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It is ironical to even think that you almost gave up a year or maybe more in return for a 20-minute intimidating experience which might possibly change the course of your life. Here’s an excerpt of those 20 minutes.New IIMs (Trichy, Rohtak, Raipur, Ranchi, Kashipur, Udaipur, Bodhgaya, Amritsar, Sambalpur). Common Admission Process (CAP) conducted by IIM Rohtak.Date: 20/02/2017Location: Dadar Catering College, MumbaiSlot: Afternoon 12:30 pmProfile:10th : 81.6%12th : 84%BCom : 3.03/4.33 (Fresher)PG Diploma(Finance): 6.99/10CAT Percentile : 96.05A gist of my CV:My academic profile helped me get through the initial shortlisting but wasn’t exemplary enough as compared to my peers. Fortunately, I had done a couple of Finance Certifications like NISM’s Equity Research Analyst and CFA’s Investment Foundation Certification. I was banking on my extracurricular profile wherein I had won various business plan and case study competitions at both, state and national levels.Written Assessment Test(WAT) Topic:“How has Facebook and Twitter affected and changed our lives, both personal and private?”. Time allotted was 20 mins and word limit was 300 words.The topic was unexpectedly generic, and I tried covering as many aspects as were possible, pros and cons but limited myself to Facebook and Twitter to maintain the word limit and manage time. Wrote about how social media sites have inculcated various inferiority complexes and created social imbalance, how this has affected us at a psychological level. As far as pros are concerned wrote how social media helps people to communicate and experiment especially introverts and how something like Twitter can help us stay in touch with someone, with whom we couldn’t before. (Gave the example of how tweeting Sushma Swaraj enabled people to get aid in foreign countries)Personal Interview:Two female panelists were sitting, let’s call them P1 and P2, both were in their mid-fifties. As soon as I entered, I was asked to verify all my documents and certificates, P2was verifying while P1 took the interview forward.P1: Introduce yourself.Me: My name is Rutul Shah, born in Mumbai and brought up in Ahmedabad. I got 81% in Xth-P1:( Interrupts) We already know everything. Tell me something which isn’t there on your CV.Me:(Had to talk about my hobbies) Well, I’m into fitness, I’m an author on Quora and I binge watch web-series.P1: Fitness?Me: Explained my tryst with fitness and how I worked to get into shape from 98 Kgs to 78 Kgs and that my mom is a yoga professionalP1: (Interrupting again – smirking) So why not Yoga?Me: Ma’am, I believe Yoga is about mind-body dualism theory and spirituality.P1: (Interrupts) So, you mean to say spirituality isn’t important? (smirking again)Me: (Smiling) No, no. I completely agree with you that spirituality is important but I’m into gymming and that’s how I believe in keeping my body in shape.P1: (Interrupts) So someone who practices Yoga isn’t in shape?Me: (Smiling again and giving that reassurance look) No, no ma’am. In fact, yoga practitioners are more flexible than those who go to the gym.P1: If yoga does everything, then why gymming?Me: (Completely blank) Ma’am, gymming is more about getting a ripped body and working on each muscle of your body and that’s why I prefer gymming.P1: Okay. Did you mention some other hobbies?Me: I am an author on Quora (God! No questions on this, which I desperately wanted)P1: Anything else?Me: I enjoy binge watching series (specifically web series)P1: What are web series?Me: Web series are just like TV Series but they upload their content periodically on YouTube and other platforms like TVFPlayP1: Which genres do they cover?Me: They cover every genre from Rom-Com to Business series like Silicon Valley to Drama-P1: (Interrupting) Which is your favourite web series?Me: TVF PitchersP1: Why?Me: It’s a journey about 4 protagonists struggling and fighting to find their way through their startup. Its genre is Comedy and Business.P1: So, Rutul tell me what qualities should an entrepreneur have?Me: I think, it’s the attitude and the approach that an entrepreneur has that makes him different. In this era, an entrepreneur can have his wit, his qualifications and a team that stands resolutely behind him, but his attitude about not missing out on opportunities and utilizing his resources as productively as he can make him a true entrepreneur and not merely a start-up.P1: Apart from that, what do you in your free time?Me: Ma’am, I like to meet new people and network. Being from a business background, my father has always emphasized the importance of increasing one’s social circle.P1: (Interrupting) Okay, so you’re social, tell me the importance of social media analytics in business and what is your approach towards it?Me: I would definitely be interested in that. Social Media analytics, for example, can help you identify your market and your customers. (Explained how getting likes from a specific age group can help you identify your potential customers and knowing the places from where the page has been viewed the most can help you identify your physical market)P1: So, you like to network?Me: Yes, I do. The more you meet people, the more you learn. A random conversation can add a lot of value, so that’s why I like to network.P1: So, you seem to have a lot of hobbies and a lot of free time in your life.Me: (Face Palm) No, ma’am as you could see my CV, I’ve been part a lot of events and