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What are the problems faced by Indian students in the USA?
I completed my Masters in the summer of 2018 from Northeastern University. I majored in Engineering Management, which was a year long course. As I write this answer, I have completed 18 months in USA and without a second thought, it has been an incredibly challenging yet exciting journey. Unlike many of my friends, I did not have any family in USA other than my then boyfriend(who happens to be my husband now.. :)). There were times when I was at an emotional low and wanted to head back to the comfort of a loving family and familiar faces. But as time passed I have realized that out of uncomfortable situations comes the greatest learnings of life.Circling back to the question at hand, I would say the following are the major problems I faced as an Indian student in USA:Home sickness: At some point after you arrive in USA, home sickness creeps in. For some, this point comes after initial few weeks and for others it might come a little later. But there are definitely times when you would miss home and want nothing more than a couple of weeks with your family. I personally felt homesick often during my initial days until I found a stable friend circle.Indian food: So this is a big one. We Indians are used to “Maa k hath ka khana” which is freshly made with oozing desi ghee. Well, in USA, its neither Mom made, nor fresh. Most of the Indian grocery stores have shelves filled with frozen food which stays there for months at a stretch. The few Indian restaurants that you would find in your city might nowhere be near to the restaurants we find in every corner of India.. which reminds me of STREET FOOD! Till date, I have never had good pani puris or vada pav or chat papdi in USA!Managing expenses: The magnitude of this problem depends on 2 factors- 1) your pocket money that you get from your parents and 2) whether or not you have a part time job. Almost all of my peers used to apply for part time jobs but only 30% would actually end up with one. On an average if you get a $1000 pocket money(in a city like Boston, where rent takes up 50%-60% of that amount), you would be barely left with anything by end of month to even think of luxuries. Add to that the habit of Dollar to Rupee conversion.. it took me almost a semester to get rid of this annoying habit. Imagine paying 300 Rs for a Lays packet! Phew!Coping with cultural difference: There is a big list of cultural norms in USA which, if practiced in India can cause havoc. For eg- small talk! I have grown up constantly being advised - “beta, anjaan logo se baat mat karna”! In USA, you will see every passing-by person flash a smile and trying to engage in small talks- starting from your uber driver to the cashier at a grocery store.. it is a norm here and is considered polite. Similarly there are other cultural differences in terms of dressing sense, accent, the way you are greeted.. which takes considerable amount of time for a person to decipher and later adapt to.Job search: This is where the real struggle begins. I graduated from NIT Jalandhar in India and getting a job was easy as all I had to do was to maintain a decent GPA and interview with the companies that visited my campus for recruitment. In USA, there is no concept of PLACEMENT. Job search is a super hectic and time consuming process which starts with networking/socializing with the right people. I started my job search in Nov 2017 and landed an offer in June 2018, just a few days before my graduation. I have friends who are still struggling to get a job. Given the H1b restrictions and ever changing policies around the same, the job market is no longer favorable for students on OPT.The above mentioned points are just a high-level analysis of the problems I faced during my student days. Though I have found ways to deal with most of them over time, the cultural difference piece is something that takes longer..years at times, and I am still adapting. I would however add, the past 18 months have actually made me a better person in terms of humility, compassion and acceptance of diversity. I do not plan to settle in USA, but I do plan to take back great lessons home and work on implementing a lot of good things that I have experienced here.Cheers!
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As a startup founder of three years our legal housekeeping is a bit of mess, how can I best setup a system to organize and track
As a startup founder of three years myself, I can relate to how legal housekeeping can be messy. Once a year, I have our own lawyers go through and do an audit of all of our legal paperwork (which costs a couple thousand dollars to be extremely thorough, but it’s worth it). Luckily, there are now many ways to easily manage and track all of your legal, financial, and HR documents via third-party sites that specialize in these management proceedings. I wrote a blog post about this awhile back titled “5 Ways to Save Time Dealing With Documents” which highlights certain sites that can be very beneficial depending on what paperwork you’d like to track or manage. They are as follows:1. GroupDocsGroupDocs is a new, comprehensive online service for document creation and management. It has multiple features, including a viewer for reading documents in your browser, an electronic signature service, an online document converter, a document assembly service, a feature for comparing different versions of a document, and an annotation feature. An individual plan is $10 per month for limited storage and 500 documents, while a group plan for up to 9 people is $19 per user per month. Based on the number of features and pricing, GroupDoc is a good-value purchase for a small business. As you’ll see below, GroupDocs can be cheaper than a service that offers only one such feature.2. signNowWhen you’re closing a deal and need to get documents signed, the last thing you need is a slow turnaround due to fax machine problems or the postal service. The solution is to use an electronic signature service such as signNow, which is one of the most popular e-signature companies in the world. This service allows you to email your documents to the person whose signature you need. Next, the recipient undergoes a simply e-signing process, and then signNow alerts you when the process is completed. Finally, signNow electronically stores the documents, which are accessible at any time. As a result, you can easily track the progress of the signature process and create an audit trail of your documents. The “Professional” plan is recommended for sole proprietors and freelancers, and costs $180 per year ($15 per month) for up to 50 requested signatures per month. The “Workgroup” plan is geared towards teams and businesses, and it costs $240 per user per year ($20 per month per user), for unlimited requested signatures.3. signNowsignNow is another e-signature service. Similar to signNow, signNow allows you to upload a PDF file, MS Word file or web application document. Next, you can edit the document, such as by adding initials boxes or tabs, and then email them out for signatures. Once recipients e-sign the document, signNow notifies you and archives the document. signNow offers low rates for these services: a 1-person annual plan with unlimited document sending costs $11 per month. An annual plan for 10 senders with unlimited document sending costs only $39 per month.4. ExariExari is a document assembly and contract management service that assists in automating high-volume business documents, such as sales agreements or NDAs. First, the document assembly service allows authors to create automated document templates. No technical knowledge is required; most authors are business analysts and lawyers. Authors have a variety of options for customizing documents, such as fill-in-the-blank fields, optional clauses, and dynamic updating of topic headings. They also can add questions that the end user must answer. Once you send out the document, the user answers the questionnaire, and Exari uses that data to customize the document. Next, the contract management feature allows you to store and track both the templates and the signed documents. Pricing is based on the size and scope of your planned implementation, so visit their website for more information.5. FillanyPDFIt’s a hassle having to print out PDF forms in order to complete them. Fortunately, FillanyPDF is a service that allows you to edit, fill out and send any PDFs, while entirely online. This “Fill & Sign” plan costs $5 per month, or $50 per year. If you subscribe to the “Professional” plan, you can also create fillable PDFs using your own documents. With this service, any PDF, JPG or GIF file becomes fillable when you upload it to the site. You can modify a form using white-out, redaction and drawing tools. Then, you can email a link to your users, who can fill out and e-sign your form on the website. FillanyPDF also allows you to track who filled out your forms, and no downloads are necessary to access these services. The “Professional” plan costs $49 per month, or $490 per year.Switching firms can be a hassle. As a former startup attorney, I have a bit of advice about finding the right attorney for your business: it’s best to focus on the specific attorney you’ll be working with. He or she should have a solid understanding of the ins and outs of your business industry, a deep knowledge of the legal issues your startup may face, and previous work experience with startups to ensure a quality and efficient work product. This is absolutely key when matching our startup clients at UpCounsel to attorneys on our platform who can perform their legal work and hash out their legal projects in a timely manner. We also allow clients to store any and all of their legal documents directly on UpCounsel so they don’t have to go searching in alternative places for the correct paperwork. It’s proven to be a free and lightweight way to store legal documents that our clients love. Here's what it looks like:As I’ve mentioned, it’s more important to find the right attorney as opposed to the right law firm. And seeing as you’re a startup, our own startup clients typically save an average of 50-60% on their legal work, since the attorneys don't include overhead fees (a.k.a. the fees included for doing business with the firm itself) in their invoices.Hope this gives you a deeper look into what other sites and services are out there. If you have any questions or would like more information on how best to handle your legal housekeeping/ attorney matters, feel free to signNow out to me directly. As a former startup attorney at Latham & Watkins, I’d be happy to give you some guidance.
