After lots of meet ups with non-IT friends, relatives, strangers etc, you
will notice that the moment you say that you are an IT guy, they have
already made some assumptions about you.
Myth #1: If you haven't been onsite ...u are a loser
Uncle: "Tum 3 saal se IT company mein kaam kar rahe ho na?"
Me: "Haan uncle ......bas ....."
Uncle: "Tum videsh nahi gaye?"
Me: "Nahi uncle project mein requirement nahi hai onsite kaa"
Uncle: "Lekin woh deepak ko toh maanna padegaa.... vo chote sheher se hai.....bade college se nahi hai ...fir bhi usne jamke mehnat ki aur usse company ne USA bheja!"
Aaaha! thats the problem. People think that the smarty pants are sent on
site while the loser ones are the people left behind in India. So the
assumption is that if you haven't been on site then you don't work hard nor
you have any sincerity and... ok that's enough for now.
Myth #2:If you are not in the biggies..u are a loser
Auntyji: "Beta, kaunsa company?"... ..."Kabhi suna nahi"....."Kaha hai ye?"
Auntyji: "Tumko Info*** mein nahi mila kya?" (in short: "tum second grade gadha lagte ho")
Then I have to make efforts to tell them how I actually work in a much
niche technology. In case the opposite person is technologically sane then
I give him some product development 'funda' (arrogance).
Myth #3: You can fix any computer..and calculator and may be clocks too
Most of the computer engineers around must have at least once gone to a
friend's place only to fix his /her comp. The task can be from installing a
software (next..next. . finish) to fixing a computer which gives electric
shocks when its metal areas are touched.
Myth #4: You have lots of money
Once I met up with my friends from school ...from various fields. I just
mentioned that it is such a pain to go to office nowadays and said that I
wanted to buy a car.
Friend1: "what problem do u have man .. u are an IT waala"
Friend2: "Tu toh Honda CRV le saktaa hai"
Me: "CRV!! aabey CRV kyaa mere pass VCR lene ka paisa nahi hai"
Even after 5 minutes of convincing them weren't getting convinced.
Myth #5:
Coding means sitting in front of the computer During my college days , my classmate had an encounter with a guy from mechanical dept:
Mech guy: "Your Computer engineering is a big nautanki.... four years You learn the same grey dabba... and all you ppl do is sit nicely in front Of that dabba and punch the keys"
Well I don't completely disagree
Myth #6:
One more thing which oldies say : " Now you work in such a big company ,
you are settled , you should marry now !! " OMG this salary is not enough
for one poor soul.. how to handle two ???
Myth #7:
In Diwali...u get questions like......"Are you gonna get a bonus this
Diwali.....? ?" And when we reply in the negative.... .they seem so
surprised... !!!!!!!
Myth #8: A common issue that I have seen:
When I tell anybody that I work with C**, many times I get a reply "My
son/daughter/ relative Mr/Ms XXX also works with C**. You must be knowing
him/her" and if I answer in the negative, they feel disappointed (they
think.....may b nobody wants to knows me).
How to explain to them that there are around thousands of employees in my
company, and I cannot know everybody in my ODC, forget about knowing
everybody in the company. L LoLzzzzzzzzzzzzz. ....
Add ons:
#How many times do you face this question
"What does your company make...???"
Very logical question but.....How do you answer this one?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
HCL walkin ...all technologies
HCL Technologies…..Looking for IT professionals with an educational qualification in BE/ B Tech/ MCA and with an experience of 3 + years in the following skills.
