Thinking Aloud!

Have you ever competed with yourself? Well this is whats
happening with me right now.

I am participating in few events in the  Pecfest.
And it’s a misconception among my classmates and friends
that I know a lot about electronics and robotics
(misconception because I still don’t know things like,what
exactly does a “load line” in the characteristics of
diode/transistor mean and I don’t EVER remember whether
cathode is connected positive or anode or many such things
which even the first sem electronics guys should know).

Due to this misconception many people
(well for me 3-4 are many) are asking my help in getting
their ckts/robos up and running and the dilemma……….. I am
also participating in the same event! Hmmm if I tell them
whatever I can think about their problems then they would
know all about my designs etc. (and the worst part, my
team-mates will kill me!) and if I don’t tell them, then it
will mean that I am not being honest with them.

Yaar how can you refuse to help when
some one is getting really mad for a very small problem
which is very easy to solve if they look in the right
direction, but given the lack of time (and the inability of
some ppl to keep cool) they cant even think about the very
obvious things.

And if my telling someone to add one
pull-up resistor means that they will defeat us in the
competition, then I guess it will be better to change our
design instead of hoping that others will not be able to
compete due to some “silly” mistakes. Isn’t it?

It seems the best thing to do will be
to tell the person “yaar I m also participating in this
event, so don’t expect me to tell or do everything for you,
but of course if u are missing some thing very basic and
obvious then I will certainly point that out” but if I
see someone with tears in eyes and ready to break(hvnt seen
any one yet, but hope u get the idea..) then I will
definitely like to ensure that the person is at least able
to participate. Wining should not always be the ultimate
aim!!

 
posted by Sumit Tada @ 6:25 AM

6 Comments::

  Anonymous said…

It is a good thing that u help
others but u must make it sure that ur team mates are in
full agreement with what u r doing.if ur project is working
fine and then u r helping others it’s ok but if ur own
project is lying unoperational and then u r helping others
in a project then it may not seem good to some people.

 
11:39 AM, February 14, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

Sonu

Yaar apna naam to likh diya kar!!

And i know about which “incident” u are talking,but i will
again like to remind that the trophy that u have at ur home
rite now,was won only because,the people whom i was
“helping” helped me in the end to beat themselves!! what
will u call this?? i guess i m not the only “silly” one
around here,isnt it?

 
2:59 PM, February 14, 2006


   

 
ankita said…

yaar we didnt know that your
helping us will lead to so much hype in your group but still
u helped us a lot and that too when ur own machine was
“lying unoperational” so thanks a lotttttt for that and do
tell ur team mates IT NEVER HARMS TO HELP OTHERS…

 
5:56 PM, February 16, 2006


   

 
MoonWalker said…

hmmm…that is a big prob!!!!

i never thot ki is tarah ki probs bhi hoti hain!!!

gosh!

this is wat the ancinet text means when it speaks of a ‘dharam
sankat’!!!

phew!

the travails of knowing stuff!!!!

I nevah have that prob:D

 
7:22 PM, February 18, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

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9:42 PM, February 18, 2006


   

 
Sumit Tada said…

Ankita

Welcome to my blog dear!

Well i wud say there wasnt “so much hype” in my group coz
till then i had done almost all the work,so they cunt afford
to annoy me :))

Kidding yaar,ab to aadat ho gai hai apne team mates se yeh
sab sun ne ki (thnx to tush for this)

Moonwalker aka Ruchita

WELCOME to my blog!!

To be frank,i was inspired to re-start blogging only after
reading ur blog…..so i m very happy to get ur comment on
my blog 

Aapka commet pa ke hum dhanay ho gaye!!

About dharam-sankat,u mite also have experianced it when a
teacher gives an assignment in class and if u r among the
first ones to complete it. U cant say no to ppl who want to
copy it and at the same time,you think that if u giv it one
guy,it will be surely copied by half of the class….hai
naa,yeh to hua hoga tumhare saath?

 
10:03 PM, February 18, 2006