committees. I’ve been the head of various clubs and participated in quite a few State and National Level competitions.P1: So, you have done everything in your life except academics?Me: Ma’am, I was the Student of the Year nominee of my batch i.e. among the top 5 students in my batch.P1: But that doesn’t mean you’re smart, I mean getting good grades is not a parameter to be smart, is it?Me: (Whatttt? Now what, you want me to get an Olympic medal?) No, ma’am it doesn’t, that’s why I devoted a lot of time to do various activities.Now, P2 takes over abruptly.P2: Okay, Rutul what’s the difference between accounts and finance?Me: Accounts is about book-keeping and recording all financial transactions, whereas finance is about making management decisions after interpreting financial statements.P2: So, you mean to say accounting hasn’t helped you because now as you’ll be majoring in Finance, your accounting knowledge will be redundant.Me: No ma’am, I won’t. Technically, if one doesn’t know how to prepare accounts and is not well versed in various accounting standards, he/she won’t be able to interpret it.P2: How has demonetization affecting accounting?Me: (Huh? Demonetization has affected finance and not accounting, but still explained)Started with accounting on how all the accounting practices need to be revised at an individual and institutional level, how demonetization cost us $18.8 b and then switched over to how demonetization affected finance.P2: How does PayTm function? What’s its business model?Me: PayTm is payments gateway just like PayPal.P2: (Interrupting) What’s the revenue model?Me: (I was done and confused with my interview till now, I was almost blank) Ma’am advertisement revenues, but still that isn’t a major source and Mr Aditya Puri of HDFC said PayTm’s business model isn’t sustainable and recently PayTm made a loss of $235 million, so apart from ad revenue I don’t have much of an idea.P2: That’ll be all. Thanks.Most of the time, both the panellists were smirking and calling at each other, they interrupted every question, but I maintained my confidence, agreed with them and kept the polite smile on my face to the best of my ability. It felt like a stress interview and I wasn’t very sure if the vague nature of the entire interview was because they found my profile interesting or because something in it irked them that they wanted to see how much they could push me till I faltered or if they were indifferent and took the interview as a formality.Verdict: Converted IIM Trichy, Ranchi, Raipur, Kashipur and Udaipur. (Apart from Baby IIMs)

As a physiciaan who has been doing hospice work for more than twenty years, I can give you a fairly straightforward answer to your question. If the patient meets hospice criteria for Alzheimer’s disease or related conditions, the statistical life expectancy is six months or less. Those criteria are as follow:The disease-specific LCD guideline: Alzheimer’s disease and Related Conditions for hospice should be used when determining hospice eligibility. If the patient meets the LCD criteria of both 1 and 2 below then the criteria for a six month or less prognosis is met.1. Is the patient at or beyond stage 7 of the Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale?7A – Ability to speak is limited to approximately 6 intelligible words or fewer in an average day or in the course of an intensive interview7B – Speech ability is limited to the use of a single intelligible word in an average day or in the course of an intensive interview (the person may repeat the word over and over)7C – Ambulatory ability is lost (cannot walk without personal assistance)7D – Cannot sit up without assistance. (e.g., patient will fall over without support of a pillow/wedge)7E – Loss of ability to smile.7F – Loss of ability to hold head up independentlyIf the patient’s has progressed to a FAST scale of 7A or beyond ALL of the following characteristics should also be present:Inability to ambulate independently (assistance is needed)Unable to bathe/dress self without assistanceIncontinence of bowel and bladderUnable to speak or communicate meaningfully2. Has the patient had one or more of the following medical complications related to dementia in the past year? Aspiration Pneumonia, Upper Urinary Tract Infection, Septicemia, Decubitus Ulcer, stage 3-4, Recurrent fever after antibiotic treatment, Inability or unwillingness to take food/fluid, Unintentional weight loss greater than 10% in the last 6 months, or Serum albumin less than 2.5 gm/dl.Keep in mind that not all patients fit neatly into a diagnosis box, and that other conditions that affect life expectancy and general health must be considered.Reference: Documenting Hospice Eligibility for Alzheimer’s Dementia

