The book, China and India: Opportunities and Threats for the Global Software Industry by John, McManus, Li, Mingzhi, Deependra, Moitra offers some interesting conclusions. India and China will compete only at the edges; both will gain market share in the global software industry. Also, India IT Services domination will not be seriously threatened by China. Read on…
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China and India: Opportunities and Threats for the Global Software Industry
Published by May 3rd, 2007 in software industry and book review. 3 CommentsPassion, Happiness, Work, Play and Life
Published by April 5th, 2007 in book review and personal. 2 CommentsWork-life balance is about ditching the Deferred Life Plan. Not only shouldn’t family be deferred, Randy Komisar suggests that passion also shouldn’t be deferred. He describes passion as something that pulls you towards something you cannot resist while drive pushes you towards something you feel compelled or obligated to do. “If you know nothing about yourself you can’t tell the difference”. This ties in very well with Martin Seligman’s research on happiness. He suggests that true happiness doesn’t’ happen unless you know your own strengths. After all, it’s playing to your signature strengths that brings passion alive. Read on…
A recent book, A Perfect Mess, argues that being very organized takes time and kills any chance of serendipity.
A Whole New Software Engineer
Published by January 8th, 2007 in software industry and book review. 1 CommentA recent blog comment about how “a programmer’s way of thinking is highly structured, logical and methodical” reminded me of a book that I read recently, Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”. The author argues that the era of lawyers, accountants and software engineers is coming to an end. These professions won’t go away but will lose some of their sheen. He believes that we are in the midst of a transition from the Information Age to the “Conceptual Age”. How would the software engineers fare in this emerging world?
Entrepreneurship and Institution Building Mindset
Published by November 25th, 2006 in entrepreneurship and book review. 14 CommentsIn India the Tatas, Wipro and Infosys are torch bears of a tradition of institution building. Subroto Bagchi’s book, The High -Performance Entrepreneur, shows that this tradition is alive and well… this is a useful book for all aspiring entrepreneurs. It gives a ringside view of MindTree’s journey so far and uses that storyline to drive home some basic truths about entrepreneurship, the most important of which is that choosing the institutional building mindset is the best decision that an entrepreneur can make!
