conversations – Karthik Shashidhar

arbit, personal, work becoming a professor, becoming an entrepreneur, clue, confusion, conversations, existence, hippie, jobs, phenomenon, rocket scientist, socks, spices, strand, uncomfortable questions, wall street, whore, whoredom

I don’t know what to name this bias

August 19, 2011

So yet again I’m at that point in my life when I’m pondering about my career, pulling up my socks and asking myself uncomfortable questions. I’m asking myself what it is I really want to do, what it is that I really enjoy, what is the best way I can monetize my skills and the…

business, economics, food, retail afternoons, barista, cappuccino, coffee shop, conversations, crowd, long wait, loud music, measures, mg road, music policy, revenue management

Barista Update

July 26, 2010

The Barista at Barton Center on MG Road has suddenly become so much more bearable, as they have turned down the volume of their music to a level such that you can actually have conversation without shouting. On a related note, it seems much easier to find tables there compared to earlier (yesterday we walked…

arbit, work coffee breaks, conversations, expense accounts, free riders, salary, studs, trousers, water cooler, whoredom

Return to corporate whoredom

August 16, 2009

Waking up early in the morning Formal shirt and trousers, neatly pressed An hour’s commute each way Conversations by the water cooler Team lunches; Expense accounts Hourly coffee breaks Meetings. Conference calls. Presentations Studs. Fighters. Free-riders. Reviews. Deadlines. Status reports. Salary credit!