Wailing is our Birth Right, ... right?

If you happen to read dilbert, you would appreciate working on software (no sarcasm). Dilbert exaggerates the ignorance of the non-techie manager, claims to throw light on the self-righteous attitude and ineptitude of human beings. Dilbert in fact represents every thing a typical slashdotter/digger represents. I hate dilbert for that, but I love much more for being that. My geekiness quotient may not be as high, but nerd-meter rarely fails to tune to the frequencies of the nerd stations.

Most folks who enter an organisation (barring the freshers) have a good amount of apprehension, once you get them talking, you will find that almost everyone has some thing or other to say. Most of them crib about their boss/collegues, and other choose to complain about of the following A.) Company B.) Work/Work culture C.) Compensation.

To be fair to the management, Team building is not an easy exercise. Team is more than sum of the individuals. Most workers agree with this, but their egos don't. This is the core cause of resentment. Human tendency to compare with peers always leads them to confusion. To make a judicious decision, one needs to think of the pros-cons and evaluate them. Unfortunately, we don't do that when giving our commentary (free-speech any one). Life would have been more simpler and logical if introspection was built into our gene code. Humans are not logical, as Jim Kirk correctly summarised.

A greek philosopher from Athens, was once found squatting besides the citadels' entrance. A passerby came to him asking how the people of city would behave. The wise man in turn asked the stranger, where he came from and how the people over there treated him. The stranger told him that he was from sparta and was full of praise for spartans. The wise man told him that the athens would be no different. Some time passed by and another stranger came to him with a similar inquiry. The stranger many qualms and complaints about the sparta. The wise man's reply was still the same.