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Thoughts on mobile technologies and tele-repair
Innovation doesn’t always mean creating new things. Using existing things in new ways is also innovation. Innovation does not have to be big-bang, it can also be soft and silent steps which make an...
View ArticleThe Customer is Always Right?
Is the customer always right? And if he is not, what do you do? One of our Software Development Leads faced this dilemma in almost an “Arjuna moment”.. (In the epic Mahabharata, as Arjuna stood ready...
View Article3 points of worry in Off-shore Software Development
Recently, I connected to a prospective client on LinkedIn, and he shared some concerns: “I was referred to you by a friend who has worked with Mindfire and highly recommended your services. I was...
View ArticleCommon Sense vs Bureaucracy
An organization gets bureaucratic with age. Meaningless rules and policies are thrown around, often ignoring common sense. I came across an instance recently, and wondered what we were thinking. One of...
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Reflections on “Queen”
As with every good movie, the story and characters of “Queen” have subtleties you can reflect on, in different contexts. If you have watched the movie, read on! Right Person in the Right Place Whether...
View ArticleIt isn’t Hard to Hard-code!
Recently I came across an interesting programming situation. Parts of a web-based system stopped working suddenly, with nothing significant having changed. After some finger-pointing and accusatory...
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Celebrating Awesomeness
Let us meet someone interesting today. One of our software engineers at Mindfire, Tadit Dash, was recognized by Microsoft this week as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for South Asian...
View ArticleA Glass of Google, Anybody?
Alternatively called revolutionary and creepy, Google Glass has cyberspace up – up in arms and up for it. Hate it or like it, you can’t ignore it. There are social, privacy and etiquette implications....
View ArticleWho Should Software Developers Care About?
Manager/Lead or Client – who should developers care about? Neither. Software developers in outsourcing companies are a harried lot. Demands come from multiple quarters – Lead or Manager, Client,...
View ArticleWhy is Salary paid after Work is done?
Since my first job a couple decades ago, I have always been intrigued by a tradition in the world of work. It is so embedded in our minds and expectations that we don’t question it. Salary for a month...
View ArticlePre-paid Salary: The Shocking Result of Our Poll
Few days back I wrote about salary traditionally being paid after work is done (end of month), and how it could possibly be paid in advance of the month as pre-paid salary. After that, we ran a poll...
View ArticleThank God It’s Friday – Mindfire Style!
At Mindfire, we recently had a proposal to have one day of the week as “Work From Home” (WFH) for everyone. A day working at home would allow a day’s escape from the commute. It would enable...
View ArticleEntry-level/Fresher Salary at Mindfire Solutions
Quietly. Quietly, Mindfire has created one of the best packages for freshers, nationwide. At Mindfire Solutions, we have always believed in providing industry-leading packages for talent. We have...
View ArticleThoughtful Programming Can Save Days. But Do You Have Time For It?
Today I will share an experience in the effects of inflexible software, actually caused by hard work! We use a SaaS service for our payroll process. Last month, we needed to add a salary component...
View ArticleWhat Have These Two People Done?!
Two Mindfireans recently achieved commendable personal milestones, and it inspires everyone around. Saurabh Agarwal Saurabh will be attending Mobile App Europe from September 29 to October 1, at...
View ArticleA Short History of Desktop Operating Systems
At the beginning of this millennium, the PC/OS wars had practically ended. You used Windows everywhere. Only some companies like Mindfire, which worked on Apple Mac development, had any use for...
View ArticleCan Weekends Begin on Fridays?
Weekends start on Saturdays. What if they could start on Fridays? What?!? Are you out of your mind? Hmm. Carlos Slim set the dialog rolling for fewer workdays recently. He advocated 3 11-hour...
View ArticleIntroduction to Xamarin and ASP.NET vNext in Nepal
Two Mindfireans – Nirmal and Tadit – will be traveling to Kathmandu shortly, to speak at the DevTechDays event organized by Microsoft Innovation Center, Nepal on September 20 2014....
View ArticleHow Do You Raise a High Bar? – Fresher Salary Again!
Mindfire has been elevating its quality and standards of work, of tech talent, continuously over the years. We receive tremendous interest from thousands and thousands of aspirants, and create...
View ArticleWhy Are We Called “Mindfire”?
People have often wondered why we are named “Mindfire”. It is not a word, although it is clearly a composite – but why exactly “Mindfire”? For most human endeavor, almost anything worth doing, at...
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