Happy Home Celebrations

[Anil Kumar Pugalia]

Dear Friends,

Wish you a very happy Dussehra and Durga Pujo. May this season be energy booster to all of us.

We continue to defer our classroom-based weekend workshops as of now.

Alternatively, enjoy your home stay and enrich it by attending our online sessions.

For the complete list of the online trainings, check out the "Online Schedules" section below.

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Readers' Corner

+ Magic Square: A magic square is a square, with n rows and n columns, ... such that the sum of all the numbers in a row is equal to the sum of all the numbers in any other row or column ... there exists a simple logic to fill the numbers 1, 2, ..., n^2 into a n x n magic square ... Read More of this 9th article on logic to compute a "Magic Square".

For the collection of all our past articles on Linux Drivers, Maths, Linux Kernel Internals, DIY Electronics, Philosophy, Linux tidbits, and Logic, visit Articles on our website.

Workshop Schedules

+ All Weekend Workshops has been deferred, as of now. Check the Online Schedules below.

Online Schedules

+ Dive into Linux Kernel Internals live from tomorrow: (Last Slot left)
    > Starting 6th October '20: Linux Kernel Internals online training by Pradeep. See Details.

+ Explore Linux I2C Driver live on BeagleBone Black in November '20:
    > Starting 3rd November '20: Linux I2C Driver online training by Pradeep. See Details.

+ Design a File System live in November '20: (Filling Up)
    > Starting 4th November '20: Design a File System online training by Pugs. See Details.

+ Baremetal Programming live on BeagleBone Black in December '20: (Filling Up)
    > Starting 3rd December '20: Baremetal Programming using Embedded C online training by Pugs. See Details.

Extras

+ Answer to previous month's riddles:

1. Legs.
2. 84 years.

+ Riddles

1. I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
2. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?

If you think you have the clues, shoot back a reply.

+ Work Life Balance

Work Life Balance is not at all a new phrase, especially for the corporate world people. Sometime or the other, you would have complained about the work life imbalance. However, before the current situation, you may not have ever realized what *really* is a work life imbalance.

Earlier your work and personal life were sort of balanced by the separation of the boundaries of office and home. With the current situation, those boundaries have totally vanished. And you have lost track of what is office and what is home - paving the path to the real work life imbalance.

In my opinion, the culprit behind the imbalance, both earlier and now is the same - there is no difference because of the current situation. I know, very often, we blame our managers, work load, current situation, and what not for the imbalance. But if we think deeper, we would find that it is our inability of time management, which is the culprit.

If we would have learnt drawing lines between work and personal time from the day one of our career life, this situation would have never arose. But no, when bachelors we would like to put extra hours (not necessarily extra effort) hoping to get a better pay and faster promotion, which again in my opinion is just an illusion. And as we proceeded further in personal life, it demanded for bringing the office hours to what they were supposed to be. And that became a big shock to our already distorted hours. That is where all the story of work life imbalance came to notice - though it has started from the day one itself.

I personally had ensured this balance from day one of my career - out of office and office work, after office hours. And I have never realized any work life imbalance till date. So, it is a strong message to those young blood, don't spoil your future life - be punctual not only in going to office, but in coming out of it as well. And you'd realize that there is so much more in life to do apart from just office work.

And for those, who are already entangled in this imbalance, this lockdown is an excellent opportunity for you to set it right. Set an alarm to start your work, and a louder alarm to stop it, everyday. It is upto you as what time to start and stop, but ensure that the duration is fixed, and you abide by the alarms. Learn communicating that your office time is up. Remember that the corporate world has been running without you and would keep running even without you. You should work for yourself, not for the corporate world. No one other than you can set it right.

Note:
+ Registration & Fees details for the workshops are available from the Register Page.
+ Upto 10% of (Non-Corporate) Group Discount is applicable for 3 or more participants registering together. T & C apply.

Celebrate Time w/ Family,
Anil

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