Hi there,You can consider hiring a developer, but also partnering with one, which could mean that the cost of development is low, or even free BUT you could be sharing equity in your business and future profits with someone else.If you like the idea of doing this, make sure you have an agreement in writing, which lays out how responsibilities for the entire business - development, marketing, sales, business strategy, customer care etc. are going to be distributed and how big a slice of the pie each party is going to get.Here are a few global groups where you can network, and find a co-founder:Meetup, can connect you with local groups. Try searching on the keywords “developers and entrepreneurs”, “co-founders”, “entrepreneurs” or “startups,” http://www.meetup.comFounders nation, http://www.founders-nation.com,Founder2be, https://www.founder2be.com/index.php/ideasCoFoundersLab, https://www.cofounderslab.com/Try local tech hubs and communities too. To see if you have any near you, consult “the Google” and see what you can find to meet people in person…There are also a number of very active online developer communities.On many of these websites, developers get points or gain status or kudos within the community by answering questions and supporting other members.If you create an account on these sites you may be able to reach out to potential hires and post questions in the forums. Popular communities for developers include:GitHub, https://github.comStack Overflow, http://stackoverflow.com/Google+ communities, https://plus.google.com/ (then search for the individual community by name e.g. Android, PHP, Python etc.)DZone, https://dzone.com/CodeProject, http://www.codeproject.com/CodingForums, http://www.codingforums.com/Programmer’s stack exchange, http://programmers.stackexchange.com/There are also lots of Facebook groups for developers, usually set up according to the name of the development language, and sometimes also by location e.g. The PHP developer’s zone or PHP developers in the Philippines. Ask to join a few.You might also consider online / freelancer marketplaces, including:Upwork. Previously, clients weren’t charged a fee for hiring via the site, but fees are now payable as either a one-off payment or as a monthly transaction. https://www.upwork.comFreelancer.com (formerly http://Rentacoder.com where the guys from WhatsApp reportedly found their first developer!) You can hire programmers, web developers, designers and admin staff via the site on a freelance basis. https://www.freelancer.comGuru have a global network of over 1 million freelancers able to work on technical, creative or business projects. http://www.guru.com/Toptal offer a more premium level service. They provide freelance staff to a lot of big-name and international companies. They carry out interviews and technical tests for you and say that their developers are in the top 3% globally in terms of their technical abilities. They used to offer free trials - you may still be in luck, https://www.toptal.comPeopleperhour have high numbers of web and mobile freelance designersThese designers may focus on the “look and feel” of the app and not the actual building of the app itself, so clarify what will be delivered. https://www.peopleperhour.com/Once your software application is built, you will have gone through a huge journey, but really that is only the beginning!In future, you will need to update the software, fix bugs, release new features and respond to customer demands (critical if you want to retain customers and expand your user base!) Have a view in mind about how you will maintain access to a developer to help you with the long-term development of your software. One advantage of a partner is their personal investment in the software, in other cases the developer may move on to other projects and you could have a stream of developers working on your app.In that case, clear documentation and UX/branding guidelines (however simple) are going to be critical to maintain consistency within the software - its “look and feel”, workflows and “user journeys” and how activities are performed within the app.What you don’t want is each new developer building features as he/she thinks is best - the software will become a mess very quickly if this happens. This is what your brand / UX guidelines will prevent!I’m team Agile and I actually cringed when I wrote the word documentation - this SHOULD be the code, but new, incoming developers do need reference points and to understand the history of the app, so a combination of screenshots or simple notes on workflow, plus useful info on the inner workings of the app, where the source code lives, passwords etc. and the architecture of the app and any tools the software is integrated with all needs to be maintained somehow.Clear information will also reduce onboarding time each time you hire someone new.Keep notes of important information about the app yourself too and don’t rely on your developer to do this - developers may come and go, but the software is YOUR baby, so you need to know as much as possible about how to care for and maintain it, even at a high level!As Bojana says, testimonials will give you peace of mind, but also put the word out in your network to see if anyone can actually recommend a developer that they’ve used themselves - that will be one of the safest ways to proceed.If not, propose a trial period to see how well you and the developer are able to work together and to assess the speed of development and the quality of the work done. During the trial, ask the developer to build a small portion, or widget from the wider functionality of your intended software, even if this takes the form of a throwaway prototype.Doing this is far better than jumping in, making a big commitment up-front and then finding out that the relationship isn’t going to work.You can find out more about the process of working with a developer to create software to sell in my book which walks the reader step-by-step through the process;Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book: The handbook for tech startups & entrepreneurs (from idea, to build, to product launch and everything in between.) 1, K.N. Kukoyi, eBook - Amazon.com