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What were Apple's 1981 "Awful Bullflap memos"?
The “Awful Bullflap” memos were a satirical, anonymous Apple internal publication made in a “press release” or “internal memo” format similar to the official “Apple Bulletin” memos. The name even fit into the same number of letters as the Bulletin’s distinctive banner.In the imaginary world of the memos, the “Awful Bullflap” reports on the activities of “Awful Computer” on “Badly Drive” in “Cuspiduro, CA” in a way that ‘coincidentally’ corresponds to what the “Apple Bulletin” might report about “Apple Computer” on “Bandley Drive” in “Cupertino, CA.” “Awful” stands for “Apple” and “Bullflap” euphemistically stands in for “Bullshit.” The slang term “flap” also means “agitation, panic, or fluster,” adding an additional layer of meaning.The Apple archives at Stanford have three specimens of “Awful Bullflap” from April 1981. It is not clear if these were the only three memos or if more were made.The first memo is styled as a press release and describes a fictional testing facility being opened at Sing Sing prison, presumably a protest against setting up a low-cost 3rd party facility in place of Apple Employees.The second memo describes a “Proposed Sacrificial Offering” of shareholders, probably mocking stock offering memos of the era.The third memo is of the form of an internal memo (which is how companies communicated before e-mail, you younglings) from “C. A. Drakkula” (Probably a mashup of Count Dracula and Mike Markkula) making fun of an internal reorganization. As in all the Bullflap memos, the thinly veiled “changed” names are pretty indicative of the names they represent.MAKING OF THIS ANSWERI first saw this question two years ago, and I was intrigued. I followed it. When I searched for “Awful Bullflap” I found that Stanford University housed the original Apple Computer, Inc. records, 1977-1998 in the Special Collections & University Archives.When I looked further, I found that members of the public could request access to these archives and read them in the Field Reading Room. Since the special collections live in offsite storage and not in the library itself, Stanford requires at least 48 hours advance notice to transport the materials to the reading room.I posted this information in the comments of the question and said, “hey, someone local should do this!”Crickets.In September 2017, I knew I would have an afternoon appointment near Stanford, and I knew with enough advance notice to request the material. So I did! I blocked the two hours on my calendar before my meeting to park, go to the Green Library at Stanford, and see this mysterious material that is not available in digital form, and then get to my other appointment.Thankfully, Stanford is generous in allowing public access to a lot of rare archives, and they have a straightforward, well documented process that I successfully used to access this rare and unique collection.First, I requested the material through Access to Apple Collections on Tuesday, setting an appointment to view on Friday. After a painless on-line registration process. I got an email which let me track the progress of the material from an offsite location to the Field Reading Room. Before I left for Stanford, I could check that it had made it to the reading room.On Friday afternoon I departed for the labyrinthine alternate universe of Stanford. I meandered among an alphabet soup of vaguely threatening permit parking signs that festoon the campus and reflect the rigorous hierarchy of privilege there. I finally found a visitor lot and paid for parking. The clock began ticking!Using Google Maps to navigate my walk, I found my way to the Green Library where a gentleman pointed me to a computer that registered my existence by scanning my drivers license and ingesting my vital information. Once the computer acknowledged my existence, I checked in to the library and printed an adhesive name tag granting me admission to the hallowed halls.I found my way to the Field Reading Room on the second floor of the Bing Wing and identified myself there. On a separate computer system tracking users of archival material, I registered myself and signed in. They gave me a locker key in return for my ID so that I could leave everything I brought in a secure locker. I was permitted only a laptop and phone, and free Wi-Fi access. I locked up my stuff, washed my hands and headed in.Now that I had cleared all of the administrative hurdles, they gave me this:Then I sat down at their posh, academic-looking desk with a wide, comfy chairAnd found the object in question:This is what research looked like before Google, kids! (EDIT: as Sean Owczarek points out, much modern research looks this way, too, especially for history! Contrary to popular belief, not everything is on Google.)It was fun to research this answer. I hope the question followers enjoy it. There were additional questions in the comments. If they turn into actual questions, I can probably answer them.
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What's the best way to self publish an e-book on social media, business, & self help?
I’ve been through the process of self-publishing on Kindle and learnt a few things. Now, I can share my tips, so you don’t make the same mistakes! I’m a commercially published author now, but I understand the frustrations of trying to break into conventional publishing, because it took me ten years to get my big break. [ http://graemeshimmin.com/a-kill-in-the-morning-shortlisted-for-terry-prachett-prize/ ] Before I got my publishing deal, I self-published a short story called Veronika, [ http://graemeshimmin.com/veronika-short-story/ ]using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) with modest success – it has been in the Amazon top 50. Self publishing does have the advantage of getting your work out there, which can lead to attracting attention and sales. Why Self Publish on Kindle? Amazon’s two main competitors, Apple and Barnes & Noble, both claim to have gained a 20+% market share of the eBook market, leaving Amazon with something like 60%. But surveys of self-published authors have shown that Amazon’s share of self-published eBook sales is much higher – more like 80-85%. Whether the true figure is 60% or as high as 85%, Amazon is the biggest market by a long way, and KDP makes the process of self publishing on Kindle relatively easy. Self publish on Kindle: Step 1 – Your Book First you’ll need to sign up for KDP. Then you start by clicking Add a Title. The important options to fill in are: 1. Book name 2. Description (up to 4,000 characters – use it to sell your book to the reader) 3. Book contributors (you as the author) 4. Categories (whichever genres you are writing in) 5. Search keywords (up to 7, add the themes of the novel, don’t duplicate the categories) These other items can just be left blank/default: Subtitle, Series, Edition Number, Publisher, Language,Publication Date, ISBN. Verify Your Publishing Rights As you are self-publishing your own work, and so you have copyright, select This is not a public domain work and I hold the necessary publishing rights. Convert your book to Kindle format KDP accepts three main formats: * Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) * Ebook Formats (Html, Mobi, Epub) * signNow PDF It is possible to send Microsoft Word and signNow PDF documents direct to KDP, but the formatting is far from ideal if you do. If you want a really professional looking book then you should convert your book to Kindle’s HTML format yourself before uploading. I found the easiest solution was to convert the formatted manuscript [ http://graemeshimmin.com/manuscript-format-for-novel-submission/ ]into Kindle specific html. How to do this will be the subject of a separate answer. But, as we’re doing things the easy way for now, I suggest you just upload the manuscript and let Amazon reformat it for Kindle. Use Kindle Previewer If you have created an HTML format file then you can use Kindle Previewer, a downloadable Kindle emulator, to check how your book will look on various types of Kindle . What I found was that without careful tweaking, my book looked good on one type of Kindle but not on others. Kindle Previewer allows you to quickly switch between Kindle versions and see how the book will look on each type. Upload Your Book File Once you’re happy with the format, you can upload the file to KDP. The only option is Digital Rights Management. This is your choice. Choose Enable if you want to make it harder for people to copy your book, or Do Not Enable if you prefer to make your book available without restrictions. After you’ve uploaded, there’s an online previewer to check the text still looks right. Self publish on Kindle: Step 2 – Cover Photo There are two options, design your own cover or use the template-based Cover Creator. I recommend designing your own cover. The book cover is critical to attracting readers and a template based design is less likely to stand out from the crowd. The picture at the top shows what the cover I designed for Veronika looks like on the Kindle. Designing your own cover doesn’t have to be difficult. At the simplest, it’s just a question of finding a photo, making it the right size and adding the book’s title and your name to it. Find a Cover Photo There are two options: use an original photo or artwork of your own or download one from an image library. The cheapest and easiest option is to use your own photo. Make the Cover Photo the Right Size and Add the Title You’ll need some image editing software to make the cover the right size and to add the title and your name as the author. The free and easy to use image editing programs I recommend are iPiccy and Pixlr. Use the image editor to crop the photo so it is 1,563 x 2,500 pixels, as in the diagram below: The cover should also be in colour, despite the fact the most common Kindles only display black and white. This is because the Kindle Fire and the Kindle app on iPhone, Windows etc. can display colour. Both iPiccy and Pixlr have a variety of free to use fonts. Experiment with a few different ones until you find one you like. Upload the Cover This is simply a matter of clicking Browse for Image… selecting the cover you’ve designed and then clicking Upload Image. Design a cover using the Cover Creator Alternatively, if you just want a simple cover, use the Cover Creator. Step 3 – Rights and Pricing Verify Your Publishing Territories Select Worldwide rights – all territories. Your book will then appear on all the different Amazon sites around the world. Choose Your Royalty I suggest you set your price so that you receive the 70% Royalty – which means a minimum of $2.99 / £1.49 after that it’s up to you. You can set prices worldwide automatically, based on the US price, or customise your prices for different territories. It might be worth setting prices manually to exploit psychological price points like £1.99. Self publish on Kindle: Final Step – Publish! Now just click Save and Publish. That’s it. In a couple of hours your book will be on all the Amazon stores around the world. See – I told you it was easy! More Details There are more details, including links to all the tools mentioned, on my website at How to Self Publish on Kindle in Three Easy Steps [ http://graemeshimmin.com/self-publish-on-kindle/ ]
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Is life at Goldman Sachs really bad?
