MBA—To do or not to do….A conversation with “The Mute Oracle”
This guy The Mute Oracle,i know him personally.We were in good company 2 years back.After that he went to US and our contacts has been limited to conversations in google talk.We chat once in a while or something,say like once in a month or once in 2 months.But whenever we talk he makes me understand things or helps to widen my view or even leave me confused.
He’s the one who is responsible for if i am watching any good cinemas,he’s the one who gave me all those classic and brilliant movies.
The reason why i am writing this post is,today i had a chat with him.I am finishing my engineering in 3months and i am not yet placed in a company and i was planning to do MBA in HR right after my Btech.
The conversation was like this:
rohan: hi
wassup
edo
mute oracle..
Mute Oracle: hahaha
nothing much bro
how are things with you?
rohan: good man…had one lab exam today
MO: aah
how was it?
rohan: went fine
how are things with u
i read ur blog
MO: oh
rohan: 2008 was good for u rite
MO: and?
yeah. it was\
how about youy?
rohan: i liked that simla post
a bit of both
cleared all my backlogs
but still no job
u know
MO: hmmm
but isnt the bike thing paying you?
rohan: it fucking costs a lot here to do an MBA man
MO: i thought you had shows n stuff
rohan: no dude…shows doesn’t pay much
MO: why the fuck do you want to do an MBA now? are you crazy?
rohan: and stunting is ruining my bike
man really really iam not a s/w guy
i know shit abt pgming
MO: dude, getting an MBA right after you degree is professional suicide
you dont have any experience and you will be overqualified for all the jobs
rohan: and i feel that an MBA in HR will be sumthin which i am gonna enjoy
dude seriously i dont want to be a s/w prof
MO: and in this economic conditions, the managers are the first people to be fired.
look at all the job markets bro. companies have realised that they need people who ‘do things’, not people who ‘manage people who do things’
rohan: hmm…
how long will this prevail…and btw
i dont think that there will be jobs in s/w either now
i will have to join sumthing like sutherland or sumthing
MO: one of the interesting things that Krugman said is this – when everyone works for a couple of years and then become managers…it is inevitable that theere will be more managers than peoople to manage.
rohan: hmm…yea
MO: and what happens then is that there is a need to keep them happy. companies becoe greedy… more managers lead to a ruined economy.
even in my company, there is a thrust towards removing in-betweeners.
my boss’s boss has been fired.
rohan: damn
MO: i interact more iwth the client than before.
why should there be a person above me, who’s only job is to talk to the client and tell me what they want. when it is cheaper and infintely more efficitne when i can do the talking to the client myself.
the reponse is faster. the cost is less. the whiole thing is more efficient
MBA is bullshit
you dont learn anything in MBA man. its a degree thats only there to prove to people that you have na masters.
rohan: hmm….shit man…
MO: and that defeats the puropose of education
ask yourself…do you want to learn something usefull, or do you want to learn nothing but show everyone that you lerned something
rohan: so which course will u prefer if i wanna do higher studies
MO: nothing. first, get a job.
and then youw iwll realise what you are good at
rohan: yeah wohi tho
MO: even if you think you dont like software, you can never know it for sure unless you try it
and besides
a computer guy doesnt have to be a programmer
there are networing dudes,
database dudes,
business analysts
lots of jobs
rohan: yeah that’s my only bloody hope…even if in college i know the logic to crack sumthing..i donno how to code it
MO: coding is easy
couple of weeks of training and you will be coding without any problem
rohan: business analysts!! actually wat do they do
wat’s their job
MO: i was actually offered the job of a business analyst at Spectrum in India.
hhehehe
rohan: spectrum
at ekm
rite
10k a month
MO: The Business Analyst is the one who goes to the client and plans the whole business process involved in a project
so, essentially you gather requirements, analyse if your company can fulfill the cleints requirements. negotiate with the client and with your company to make changes.
and finally settle on an agreement.
rohan: ok..
MO: and then you come up with a plan to execute the requirements.
who does what etc.
essentially you are the guy who gets the company the projects
rohan: hmm..that’s also kind of a middle man rite
like a manager
MO: no. a business analyst is the guy who writes the proposals that get projects
rohan: hmm
MO: a company with a few really good business analysts will do big
programmers and managers can be replaced bro
but if you are a business aanalyst and you get fired, the company is losing a lot
you move to the next company, and you can easily get that company access to your old clients
rohan: yeahh
hmm…need to think
u know
MO: yeah.
well…and business analysts should know the basics of everything
MO: programming, design, management,
rohan: hmm
hmm…
there dude
MO: hmm?
rohan: u saw wat i said rite
dude…the net connection was terminated
MO: no
rohan: huh
Tagged
I want to apologize to Veenu.I was so away from this blog world except that i read blogs of a few friend’s.Today after long time i logged into my account i see that Veenu has quit blogging and she had tagged me sometime in March…I really wish that Veenu wil be back to blogging
1. Last movie you saw in a theater?
Kurukshetra,it’s a malayalam movie…was not so good
2. What book are you reading?
actually an Archie comic rite now
3. Favorite board game?
Iam not so interested in this….but has played snake and ladder wen was a kid
4. Favorite magazine?
Byke,Fastrack,Top gear,Overdrive
5. Favorite smells?
hmmmm….i like the smell of petrol..smell of mom cooking dishes
6. Favorite sounds?
fav sound…sound of a cat meowing…then sound when a bike revs up
7. Worst feeling in the world?
for me it is when the people whom we care about just doesn’t understand it and doesn’t respond it that way
8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
fuck what is the time…is there time to sleep a bit more
9. Favorite fast food place?
Abad food court,Barista,Baskin Robins,Cocoa Tree
10. Future child’s name?
Rohan Jr.
11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?
buy all those superbikes and cars and should have taken my love on a exotic vacation to bahamas
12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
yeah got two teddy bears on my bed ….i dont care what others think about it
13. Storms – cool or scary?
a bit of both according to the intensity of the storm
14. Favorite drink?
Chocolate shake…not those thick shakes…but thin cool ones
15. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?
Sleep…Watch more movies…Practice stunts on my bike…and try to be regular with blogging
16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
no
17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
i want to either have grey hair like tom cruise in collateral…or wanna have complete blonde look
18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?
Cochin,Trivandrum,Chennai, Bombay,Bangalore(for very short time)
19. Favorite sports to watch?
Football.Cricket…then F1…Moto GP
20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
A nice lady who shares similar thoughts
21. What’s under your bed?
One playboy mag…he he kiddin..actually nothing
22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
ohh yeah…i bloody love myself a lot
23. Morning person, or night owl?
Night owl…its real hard for me to get up early in the morning
24. Over easy, or sunny side up?
Donno exactly…a bit of both depending on times…
25. Favorite place to relax?
My house specifically my bedroom…can sleep on my bed for long time
26. Favorite pie?
dont like it much
27. Favorite ice cream flavor?
chocolate
28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
i tag The Grotesquerie(baphomet)..Arjun…Ms.Mathew…jeevan…mridul…
And i think Grotesquerie will reply first if he feels like replying
