Gen Z! You Missed those Days! “I Love You Rasna”! Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta Passes Away!

Dear Friends and Students

I belong to the Gen X category (1965 – 1980). My Millennial friends (1981 – 1996) agree with me! 

Gen Z (1997 – 2012)!! You really missed those wonderful days!

Can you imagine any Kids birthday party in the 80s and 90s without the following snacks and Rasna? Can anyone miss the Ad by Ankitha Jhaveri as a child model and her emotional connection with the ‘I love you Rasna’ brand!

In 80s, there used 31 seconds Doordarshan Ad used to be popular-

Ankitha Jhaveri used to play with a teddy bear! Calling bell rings! Papa Aagaye (Father comes!) Mother asks father, “ Coffee, Baby responds Papa ko nahi chahiye!(Father doesn’t want it), Chai, Baby responds Papa ko nahi chahiye (Father doesn’t want it). Ab Mummy kya karegi(what does mummy do now?). Ah! She signals mummy! Rasna is ready and served father! I love you Rasna! by Ankhita Jhaveri!

Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgCJ9apCZK4

Gen X used to wait for summers for Rasna! Not just kids, I am sure Gen X agrees with me! Every arranged marriage meeting between boy and girl used to have the same snacks and Glass of Rasna! Do you disagree? Every housewife found it a ready source for guest hospitality!

From the times when there was no digital branding to till date, Rasna has managed to reach 1.8 million outlets and 60 countries! This is all by Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta Ji, a true startup founder, a fruit pulp-based start-up started in the 1970s.

It is not just emotion, but economics too. Touched the Indian middle class families!  A pack of Rasna of Rs 5 can be converted into 32 glasses of soft drinks, costing a mere 15 paise per glass. The soft drink packs not only contained vitamins and minerals, but were 10 times cheaper than the alternative beverages available in the market.

Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta died due to cardiac arrest. May the soul reach the higher planets!

Rasan taught many lessons to the startup world. One of my mentees Vivekananda Nareddula (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekanandadotme/) started Apaizer - A Premium Goli Soda Brand! (https://www.apaizer.com/) I wish Apaizer goes Rasna route!

 

Ravi Saripalle

 

Hack the MAANG or Happy with WAIT Companies!! Dream vs Dignity?

Dear Friends and Students

Slowing Global Economic Growth is Increasingly Evident! I have been receiving multiple calls from the student community. They are in total confusion.

Last year the aspiration of every competitive coder was to crack MAANG (Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) or MAMMA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet). Within 9 months, the weak global environment weakened the hiring sentiment. Now students are asking me, what should be their goal- Dream or Dignity? This is not an easy question? It has a lot of depth involved.

I told them there are several factors that influence this decision. It depends on your family affordability, your depth in competitive coding, and your attachment to the brand. Here is the simple formula in current scenario

1.     Affordability High, Depth High, Brand Attachment High- Wait for Your Dream Company/Job

2.     If any of these are weak, Go for WAIT (Wipro, Accenture, Infosys, TCS) type of companies!

Personally, I suggest Start Small, Think Big! I had a bitter experience in my life. As a fresher, I joined a UK based company. My first salary as a fresher was 3 times higher than my second company’s salary. However, My learning in my second company was 3 times higher than my first company! What an irony?! This dignity raised my spirits!    

My preference! First in First out is the best philosophy for the next 2 years! If some company gives you a job, that means, there is some need for a customer in some part of the globe! Respect them! It is God's arrangement! Rather waiting for a dream, grab one that comes to you!

The next question by some one! Low package means low level of work! This is incorrect! There is no low level of work. Even if someone assigns a simple web page development job, you can rise to the level of a UX designer! UX Designers are Beyond UI Design!  

A typical UX designer can go to the level of understanding formats of media files, HTML, JS, CSS, Vector illustration apps (Inkscape, Illustrator, CorelDraw, etc), Raster graphic editor (e.g Photoshop, Paint, etc), Diagramming tool (Visio, Gliffy,), Mock-ups and wire-framing tools (Balsamiq, UXPin). At an advanced stage, user research, design thinking, concept of responsive design, information architecture (IA) patterns, visual communication skills, etc.

In summary, a best UX/UI designer works on Research, Develops Empathy, Team work, develops Visual skills (aesthetics, layout, typographic), tools to be used (Figma, Adobe), and finally Psychology.

When this is the learning scope, where is the question of low-end work? It is only our mind that restricts us based on the pay package offered. If this pay part is removed, learning is unlimited!!

Dream and Dignity are 2-sides of the coin! The way we look differs and matters!

Ravi Saripalle

Join me in this celebration! Nation is proud of these co-founders! India Celebrates!

Join me in this celebration! Nation is proud of these co-founders! India Celebrates! Directly or indirectly, the State of AP also made a small contribution to the Mission. Give me your valuable 3 minutes. Please listen and celebrate.

Pawan Kumar Chandana, Naga Bharath Daka, and Skyroot Aerospace Congratulations Once again! We are proud of you. Little Angels School, Visakhapatnam is proud of you.