Originally answered - Shilpi Roy's answer to Should I choose signNow or Goldman Sachs (India)?The answer is gonna be really long. Grab some snacks as it could take a while.I was the happiest person the day I was selected as a FTE (tech analyst position) at GS - a reputed fin-tech company which mostly hires tier-1 students, a dream for many. I heard from many people that GS offers package as high as 32lpa which was quite a big deal for me - or for anyone who might have been at my place.Then came the HR’s call. She offered me semester long internship in GS! I was glad that I don’t have to spend my last semester in college and will also earn some money. With the stipend as high as 75k and stay at Hilton hotel during intern, anybody is likely to go crazy and say “YES”.And so I did.The beginning (GS-Bengaluru office)Soon came 7th January. Day started off with amazing orientation and office visit. Then came the lunch buddy - GS assigns a buddy from your department to have lunch with you the day you join, let’s say he was Raghav (name changed).Raghav seemed to be a really smart guy. I asked him a few questions about GS being a fin-tech, is it easy to switch and other questions. He seemed to be out of place, not interested. A guy came who was an intern in a team in which Raghav used to work. He kept talking and giggling with him, completely ignoring my presence. Cool, maybe Raghav is a bad guy - who cares?Met with my manager and two other interns who were in the same department - GIR. He seemed like a chilled-out and thoughtful person. Let’s call him Rudra.Our whole department used to sit in a middle sized cabin which accommodated around 32–35 employees of GIR. My happiness knew no bounds! Great team, small cabin and friendly manager - what else could I ask for?Then came the next day. We were introduced to our team and had a lunch together. Oh no! Lunch here was not free - no big deal. Only 80rs/- per plate is affordable when you earn 75k per month, I thought.After having lunch, we began installing softwares required. Wait, you can’t install some softwares without manager’s permission. Fine! I messaged my manager and he granted the permission. He came later in the evening and gave 3 of us an interesting machine learning problem to solve - in a week, till we get our projects.He had three projects in mind, and he left it for us to decide which one we want to take. I took the one which I thought was more impactful and cool, also because we had a member of our team working for the project. My task was to integrate the backend stuff he wrote with the UI I was going to create. Also to help him with some of those backend stuffs later on.“You can take help from Varun, in case you need” said Rudra.So it began!1st MonthI started learning React.js for the UI I was going to implement from various websites. There were tons of tutorial there. After understanding some theory, I clicked on ‘try it on codepen’ - online editor.“You are restricted from using an external website - no permissions”What? I can’t even use some online editor. Okay that’s fine - we have pretty sensitive data in GS. Since it’s a finance based company, we have client data with us and user may copy and paste it online - someone might steal the data! All this made sense. ‘It’s fine, I’ll bring my own laptop tommorow’, I thought before leaving.I could see two teammates standing behind me from my peripheral vision. One who was writing the backend stuff for the project I was working upon, let’s call him Varun.Varun was a silent and sober guy - a hardworking one who speaks only when required. Another guy standing beside him was Raghav.“Hey!” I said in a low tone.“Did I do some crime? Why are these two here?” I wondered.“You brought your personal laptop, is everything fine here?” they asked.I told them about the restrictions. Raghav took my work PC and sent Rudra, my manager a request to approve codepen.I waited. One hour. Two hours. Codepen still not working. Fine for me since I have my own laptop. No worries.After 2 weeks Varun called me and started assigning tasks to do for the UI. I was full of enthusiasm and paid full attention to what he wanted. I started looking out for the cool libraries out there and found - material-ui.‘Perfect!’ I exclaimed.Started with the tasks, and was able to achieve the target next evening. It looked damn good! Varun will be happy. And so, I showed it to him.“Okay, font-size is a bit huge. And please change the app’s name - ELEGANT USER’S APP” (name changed). And so I did.“E-L-E-G-E-N-T U-S-E-R—S A-P-P”What a funny name, I thought. (The real one was funnier than the changed one)So days went, 1..2…3 and I completed 5–6 tasks. The basic UI (20%) was done. Then came Varun -“Shilpi, you did this using which library?”“Material-ui! It’s really good and..”“Okay, but make sure you can use it. Only specific libraries can be used at GS. Search xyz site and ensure if we can use it. If yes, proceed. Else use GS UI library”What did he just say. I worked on the UI for 2 weeks, and he is telling me now that I may not be able to use the material-ui library! No way..With my heart beating fast, I typed..X..Y….Z …..gs..comCtrl+F“M-A——T-E—-R—I—A”Boom! It’s there. I was delighted :)The next day I was late. I saw a message pop up. It was from Raghav.“Hey” it said.“Hey” I replied.“Please try to attend the daily standup. If you don’t, mail Rudra about your update :)” He replied.There hasn’t been a single day I was late. But okay, FINE.Then came the 5th day - friday. I got a message from Varun.‘Hi Shilpi, can you make another UI using GS-UI?’Oh No!. Again?.‘Just for the feel…we’ll show it to Rudra next week, he’ll choose which one we can use’*Slow Claps*Well played Varun. Why did he approve the material-ui one if he wanted it in GS-UI - I wondered.It’s fine, I can do it. I encouraged myself and went to the internal site - gs-ui-library. (name changed)Okay, fine. This looks good. Okay. Cool. Documentation.. documentation….uhmm.I searched for the whole day, no documentation. Just few codes and examples to understand how to display some component.Way uglier than material-ui - I thought. And a minute later, an evil idea came to my mind..“What if I make the UI using gs-ui-library so ugly that Rudra and Varun both reject! That would be great!”The next week on friday, I was done with gs-ui-library. My code was asked to be removed from codesandbox by Varun - it’s illegal to put GS’s internal code there. I could hear Rudra laughing about how he is afraid of the interns bringing personal laptops here, and what will happen if someone names a variable as “GIR” and put it on github.I showed Rudra the material-ui one. He was impressed.“This looks good! But don’t keep the name as ‘ ELEGANT USERS APP’, instead keep it as ‘THE USERS SEARCH APP’ ” (name changed)“But Rudra, Varun has asked me to..”“I will ask him. We will decide and tell you”Fine. Keep the name as ‘The bla-bla app’. I don’t care.Varun was already gone by the time.I smirked. I won’t show the UI I made using gs-ui-library to Rudra!Next day Varun was on my desk. He asked whether I showed both the UI’s.“No, actually I forgot to show the other..”“See, the people above us will probably ask why we didn’t use GS-UI. That’s why I am saying so. I have no problem with material-ui. Just ask Rudra if he is fine with it. Rudra…”“Yes, Varun” replied Rudra.And then he showed both the UI’s to him. The ugly one. The good one.“I think it looks great - the ‘gs-ui-library’ one!” Rudra exclaimed.I shouted in my mind - “How can he..!”“See Shilpi, we don’t have any problem using material-ui one but the people for whom we are making the app will ask why we didn’t use the internal-gs library. Okay, tell me one thing - it does have all the components you require, right?”“Yes, Rudra” I sighed.“Seems like Shilpi wanted to use material-ui, haha” Rudra giggled and looked at Varun. I could hear the giggling from one if the two interns from behind - Tejas (name changed).He was also working on a UI, along with some backend stuff. He was using ‘gs-ui-library’ from day one. And so, he giggled.Rudra -1 .. Shilpi - 0This was the first time I went home feeling sad. Why didn’t they tell me 2 weeks ago? Now I will have to work on the other one. And the library has no documentation.Next week , Varun decided to keep the name as “ELEGENT-USERS-APP”. He refused Rudra.Varun -1.. Rudra- 0So I went back to my desk and began.