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Friday, March 13, 2015

Lesson to be leant :

Recent stories happened with a wannabe Python developer who was searching for a job.

A Python developer got on the London subway train last Monday and was not in a particularly good mood for the morning pleasantries or hi hellos. The London subway rush had also got to him so when a man stood in his way, he shoved that person off and to show his annoyance he showered him with choicest cuss words like “Go f*** yourself.” The man sauntered off and the Python developer thought the issue was best forgotten.

But as we said above, life is full of ironies and Karma is a B**** which comes back to haunt you. The same happened with our Python developer later in the afternoon, when he had to face a interview for a job, which he very much needed.

He walked into the interviewers chamber and within seconds, began to remember the lord and curse himself.
The man interviewing him turned out to be the very man he had shoved off and told to ‘F*** off in the morning on the subway.

Being a software guy, our Python developer tried to rework the situation like he does with codes but as we said Karma is a B****.

The interviewer was Matt Buckland of Forward Partners and he made a post of it on Twitter which went viral  [Karma - the guy who pushed past me on the tube and then suggested I go F myself just arrived for his interview...with me...]

Buckland is the head of talent and recruiting for Forward Partners which is a venture capital company. This is a VC company that offers money to fledgling start-ups.
On seeing the man who shoved him in the morning in the opposite seat asking for a job, “It was totally awkward,” Buckland later told BBC.

How did the interview go? Our Python developer lost his job opportunity and Buckland laughed it off. He admitted to BBC, “I approached it by asking him if he’d had a good commute that morning. We laughed it off and in a very British way I somehow ended up apologizing.”

Its an unfair world out there and we should remember the golden principle of life, what you sow, you shall reap. Hope our Python developer has learnt an important lesson, and by the way, the position at Forward Partners is still open.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Forbes 2015 ranking of richest people

Forbes has released its 29th annual list of world’s richest people. The list has a record 1,826 billionaires with a total wealth of $7.05 trillion. The list contains 290 newcomers and of of these, 71 come from China. 46 out of these are under the age of 40 years.

Once again Bill Gates is world’s richest person. Forbes writes that Bill Gates has held this title for 16 of the past 21 years and his riches grew to $79.2 billion. Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu is at the second position while Warren Buffett is at the third spot.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has moved up 5 places and is at the 16th place. This is his first time ranking in the top 20. The youngest billionaire on earth is Evan Spigel, 24- the co-founder of Snapchat.

The technology industry has been a big contributor to the list of the world’s richest people since its start. This year, Silicon Valley has produced 23 new billionaires including Uber founders Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp and their very first employee Ryan Graves.

On the list Elizabeth Homes, 31, is the youngest self-made woman, with a fortune of $4.5bn.

Forbes 2015 ranking of richest people:

1. Bill Gates $79.2bn (Microsoft)

2. Carlos Slim Helu $77.1bn (Phones & construction in Mexico)

3. Warren Buffett $72.7bn (Global investor)

4. Amancio Ortega $64.5bn (Zara & other fashion chains)

5. Larry Ellison $54.3bn (Oracle data storage technology)

6. Charles Koch $42.9bn (Industrialist)

7. David Koch $42.9bn (Industrialist)

8. Christy Walton $41.7bn (Walmart retail giant)

9. Jim Walton $40.6bn (Walmart retail giant)

10. Liliane Bettencourt $40.1bn (L’Oreal cosmetics firm)