Amazing contribution by Divya Kurapati, N SPACE Tech, Tenali, AP

Proud of ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization

Listen to this! https://lnkd.in/gwyPsCXw

Ravi Saripalle

A Piece of Advice Amid Global Layoffs

Dear 3rd/2nd Year Students

 

A Piece of Advice! If it appeals to you, please consider it. If not, please ignore this message. There is a famous quote- "Whatever advice you give, be short". I will try to follow in this message.

 

Today morning one of my friends called. He is into a high bracket salary. Suddenly he is asked to move to a non-engineering role. Couple of days back a student called and shared his opinion, "rather aiming for big package jobs, better to aim for a 4-5 L package (fresher) which is sustainable for companies (manageable during this period) and to the individuals (no cost to the organization hence we are not in layoff radar). we are unable to bear this social pressure! Artificially we are taking more work to show to our manager. The other side of the issue, "Managers are giving more work to us to show to their managers"!!". What an irony?

 

Looks simply but it is a serious issue. See the Headlines of Economic Times today!

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/amazon-india-likely-to-axe-jobs-amid-global-layoffs/articleshow/95539763.cms 

 

On Sep 23 2021, I wrote an article- "Don't Overprice Yourself! It is End of Your Career!!". Many disagreed with this philosophy. In that article, I mentioned, "You know what, currently you are wearing chappals. Now, you need to wear skating shoes! The challenge is finding the rink so that skating shoes move! If it is rough terrain, skating shoes fail!"- https://i2itm.blogspot.com/2021/09/dont-overprice-yourself-it-is-end-of.html .

Today Nov 16 2022. Rink became rough. Skating shoes became a hindrance to many. They are not able to wear chappals back, the issue is not with feet but societal eyes!

 

Now what is the course correction and saviour?

 

1. All 2nd and 3rd Years- Search for an Internship, preferably more than 6-8 months. Ask for work. Don't demand Pay. Learn more, Help more!

 

2. No Dream Companies!! Aspire for Dream Work! Aspire for Deep Problems as your work title!!

 

3.Interviewing skill is more critical now! 10,000 hours of degree is decided by 5 Minutes Interview! Practice https://skill2030.com Mock Interview. It is free now for students. 

 

Today, Nov 16 2022. I will write again on Nov 16 2023! whether this model makes sense or not? 

 

Happy Interning. No Pay Packages. Build Software Packages!! This is the mantra for next 1 year. 

 

Note: I am not complaining neither corporates (for layoffs) nor individuals (who are aspiring for high packages). Advice is to start small, think big. Don't rush for packages. Rush to solve problems in human centered way, money is the by-product.

 

Ravi Saripalle

Probably India’s First, Edge Computing Device in Road Safety (K-Shield) is Ready for Industrial Production (K-Shield)! Proud Moment to the Institution, Founders, of course to me as a Mentor!!

Dear Friends and Students

I still remember, it was probably Year 2016, 4 members of First Year ECE students approached me with a simple idea of road safety! This conversation continued and continues for 6 years now!

We started as a simple college level product for road safety! Now exactly after 6 years, it got converted to an industry ready product named K-Shield (a device that prevents accidents by monitoring drivers and alerts if it detects any type of danger on the road).

We started discussions in our 10X10 room in 2016, after 6 years this team converted it to a start-up named “Kshemin Labs”, raised multi-million INR, developed probably India’s first and Aatmanirbharbharat Edge Computing Device for Road Safety.

After the initial college demo version, I was having a proud moment when I was naming this baby product as Kshemin- Safety in Sanskrit. I am happy see that these founders are still continuing with the same name! Thank you so much Team!

K-Shield is powered by an AI-Engine which constantly analyses the video feeds and location data and provides real-time situations to the driver. Hyper Vision high-speed video cameras are supporting this effort. It has the capability to handle 4G!

Thanks to semiconductors' shortage, this team started working on various options and finally developed their own Edge Computing Device! Now it is ready for industrial production! This team is getting offers to develop similar edge computing devices for various other usecases!! May be this becomes their main business!! Who knows!! Often by-products becomes revenue generators!

After 6 years, the first 3 founders are still intact, taking this mission with commitment!!

Congratulations!! K Pradeep Varma, CEO & Co-Founder, K Gyna Sai (Co-Founder and Dev), K Ratan Rohit (Co-Founder and ML Engineer)

Cab Service, Institutional Transport, Logistics Organizations and Personal Car Owners! Make your Road Journeys Safer and Smarter using K-Shield!

Please reach out to CEO Pradeep (pradeep@ksheminlabs.com) for any enquiries or partnerships or support in any form!

Lack of real-time driver assistance systems in vehicles is resulting in more than 78% of the accidents!

           

Ravi Saripalle

5 Point Criteria Decides Your Future Job Selection! Please Read this Message

 5 Point Criteria Decides Your Future Job Selection! Please Read this Message

1. 18+ Years old Spends >10000 hours for Education but 5 Minutes Interview decides the selection

2. >70% Fail in Face-to-Face Interviews in spite good knowledge

3. Often Ego of Job Aspirant, Time Availability of Mentor, Mismatch in Mentor Expertise become obstacles to plan and prepare for Interviews

4. Often aspirants possess lot of Knowledge but misspell simple domain vocabulary

5. In future every first round Job Interview is going to happen virtually by AI & Metaverse.  Checks wholesome experience and reports- Domain Correctness, Pronunciation, Accent, Writing, Confidence, time management Content and Organization, Body language, Listening together!  