“g-s-u-i-l-i-b-r-a-r-y” I typed.Gs-ui-library was a really terrible library. No documentation, made by mixture of other available libraries online. It was like an accidental product of some cross-breeding. A scientific failure.Anyways, I somehow learnt basic features which I could implement using the library. On the other hand, my machine was damn slow - for a reason I didn’t know.“Why are you using vs code? How did you get it!” asked Rudra who saw me coding on vscode.“I like it- it’s really good for react. Installed it from the store.”“Haha, use intellij, okay!” Rudra said in a serious tone.Wow. After making me work with the gs-ui-library, now he is snatching away the editor I love. Cool.I still continued with vs code. Varun was totally fine with it.I went to drink a glass of water. Didn’t bring my bottle that day. So took a ‘visitor’s cup’ from inside the drawers.“Ma’am, you can’t drink in that. It’s only for visitors” said a staff guy who saw that I was about to drink water from the visitor’s cup.I looked at him in shock.“Oh, it’s ok for today you can use it..Ma’am” he replied.Great. Block websites - facebook, gmail, codepen. Take my material-ui away. Don’t allow me to use vs-code. And also, don’t let me drink water at peace!I was pissed off. Huh!2nd MonthSo I started working on the integration part. Meanwhile we used to have meetings in which we were told about GIR and it’s functions. Rudra used to tell us about how fun the NAPA training is going to be, and how we will start hiding our id cards after the event.I completed the integration part in a week or so. Gave a weekly demo to Rudra.Next week was going to be a demo with Monica’s team (name changed). The finance guys for whom we were building the ‘ELEGANT USERS APP’. Varun was happy that I had completed the integration part and added 2 more features to implement.- feature1 & feature2Before the demo, we had a meeting with Monica just a week before. Rudra, Varun and I gathered in a room.“So Shilpi, how’s the work going? Are you liking it - the UI stuff? Aren’t you bored?” Rudra asked.“Hehe.. Actually yeah it’s a little boring. I hope backend stuff starts soon!” I honestly replied.“You know UI people make the most money.” Rudra smirked.“No, that’s a lie. Backend people make more money.” I replied.“Shilpi, that’s the case of technical firms. In financial firms like us, UI people earn more bonus.” said Varun.Soon came Monica. Varun and Monica proceeded on what she wants and what actually we have. It was a debate between them and I listened.Since the lunch time was over, Rudra and I went to the food-court outside to have one.“Shilpi, you know I was like you. The silent guy in the room. If someone else was at your place he would have asked a lot of questions! ”“I think it’s better to listen Rudra, than argue. I didn’t have much idea about what they were talking and the talk was mostly concerning Varun.”“See..it’s good very good. But to be at a place like GS…you know! The world is very mean, Shilpi. You need to speak more than you do work here! Many people don’t know much but they’ll get ahead of you because they speak. I was like you when I joined GS. In the group discussion round, when everyone was debating.. I just sat at the corner. HR came and asked each of us individually. If she hadn’t done that, I mayn’t be sitting here today”I gave it some thought. He was right.Some days later feature1 stopped working. I had no idea why, I was using an excellent library for feature1, of-course an external one. Varun himself has asked me to use an external for that case since we don’t have a gs library for that.But now. It wasn’t working.It took me a week to include the library - react-bootstrap-table2 with the project along with the features it had, and use it. And some magic happened. Now feature1 stops working. Damn!I woke up the whole night - till 4 am to make the feature1 work. The remote desktop worked very slow. In GS, we are not given laptops for security purposes. So we have to use remote desktop.It was damn slow but I was patient. I kept on trying and trying till I fell asleep early in the morning. Woke up around 12.An hour before demo with Monica’s team, I told Varun about it. He said it’s fine, we will show the demo without it.Tik…tikk….I wasn’t satisfied. I worked damn hard for 45 min and was able to make feature1 work!We went to give the demo. Varun pulled out a chair and sat before a PC.“Hi Monica!”“Hey Varun!”And so it started. The demo. The UI I made. The features I implemented. The integration. My two month’s hard work.All of them was presented by our VP, Mr.Varun!“Uhm…but we don’t need feature 1 and 2, Varun. You can remove it” said Monica.W-H-A-T! What did she just say. I went an hour back in time.I am sweating. I can feel I am nervous. This has to go good. I know well about the project, and I will make the feature-1 work! I will!Yes, I did. Only to lose the presentation as well as the feature.I rushed out of the room with the unhappy face which no one bothered about in the meeting room. I was silent and in hurry, it was weekly demo too today.“Haashh.. It went great!” exclaimed Varun who barely ever talked to me. Since like 1962!“Okay, but we have a weekly demo too!”The weekly demo got cancelled. Varun proceeded to tell me how we don’t need feature-1 and all the new features which Monica wanted. I remembered them all. One of them was a feature-X which was not possible technically. I tried making Varun understand and he did, after quite a while.Then came the mid-semester exam and I finally got a break!3rd MonthI went to my home after holidays. After 2 months, 1,40,000 was credited to my account. I bought clothes for mom and dad. I was delighted and ready to go back!Came back to office happily. Compiled the code.React-bootstrap-table2 library code - gone. Whole UI code changed in a week. My 2 week’s effort - 1 week for the library and 2 nd for other features went to ashes.Just in ONE SINGLE WEEK.~Varun committed the code 2 hours ago~~Varun committed the code yesterday~~Varun….~And so on.Varun started using an internal gs-ui-library library instead of react-bootstrap-table2. Instead of giving proper review comments, he changed my code by himself. Some backend stuff also came to me.I fetched the code from repo, the one Varun had implemented. And tried to understand.“You just have to implement feature-b-xyz, no need to go through whole code” he said.Fine.I added a new feature. Compiled and checked. Everything was working fine. Committed the code.Next day I came. Compiled the code.‘EXCEPTION THROWN’‘FAILED’And my PC hangs. For no reason why.I checked the code - it was changed. The integration part was changed. Feature XYZ was changed. And it stopped working.~Varun committed the code an hour ago~Why did he commit a code that fails? I wondered.This started happening daily. I had no idea why was this happening.The next series of days started with me coming late - 11:50, 12 or later than that. I used to mail Rudra about the update. Sometimes I was able to attend standup, sometime I wasn’t able to. My health started deteriorating.Everyday, Varun used to commit some changes. And it took a hell lot of time to update the project in intellij, go through his changes and do other changes. I was pretty much frustrated.Took 2 wfhs in 2 weeks. Logged in late many times. Had to push myself from bed everyday. Devoted my time to video games than gs work. Lost interest.Then I was given some backend part. I took WFH a day I wasn’t feeling well and learnt about apis stuff. Still some part of me wanted to do well and take interest in the work genuinely.We - all 3 interns received a mail from Rudra which we could never forget. Rudra had showed his ‘Rudra’ roop. The mail said -“You guys are not taking the work seriously. WFHs are not to be taken for granted. So many WFHs and late loggings. Not at all serious about your work. You guys need to have deliverables by the end of this month.I don’t care, work for your career not mine.”I was shocked. The friendly, giggling Rudra! I remembered the first time I met him. And the mail was quite a shock to all of us.Late loggings were targeted at me.WFHs for another one.But… Tejas? What did he do?As far as I remember, he was a hard working guy. Always on time. Never missed a standup. What did he do to receive the mail?Days after that, Varun took four wfhs in a row. Rudra was quiet. Nisha only came like twice in a week, Rudra said nothing.Why us? Why the interns? I wondered.One day I stayed at office till 8pm. I could hear Rudra talking about ‘The Elegant User’s App’ over a phone call.