On the 'bench'...

Another very unfriendly term used in software companies nowadays. Seems to have derived its source from companies which recruit more people than the amount of work available in units...(need i take any names?)....howeva i can say in pure technical terms that this is when one is not bein billed...the present state in which i am maybe...goin thru dummy objects for study purpose, preparing myself for the real battles which are gonna come netime now...da projects i mean...

When one is on bench i gess he can savour all possible things in life, dream, have fun etc etc...these are some of the things we used to do evryday in college - ahem! Got my new laptop yest...a beauty from DELL...a pity that it has only one USB port, and well, it isnt the latest version which most of the senior employees have here...howeva - its with me to stay now...things which i can boast bout which sometimes i only used to think...1 GB RAM etc etc...in college days i used to wonder how fast pc's with this much memory must be in accessing data..yea pretty fast - but satisfactory i can say...

Too bad i had to depart with my old Compaq friend - howeva i can say that it was definitely a good one...(at least it had 2 USB ports - grrr)...me tryin to get used of the touchpad as and when i have time...took a hell of time transferrin data between the 2 lappies...but finally its done and today mornin i cud savour the new machine...and then wat i did? nuthin much...yea - one can say i studied somethings to 'some' extent...but evryday its a promise given to oneself that the next day i will do more and better...dats why maybe the 'bench' time is time which one can actually make good use of - in the context of knowing his or her concepts better - so that he can build up good knowledge and doesnt have to run to basics when the deadlines in the projects approach...

With 2 entrances on the MBA side to go...one immediately ahead...and one far away to contemplate...i gess it IS time for some good quality work!