Speaking my mind
Its the middle of the night, just felt like working a little bit. Am taking a break now...
I like speaking my mind. But its often got me into trouble.
For example, in meetings of our research group, a lab-mate presents a new idea. I ask him if its practical and I find problems with the idea (if there are any to be found). And people don't like it.
If I keep quiet about the problem his idea has, he'll just publish it in some conference, where someone will find the mistake and say this guy doesn't know his stuff. Worse still, people may get misled by the paper. When you really love something, you kind of get passionate about it. And if you see someone else fooling around and not doing things the way it should be done, it kind of bugs you.
There are many people I know who don't love their work (designing chips), and its kind of weird seeing them fool around. They spend exactly 8 hours at work, and just wait to pack up at the end of the day. They don't work in the weekends, cos' they are not paid to do so. I believe you need to love something to be good at it, and these guys do shoddy work, and it bugs me no end to see crap like this published in conferences.
Back to sweet-talk, this phenomenon is something you see often in the US. You got to watch you say and say things which you know the other person would like to hear. For example, every morning, I hear people asking each other how yesterday was (even though they don't care), they ask you how you are as if they really care (and they don't even wait for a reply)... In the beginning, it used to bug me; I was thinking its hypocrisy. I've now got used to it, I suppose, cos' it bothers me less and less.
I'm writing stuff that's getting too personal, I guess. Its rather uncomfortable knowing that someone you know is reading your thoughts and knowing about you. I've decided not to tell anyone else this blog is mine, and keep my identity a secret. A person or two knows who I am, guess I'll have to live with it.
I like speaking my mind. But its often got me into trouble.
For example, in meetings of our research group, a lab-mate presents a new idea. I ask him if its practical and I find problems with the idea (if there are any to be found). And people don't like it.
If I keep quiet about the problem his idea has, he'll just publish it in some conference, where someone will find the mistake and say this guy doesn't know his stuff. Worse still, people may get misled by the paper. When you really love something, you kind of get passionate about it. And if you see someone else fooling around and not doing things the way it should be done, it kind of bugs you.
There are many people I know who don't love their work (designing chips), and its kind of weird seeing them fool around. They spend exactly 8 hours at work, and just wait to pack up at the end of the day. They don't work in the weekends, cos' they are not paid to do so. I believe you need to love something to be good at it, and these guys do shoddy work, and it bugs me no end to see crap like this published in conferences.
Back to sweet-talk, this phenomenon is something you see often in the US. You got to watch you say and say things which you know the other person would like to hear. For example, every morning, I hear people asking each other how yesterday was (even though they don't care), they ask you how you are as if they really care (and they don't even wait for a reply)... In the beginning, it used to bug me; I was thinking its hypocrisy. I've now got used to it, I suppose, cos' it bothers me less and less.
I'm writing stuff that's getting too personal, I guess. Its rather uncomfortable knowing that someone you know is reading your thoughts and knowing about you. I've decided not to tell anyone else this blog is mine, and keep my identity a secret. A person or two knows who I am, guess I'll have to live with it.
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