“We are building it again since the last UI was in angular. We wanted it in React.” he said to somebody over the call.Throughout my whole intern, I had one doubt in my mind.The app on which I was working upon was already built by someone and was functional too. But my manager wanted it to be built again since he wanted us to use a new technology.What’s the difference even if angular was used? What’s the need of rebuilding the app again from scratch? I wondered.And the next words I heard shattered me.“Yeah, Varun is working with some intern on ‘The Elegant User’s App’.”What did he say?The last two months were fully devoted to the UI. I went back in time.“Shilpi, if you want any help - Varun would be able to for this project.I was made to believe that it was an independent project, which it never was. I worked my ass off for three months only to hear that I am ‘some intern’ working under Varun and helping him building the UI.I got depressed.It was Holi’s festival - the festival of colours. I never really celebrated holi, hated to be coloured all over. We had a group for our department, and I wished everyone a “Happy Holi!”.Tejas replied with a “Happy holi” too.“Happy Forest Day” - stated an image I received on whatsapp. It was from Rudra. On the whatsapp group. This was his reply for “Happy Holi”.It's okay, don't respect our festival. But atleast don't disrespect it. Why was there even a need for reply?Needless to say, I didn’t go to office that day as sign of rebel (we didn’t have holiday on holi). Varun was already doing WFH. The “Happy Forest Day” frustrated me.Why Rudra why. You are better than that.“Niharika (name changed) is leaving GS” somebody whispered.Niharika, a very smart lady was in our department. She was mentoring an intern and sounded quite knowledgeable. Her sudden decision of leaving GS came as a shock to everyone.I had a last chat with her only when everyone was away for lunch. She had refused her farewell too I guess. She came to me and we had a decent chat. I asked her the reason of leaving. She wanted to switch the team maybe but it was taking a long time. Sweet and smart is all I could say for her. She had done work with JPMC & Morgan Stanley (US) and held a green card. A dedicated worker.After the lunch, she had a long meeting with Rudra. She was too firm with her decision.After she left, someone told me she bitched about many people in the team - specially Rudra. I was really sad. GS lost a good employee that day. And maybe, due to politics.Next day, GS was having an orientation for all new campus hires. It was one hell of a day. World-class hotel stay and world-class orientation.Varun was going out to the new office for 2 weeks. For some work.4th monthBefore Varun had left for the new office, he had asked me to attend telephonic standups for our team from 3–3:30. Now I used to attend 2 standups - the department one, and the team one. Full time waste activities!He had also asked me to get details of a task from Raghav and get it completed. I messaged him and he said he will be there at my desk in 5 min. Well, he never came. I asked him 2–3 times more to which he sent me a random link. I was disheartened and had nothing to do for 2 weeks.One day Rudra called me to fix some errors which he wasn’t able to fix by himself. He said he spent the whole night trying to fix those but didn’t know how to.I came to his desk. Those were linting errors!After having 10 years of experience, and you don’t even know what they are! Even if you know, please try to google. He was not getting what those line numbers represent. I explained him everything and fixed those.Soon, we got mails from hr regarding our joining dates and NAPA training, which is held in New York. I told the HR about my case, that I have courses left in college and I won’t be able to join on 3rd june.“Can I go to the training and join later after 12th july - when my courses are done” I asked.“No, you need to join as FTE. We will process your visa in june and you’ll go during july first week”“Okay” I replied.“Try to make your college understand, it’s important” is all she said.Next day, I refused. My college will never agree for me to take 2 week vacation during summer term.Rudra received a call from HR. I knew it was regarding me.He took me outside the cabin and asked why did I opted out of NAPA training. I told him everything - how my degree would be affected. He was ready to give WFH for 2 months. I was shocked. Again.Rudra was the most unpredictable mysterious guy I ever met. He was good and bad, at the same time. 2 months is a long time - and he agreed to give me WFH! He earned my respect.Then there was second meeting with Rudra. He told me everything - the work I’ll do as an FTE. Also, he never left a single moment he could get to brag about himself.“You will be working under Varun. He will be the team lead. Your work is XYZ-AHSH-PPOS…..”“Be as mature as me. I can make complex things simple easily. Learn it from me.” he said.Varun. No!!The silent guy. Who took away all the presentations. Even during our team standups over calls, he used to answer when some guy asked me about the project. My code was changed everyday. All the torture I faced last month. And now- I’ll be working under him. Wow.I told Rudra - how my code was changed everyday, how I was not told about the changes Varun did in the backend and still expected my code would run successfully. He listened to me for a while and then said -“When I was a NAPA, I used to ensure that I get 0 review comments”“I don’t get review comments, Rudra. My code gets changed, and it’s hard to understand it everyday without help of Varun.”“It’s a good thing, right? You will learn something from what the change he does. It’s good for you.”Cool. I have to look at the new code and somehow “learn without doing”. Interesting.I worked till 9 pm that day. Before Rudra left, he smiled at me sarcastically.“Shilpi, still working?”“Yeah Rudra, I came little late today.”“Varun changing your code and you changing his code.!”“Yes. That’s what is happening.”And then, he laughed maniacally.This was not the first time he did this. He used to laugh at me sarcastically many times after giving me the UI project.Next week, Varun was here. My virtual desktop was not working and I had no idea why. Called help-desk 5 times that day.“REBOOT!”“TRY IT FROM A DIFFERENT MACHINE!”“IT SHOWS ‘AVAILABLE’ ON MY MACHINE!”was all the response I got from 5 different help-desk-assistants.Took a day off the next day. Saw a mail. Varun had given presentation to our MD that day. UI presentation, which was supposed to be given by me.Next week, same schedule. Help-desk people failed miserably.I tried remote desktop and was able to open my outlook. My inbox was full of -“DISK CAPACITY OVER 95%! CLEAN IT!”I got it. But in order to clean it, I had to login to the virtual computer which I wasn’t able to. It was a deadlock.Soon I was assigned a new virtual computer. My whole local setup - was erased.My whole enthusiasm had turned to ashes at that point. Came late, went early. Stopped attending stand-ups. Late Loggings. WFHs. OOO. No updates. No weekly updates. Nothing to do next since Raghav didn’t help. Frustrated as hell.Our department was hiring more and more people. I had nowhere to sit. No one to talk to.The only friend I had in bengaluru left 2 weeks ago.Please note that I’ve nothing against GS. The management there is really good, they care about their employees. I don’t think any company could’ve given me 2 months WFH and I do respect Rudra a lot for that!The experience may vary from person to person, someone may find GS a very good place, based on the traits he/she has or the team he is working with. But for a shy person like me, who loves to code sitting at the corner of the room - GS is not the place. It was me who was not able to adapt to the culture there.This answer was written by me when I was still an intern. I had no idea what this could do to my life.Next day after I wrote this, I was called by the Head HR of Employee Relations in GS - Devika. I thought she had called me in order to discuss why am I choosing signNow over Goldman but this wasn’t the case.