Hi, I am Pankaj Kumar. I work in the enterprise software space as a Principal Technology Consultant at SAP America of Palo Alto, CA. I use this weblog to share my thoughts about my professional life as a SAP professional.Category Archives for Books
Selecting books to read
No question about the fact that book reading is great. After completing college education, only way to grow further is by reading books. But reading a book also means time commitment. Typically a week to few weeks of reading every … Continue reading
Understanding the Carrots
In his 1995 speech “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment†given at Harvard Law School, Charlie Munger said “Well I think I’ve been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and … Continue reading
The Madness of CROWDS
I have started reading “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” over this July 4 long weekend after reading about it on Joel On Software book reviews. Very enjoyable read. My personal experience has been with the dot-gone bubble of late … Continue reading
Feed – computers were all outside the body
I first read about “Feed by MT Anderson” at FutureSalon. I found it interesting and brought the book home. I didn’t read it for quite some time. But yesterday while at work in an elevator it came to my mind … Continue reading
Slaves of numbers
Nilesh, our resident bekaar bheja aka idle mind was on a trip to Silicon Valley as a part of his MBA at Johnson. They call it networking . I took him to the Santa Clara City Library and he suggested … Continue reading
Execution – the dicipline of getting things done
To me one of the most beautiful sight to watch is some one doing their job efficiently. It could be a carpenter working on wood or a coder tapping on the keyboard. Browsing thru the excellant Santa Clara City Library … Continue reading
Finished reading – The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman
I have been reading Brad De Long’s writings for some time and he is a fan of Paul Krugman’s writings. While reading my daily dose of blogs I noticed Brij has mentioned Paul Krugman’s “The Great Unraveling” as a book … Continue reading