Random musings

Hi Guys, Dec 29, First of all a very happy new year. I'll try my best to see to it that this mail reaches you before the end of this year but then you know how punctual I am. I have already relayed it to everyone but in case if there is someone who is not aware then let me tell you that I have joined up spectramind. My training has begun in full swing. In the last three days itself I guess i have learned a lot. In fact the last three days has helped me move a couple of steps up from my semi literate status in computer applications. You won't believe me when I say that. But to further corroborate my stand let me just tell you that I don't know how to chat on the net. When I say that I mean that I don't know how to download the messenger softwares. And add to that I am at sea when it comes to the net lingo. I get the creeps when people talk about terms like asap, a/s/l. ( I hope I written the things right). With the spectramind experienc...

Hi guys, Dec 24, Many of you have given me interesting responses to my joining a call center. I just feel that beggars can't be choosers and I just have no other option. Anyway the purpose of this mail is to tell you about spectramind. The info that I am giving you is based on whatever I read from the magazines and what I came to know about the company in the last three days. Most of the info is accurate and can be quoted anywhere without a problem. Just ensure that no one knows that I am the source. So let me start with the spicy details. Actually the story of this company is closely related to the IT enabled revolution in India. It all began in 1989. Raman Roy the present CEO of the company, a ca was working with AmEx. The then president of AmEx came to India on a routine tour. After his stay in India he decided to set back office operations in India. And so was born the first serious call center or as euphemistically called the business process outsourcing center in India....

Hi Guys, Let me start with the cat. Again it was a three section paper and with just 150 questions in all. The various institutions say that with a score of around 70 you can expect IIM calls. Now I have attempted around 100. But . . . In the english section I misread a whole section and got 5 wrong straightaway and the passages stank. They were long, sick and had very few questions each. I felt that DI was good but as soon as I came out Rahul pointed out a few mistakes of mine. Then my attempts in the quant section was okay but the accuracy is not something that I am very happy with. So that was how cat was. To be honest I do have a good chance but then when I hear about the mistakes I made I feel creepy. Now I have FMS and IIFT left which will be held somewhere next month. Then I have got a job. Many of you guys had warned me against doing something before cat so I waited and as soon as cat was over I went ahead. So that was the reason for the delay in mailing a reply. So as...