Confessions of a Tall Indian Woman

Confused with the title? Let me take a step back and narrate a story which is familiar to most of us.    The Devas formed an alliance with the Asuras to jointly churn the ocean for the  nectar of immortality  and to share it among themselves.   Now in the modern hiring scenario substitute nectar with candidates who the prospective organizations want and the current employers want to retain. I am not calling out who is the deva and the asura here as its purely relative 😊 The only difference is there isn’t an alliance between the two, but in retrospect this can prove to be useful in getting this nectar faster.  This  elusive candidate or nectar is  being searched by prospective employers and on the other hand being retained by the current employer. Who wins in this modern day scene?   The gods and demons gathered on the shores of the milky ocean and performed Vedic rituals to ensure their success. They made offerings into a sac...

    2020 was a disruptive year. Whether you wanted to or not, you were forced to make changes and rapidly while you were at it. The interesting part is between March to May of 2020 most organizations adapted to the new ways of working, finding a middle ground and eventually embracing this change. When you do not have a choice, you adapt faster maybe? I am talking only  across most Information technology business as I do have first hand experience in this. Call it from a place of privilege if you want. This was the year, I moved jobs and decided to join an organization virtually . The interview process/ joining all happened remotely and my laptop was promptly delivered a day before my joining. As I jokingly said, the only change is I will switch laptops and login with a different ID on my first day.  But on a  serious note this is more than what meets the eye. As my role involves doing this everyday and hiring people into an organization in the virtual way, a...

I should have written this a  while back. I contemplated and put it on back burner thinking I am not that experienced to write. In retrospect it's all in the journey so why not? One of the few things am passionate about is strength training. Eight years back if someone had asked me if I know what it means I would have said huh what? Currently I have come to realise that this journey has taught me more as an individual and I have just not paused to take it in. Few simple life lessons that have stuck with me ... Reality Check: EGO doesn’t work  We have all heard it but when you start knowing zilch your ego is in place. Its not what you thought you were and your perceived sense of self but it is what it is. Funnily you cannot have an exaggerated version of self as you can see what you can do. That’s the interesting part when you thought you are super fit(whatever the definition of fit maybe) and you actually had to run 2 kms or walk up five floors you will feel it. Ego left at th...