nhatquanglan virus

When do you get infected?

When u put ur USB drive into some publicly accessed comp and then put it into urs!... similar to the way AIDS is transmitted!

How do you know you'v got infected?
Folder option goes missing
Taskmanager is diabled
Regedit is disabled
On ur flash drive every folder has another folder created by 'nhatquagalan'

What to do?
http://piyushlabs.wordpress.com/nhatquanglan-new-folder-svchost/

In case u get a 'framedyn.dll' missing error while running the 'heal' file, add the Path variable '%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem' in the System Properties.
More on this

Run the Heal and sit and pray! :)

In my case i ran TrendMicro to delete the virus... unfortunately ... trend killed the virus but did not enable regedit, folder options & task manager. I had to run Heal to fix these... still the Folders Option was disabled.

To remove any other left-over side-effects.... directly run the registry enteries as given on piyushlab's website.... happy de-virusing!

Ending of an era and transition into a new beginning

This post is to serve as a reminder to myself that i need to blog the following:

* Placements - The how and what goes into the minds of those 200 odd IIMB grads before they make those so called mind boggling salaries for press
* What i'll be missing at IIMB

Btw, the topic... well, for ppl who'v been reading my blog, u might remember that I joined IIMB to follow a career path in IT consulting... well I was one of those few who didn't want to shift away from IT, but then I had to... because a very interesting profile presented itself....

I'll be taking up the offer from Cypress Semiconductors to join their Strategic Marketing & Business Intelligence team in the position of Asst. Business Development Manager :)

More about this later.

Pre-read before the next posts to understand more about me:

About Me:
Worked for 2 yrs at HCL Technoligies. Did product development (IP initiative) - Worked alone for a year did requirements analysis, design, prototyping, development, testing & created a customizable setup. No client interaction whatsover - Strange ain't it for someone who spent 2 yrs in the IT services industry?
The end product: - ELM
Well that should give you a hint of what I am :)

Hmmm... at IIMB,
During the First Yr, I was not at all interested in Fin - Mainly due to the Fin Acc debacle and the post effects!
However, during summer placements, the kind of shortlists that i got were :
Fin: Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, Edelweiss, ICICI Securities, Citigroup
Consuting: Accenture Consulting
Gen Mgmt: TAS
IT: CTS
Finally i ended up taking up the offer from Citigroup GCG... and ended up doing something in their E Business division

Slowly my interests changed, I began to develop interest in Marketing & Strategy courses. (Well those were the ones that required loads of common sense... and I think that's one of the few things that I claim to posses :D )

Towards the Final term, just before the placement season my focus became primarily towards IT Product development/management roles, IT Business Analyst roles, Business Consulting Roles & General Management... and lastly Marketing... nothing beyond these and my preparation was getting more focussed towards these sort of roles.

Soon it was time for placements,

The companies that I sat for & the roles that i applied for in the Laterals process:

• Microsoft - Technology Manager (Applied for the heck of it ... personally didn't like the shady sales roles that they were offering... Great place to work for if u r a techie ... not so if u r an MBA)

• Al-Ghanim Industries - IT Biz Analyst ( Strategy role... didn't show interest because they were looking for permanent position in Kuwait)

• Barclay's Bank - E Biz (Offered role similar to the one i did at Citi during my internship...didn't show interest since it was Mumbai based)

• Cognizant - Biz Analyst (Prob. didn't get this because I demanded too much :D )

• Cypress Semiconductors - Biz Development ( good profile... was interested in it right from the time I read the JD)

• TSMG - Consulting (was bullish it but unfotunately/fortunately didn't get the offer)

The companies that I din't sit for in Laterals:
IBM, PWC, CapGemini, Deloitte, Syntel, Wipro, HCL, Google, Verizon, Stand Charted, Infy BPO, Patni, RPG, ... Well u must be wondering.. some of these companies sound great.... well the roles they offered were not the ones that suited me :)

What were the thinks I didn't want in a job:

Sales roles
Too much Client Interaction
Hectic Life Style
Abroad posting
Interest diminished with distance from Chennai/Bangalore ;)

What I didn't bother putting too much importance to:
Salary - If it was a non IT job
Location - If it was a role that I loved

What I bothered most about:
Role offered
Salary - In case it was an IT job
Salary - In case the role didn't fit me at all :)

So in the end... the difference between B.Tech placements & MBA placements is that B.Tech placements are more often than not Salary driven whereas MBA placements are Role-Driven.

