Swarm of XeBees

Standing bleary eyed in front of the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 4 AM in the morning, I asked myself what was it that had brought me and the rest of Xebia here. The wind was positively nippy, though we had been mercifully spared a fog. The ticket said we were going to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. However, we were too sleepy to care (at that point).

Skibia is the annual Xebia Holland Ski outing. In the spirit of Xebia culture, where fun is mandatory, we have the Ski India. Xebia India has this annual outing event, whereby we go to (exotic) locations.

A quick boarding, and most of us promptly fell asleep. The clouds slowly got prettier, as the plane flew over the Bay of Bengal. We had heard about the islands’ beauty, but nothing prepared us for the sight that greeted us outside the tiny windows of the aircraft. Scattered pearls started appearing from between the mists. Tropical paradises covered by lush green forests, surrounded by jade colored seas, floating in a deeper cerulean blue ocean, greeted our eyes.

Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Craftsmanship in general is associated with high quality. A software craftsman has to produce high quality deliverables which meet or exceed the expectations of the consumers. Software craftsmanship has more art it to it than science. It has more emotions and passion attached to whatever the craftsman is delivering. Software Engineering on the other had [...]

Filed under: Software Craftsmanship | 1 Comment »