Constraints

1. Job Aspirant has to run from Pillar to Post to acquire & experience all these 5 Parameters! 

2. One Single Person cannot mentor or train in all 5 parameters

3. Face to Face may not work all the times due to time and human ego factor!

Solution:

1. Attempted https://skill2030.com platform, addresses the many points under one roof!

2. AI Powered, Metaverse Avatars (2 Indians, 2 American, 2 Brit- Male and Female)

3. Mock-Interview Automation Platform- No Human Intervention, AI Evaluation

Here is the beginning! Experience the Future! Participate in Mega Mockathon! (Mock Interview Marathon)

When: 11-11-2022

Registration Deadline: 09-11-2022

Registration Page: https://mockathon.skill2030.com/

Who: Any Individual Concerned about Future Job Interviews! No Qualification

Founding Team:

Dr. Abinav Dayal (PhD Northwestern University, MTech IIT Delhi, BTech BIT Mesra)

Dr. Ranbir Sinha (PhD University of Minnesota USA, BTech IIT Kharagpur)

Dr. Sumit Gupta (PhD National University of Singapore, BTech IIT Delhi)

Dr. Ravi Saripalle (PhD, MBA, MCA, GMP (IIM B), Ex Wipro)

Many Jobs are at Verge of Closure Except this One! Raise or get Rinsed! What is that ONE JOB LEFT? Read this Perspective!

Dear Friends and Students

Nov 2015, theguardian.com published an article “Five ways work will change in the future”! It mentioned that “The first relates to advances in machine learning – the ability to organise large volumes of data so you can get actionable intelligence. white-collar jobs are also at risk as software becomes more sophisticated. One example is Quill, a program developed by US company Narrative Science that crunches data and generates reports in a journalistic style.”

Today we are on 1^st Nov 2022! 7 Years Passed! Many of the White-collar Jobs are on the verge of Closure! It is just beginning!  AI is expected to replace 85 million jobs worldwide by 2025!!

Future of Work for Medicos

• No More Traditional Surgeons Needed! Hugo™ RAS system took that job! Robot-Assisted Surgery Made Simple; Medtronic made it (Noel Colon, SVP).
• No More Oncologists Needed! Karkinos Healthcare, AI powered Cancer Detection Technology is on the way to do this! Venkataramanan R (Founder and CEO), Raja Sekhar Kommu (Co-Founder and CTO)
• No More Specialists in Ophthalmology! Google’s Automated Retinal Disease Assessment makes it!  Dr. Lily Peng, Leading the charge at Google!
• No More Basic Health Check Doctors! Medical Tricorder monitors 13 medical conditions (anaemia, diabetes, urinary, stroke, leukaemia, TB, etc)!  Cloud DX Founder Robert Kaul made it!
• No More Critical Decisions by Doctors! IBM Watson AI Provides Decisions! David Cox IBM Director, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, IBM Research leads this effort!

Future of Work for Engineers

·        No More App Developers Needed! Zoho Creator designs and develops! Sridhar Vembu ZOHO!

·        No More Manual Testers Needed! Selenium took over that job! Simon Stewart, Core Contributor of Selenium!

·        No More Infra Provision Engineers Needed! Terraform does Cloud Services (network, firewall, database etc) Mitchell Hashimoto, Founder of HashiCorp made it!

·        No More Complex Project Management! Asana Gamified Dashboard Capable of it! Dustin Moskovitz, Founder of Asana, envisioned it!

·        No More Simple Coders Needed! OpenAI Codex Converts Natural Language to Code in 12 Programming Languages! Greg Brockman, Co-Founder OpenAI leading this effort!

Future of Work for Management Professionals

·        No More HRs or Technical Interviewers Needed! Skill2030.com took over that job! Dr Abhinav Dayal, Founder, Enligence Technology Labs leading this effort!

·        No More Letter Drafting Team Needed! Jasper took over that job! Dave Rogenmoser, CEO & Co-founder at Jasper made it

·        No More Email Grammar Verification! Grammarly does it! Brad Hoover, CEO Grammarly leads this

·        No More Accountants is a MBA/CA/ICWA! Zoho Books Capable of it! Sridhar Vembu ZOHO!

·        No More Marketing Team Needed!      does it! Charles Frydenborg, CEO leads this effort.

 

What is that ONE JOB LEFT?

In the next 5 to 10 years, any routine job is prone for automation. Human Centered / Empathy Centered / Compassion Centered Jobs only remain on the earth! Among the people who exhibit experiential innovation become leaders of tomorrow! Essentially, they are called Design Thinkers!

Team, become a Design Thinker! Your job is secured and sustained.

Founders are going to hire and employ a Design Thinking team in their respective Founder’s Office. This is going to be the new norm!

Human Centered Approach to Experiential Innovation is called Design Thinking!!

Are You Ready for this new norm?

Ravi Saripalle