Techie Quotes

“Geeks are like male lions, they don't like the presence of another one in the vicinity.”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“India is the only country wherein the total number of engineers exceeds the number of vehicles on the road.”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Even in the mid-1990s geeks were fair game. One afternoon a colleague and I were standing on either side of one of the narrow aisles between the banks of trading desks on the floor when one of the chief traders walked between us, his head momentarily between ours. At that instant he winced, clutched his head with both hands as though in excruciating pain, and exclaimed, “Aarrggh-hhh! The force field! It’s too intense! Let me out of the way!”
― Emanuel Derman, My Life As A Quant: Reflections On Physics And Finance

“In boardrooms, bald is beautiful”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Developer is the one who creates bugs/defects mostly and working code rarely”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Developers and testers usually maintain a very healthy India-Pakistan like camaraderie”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Business analyst is the one who is adept in confusing the customer, developer and testers simultaneously”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Proof of concept or POC is the art of winning a ship-building contract by showing the working model of a paper boat”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie