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"Technical Knowledge" - we tend to believe we've gathered enough of it while graduating from university.  Educationists, academicians and recruiting agencies carve careers of budding engineers. Aptitude, Technical rounds and GD's have become culturally inherent scales to assess capabilities of an engineer.  To all those who can't clear such exams, don't think you're an utter failure in your studies or less knowledgeable.  The general thinking of the final and pre-final year students is that university syllabus or professors or university itself are not helping and training them to gain practical knowledge or industry needs or latest technological developments. On the other side, professors strongly feel that students are not actively participating in studies and are not preparing themselves for " real-world " conditions.  Both are striving towards the same goal yet failing significantly to bring the much-needed change.  The ...

An old school friend of mine walks into my home after 9 long years. He was welcomed by a fresh, audacious IITian (then) with a formal greeting. This audacity of mine could not last long when I heard he's a team leader in a software company.  Yes, I was amazed. I guess there's nothing special about being a Team Leader in a software company. If you ever go to Bangalore, try throwing a stone randomly anywhere I bet you there's more than 99% probability that it hits a software engineer.  So, what is so special about my friend? He was being promoted as a Team leader just one month before we met. Four years ago he got hired by a Mumbai based software company only by looking at his capability and skills on some project which he was just exhibiting.    He was the last bench party throughout the school days.  Struggled even to get 40 marks in any subjects.  Many such students had either lost their interest in academics because of negative att...

Imagine a situation wherein, you're mugged up or lost all your money while traveling abroad.  It's scary, right?  Yes, of course.  I happened to be in this situation while I visited Santiago, Chile. I lost my wallet full of cash and cards at the airport just before boarding the flight to Calama.  In such an utterly terrifying moment if you keep your calm and don't rush towards panic then you can still get financial help and enjoy your vacation.  I stayed in Chile for five days after losing my wallet. I was able to get financial help at right time from Reliance travel insurance  - A big thanks to Reliance. With all my experience I have figured out the following: How to survive in such situations and still continue to enjoy your vacation?  Here's a list of simple things which you could try in such emergencies. I figured out a few simple ways to come out of such situations.  Banking apps - Install banking apps on you...