[Audio] http://soundcloud.com/karthik-kastury/the-next-40-years-of-your-life
Slides from the Talk I gave on 12th March, 2012 to the final year students of NMAMIT, Nitte. I talk about various things that go into living thru a sound career, personal time, work life balance, business networking etc..
P.S The Talk is just under two hours long, with almost an hour of Q&A with the audience in the second half.
The Audio recording is available here : http://soundcloud.com/karthik-kastury/the-next-40-years-of-your-life
2. Internet Addict for 12+ Years...
Karthik Kastury
24x7 Internet Geek | Unlucky in Cards
Perf. Engineer @ PayPal India
Engineer / Hacker / Blogger / Apple fanboi
and evil minded. *Pun Intended*
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Blog http://karthik.kastury.in/
Email hello@karthik.kastury.in
Twitter @KarthikDot
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3. ‣#17 Best Places to Work - India (2011)
‣#6 in Technology Companies in India
‣Most Innovative Company in the Finance
Industry and amongst Top 50 Most
Innovative Companies in the World.
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The State of the Industry
‣ Majority of Hiring from the ITES Sector in
India.
‣ Companies realizing that Product
Development needs to happen in house.
‣ Cut throat competition.
‣ Regulations trying to reduce Outsourcing.
‣ Huge increase in Entrepreneurial activity.
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Product vs ITES Companies
‣ Direct contribution to the bottom line in
Product Companies.
‣ Faster Growth in Product Companies.
‣ A really good project in ITES, is more of luck
and less of talent.
‣ Product Companies pay you more, and work
lesser on an average.
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Consumer vs Enterprise Companies
‣ If given a choice, pick a Consumer Company
over a Enterprise Company.
‣ Consumer focussed companies, generally
move faster, and are more agile.
‣ Enterprise companies, are amongst the slowest
players in the Technology Industry.
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Progression is Clock Work
‣ In ITES, your growth is always linear.
‣ Little options to fast track your career growth.
‣ Stagnant in learning after about 6 years *
(Managerial role)
‣ Moving over different technology roles is
extremely difficult.
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Attrition Trends
‣ Companies always talk about attrition in
percentages.
‣ Take some time, and do some math, using real
numbers.
‣ In places like TCS, and Infosys for about every
100 people joining, 60-70 people leave!
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34. I’m available to help
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Blog http://karthik.kastury.in/
Email hello@karthik.kastury.in
Twitter @KarthikDot
Ask http://karthik.kastury.in/ask
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Follow Blogs, Follow Trends on Twitter. The world is changing fast, and you need to stay ahead of the curve, or else, you are dead.\n
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All the best, go build something great!\n\nWishing you luck, \nKarthik Kastury\n