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Came across an ad in my inbox for this magazine called L.I.V.E I T. Now if this magazine can get me women like this in IT(reverse positioning), I will buy the magazine on a 5 year subscription :-)

I always have bad memories of women in IT, as the hittable chicks are already having a waiting list, the emerging ones have boyfriends who flirt with them in sourcecodes and tech talk. So if u cant code, ur chances of hitting on even the second string ones are gone. The rest of the lot are invariably loaded in your project, and when I was in Infy, I had 6 girls in my team and some of their conversations went like this(2005 August/september time)

Sample a conversation at 8 15 pm, after a routine On-site call(Am converting this from Tamil to English)

Girl1- Hey, did u find the guy interesting ?

Girl 2- (She was on the phone, so I cant hear).#$@#%$%$*

Girl 1- " hey, You should not reject him, You are a Dot Net girl, he is a C# guy who also knows mainframes.Its a good combination for work. He is soo ideal no, marry him na"

I was dumbfounded! Why does this have to be so formulaic and happen only in Chennai , damn it?

During my engineering, I asked a friend of mine, who was the hottest girl in their department, and he said pointing to a girl, " she studies well da, she got 87% in the last univ semester exam". I coughed and caught cold soon enough.

Believe me, these are times when its tough to pass a comment on the person, as it takes some time to get over the shock of what he/she said. Women, I have met in Chennai(in IT) invariably end up marrying your skill set(java, #$%^^ whatever) or your temporary onsite stint.

So If you are an IT girl who indulges in such conversations, then you wouldnt have understood the joke. So go back and code... and create an application for skill set based dating(orkut, u have competition)

If You arent, please feel free to socially network with me...

Beware of Fake Job Consultants! Wipro...U've got mail !

One of my friends from engineering days, who is working at Infosys, got this message as a mail. As a frustrated employee loking for that elusive promotion, this mail did seem to light up his spirits to such an extent that he didnt read between the lines of this email sent to him.

When he shared the email, I found out quite a few chinks in the mail's armoury. Here goes the mail

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: wipro.techenologies@gmail.com <rzmails@indiatimes.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Subject: your resume has been selected by hrd
To:
Dear Candidate,
Ref: Selection and initial response of Resume online. information forselection of final stage in new Plant of WIPRO TECHENOLOGIES. TheCompany Groups deals in IT, Computer, Electronics and IndustrialManufacturing business.
The Company offered the following candidates to join as:-ITES/BPO/Operations/Customer Service, Production/ServiceEngineering/Manufacturing/Maintenance, Purchase/SCM,HR/Admin/PM/IR/Training, R&D/Engineering Design, Departments for our newestablished Plant at Greate Noida, Industrial Area.
You are selected according to your resume in which Project you have workedon according to that you have been selected here,
Your interview will held on 27th of April. 2008 in Greater Noida.You will be pleased to know that Company has advised in the selectionpanel that your Application can be progress to final stage. You willcome to our corporate office in Noida. The call latter with Air Ticketwill be send byCompany HRD. You have to come with photo-copies of all requireddocuments.First you have to deposit the (Cash,,D.D) as an initialsecurity infavor of Company HRD of Rs 3,550/- through any [HDFC BANK ] Branchfrom your Home City to Company Sr. HRD. Account NO -01931530001023 -Name of Mr.RAVI SINGH. It will be refundable at the time of Company interview.Your offer latter with Air tickets will be send to your Home Addressby courier after receiving the confirmation of! security deposited inHDFC BANK and the amount of security which you are going to pay istotally refundable with your other expenditure as per bills, witheryou are selected or not.The company have been selected "25" candidatesfor "15" confirm requirements in NOIDA Unit. The Company offeredSalary Rs.25,000/- to 35,000/- + (HRA Extra + D.A + Conveyance andother Company benefits) for these requirements. The Job profile anddesignation will be fix by CompanyHRD. at time of final process.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPANY HRD.•Photo-copies of Qualification Documents (Must)•Photo-copies of Experience Certificates (If any)•Photo-copies of Address Proof (Must)•Two Passport Size Photo-graph (Must)
The Job profile, salary offer, and date -time of interview will be mentionin your call or offer latter. Your latter will d! ispatch very shortlyafter receiving your confirmation of Cash! deposit ed in HDFC BANK .The last date of confirmation 2nd APRIL. We wish you the best of luckfor the subsequent and remaining After deposited the security amountin bank you have to give me information by email, that you havedeposited the amount in bank. Same time I will dispatch you latter bycourier.Thanks
GAGAN NAGPAL – Executive (HR)WIPRO TECHENOLOGIES.A-8 Sector-60Near Shopprix Mailnoida utter pradeshReply,you can email your resume to wipro.techenologies@gmail.com
Con Number:-09953976180,09760203807

I have personally never seen such a badly drafted letter, with those typical I-write-as-I-speak kind of "daaly" (Delhi) language. These consultants seem to make hay with people who are desperate for that one job change that will promise light at the end of the rather dark tunnel. This is a huge scam cheating people of money. I guess Wipro should take note of such negative publicity to its company, due to these job consultants