To the guy who interviewed me

• Dude, get a life. 
• You don't get brownie points the few times I said "I don't know". Ideally, I should be rewarded for honesty.
• Things I worked on or like may not be the ones on your "to learn" or "I'm an expert" list. Got to live with it. It's alright.
• I know you want to get an idea how I might fit in a role. Be realistic about what you can learn in the 30-45 minutes. FYI, this is India, the land of arranged marriages, where people only meet for a couple of minutes before tying the knot (OK I'm exaggerating, a lot). The interview is but a minuscule issue here :D
• "You have no commitments no?" -- seriously dude!??! SERIOUSLY!?!  Next time, I will bring a list.
• "How much of X do you know?" Replace X with your favorite technology/tool. I'll give you a hint, Core Java :D I could write an entire book about this. How do I quantify how much I know? You didnt like it when I mentioned the different stuff I've worked on calling it "experience" not "how much". I lost it at that point, dude. I wanted to walk out but decided against it, thinking I will let the HR know how much of a jerk you are.
• It felt more like dealing with a first grader with a bad temper than a lead/architect/whatever the fancy title you got! I'm pretty sure you thought I was sarcastic. You're not wrong. I was.
• I'm waiting for the day when I interview you. I won't be such a jerk! Relax. 
• Interviewing candidates is a skill, you need to work on it. Its not a rapid fire quiz round where you shoot(vomit rather!) questions and expect me to say "Pass" all the time.
• If only I knew your email id, or at least your full name, I could have forwarded a link to this page and have you read it :D

I'm anti social

I am trying to get back to writing after a gap of about 4 years. Truth be told, I didnt miss blogging at all. There were so many other things that kept me busy. A sudden realization that I should have a spot to spew got me back here :P.

I realized I'm not really "Facebook" social but social otherwise(yeah! got to take my word!). I "like" certain pages and check those out now and then but don't feel the need to update the world (well, my friends, really) about what I'm doing every (minute of the) day. Much has been said across many portals about the different types of characters who show up on Facebook and make life interesting.  So I will not pollute my blog with more detailed explanation of such personalities. I don't want to find fault with these different FB personalities - they do keep me entertained now and then.

Oh I don't find Twitter inviting either.  Whats with the word limit and making 1/n's?! I'm not printing your tweets. I don't like it. Oh yeah, now there's an app that does the 1/n's for you, so you don't have to do it yourself! Of course there are visible benefits. I can scold/scream/shout/malign people/stuff/institutions/everything else that has a twitter handle. The main reason I've been off twitter is that the minute I think of writing something I'm never done within the word limit and the 1/n isn't something I want to be doing.

I can't miss Instagram. I'm not going to use it. Not the real "new gen".

There are celebrities, governments, institutions and everything except extinct species that have  a social media blueprint. So considering our current "social norms" dictate  you have active FB, twitter, instagram , tinder(?) (and everything else that I have no clue of ), I can safely label myself an "anti social".

an·ti·so·cial

ˌan(t)ēˈsōSHəl,ˌan(t)īˈsōSHəl/

adjective

adjective: anti-social

1. 1. 

   contrary to the laws and customs of society; devoid of or antagonistic to sociable instincts or practices.

   
   

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