Once I was wrote about the issues related to social networks.  This topic is more or less related to everything that's surrounded us. All forms of social medias are now becoming a kind of drug irrespective of age.  The millennial's born to the charming world of gadgets.  Their parents and grand parents are feeding them all of these gadgets as important or more than important as their food.  So, where are these heading to ?

We often believe that a drug addiction is dangerous.  However in this digital world, addiction to anything is dangerous.  It can be your food, dress, valuables, vehicles, job, television shows and go on.  The list can be never ending.  Any over usage of these are becoming an addiction to the people.  We are handing over that addiction to our future generations.

Those good old days people were engaged with many things.  If nothing, they sit together and talk, but not gossip much.  When villages shrinks, cities grown these small gathering and chit chat reduced.  Instead the obsession to TV, mobile and other media are grown.  We started to depend more on what media channels are feeding rather than the real truth.  Media channels started to manipulating things for their financial benefits rather than countries or citizen's benefit.  They inject television dramas like medicines.  People started to take that as food and repeats everyday.  So, you literally think, eat and sleep on those injected drama and everything surrounded you will start to see, imagine as per the drama.  If others who trying to get that corrected, will be the first enemies for them.  You won't literally agree anything other than that's feeding by these channels or media.

This is the same behavior we feed to our kids.  The excess usage of these stuffs will get it from mother.  If mother do not use and somebody else who look after the kid will feed it in many ways.  As an example, if the kid is too much naughty and cannot control, the immediate way to make the child calm is put on TV or give a mobile with some YouTube channels.  Eventual result is the child becomes too aggressive, arrogant and show behavior like screaming, rolling over etc. to get what he wanted.  Parents find that's easy fix for the issues they see.  But it becomes a dangerous for the child, their family and to the community.  

Addictions to these will become a stir in the family.  Each one start to blame others, kids will learn those techniques, and they will see and learn new tricks from the media which they shouldn't do at that age.  Eventually the curiosity will grow and will try to see how that works in real life.  Finally, this becomes a social and mental imbalance.  Who is responsible for that?  We, ourselves.  If we don't start control ourselves on these then we becoming a super vulnerable or threat to others.

Every addictions are curable.  It starts from ourselves.  We need to make sure nothing is controlling us.  Your mind shouldn't be controlled by others.  If you feels that you are getting addicted, practice to get away from that.  If that's not possible, get time to discuss with your good friend to help you on that.  Make yourself independent.  Spread the good vibes to your nearest person and help them to spread that good vibes to the community.  Let's be freed from addictions.

   
In current job market, many prominent companies are using the terms "DevOps Engineer". What does that means?  You really need an IT engineer that focus on technology or a cultural engineer? DevOps is a culture, not a technology.  If that basic do not know for these companies, how are they going to do so called "digital transformation" ?

     While I was talking to a friend on this subject, he was told his experience.  He had been offered many jobs in India.  During the discussions, he asked them what do you focus?  Most common answers modern technology, DevOps and digital transformation.  Since they says about these, he asked them "do you have flexible work culture?".  Response was "Of course, we do have".  Since he is from Kerala and the job locations for the interviews he attended were outside of that state, he was happy on that answer.  So, the next question from him was "can you explain that flexible work culture?  As an example, I am not an employee whom do not meet customer face to face and the clients are always other part of the world.  My meetings, discussion are happening through the virtual environment via Skype / Zoom etc.  My work time also may be adjusted to meet their needs ( such as EMEA / US hours ).  In this scenario, if I ask to work from my home in Kerala, do you agree?".  The sudden response was "NO, we do not.  However you can work from home near to our office".  Ah!!! What does that mean?  Is Kerala another country / not part of India?  Why do you don't encourage?  The reluctant answer was it's operationally not feasible. He also said that he can come to office once in a month for a day or two, if a personal meeting is really necessary.  The "NO" response for this time came from HR.

     Think about this case.  If the transformation really not taking place in the core functions of the IT companies such as HR department, how can they say that they are DevOps company?  They themselves are not having a change of mindset and culture, but they says they are DevOps company.  Isn't it weird?

     If you expect a transformation of someone, or the society or the country, the basic rule is that transform yourself.  Live like an example to show how that transformation changed you and your nearest person.  That's the only way it can make it success.  Otherwise it will be big disaster.  Companies may highlight these culture and flexibility, but when it comes to someone's real need, they oppose it for no reason.