“I read your answer on Quora about Goldman..”“I’ll remove it!” I replied with the speed of light.“No..I don’t want you to take it down, Just tell me the issues you had”And she pretended to listen. Both of us knew why she called me here - to take the answer down.“See, these days many people are on social media and it is affecting how people see us. Probably, some interns wouldn’t want to work with us after reading the answer. Therefore I want you to remove it”“Also, please remember this meeting is confidential. DO NOT tell anyone from your team about it!” she said just before I left.And that was it. I deleted this answer.I saw Rudra’s text on my whatsapp. He asked whether I have a desk to sit, and when will I signNow on my desk. I knew something was fishy since he never ever bothered about.I finished the work and went home.The next day, I woke up to 10 calls from the HR and lots of messages. I asked what happened.I told her I have already deleted the answer, but there was something else. I wasn’t able to login from home. My remote desktop was taken away from me and I had no idea why.And then, came Monday.13th May 2019The day started off with my phone full of Devika’s texts. She insisted that I directly come to the meeting room first instead of going to the GIR cabin.I went to her cabin where she was sitting. And soon the harassment started.“What was your motive behind putting such kind of answers on quora, tell me what was in your mind”“I am sorry, Devika. I’ve already taken them down.”“Didn’t you knew about the firm’s policy? You knew it very well right? Still you put the experience on Quora?”“I was frustrated. So much that it didn’t occur to me at that time. But yes, I knew it.”She wrote it down on a paper.“You put it on social media, and don’t expect your manager to read it? Wake up! Everyone in your dept knows what you did okay! You are always saying that ‘don’t inform my manager about it’.. you know what, infact Rudra only informed us about this. He was the one who forwarded the answer.”I sighed. He knew about it the whole time. Still acted as friendly on thursday.“You can take action against me if you want to. I can’t say anything else.”“We are a very big firm. Many people are there writing these kind of negative - one sided answers. We don’t care”If she didn’t care, why was I sitting here?“I have talked to both Rudra and Varun. Now I know about their perspectives too. Did you inform your manager that you were on leave? No, you didn’t.”“Yes, I was really depressed and woke up at 5 eve..”“You were completely one-sided in your answer. Such a judgemental answer it was! You never wrote what you did!” she exclaimed.“Devika, I did. I wrote I was depressed and was late for standups. I wrote that I took WFH and..”“That was completely in another way!” she interrupted.And then she gave me a tough look.“I have tracked down your whole information, when do you come and leave, wfh etc. I don’t think it’s too much. You were also 1 hour late on the GS event, I heard”I wasn’t. What was she saying?“No, I was a minute late. You can ask my friend who was sitting there.”“Also, you were absent on 4 presentations Varun gave, right?”I was shocked. What did she just say? I was present in 3 of them, I remembered. Now I felt something was really wrong. Varun probably gave her false information about me.“No, I was there for 3 of them” I replied in a low voice.“And you weren’t allowed to give?” She raised her eyebrows.“I didn’t ask him, neither did he offer.. he just took the chair and..Did Varun said I was absent? I wasn’t!” I defended myself.“Oh yes you weren’t, I know. When did I say you were absent? You are just misunderstanding me” she replied and wrote down some points.And now she started lying too about things she said earlier! I was shocked to the core.“They said bad things about me, didn’t they.” I asked.“No, infact they praised you for technical aspects. ‘She did all her tasks which we assigned.’ ‘Used to find solutions of the problem till the very end.’” she read it from the paper she had.But what about the other aspects? I was sure they had said something worse about me. I wondered what was that except me coming late.“GS-UI-LIBRARY!!” she exclaimed.“This is what you wrote about the library. Seriously!”I looked down. I couldn’t say anything except sorry.“Rudra even let you choose jersey for cricket match, didn’t he?”“Yes he did.” I sighed.“What you think what made your experience bad? Was it yourself? Why put it on social media, and didn’t contact us. What about the HCM?”I was late and silent. The only faults.“Does anybody in your team knows about it?” she asked hoping that nobody knows.“No, just me and the interns.” I replied.“And what did you write? Niharika left because of politics..? Did you talk to her? Who told you?” she almost shouted.“I got to know that from a teammate.” I replied in low tone.“So you will put anything you hear on social media??” she tried to overpower me.“If I were your signNow HR and I read this answer on Quora.. you know I’d have..” Devika scolded in a rude tone.She would have taken my offer back. That’s what she meant.“I have already deleted it , Devika. I said sorry, what else can I do? ” I almost cried.“These things never happened with me at signNow. But people here..”I broke down. Couldn’t speak much.“What even if you deleted? 1000s of people saw it. All the people on your floor saw it. They may have copied it, downloaded it. It had so confidential information!”“And yeah, put this conversation there too!!” She said in a very rude tone.“I won’t. You know I won’t.” I whispered.“Anyways Shilpi, now it’d be too awkward for you to go there. We have already stopped your remote access. We don’t want you to work anymore. Since you’ve already rejected the offer too, no discussion related to it. You can submit the id card to me.”“Okay.”I cried a lot in the cab. Rudra knew it all the time. Why didn’t he himself fire me instead of sending a rude HR. And those two also lied a lot about me. The tone of HR was totally different when I met her on Thursday. And today she was really harassing me.It took me a while to understand - all this was planned by Rudra. He choose the rudest and senior-most HR to deal with my case and harass me, just to get back at me.2 interns were joining today and space was very less in the small GIR cabin. And he knew very well I completed all my work the last week itself. Win-Win situation for Rudra!Varun and Rudra lied to HR. It was evident from the way she treated me. I was made to be feel like a garbage - just because I was late at the office!I cried for an hour. And then, I edited and restored this answer.Next day I came to know none of the interns or people in my team knew about this! I was fired secretly. The HR lied the whole time.All because Rudra didn’t want to see my face in GIR!Do I fear them? Not at all.“I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.” ― Sidney Sheldon (if tomorrow comes)Many people want me to take this answer down or go anonymous. I have done nothing wrong. Those who have, they should hide their faces behind “anonymous” mask.If GS has some problem with the answer, they are free to take action against me. I am not bonded by any legal agreement and atleast deserved decent exit process.
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Which OS is better, Windows, macOS, or Linux?
Which OS is better, Windows, Mac OS X or Linux? I've used Windows my whole life and recently put Arch Linux on both my laptop and desktop. For the most part, I would say I'm a casual user (and still familiarizing myself with Arch at that). With that in mind (and do keep that in mind because some points will become more or less relevant as your expertise increases and you learn how to do more with your OS), here are some (mostly superficial) pros of Windows and Linux (specifically Arch Linux).WindowsVisually pleasing. Linux is highly customizable and gives you a lot of choices when it comes to appearance (starting from your selection of a...
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What does the "E" mean when referring to a large company's tiers of employees?
