I have been thinking of putting down my thoughts regarding this book ever since I finished reading it , but I havent been able to do so . Why? One , I was a little too busy last month with hardly any time to spare to blog (yeah, I do get busy at times :-)) and two, I had set really high expectations from this book which unfortunately were not met and therefore the motivation to write about it was missing.But anyway, here I am...
Well , just to recap, "The professional" is the third book by Subroto Bagchi (co-founder, Mindtree) and aims at answering the seminal question of what makes a true professional and what are the challenges in future that a professional should be prepared for. The book no doubt provides a comprehensive set of qualities that a professional should possess encompassing integrity, self awareness, managing volume, managing complexity etc. But, in my humble opinion, it can be treated more as a handbook of professional qualities which would need to be referred to every now and then, as it is literally impossible to remember everything by the time you finish reading it. As it goes with Subroto Bagchi's writings, the book is dotted with anecdotes but there is so little space dedicated to each chapter and so many views , that it ends up getting too preachy.
The good things? Lively stories and lots of them.... If not for imbibing professional qualities, you may just want to read this one for "the larger than life and so close your heart" kind of stories spilled all across this book.
Great ideas, put up in simple language with good examples. Liked the book, except a few pages where he just keeps in praising about MindTree's culture. Also, did not like the way, he ridiculed Satyam scandal; he based his opinion on two petty incidents about the organization and the scandal as read/heard from the news.
ReplyDeleteOverall, a good read and a book which you would like to keep in your collection and maybe read it again at a later stage of your life :)