically both are different things. That is why I called you you work for “technology”… So be proud that you work for technology, not for your company! You’re a free bird!
Recently, I heard Barack Obama saying (via Krishna’s Blog)…
Bigness of purpose is what separates 20th century and 21st century organizations: Yesterday, we built huge corporations to do tiny, incremental things - Tomorrow, we must build small organizations that can do tremendously massive things…
He’s is 99% correct in recognizing the patterns here. I’m just hoping they do not fuck the system again, like they did.
Definitely, this is a major shift we’re witnessing. The trend is changing, this is a new era when new frontiers in technology / technology enabled systems will come up and redefine the system. And, we (India) have a major role to play… remember, you work for technology!
I will just finish this post with lines below…
- Get involved » more coffee » quit your job » start a company » crunch blooms entrepreneurship…
- We all have ideas. Those ideas, by themselves are worthless unless you enterprise them…
- It takes a lot to jump-in to entrepreneurship, but trust me. It is even better than orgasm!
- And, your twenties are time to take risks & it is a roller coaster ride…
- And, lastly… This is the best time to quit your job & start something you always dreamed about…
PS: I’m already an entrepreneur… I’m having my cup of coffee full. So, I was just sharing some thoughts ignited by coffee here 
Taking Healthcare To Your Fingertips…
Think about this situation, This is Monday morning; you’re not feeling well today. You want to visit a Doctor, but you know the big city where you live in will take your 2-3 hours even to reach a Doctor and then wait for the appointment with the Doctor. And, typically the Doctor is going to charge you smoothly between 200-500+ bucks for that 10 minute appointment. This happens, and we all are very familiar with such moments…
Let’s talk about technology now. Look around, there are thousands of signals, hundred of people are online on their mobile phone, the web is changing everything, it is no more just to browse the stuff, the web is a platform now, it is more of a collaboration, a platform. I’m sure most of you are aware & seeing all the changes in the daily-life technology. Yes, the whole planet is going through the Credit-Crunch, but technology is something which keeps innovating, no matter whatever happens. Tech companies might be in crisis, but “technology” is always going-up… Anyways, that was off the track talk related to current Credit-Crunch, which I’m seeing people are relating to everything, which is actually not related to all the things, just like technology! So I was saying, technology is everywhere and it will be. And, typically our medium of interface with technology is mostly either a computer of a mobile device.
We at HealthcareMagic have already invaded the web by brining healthcare to you in simplest possible way, where you can directly get online with our Doctors and ask your health queries via simple Live Chat. Here comes a question, not everyone is having access to internet. So how to reach more people who are looking for relevant information about their health. To take this mainstream, going mobile was the thing on our mind. Have a look, everyone is carrying a cell phone these days from that 12 year old kid to your grand-mama!
Why not put the that same concept to mobile. Nope, I’m not talking about mobile browsing & stuff… HealthcareMagic is fully browsable in mobile devices from S40 to iPhone to Andriod based devices. We took the classical approach to go mobile… and I’m glad to inform you all that we’ve recently tied-up with India’s largest mobile service provider Reliance Communication to bring Healthcare on your fingertips, which is first of it’s kind in India. The whole thing is like, you’ll just have to dial a number and you’ll be directly online with a Doctor… exactly as our Live Chat, but on the mobile!
Here’s some news & related links…
Medical Blog-O-Sphere…
With the US of A’s attention riveted on Wall Street, government bailouts, and housing foreclosures, another issue of prime concern to Americans in this election year has been shoved out of the spotlight: the candidate’s positions on healthcare reforms. Both of them is with their own blogs on the healthcare reforms. And here in India, the new Super power (American Senate approved the Indo- US Nuclear deal without the killer amendment) PUBLIC SMOKING is banned. Wherever, whoever and whenever they blog, HEALTH MATTERS.
Dr. JKC Mazumdar in my office says – “ I am a part time blogger (successfully completed two blogs, ONLINE MEDICAL CONSULTATION – A Doc’s Perspective and DOCTORING SANS ‘STETHE’SCOPE. Have you read and commented on them and if not please do that now) and my blogs are more on the Healthcare and the Consumerism…
Interestingly I heard about the History of Blogs: A blog (contraction from Weblog) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. The history of blogs is closely connected with the history of the Internet itself. One of the world’s first websites was started in 1992 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and featured a news section pointing to new websites as they came online. This website can be considered the earliest predecessor of modern blogs. Most of the people who were creating websites at that time were computer experts using them as their online diaries to write about their personal lives. The actual term “Web log” was coined in 1997 and shortened to “blog” in 1999. It was not until 1999 that blogging started to become popular among a broader population of Internet users, coinciding with the launch of Live Journal and Blogger, the first dedicated blog hosting services.”
Tuning into the healthy and wealthy facts on the most common topic on our chats at www.HealthcareMagic.com WEIGHT LOSS. There are numerous diets that physicians and dieticians advice you on. According to a latest journal of Preventive Medicine “Whatever is the diet one follows, Food diary is the most important, it is likely to double the wt loss. When it is rightly maintained at each exchange it can produce faster results and soon you start to feel better and thereon yours lovingly shall notice a difference in your figure. The most followed and the most researched diet’s are THE LOW FAT DIET of American Heart Association, MEDITERRANEAN diet for DIABETICS and the most sticking THE LOW CARB DIET by Atkins. Now what are you waiting for, Start blogging in your Food Diary and knock the door of your local Dietician for the above diets.
Zzzzzz….. Wait, wait folks. Last thing is Regular choice of exercise is very important. In the end Weight gain or Weight loss is all about energy balance, the more is the energy consumption the more weight you are likely to shed. Never skip meal during any part of the day, it adds the weight.
Next time when I see you here, hope you would be feeling healthier and better.