I’ll assume we mean CEO and EVP. — Executive is what it stands for, and it’s a jargon term of sorts. The dictionary defines it to mean: “having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect”.To me, executive, or being an executive, means that you have the power and fiduciary capacity to bind or obligate, contractually, a company or corporation (to do something) on your own authority. — Not every executive will have an E in his or her title.Vice President, or VP, is a prototypical example of a junior executive. President is the most obvious example. Many companies may have only a President and a VP; it won’t have an EVP (Executive Vice President).Corporate charters usually list a President, a VP, a Secretary, and a Treasurer; sometimes, the last two are combined as Secretary-Treasurer. — This type of Secretary is not the receptionist-kind, though I guess nothing stops him or her from working as the business’s receptionist.These four corporate officers are your obvious corporate executives. It’s only after you list them that you might start handing out C-suite titles, like CEO, COO, CFO, etc.It can get confusing. — The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) you’d think would be the chief officer and executive of the company. Wait until you run across someone who is the Chairman (of the Board of Directors [BOD]) and CEO; and, the #2 person in the company is the President and COO.In that case, who is senior? Is the CEO higher up than the President? — All of this depends.You have to look at your corporate charter (i.e., your bylaws and other internal regulations); and, you have to comply with the rules of whatever agency you’re working with.Many years ago, I was on the phone with the IRS trying to figure out why they claimed to be missing a tax return that was filed a decade ago. By on the phone, I meant I was on hold for an hour, and then finally an agent came onto the line. She asked for various information about the company and finally asked me for my title, to which I respond, “Chief Financial Officer”. — She said, “That is not a recognized title for a person I can talk to about these matters for the type of business this is”.I was pretty worn out, and the thought of having to go through that wait again was something I was going to avoid at all costs. — My title was the CFO. The only person higher up in the company was the President. So, it gave me an idea. I said, “Well, I’m a Vice President as well, if that helps”.I heard her type that into her computer, and then, monotonically, she said, “That is an acceptable response. How may I help you?”Documents I had to sign, which were submitted to the IRS, and prepared by an outside CPA, listed my name and followed by my title: “C.F.O.” — and, that never caused a problem.Even earlier on, I was dealing with a governmental agency of some sort (can’t remember) in person, and when I finally got around to seeing a real person, she asked me similar questions, and then, she asked for my title. I was basically asleep by that time, so I fumbled my words a bit before spitting out CFO/Chief Financial Officer.For some reason, that triggered something in her, and she responded, “Are you sure that’s your title?” — I was in my late 20s. I was not dressed in a suit. Yes — that was my title.She asked me for my ID, and I stored my business cards right behind my driver’s license, so I handed her both. She compared them with my face, and then we were off to the races.I’ve had banks have no problem with me signing documents on behalf of a corporation as the CFO, and I’ve had a bank, once, only care to accept the signature of the President and the VP, jointly.Considering the nature of the document — it was just to attest that we were finished building something; that construction had been completed — I told the lender, with whom I’d previously worked, when I worked at that bank, that he’d have an exception on him until the end of time if he waited around on those two people to come in to the bank and sign his document.An “exception” is missing documentation that the compliance department requires you to fill out or for customers to fill out and sign. As I used to audit exceptions for officers of the entire banking system, I knew that lenders, usually, had pages of these, which were bad for them and bad for the bank.Anyway, I repeated again that I was the CFO of the corporation and one of only three people who could sign anything binding on behalf of the corporation, so he basically had the choice to accept my signature or to get nothing. — We’d likely not be doing business with his bank again, because — in general — our customers had their own cash already; we didn’t deal with people who had to have us be a part of the finance process.The nominal VP didn’t even work full-time for the corporation anymore, and the President was not going to sacrifice time with his customers to come put a signature on what he’d think was a worthless sheet of paper.I signed the paper, as the CFO, and the next year he used my email address to solicit us for money for one of the bank’s community fundraisers. — I should have reported him.So, it’s not always obvious who is an executive of a company or a corporation, and it’s not always obvious what title you’ll be expected to use when presenting yourself, as an executive of a corporation, to some other person or some other agency.Corporations are incorporated within one single state, and you can usually do an online search for “franchise tax status” for a particular state and figure out whom the officers are for corporations, because corporations are subject to franchise tax reporting and the identities of corporate officers are not usually private information.In so doing, you’ll likely get merely the last filed update to the corporate charter listing the Pres., VP, Secretary, and Treasurer.For larger corporations, where you may see everything from AVP, Officer, VP, SVP, and EVP, you’re out of luck. — In my younger years, when I worked at the bank, the lady who sat two desks over from me was an Assistant Vice President but reported to a lady who was no higher up the figurative ladder than I was. If I needed someone to co-sign an official bank check, because the amount of the check was above my signing limit, then I’d go over to the AVP, not to my supervisor.I offer that up as clarification on what executive means because — if your subordinate is some-sort-of-VP, and you’re not some-sort-of-VP — then, it’s questionable whether the AVP is an executive of the corporation.A bona fide (full) Vice President is usually always an officer and executive of a corporation, firm, or organization. — These people have signNow abilities to bind the corporation contractually and to attest and affirm, on behalf of the corporation, that certain documents are true and correct submissions.Even if you have four Executive Vice Presidents, ten Senior Vice Presidents, and 37 VPs, unless otherwise stated in the law, or on the form, if the VP signs it, then the corporation is bound by the signature of the VP.Even if the corporate bylaws say that, e.g., only the President can sign tax returns on behalf of the company, the submission will be accepted on behalf of the attestation and signature of the VP — almost any VP. Probably, even the AVP whose supervisor carries no title that could be confused with that of an officer/executive.In practice, if you have a big title, — at least once the novelty of it has worn off — you’re only going to want people or organizations that require such a title to know what your true title is. — It’s fine to the tell the IRS you’re the President and CEO, but you might not want to tell everybody you meet that’s true.That is — until you meet someone who, for some reason, doesn’t trust that the person with whom they are speaking has a word that carries any weight at the company. — The prototypical example here is a disgruntled customer.I don’t know how many times I’ve had a guy who was mad about something use something like, “Well he
said that y’all were gonna do .”At that point, it is great to be able to say, “He doesn’t have the authority to make such promises. Only the manager does, and I’m the manager.”—And, I’ve been in the situation before when, for whatever reason, my supervisor was actually myself. — Didn’t mean I didn’t have a boss, but given the normal chain of command, for some reason, I was my own direct report.So, when the guy then says, “Well! If you’re the manager, then I wanna speak to your boss!”At which point you say, “Well, I’m also the CFO of the entire corporation, and this manager normally reports to me. So, you’re already talking to his boss.”“Oh.”—One thing an executive can do that, usually, an employee or manager cannot do, is to sever a relationship with a customer or a supplier.That action severs the potentiality of future cash inflows and outflows. Without having a greater understanding of the organization, above and beyond what the everyday employee has, — the organization’s needs, its weakness, its vulnerabilities; its profit margins and balance sheet — you lack what you need to make such decisions.These are decisions that alter contractual arrangements or that create new ones. — Most of the time, an executive makes those decisions, and he or she may act on them himself, or he may delegate the operational communication of them to other people, be it an assistant or, even, a low-level employee.Big decisions certainly can be delegated. That said, big decisions are made by people with E somehow related to their titles. — Unless, of course, if they are unauthorized. -
What are the best tools for a web developer?
21 Platforms That Serve As A Lifeline To Web DevelopersOriginally Published at - LambdaTestWeb development is constantly evolving at an astounding pace every single day. It poses a huge challenge to keep a track of new tools, libraries, frameworks, and plugins, platforms for web developers that are flooding in this sphere. Web development involves an intricate cycle of 5 complex stages namely -information gathering, planning and design, development, testing and delivery and finally project maintenance. To handle all these stages is a harrowing and daunting task even for a skilled developer on their own. This is why I have curated this list of 21 essential platforms for web developers to help them speed up their productivity and maintain an efficient workflow.· Information Gathering And Organizing:In my opinion, the very first requirement for any web developer is to gather information about the website. To realize the purpose, the designs, templates to be implemented, intended audience and main objectives. Gathering information and having the accessibility across platform provides convenience. After all, unlike your phone, you can’t carry a pen and paper everywhere and every time. Following platforms for web developers will replace their conventional way of taking notes.o MilanoteThis web-app provides content organizing functionalities, across platforms. Along with predefined templates and inspirations from brand designers, marketers, developer, and engineers, this web-app also provides a variety of utility tools for note-taking, planning and sharing boards, with drag and drop interface. Sign up for free and get access to 100 notes, images, links and uploads. For larger projects, check out their pro-membership plan.o Microsoft OneNote:A professional computer program for note-taking, information gathering, and sharing, also for collaborations. It allows parallel editing of documents which are uploaded on OneDrive or DropBox.