Sholay (Software Engineer Remix)

After some initial euphoria in the placement season, I have been made to come face to face with reality. Though God was kind enough to convert my first interview into an offer, what followed was nothing much to write home to. Some off campus opportunities came my way but I was not able to go ahead of the initial rounds. Recent example is that of ML. On the other hand performance at all the IIM were far below average. My relatives are starting to say that it has been long since they heard any of my new success. They say that they have become a little accustomed to listening these.

The tussle which goes on between Google and its competitors sometimes has its toll on the consumers. Take for example, Orkut. I know that the service has been named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. But for me it stands for Orkut Really Keeps Us in Touch. I have talked about it previously, but the “gains” are increasing day by day.

My settings on orkut say that all my scrap alerts and friend alerts should reach on my Yahoo account. Most of the time it does but sometimes instead of reaching the Inbox, it is found in the Bulk folder. I doubted if Yahoo intentionally does such a thing. I know that Yahoo is too big a company to get involved in such kinds of petty activities but you never know.

Also, recently I found this on an Orkut Help page.

“Some users have reported that they're not receiving messages in their Hotmail inboxes. If your friends are not getting their invitations and they use Hotmail, you may want to try sending it to an alternate email address.”

The Orkut people say that the work is in progress to fix this bug. But may be they are the ones who implanted the bug in the first place.

Enough of the speculations. Now this is for those who loves Sholay and remembers its each and every dialogue.

Gabbar sends Kaalia and two others to Ramgad to collect the loot-maar software he had ordered.

They reach Ramgad and start shouting: "Abe O thakur! Kahan hai woh loot-maar software? Last date to kab ka nikal gaya".

Thakur [with anger]: "Chillao mat! jaakar Gabbar se kah do ki Thakur Software walon ne paagal kutton ke liye software banana bund kar diya hai."

Kaalia: "Bahoot garmi dikha rahe ho thakur? Koi naye programmers hire kiye hain kya?"

Thakur: "Nazar uttha ke dekh, Kaalia, tere sar par powerbuilder chal raha hai."

Kaalia looks up and sees Viru (Dharmendra) working on a PC on one Water tank and

Jay (Amitabh) on another, using a laptop.

Kaalia Starts Laughing and says: "Ha ha... thakur ne freshers ko liya hai ye log Programming karenge? In ko to DOS commands bhi nahin aate."

Veeru shouts: "Chup-chaap chala ja kutte. Hum log consultants hain, Kuch bhi kar sakte hain."

Jay hits his keyboard, then says: "jaao kaalia, Gabbar se kahna ki uska server down ho gaya."

AT GABBAR'S DEN...

Gabbar: "Kitne bugs the?"
Kaalia: "Do sarkaar."

Gabbar: "Wo do! Aur tum teen. Phir bhi fix nahi kar sake? Kya soch key aaye ho? Gabbar bahoot khush hoga? Naya assignment dega ...aur increment bhi? Iski saza milegi... barobar milegi."

[Snatches an X terminal from Sambaa]. "Kitne sessions hain is machine mein?"

Sambaa: "Chhey sarkaar."

Gabbar: "Session chhey aur programmer teen. Bahoot naainsaafi hai." [logout - logout - logout]. "Haan ab theek hai... ab tera kya hoga" Kaalia?"

Kaalia: "Sarkaar, maine aapka code likha tha."

Gabbar: "To ab documentation kar!