Abhay Bakshi

Abhay currently works as a Senior Software Engineer for a product development firm based in Rockville, Maryland, USA -- AEGIS.net, Inc. Abhay enjoys exploring / using / adding to the bright ideas from open source software towards varied business domains. He has also written numerous online technical articles and worked remotely with McGraw Hill Publishing Group for over a year. When not working, he loves to spend a big chunk of his time with his two little kids, and on tennis court whenever possible.

Apr 262011
 

Typically, it was about a week’s planning before I got to attend the IndicThreads conference.  I didn’t know that the conference was taking place on Friday until I got an invite by Harshad Oak through LinkedIn.  I took permission from my authorities at my work place, took Friday off and was looking forward to this 2-day conference in the city of Pune, India.

I had attended (TSSS 2003, USA), presented at (FIE 97, USA), and written about (NFJS 2005, USA) conferences in the USA — but had never attended one in India, specifically in Pune.  Honestly, I was eager to. Continue reading »