Currently Reading ...

Currently Reading ....

What should I do with my Life By Po Bronson (Yawn !!! I don't think I am gonna finish this)
Mediocre But Arrogant By Abhijit Bhaduri (No Offence to the author but how the hell did this get published ?? Every word in this book is filled with college cliches.)

Immigration Screw-Up ...

So this is what it's finally come to ahh!!! According to new law in the US, you stay illegally in the US long enough and voila guess what happens ? Deportation ?? Incarceration ?? No way Jose !! You get something which millions of legal immigrants over the years have struggled to achieve namely ...the US citizenship.
I can't help but think about the law abiding Asians in the US (Indians, Chinese etc..) who struggle day & night to get their Masters, Phd's etc.. then slog at their jobs but strangely enough find it tough to get their Green Card sponsored by anyone at all. However if you are a high school drop-out who just happened to sneak across the border and broke every possible US law you get rewarded with a US citizenship.
I think whoever authored this legislation is totally out of his mind. Will lead to total anarchy in the US society if it already isn't in that state !!

IIM Salaries ...

It's that time of the year and stupid moronic media @ it once again i.e Quoting the top most salary figure for IIM-A and IIM-B grads without giving a complete picture of what an avg IIM graduate actually gets. Rashmi Bansal of YC had a great post on this very issue last year and here's the link :-

http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2005/03/150000-googly.html

The critical para which provided a good picture about the real campus placement scenario @ the IIM's is ...

"Only 58 students out of a batch of 250 got placed on 'Day Zero'. Some 84 job offers were made but as one student was being wooed by more than one company, not all could be accepted. This means that 80% of the batch is - as I write this - still appearing for interviews with all the regular rupee-paying companies. The average Indian salary - last year - was Rs 7 lakhs. Expect that to become Rs 8 lakhs this year, thanks to a buoyant job scene. But remember, that if the 'average' is 7 lakhs there are a good number of students below that figure too! "

Why does the media in this country rely on hype rather than on facts ? How much are the IIM's paying the print & news media for this false publicity in order to attract gullible students ? Marketing ethics anyone ??