· Join A community, Help and Be Helped:Communities are powerful platforms for web developers around the globe to connect, innovate ideas, clear doubts and queries related to web development. Joining virtual communities regarding specific domains and having discussions, providing suggestions can aid in getting more exposure and improvised work. Here are some renowned communities that helped me increase my everyday productivity and wisdom: –o Stack Overflow:A global community for all software developers where they can connect, communicate and hunt careers. For job seekers, there is a dedicated section which includes job vacancies and unique feature called Salary Calculator, which lets you know your worth. Along with a variety of programming languages, you can search for various tags on the website’s search engine.o Hashnode:Another website where developers can communicate regarding different topics, including various programming languages like Java, PHP, Javascript etc. Here, you can learn, share and discuss all kinds of queries regarding software development.· Code Editors:In order to keep your programs manageable and neat, code editors have proven to be great platform for web developers. They enable users to speed up coding, simplifying their workflow, and furthermore productivity. Source code editors can be standalone or built in a web-browser or IDE. Listing a few code editors, tailor-made for our web-developer community:o VSCode:A free of cost open source code editor developed by Microsoft, downloadable on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS. It supports a variety of features including code refactoring, syntax highlighting, customizing and intelligent code completion.o Brackets:Created by signNow systems, Bracket is an open source editor with diverse features including live preview, extensibility, quick docs, and JsLint. This cost-free program sports a unique “Quick Edit” feature which is enabled by pressing Ctrl/Cmd and E keys simultaneously and allows in-line CSS editing. Click here to browse and upload the registry of extensions.· Beautify Your Piece Of Code:For improved understandability code optimizers or code beautifiers, are a go-to platforms for web developers. If you ever want to deobfuscate, minify or beautify few chunks of code, take a look at below websites which are easily accessible across browsers, free of cost simple to use, and no downloads required!o Code Beautify:Code Beautify is a code optimizing tool with a manifold of tools, check out the footer of its homepage (https://codebeautify.org/). Tools like converters, string utilities, validators, escape unescape, program editors and viewers are accessible on this website. Web Viewer/Editor allows the user to load URL, edit, validate, minify, beautify and download code lines.o Minify:Enables the user to minify short piece of Javascript and CSS codes with one click. Just enter the code inside the given placeholder on its homepage, select type – JS or CSS and hit Minify.· Free Logos:Logos are your identity on the internet, it is how your brand will be recognized in the market. Below mentioned are my personal favourites:o Renderforest:Renderforest online free logo maker will help you create your own professional logo in just 2 minutes. No need to have design skills anymore. There are more than 20.000 unique artwork files available. All you need to do is just pick your favorite, try different styles, customize the color, size and font, then click on export and viola! Your brand new logo is ready to be the face of your business.o LogoMakrLogoMakr is another free tool for creating logos. Provides a variety of 100+ fonts and icons to choose from! You can create your desired logo with real pace and can conveniently download it in your computer, once it is complete!· Eye-Catching Vectors:The heart of the web development life cycle lies with the design of a website. Vectors are must as a platform for web developers. Not only do they enhance the websites but also makes it more user interactive.o FreepikFreepik is a search engine to help you detect free vectors, PSD, photos, and icons. Freepik provides a curated selection of high-quality illustrations and graphics resources handpicked by their design team for aiding the end user.o VecteezyVecteezy is also one of my favourites for finding vector art. They are focused on providing fresh design from all parts of the internet. Providing free to download vectors, Vecteezy serves as a lifeline for freelance web developers.· Showcase your work, Use Mockup Tools:Mockups are basically prototypes or a model of a design or product; used for promotion, demonstration or things like design verification. In order to save time and effort, there are tons of platforms for web developer for designing mockups for different devices and websites, online on the internet. Web-developers can checkout following mockup and wireframe tools for cross-platform testing of their websites:o MockUPhone:A free tool which provides wireframes for cross platform. Androids, iPhones, Windows Phones, Laptops/PCs and tablets, developers can easily upload their design and have a mockup for all these devices. An option “Request your device” is also presented for the user to enter their specific preferences.o Balsamiq Mockups:Balsamiq is a wireframing tool which personifies the experience of using a whiteboard. With “what you see is what you get” drag and drop editor and automatic alignment feature, the tool provides a swift experience. Balsamiq comes at different prices- $9/month for 2 projects, up to $199/mo for 20 projects. A 30-day free trial is also available.Check out 27 Web UI Mockup Tools for more.· Perfect (Free) clicks and shots:Before getting professional about my websites, long ago I used to think Google Images is the only way to download images- no copyright issues and no credits. And for excellent quality pictures maybe I should get a camera and click it myself, or maybe hire somebody. But that’s not how millions of websites develop. Free images are a boon to web-developers, and trust me there are many websites who offers a platform for web developers download high-quality stock images:o Unsplash:Free stock images with more than 10 different collections and 1000s of pictures easily downloadable without any registration.o PexelsAvailable on iOS, Android, Mac OS, window, also plugins for WordPress, Chrome and Microsoft Office, this tool provides high-quality pictures for download at zero cost. The user can find any picture, just by using the search box provided on their website.o Is Your Website Compatible? Check the responsiveness:So there was this one time, I had developed a beautiful website with schematic vectors and logos. It was a blogging website with amazing pictures, everything was aligned and well sorted. I had a beautiful connection with it; even the mockups seemed perfect. I submitted my work to the production team, and 5 minutes later it was rejected. Why? because my website had a scrambled view on Samsung Galaxy S running on older version of Android. I mean, get an update maybe? Since then, I have come across a few responsive testing platforms to test my websites across different operating systems and devices:o Responsinator:A free to use tool where you can check the responsiveness of your website for the latest devices. Check responsiveness on their homepage for 4-5 devices or append your web URL http://www.responsinator.com/?url=YOURURL.COM example, http://www.responsinator.com/?ur.... Log in for access to more devices.o LambdaTestA cross browser testing tool that will help you ensure that your UI is supported and rendered across various browsers, OS, and devices. LambdaTest provides a feature for responsive testing in which you could test your website across 46 different devices in a single test session. Other than that, their smart testing feature would help you to automate visual UI testing so the difference between numerous screenshots of your webpage is easily highlighted. LambdaTest offers 2000+ browsers and browser versions for you to test your website. You can even perform live, interactive testing by hosting your website on a VM(virtual machine) running on LambdaTest’s cloud server.o Design Modo:Apart from other features like email template maker, Design Modo offers responsive web design testing. Click here to get there, and test your website on various smartphones, laptop models and desktops. However, it lacks emulating the actual look of the device; it displays all functionalities at approximate dimensions.o Rely On Website Builders When Short On Deadline:Website builders are a blessing to the web developer community. As the name suggests these browser-based platforms for web developers helps to fast-track their effort for designing a website, with a few drag and drops. In order to deliver fast projects, web-designers can rely upon these free and simple to use websites if your deadline is closer than your bandwidth.o UcraftThis website builder free website hosting and free landing page. Apart from tons of templates and wireframes which can be used to build a website at Ucraft the user can also create all-in-one e-commerce platform supporting fast and secure payment gateway.o WixA free website builder that allows the user to create HTML5 websites with 100s of templates and other features. Creating websites that are optimized for every device, is quite simple using drag-drop functionality.That was all from my end. If there is any platform that you feel is missing out in this list then let me know in the comment section. Cheers to web developers!
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What are some interesting life hacks?
Stuck in a large crowd and want to get out of it?Put pennies in a can and shake it, asking people to donate. Everyone will move to avoid you.Want to write an essay but too lazy to do so?Go to a website called “essay typer” where it will provide you the article just after mentioning the topic.Need to tell a believable lie?Include an embarrassing detail - Nobody doubts a story that makes you look numb.Don’t want to be embarrassed while buying something?Buy a birthday card with it.Suspects your girlfriend/wife of cheating on you?Send flowers to her anonymously. If she comes back without them, she could be cheating on you.Don’t know whether to use “effect” or “affect”?Use “impact” instead.Sick of old smelly food containers?Put some crunched up newspaper inside and leave it overnight. The paper will absorb the smell by morning.Want to lose weight with minimal effort?Drink two cups of water before meals. It can make you lose an average of 4.5 more pounds within 12 weeks than if you don’t.Feeling sleepy and want it to go?Hold your breath as long as you can and then breath out slowly. It increases your heart rate.Got something in your eyes?Fill a bowl of water big enough for your face & open your eyes in it. It’ll come right out.Hold your eyelashes and pull your eyelid down with your fingers, then blink rapidly several times.Need to rush somewhere fast?Carry a fire extinguisher. No one will ever stop a person running with a fire extinguisher.Need to cancel your hotel reservation, but it’s too late?Call to reschedule it to later(no penalty), then call & cancel that.Smelly shoes or gym bags?Put dry tea bags in those. It will absorb the unpleasant odor.Confused between “Push” and “Pull”?Look for the hinges. If you see them, pull. If not, push.Cleaning a microwave?Put a bowl of water inside and microwave for 3 minutes. The steam will moisten everything up making cleaning simple.Want to stop a sneeze coming?Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth and it’s gone.Running nose?Push your tongue against the top of your mouth and push a finger between your eyebrows. Hold it for 20 seconds….gone.Nervous while approaching a situation like public speaking or bungee jumping?Chew gum. If we are eating something, our brain trips and it reasons “I would not be eating if I were in danger. So I’m not in danger”Want something from someone?Frame it as an offer rather than request.
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