I wanted to do this for a very long time but never got round to it. This morning got up, made a few phone calls and put this post together. Here is what I have done. Using very raw numbers wrt to number of employees, average salary per employee, target profit potential, I have gone…
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I don’t know… The late Eqbal Hassan once said that “Whatever you do, don’t complain?”. This is your country, if you have any issue work and resolve it. But don’t complain. So I am not going to complain. Not that I have anything to complain about. Yes there was no electricity for the last 30…
Karachi United, redux
Heard on the sidelines of Karachi United Football Club, Coach to his class of little ones… “Its not about the goal, its about the ball. When its not about the ball, its about the mindset” I have now been a KUFC summer camp father on the side lines for three weeks. It has been a…
Alchemy on Hiring – the PASHA Career Expo Post 1
I am not exactly the role model for giving hiring advice since in my career to date I have only actively looked five times for a job. a) Immediately after school at FAST ICS (four offers) b) Four and a half years later when I was pissed at my boss for taking sides (one offer)…
Karachi United Football Club or Why I work for myself
Karachi United Football Club – Or why I work for myself After four and a half long years of 18 hour days, 7 day weeks, I decided to take a break. The last 12 months have been especially rough. We went through two due diligence trips; the toughest close I have ever had to make…
Cross Border Mutual admiration society
Balaji and I met God knows how a year ago some where on the corners of the blogging world. We met again last week he did post on learning from failure that caught my eye (when my log analyzer hailed the balaji blog and his post as the top referrer to the alchemy domain). Us failures needs to…
PASHA Career Expo – Karachi, 16th June 2007
Three words. Don’t miss it I think it is the only industry event of its kind that not just brings geeks and their potential bosses together but: a) As an employer gives you the mileage and profile you deserve. Last year in Karachi, it was used as a benchmark to guage how well you were doing…
The second floor and Tee-M or Suji ka Halwa
The second floor is Sabeen and ZAK’s latest creation. Off Ittehad (after Axact but before KFC, going towards Korangi road) it is the hideout of the jazziest and coolest of all rebels. With a hunter beef sandwich and a green apple chiller to kill for, the ambiance is that of a stylish, mid market studio with a…
The hiring scene in Karachi
The rumour mill has it: Etilize: 50 plus TPS: 55 plus MIXIT: 15 plus Avanza: 30 plus Prosys: 25 plus Graduating FAST batch: 60 student
Mid life crisis redux
15 years ago when a young woman looked at me, I actually thought that I must be cool. Today when three young (relatively speaking) girls turned around and looked at me, I could read their minds – look at that fat, bald guy dipping his bread in his Wild Mushroom soup and his two cold…