Tips on Autos

Chennai

They hardly run by the meter
If u are being accousted at the Central Station, then the rate charged can be easily assume to be twice the actual rate
If u don't know how to bargain, prefereably go to the prepaid auto stand at the Central station
If u are being accousted at any other place in Chennai, the initial charged rates can be 1.5 time that of the actual fare.. so bargain accordingly
Eventually you would end up paying a premium of around 20% whatever be the case :(
Chennai autos s***

Bangalore

They run by the meter (some of them..including digital ones are tampered)
Strange rules: 4 ppl - 1.5 times meter charge... between 10pm & 6am - 1.5 times meter charge
If u are a bunch of 6 and taking 2 autos... make sure the meters on both autos are running, otherwise refuse to go.
At the City Station, the best bet is to take a pre-paid auto from City Station
Note:
There is no 1.5 time above the pre-paid bill. Clarify this with the auto driver before boarding it itself (in fact clear it with the pre-paid bill issuer itself)...This is a new trick these a******** have started pulling on the ill-informed passenger who come in the early morning trains
Bangalore autos are a bit more decent i feel, but now they'v started going the chennai way..and they aslo s***

Overall i hate autos & autodrivers... and given an option i would rather travel peacefully in a bus rather than lose peace of mind in one of these horrible 3 wheeled things things.. most of them lack decency. I admire the rare decent ones! Overall if given a chance i would run a private auto biz to make sure these *&()#@!@^ learn a bit of decency. I wish call taxi's and share autos all the very best!

I'm feeling suicidal.. i'm feeling lonely... i think i'm having an early mid-life crisis setting in.. :) or maybe i'm just a little drunk :)

People

She came into my life when i most needed someone. She was my best companion through that phase. Its been one and a half years since we became friends. And now its time to move on. I hope she fares well in whatever she does and meets someone who would mean the world to her. I'm sorry that I was not able to make as big an impact in her life as she had been able to make to mine.

Thanks MEJ!

Endings

It started with my first L^2... and it ended with my last L^2... the only 2 L^2's that i have danced in.

Today is the day that... (in no particular order)

• Placements for 2008 batch concluded
• DK made a choice between a brokerage firm and and IT services firm
• Me and Jayanth saw the movie 'There will be blood' on the recommendation of a person whom we would never take recommendation ever again
• Googs got drunk for the first time
• Googs and Singhal wore the uniform - round neck t-shirt + tie + shorts + belt and went to L^2
• F top & F first met at Peri's room to have 2006 bordeaux wine
• I had Strawberry Frappe at CCD
• I uncorked the wine bottle
• Vibhor and Tulsi danced at L^2
• Avishek played gully cricket at IIMB for the first time
• Vineet had to be taken back to his room after being completely knocked out
• Anupam played spoilsport and went to sleep at 11
• I played gully cricket and got 2 successive golden ducks
• I had vodka+red wine+a sip of whiskey+a sip of vodka+a sip of beer.... interspersed with 7 up, fanta & Lays
• I saw all the craziness...the romance.... the spirit of IIMB at L^2..

Its around 3.30 Am.. and i'm signing off... will go to sleep after watching an episode of 'Two and a Half Men'

Necessary learnings

Off all the subjects that i'v done over the past 2 years, here are the ones i value most... rather that i think has given me most value

At IIMB,

1. Financial Accounting - For the P&L statements and Balance sheets
2. Microeconomics - For economies of scale
3. Marketing Management - For the 4 P's
4. Corporate Finance - For beta & portfolio theory
5. Operations Management - For design, planning & production + Supply Chain
6. Macroeconomics - For fiscal & monetary policies
7. Contemporary Concerns Study - For understanding the steel industry
8. Managing Innovations - For evaluating technological innovations
9. Valuation - For DCF, WACC
10. Contemporary Economic Scenarios - For Oil shocks, spectrum allocation, Impossible Trinity & Greenspan conundrum

and

0. the Strategy: Process & Tools course at ESC, Bretagne, France - For showing me how all the pieces fit together