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An Office Survival Guide

manoj / July 20, 2010

Pointers in surviving the corporate jungle. Newspaper column in Today on 14 June 2008.

[…] In the unforgiving, dog-eat-dog corporate jungle, you need to be sure of the welcome. More importantly, you need to prove yourself worthy of it. Fear not, I am here to help you through it. And I will gladly accept all credit for your survival, if you care to make it public. But I regret that we (this newspaper, me, our family members, dogs, lawyers and so on) cannot be held responsible for any untoward consequence of applying my suggestions. Come on, you should know better than to base your career on a newspaper column! […]

Columns, French, Humor, The Today Paper

Sophistication

manoj / July 5, 2010

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How to market sophistication, a la francaise! Newspaper column in Today on 5 Jan 2008.
Sophistication is a French invention. The French are masters when it comes to nurturing, and more importantly, selling sophistication.

Philosophy, Quantitative Finance, Columns, Humor, The Wilmott Magazine, Corporate Life

Money — Love it or Hate it

manoj / April 25, 2010

4 of 4 in Philosophy of Money

This concluding part of the philosophy of money (to appear as a column in the May issue of the Wilmott Magazine) shares my private disappointment that whatever I wrote up may not have been as original as I expected it to be. But the concept of money has been around for a long time now, so I should not dwell on it too much.

Columns, Humor, The Wilmott Magazine, Corporate Life, Philosophy, Quantitative Finance

Money — Why do We Crave it?

manoj / April 18, 2010

3 of 4 in Philosophy of Money

Having looked at the how of money in the last post, here is the why of money in this third post in the my mini-series. Why do we want it so bad?

Columns, Humor, The Wilmott Magazine, Corporate Life, Philosophy, Quantitative Finance

The Ultra Rich

manoj / April 11, 2010

2 of 4 in Philosophy of Money

This second post of the mini series based on my upcoming column in the Wilmott Magazine looks at how people make money in a scalable fashion. It was posted earlier in this blog.

Humor, The Wilmott Magazine, Corporate Life, Philosophy, Quantitative Finance, Columns

Philosophy of Money

manoj / April 4, 2010

1 of 4 in Philosophy of Money

Here is another mini series of posts based on an upcoming column of mine in the Wilmott Magazine to appear in their May issue. I have posted similar ideas here before, but this series will put them together, hopefully as a cohesive whole. This first post of the series looks at the unphysical nature of money.

Humor, Philosophy

If Time Died Now, I Would Be Happy

manoj / September 29, 2009

On my strange and funny dreams.

Columns, Humor, The Wilmott Magazine, Work and Life, Corporate Life, Environment, Quantitative Finance, Science

Talent and Intelligence

manoj / May 12, 2009

3 of 6 in Bonus Plans of Mice and Men

If hard work does not entitle us to fat bonuses, perhaps our “talent” does? This is the third in the series of posts based on an upcoming column of mine in the Wilmott Magazine.

Columns, Humor, Work and Life, Corporate Life

Stinker Emails — A Primer

manoj / January 29, 2009

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Another old gem from my newspaper columns collection, this post talks about email duels that all of us have gone through at some point in our career. Enjoy!

Email Flotsam, Humor

Bushisms

manoj / January 21, 2009

Bush has just left the building. Perhaps the world will be a kinder, gentler place now. But it will certainly be a less funny place. For life is stranger than fiction, and Bush was funnier than any stand-up comedian. Jon Stewart is going to miss him. So will I.

Humor, Corporate Life, Email Flotsam

Geeks

manoj / December 10, 2008

I have been doing a bit of geeky stuff lately — writing Wordpress plugins. That made me think… We all started off as geeks, didn’t we? What’s the use denying it? Remember how the teachers loved us, and the sexy cheerleaders, well, didn’t? During our moments of panic, we go back to our geeky roots. At least, I do.

Email Flotsam, Humor

Meeting Bingo Game

manoj / September 19, 2008

This one is a hilarious piece I found on the Web. If you really like it, you have to wonder — am I still doing too much techie stuff and too little management?