Freelance Mag

According to the latest statistics of the COVID-19 Outbreak Map , Italy has over 47,000 positive cases of Coronavirus disease and France has about 12,000. However, India has only 236 and Bangladesh has only 20! Mexico and South Africa have 164 and 202 respectively.

First PMC Bank scam occurred few months ago due to bad lending to HDIL and now Yes Bank has also been hit. RBI has placed a withdrawal limit of INR 50,000 for each depositor, so naturally, they are lining up outside the Yes Bank. These incidents clearly show that all is not well with the Indian financial sector and all the checks and balances aren't working as well as they should be.

We live in a world full of materialist and greedy capitalists who don't give a crap about individual liberties and freedoms. RMS is one rare individual who goes to such extremities like avoiding proprietary software entirely which is practically impossible for most of us individuals. Forget switching entirely to free software or even open source (FOSS), most of us aren't even prepared to adopt Linux, we are too addicted and accustomed to the comfort that Windows provides

Success in project management is always a team effort. Individual coders, testers, designers, etc. can't achieve a lot if there is friction in their coordination or communication, however talented they may individually be.

Cross-functional teams are the latest buzzword in the Agile industry these days. Everyone should know about everything in a team to the extent that its possible to know. People should be able to switch hats from a coder to tester or tester to build guy on demand to the extent that its possible to switch.