Goldfish

A typical software company office layout can be pictured as numerous little glass bowls, each bowl signifying a person in a cubicle. A goldfish in a bowl is not aware of any world outside the bowl. Similarly, it is very easy for all the high-tech goldfish to be complacent in the thought that they are making invaluable contributions to the Network every day. They may say: a small screw tightened in a big machine is a problem solved and a future disaster averted, no matter how big or how small. True. But the larger question remains: how do you feel about it? What do you feel, as you hold the screwdriver in your hand, and watch as the miniscule part in the gigantic machine moves quietly, just as it should? Happy? Contented? Relieved? Or thoughtful? Or excited, at the thought that all these small screws must get together somewhere to form bigger screws. Imagine, if tomorrow, you could be tightening the bigger screws and also instructing how the smaller screws should be tightened. Who knows, tomorrow you might just be controlling the gigantic machine! The possibilities are limitless. Then maybe, even from within the glass bowl, the possibilities are limitless.