It was just another day at office and i was working with the dumb goole app engine and python. Struggling to push 40,529 records into google’s datastore through a CSV file was quite a challenging job. The CPU was getting timed out, because google would allow you to push only 10 records at a time. I was deep down in this script, suddenly my Sr. Project Manager IM me that i have to take an interview for PHP. I was amazed and at the same time was feeling good that this is going to be my life’s first interview when i wont be sitting on the panic chair :d

I went to my Boss’s cabin with the same tension as that candidate might be having. Basically it was a telephonic interview so not much stress. But still it was my life’s first interview and i was kinda out of touch from php since last 2-3 months. So i started with the questions, from basics and the candidate was really well in answering them with due respect to me :p

I was getting little bit comfortable, and i felt really good in juding his questions and mindset. Finally i came to my outta box questions and the real things which are prevailing in Open Source market these days, and he started kneeling down, when we start talking about maintaing bigger applications and consistency of the objects and some more of deeper technical stuff.

He had an experience of 1 year, but still i had a doubt because the way he was responding to things wasn’t that professional. So finally the interview was over and in my boss rejected him giving the negative feedback on the same call.

He was depressed and with very low tone he said thanks to us. I would like to share here is, that other than domain knowledge one must have general knowledge about the happenings in the market. Its not about which processor got launched or which company took over the other. Its about different APIs, new techniques. Because things are the same, it may be a simple website but there are n number of ways to develop that, if PHP gives you simples way to create a website then Ruby on Rails gives you more proper MVC like framework to create the same website.

So best of luck to you guys, stay beautiful !!

Cheers !!

Realin !

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I have been writing for a while about career, job, job satisfaction etc. because now that i am in job i can feel the various UPs & Downs in it. One of my friend today got selected for Indian Air Force (IAF) and ofcourse one should be happy for him and I am. But as per he told me that few of our friends are happy but its a fake happiness. But why do we have this hatred feeling for all ? Didn’t we choose our life at our own. The field, the technology we are working on is chosen by our own wish, so why feel envy just cause he is into IAF.

I did not apply for IAF cause i am not interested in serving government, cause our indian govt. wont let you grow instead will teach you how to make your life luxurious using the extra income(bribe). Well no further comments on it

So when we chose our field, our life’s goal then why feel bad on someone’s success. This is the worst feeling that one can have .. We should prepare our goal, should be moving on it every second of life. We cannot be a software developer working for a MNC and side by side a government servant, cause these two are two different fields just like Linux & Microsoft.

Apparently, everyone can see it, but still we have a hatred feeling. Well i am happy for my friend and wish him luck. There are some points for that i never liked government services.

1) You dont get to do what you always wanted to do, and when you get time you are too old for what you wanted to do.
2) Services like Army, airforce, navy etc make u over-disciplined and literally you are hated by our grand children for that.
3) You may not be able to fulfill your all dreams within government service ( limited income ).
4) In the end you are working under a BOSS who always wants everything to be done in more than perfect way.
5) You can’t put in your own creativity, you have to work under certain protocols.
6) No family life when you are in training, or in starting 5 years of service

Other than this we have many good things associated with the government jobs, and I am sure my friend from IAF, will list that for us (very soon).

Don’t forget to share your views, this will let us all know the term we learnt JOB SATISFACTION

cheers !!

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The things we studied, the things we jotted up in the exam just to clear that paper actually exist .. yeah they do !!

And we used to curse our university for teaching us management subjects during our technical education. Trust me guys, a complete engineer is the one, who is equipped with all the tools from management to technical know-hows. In the market when you gotta face a cut-throat competition, you really have to be different from the same pattern engineers which only know about classes,objects, etc etc.

I am the lucky chap to get into a company where i am actually made to work and is not allowed to sit idle, like in other companies. I am involved in every action/updates of the projects i am assigned to. I had 1-2 years of PHP experience which help me land into this company and let me get involved into 2 Live Projects, where in the client needs update after a week or so.

The deadlines,presentation,completeness,perfectionism these words really matter now. Just 20 days and the company CEO knows that there is a trainee “Sachin” working on the projects. Isn’t that an achievement ?

Guys, trust me .. getting into a company is not a big deal, the deal is when you are actually recognized for your efforts and appreciated for the output.

Please do share your experiences and comments !!

cheers !!

