While the Code Compiles

by Unus T.E, Sreekanth S S

"The IT industry, to the outside world, looks to be the epitome of all good things in life. That is the place where the super intelligent youth of India go to work.A techie's life is the most ideal life—fat paychecks, beautiful campuses to work within and more beautiful colleagues to roam around with!That is the general perception!Well, there are exceptions!This is the story of such an 'exceptional' software firm—the Infopro Limited. None of the keywords from the above paragraph— 'fat paycheck', 'beautiful campuses', 'beautiful colleagues', 'super intelligent folks' —apply to Infopro. In fact, the Infopro employees who utter such nonsense words as these may even risk losing their jobs!Beware, apart from producing 'software programs', this 'software factory' produces intense laughing gas too as a by-product! If you are allergic to 'laughing gas', please stay away from this book!And, if you are from the IT industry, pick 2 copies and gift one to that never-smiling, arrogant boss of yours and see the instant, positive change in him and, more importantly, be assured of a better appraisal next time round!"

206 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2015

Reviews

[Shilpi Chaklanobis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice book ideal to read during traveling. The book is easy on mind and is perfect to have some lighter moments laughing at random stuff. The words and sentences are very witty and are quite amusing. Writing style is simple and seems effortless. However, several jargons like CMM level, mobility, cloud computing, booting a system, tussle to take CPU time, VOIP bridge and abbreviations like using K instead of thousand etc. used by techies have been used in the book which may be difficult to understand for those who are not familiar with IT industry.

The book is good for those who are looking for some lighter moments and have a good laugh. Overall a refreshing read.

[Percy Wadiwala · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Extracts:
The ability to make people laugh through the written word, though, has been more elusive. While Cervantes, Dickens, Austen and Gogol used humour very effectively in their writing, apart from Henry Fielding, it would be difficult to pinpoint any classical writer who pursued humour largely for its own sake. Until, that is, PG Wodehouse came along and redefined the craft, largely by virtue of being a supremely talented wordsmith with a genius for plotting.

From spilled coffees to back-firing attempts to butter up an auditor, computers that take forever to load to canteen food that leaves everyone sick, Unus and Sreekanth have found the right situations and quirks to bring to a book like this.

I do hope that Unus and Sreekanth continue to hone their craft so that their future efforts combine their sharp observation skills and cynical humour with more stylish – and hence, funnier – prose.
At its price, While the Code Compiles is a decent pick. It will definitely tickle the funny-bone of anyone who has worked in the IT sector, as well as anyone who may have endured corporate life in India. A very pleasant afternoon read
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