Thursday, June 09, 2005
Do you know the gender of your block??
I couldn't control and slept off. It is really very challenging to remain awake for 15-20 minutes after the lunch when you don't have much work at your desk. I could not stand the challenge and slept off but in not a very obvious position. After approx 20 minutes, I woke up still feeling sleepy. So I thought of having a cup of coffee..went to cafeteria..bothered the coffee machine..wasted a paper cup and started sipping that tasteless coffee. After a minute, my colleague came and asked about the block I was working on,"Is Hybrid looking good?". Hybrid is an Analog block of the Ethernet systems. Please don't scratch your heads(analog designers excluded) if this doesn't sound familiar. Treat this as a black box. OK.
I answered,"Yes!". He got excited with positive answer and asked again,"Is it really looking beautiful?".
I said,"Yes! Do you want to marry Hybrid?". It was kind of an impulsive answer without really giving a thought to the meaning of what I was saying. Then suddenly another guy popped up,"Hey, how do you know the gender of your block?". And this thought occured in my mind. Do all the engineers(both sexes) know the gender of the blocks they are working on no matter whether it is VLSI design or programming or building a bridge or making a car or anything. Does anyone even think about it? I haven't till now. But from that moment I started to figure out some characteristics of Hybrid which can be helpful in determining its gender. Analysis is not finished yet...:o)
What say guys..Som, Anant, Jlal, Abhaya....
I answered,"Yes!". He got excited with positive answer and asked again,"Is it really looking beautiful?".
I said,"Yes! Do you want to marry Hybrid?". It was kind of an impulsive answer without really giving a thought to the meaning of what I was saying. Then suddenly another guy popped up,"Hey, how do you know the gender of your block?". And this thought occured in my mind. Do all the engineers(both sexes) know the gender of the blocks they are working on no matter whether it is VLSI design or programming or building a bridge or making a car or anything. Does anyone even think about it? I haven't till now. But from that moment I started to figure out some characteristics of Hybrid which can be helpful in determining its gender. Analysis is not finished yet...:o)
What say guys..Som, Anant, Jlal, Abhaya....
