Archive for July, 2006

Must read

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Here’s a great post from dave shen. I can tell you more about it, but read it for yourself and enjoy

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Wayne Deviney - A Bad Experience

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

My last post, got me thinking about how the world changed and how one can find out a lot about a person by just searching for that person’s name.
Specifically, the thought that employers are looking online for more info on candidates made me think of “employee reviews” sort of like restaurant reviews. Of course, I […]

blogs of prospective employees

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

may be i should have a link roll or something to point people to what i read. While i think about that, i still have a good blog post for you folks to check out
Given the rise of blogging, does owning a blog do good to your career or the opposite? The conventional wisdom is […]

It’s amazon’s turn

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Today amazon.com is taking a beating in the stock market. The stock is down 22% similar to yahoo, however, their report seems much worse than that of yahoo!. Only the revenue year over year grew, but rest of the numbers were down and down significantly (20%-50%). Market cap for amazon.com fell as low as 11B […]

Best way to send money to india - Money2india.com

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

In the last year i have visited india 3 times and going back there again in early august. My needs to send US dollars to india (for my expenses and family expenses) increased a great deal compared to before. India is getting more expensive and i noticed that i was sending decent sums of money […]

Ouch.. that hurts!

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Yahoo’s earning report came in yesterday and the stock is down to $25.12 right now (12:00pm PST). Ouch. Even though i quit yahoo in march, a substantial portion of my networth is still in yahoo shares. 22% cut in yahoo shares hurts pretty badly.
The reality is that the numbers weren’t all that […]

Hyderabad is no longer hyderbadi

Monday, July 17th, 2006

I guess it’s not a surprise to hear that Hyderabad has changed in the last decade or so. As is the common case with a economically vibrant city, hyderabad attracted a lot of folks from surrounding areas and the population grew tremendously. New people bring their own culture, and hyderabad changed.
Hyderabad used to be […]