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It was a fine day, when we had our Major Project Final Presentation. What presentation ,ofcourse it was a mere formality which our college or every college has to do for the university officials.
As always, I was late for the college and early morning i had to get up take my final Report from the shop which was suppose to bind it. And to my surprise he showed me a sorry face that he could not complete the task. Now what, as always I was in trouble, or the trouble surrounded me all over. Well here comes a life saver name in my mind, my friend NIKHIL, we din meet since last 3 years, but he is my very good friend, and he is into printing and sticker business. He had few links which he used that day for me. And by 10 am I had that untidy,wet, black binding ready and i was ready to roll for my college.

It took me another 1hour to reach to my college. It was a clear bright day and the environment was pretty confused. Because everyone was so confused about the presentation and what external was going to ask? I had not even a single sign of confusion on my face or actions visible, cause i was composed from inside. I knew each and every single line of my project, cause i had worked many night over it. For the north side students, the biggest achievement is to make his/her project himself/herself. Seriously, 97 outta 100 buy their projects from the Institutes or freelancers. So, it was time to see everyone learning their own project’s lines of code. Hehehehhe..

And i really Enjoyed asking people that how much did they spend on their project? Well the amount really was handsome, it varied from 2000 to 7000 INR. All the electronics guys got their project done from outside. And their projects were like GSM Robots, Laser Rays etc etc. Classy projects with a classy price tag ofcourse. My Roll Number was pretty far, as the alphabet S (my name Sachin), comes long way down the list. The External just came and the class got hit with a wooooo sound. I don’t know why everyone is confused to see an external when you know what you got in your file, i was pretty cool surfing internet over my laptop and sharing some softwares among friends.

It took 4-5 hours for the roll nos. before me to give VIVA and just before my turn they called off lunch break. Aaah another 30 mins got wasted and i was excited to show my website to the external. During my internal VIVA and presentations, my project mentor really appreciated my efforts and my presentation was quite a nice one, as my friends told me after a quick session of my presentation.

So the second session was started and before my roll number there were 4-5 groups which was suppose to go before my turn. And what i saw was they just went in the room and came out in less than a minute, oh my god !! The external and the internal teachers were just ripping them off with the questions as they just came in the combat mode. heheheheh.. Not fair enough, as everyone worked so hard, no matter how they made their project, atleast they should be given a chance, these were my views.

Everything was just going on, and suddenly my name was called and i took my steps very confidently and with a smile on my face and excited to show my project and present them with a new thing which i made myself. But oH my god, what the hell, they did not even bother to hear what i made for my college, for my friends and for the community. But my professor’s question was, “Does your site tells the address of the person visiting your site and seeking a solution?” But I never made a site to help my visitors offline, rather i wanted them to give an online solution to save time. Whatever it was, i just kept quiet as i was facing a man who has done Ph.D

He denied my work and his words were, “this is not your site” i said “okay sir”

“I am not impressed” he shot another dialog at me. I said “i will try my best next time sir”

“It is WORTHLESS” he frowned at me

There he poked the angry dragon inside me, and it was my time to shove how rough i am

I forgot where I was sitting and for what I was there, i banged my laptop’s LID and my voice started to SHAKE and I stood up angrily packing my stuff and saying, Sir i cannot go to America to troubleshoot someone’s PC but my solutions can ofcourse help someone sitting online. And my voice got so loud and shrilled that our teacher came out and asked me to leave the room, and tears flooded outta my eyes and i kept saying “it is not worthless and i have spent my nights over it, i never stole it and i made each and every line myself”

But somehow madam drove me outside the room and said, “Sachin you want the marks or you want to fail?” i said ofcourse madam, i do not want to fail, but look at the way he was doing. She chilled me down and assured me that she knows that i am the one and the other guy abhinav who made their projects themselves, rest all are fake. So, i was chilled and i came back home thinking all the way that :

Why Do our efforts go worthless at times?

Is it that easy for the teachers to discard our efforts, when they are not even aware of what we did ?

When will we get pat on our backs for our true efforts ?

This incident really shook my soul and i was shocked.. but our education system really need to change, when they don’t give us practical knowledge then why do they demotivate us when we try to do something at our own ?

I am still clueless.. if you think there is a way out please share your views/comments/frustrations

LET IT COME OUT .. Share it along

cheers !!

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