Prathima's Miles & Milestones

Agile practices when not followed smartly adds a layer of micro-management on top of regular development activities. It’s not enough just to ‘go agile’ (aka follow agile practices — iterations, stand-ups, user stories, etc). ‘Being agile’ goes far deeper than that — it’s about our mindset and organisational culture; it’s about what we value and how we behave. Smart… — read more

This is so well thought and captured! Thank you so much for sharing this!! — read more

Financial importance should be one of the top priorities to achieve irrespective of the gender. I made this list and have achieved some of them and the rest are still in progress. Hope it inspires you to get started or review your current financial freedom. Be Debt-free. Sell your crap. Cut your crap. Be minimalistic.… — read more

Fangirl of Kent Beck and Don Wells’ practices Computer science is a young science. Building software is more like creating a work of art, it requires creativity in design and ample craftsmanship to complete. Agile processes accept the reality of change versus the hunt for complete, rigid specifications. Agile also means a fundamental change in… — read more

Choose a company which hates “Jugaad”. Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Hustling and Hacking are very different things. Ensure that ‘Quality’ is a defining characteristic. Production issues occurrences be a once in a blue moon/odd or even sprint scenario. Code reviews should be as a daily ritual. Pair programming should be a weekly affair. Surround… — read more

As a hobbyist, my next skill I wanted to accomplish has been “Swimming”. The Summer of 2k17 had just been around the corner and it was ideal to check another item off my Bucketlist. I was determined to enroll for the swimming classes to get rid of my fear of water. I have been aware… — read more

Out of all the performances, the most delightful one is dancing for a social cause. As my parents and my schools have taught me that ‘Charity begins at home’, my dance teachers too follow the same principle. We, as a part of Shaimak Dance Academy, Koramangala branch had been to Kidwai Drug Foundation where there… — read more

This post draws inspiration from many incidents from my professional life. Understanding English in an amalgamation of people’s perspective of reading and understanding. I always had a dilemma in framing sentences in business and negotiation emails with clients whether the phrases are polite or rude leading it to a constructive ending. Whenever I committed mistakes,… — read more

You might be the very first one at the door and still be the last one leaving from work. You will not complain because this gives you satisfaction on the work front. Striking a deal with the customer makes you the happiest. Thinking out of the box ideas is your usual day to day scenario.… — read more

Shane Burgman: Lovely article. I enjoyed reading it 🙂 — read more