Corporate Employees Are Pedigree Dogs, Entrepreneurs Are Mongrels: Mindtree’s Subroto Bagchi
Much has been written about why people leave their cushy corporate jobs to start up. For some, it’s a burning desire to solve…
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This Ganesh Pandal Uses A Twisting, Moving Robotic Arm To Perform Aarti
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Facebook Takes On Linkedin, Now Lets Companies Post Job Listings
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This Is What Being Jobless In India’s Silicon Valley Looks Like
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Facebook’s Attempt To Replace Trending Posts Editors With Bots Ends In Disaster
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How A Senior Journalist Called Out A Political Blog’s Co-Founder To His Employer
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20 Career Tips To Me From 20 Years Ago
On July 1, 1996, exactly twenty years ago to the day, I entered an office for the first time ever in a full-time job and began my career in the corporate sector. On that day as I contemplated what my boss would be like, what work I would be given, and indeed, what was for lunch, I don’t think I would have imagined the journey that lay ahead of me. After twenty years, ten bosses, five moves, four kilos, and a journey that has spanned experiences across many different businesses and countries, I am back where it all began – Mumbai. Did I ever imagine I’d be working in the corporate sector for twenty years? To be honest, perhaps not, but back then a time horizon of a couple of years was long term thinking. As I think back to that twenty-two-year-old me sitting in the reception, waiting to collect my visitor ID badge, if I had the chance, what would I say to myself? Here’s an attempt.