Perils of Software Industry

A day in the life of software engineers.

GF: Girl Friend

BF: Her Boy Friend

G: Just another Girl

GF: I don’t feel the same with you anymore.

BF: (Memory Usage: 0%) Ctrl – S

GF: Earlier, you used to care about me so much, but now all that is gone.

BF: (Memory Usage: 43%) F3 !… …, F5 !… …, Enter Ctrl – S

GF: I think we should give ourselves some time to think about our situation.

BF: (Memory Usage: 0%) Ctrl – S

GF: Also, I want all of my stuffs back. Please give it to me.

BF: (Memory Usage: 51%) F3 !, Ctrl – A, Ctrl – X, Ctrl –V, Ctrl – S, Alt-F4!

GF: So, it is a good bye for now. Have a nice life.

BF: (Memory Usage: 0.11%) Ctrl – S, Alt-F4! (Error : The function you are trying to close is already being used by another user)

GF: ESC ! ESC !

BF: (Memory Usage: 100%) Ctrl – Alt – Del, Kill process !

Next Day,

G: Hi, my name is Lisa. Meet me at the corner coffee shop. I will be waiting for you.

BF: (Memory Usage: 100%) Ctrl – T, Page Up, Page Down, Print Screen, Ctrl – S, Scroll Lock

Meanwhile,

G(Lisa): (Memory Usage: 25%) Administrator Console, Terminal Services Manager, Add new user, Grant Privileges,

               Ctrl – S

Diary 24: Nothing much

Yesterday I slept at around 6 am, after watching the CSI:Miami episodes, and after being fully satisfied with the work I did. Today, I woke up at around 12:15 pm. I and my dad tried to figure out how to pull the AC out of the box, but couldn't. We needed to attach the pipe at the rear end, so that the water doesn't drop on the AC below ours. After that, I had my breakfast, and checked my work mail. I worked on my task for a while,and then started watching the CSI:Miami episodes. I also checked with my Feasthunt team, and postponed the call to tomorrow as Akshay had to work and Dallas was with the relatives. So, then we had our lunch. There were two good IPL matches back to back today, and I watched both of them. First one, CSK v/s RCB. Well, to start off Chennai were so inconsistent with their batting. They were never settled. They lost wickets very quickly. Apart from Dhoni, who smashed 70 off 40 balls, no one made any impact. Their batting line up was an impulse signal with peak at Dhoni. CSK managed to get only 128/8 in their 20 overs. RCB chased it down very easily. It was getting so boring that I even had a power nap in between the overs. After this match, I watched the remaining bits of the episodes, and then turned back to the IPL match again. This time, it was Kolkata v/s Mumbai. Kolkata batted very nicely and reached a massive total of 175/7 in their 20 overs. Right now, I am watching the chase by Mumbai, but I am not much hopeful of Mumbai winning it. The Kolkata pitch tends to slow down, and hence it would be tough chasing that score. Let's see where the tide turns. Next I plan to have dinner, and then continue watching the TV episodes. I plan to sleep by 3 am.