• MS Technologies: ASP.NET 3.5, 3.0, 2.0/ VB6.0/ VB.NET/ C# Winforms/
• VC ++ MFC
• Java Technologies: J2EE / Spring/ Hibernate/ Core Java/ JMS/ J2ME
• C++: Knowledge on corresponding language features, STL, Pointers
• UI Design/ development: XHTML/ Flex/ Flash/ Visual Design/ Usability
• Engineering
• Database: Oracle - Oracle Database Concepts, PL/SQL, Performance Tuning
• preferably in UNIX environment
• Sybase - Sybase Database Concepts, Queries, Performance Tuning
• SQL Server - SQL database concepts, SQL queries, DTS
• MS Access VBA
• Content Management: Interwoven Team Site
• LIMS: Sample Manager/ Labware/ Labvantage
• Techno Functional Red Prairie
• High Speed Board Design, Analog / Mixed signal circuit design
• Datacom: OSI Layer 2 (Ethernet, LLDP, DCBX, STP) / Layer 3 (OSPF,
• BGP, MPLS, IPV4, IPV6 ) Protocol - Developers / Testers
• Linux Device Driver
• Open System: C/ C++ Unix / Linux
• Telecom: SIP, VOIP, H.323, IMS
• Networking: CCNA / CCNP / CCIP / CCIE
• Scripting: TCL / TK
• Storage Testing: RAID, Clustering, Filesystem, Protocols (SAS, SATA,
• NFS, CIFS), Perl / TCL scripting
• DTV/ STB domain: C++ Programmers, Middleware (DVB, MHEG, MPEG,ATSC)
• Mobile Technologies: BlackBerry, WinCE, Windows Mobile, J2ME, Symbian, Android and iPhone
Mechanical Engineering
• Product Design / CAE / CFD / Reliability Analysis / Technical Publications/in Systems like Aero Engines / Braking / Hydraulics / Pneumatics /Sensing and Safety systems - (Preferably Aero Domain)
• Tools: CATIA, Hypermesh, Ansys, Nastran, Fluent, Ansys CFX, Gambit,Cafta, Relex – Prediction & FTA Modules, Reliasoft – Weibull, BlockSim,Arbortext, Adobe, Frame Maker, Quicksilver - ( Preferably Aero Domain)
PDM / PLM: Windchill, Agile, Matrix One or Team Centre
Walk-in in with a hard copy of your resumes along with a passport size photograph on 27th feb-2010 (Saturday) and 28th feb-2010 (Sunday) between 9am to 12pm
Venue:
HCL Technologies Ltd
“Surya Sapphireâ€
Plot no:3, 1st phase, Electronic City
Bangalore -560100
Tel : 080- 403137000
Opportunities Open : Bangalore / Chennai / NCR
• MS Technologies: ASP.NET 3.5, 3.0, 2.0/ VB6.0/ VB.NET/ C# Winforms/
• VC ++ MFC
• Java Technologies: J2EE / Spring/ Hibernate/ Core Java/ JMS/ J2ME
• C++: Knowledge on corresponding language features, STL, Pointers
• UI Design/ development: XHTML/ Flex/ Flash/ Visual Design/ Usability
• Engineering
• Database: Oracle - Oracle Database Concepts, PL/SQL, Performance Tuning
• preferably in UNIX environment
• Sybase - Sybase Database Concepts, Queries, Performance Tuning
• SQL Server - SQL database concepts, SQL queries, DTS
• MS Access VBA
• Content Management: Interwoven Team Site
• LIMS: Sample Manager/ Labware/ Labvantage
• Techno Functional Red Prairie
• High Speed Board Design, Analog / Mixed signal circuit design
• Datacom: OSI Layer 2 (Ethernet, LLDP, DCBX, STP) / Layer 3 (OSPF,
• BGP, MPLS, IPV4, IPV6 ) Protocol - Developers / Testers
• Linux Device Driver
• Open System: C/ C++ Unix / Linux
• Telecom: SIP, VOIP, H.323, IMS
• Networking: CCNA / CCNP / CCIP / CCIE
• Scripting: TCL / TK
• Storage Testing: RAID, Clustering, Filesystem, Protocols (SAS, SATA,
• NFS, CIFS), Perl / TCL scripting
• DTV/ STB domain: C++ Programmers, Middleware (DVB, MHEG, MPEG,ATSC)
• Mobile Technologies: BlackBerry, WinCE, Windows Mobile, J2ME, Symbian, Android and iPhone
Mechanical Engineering
• Product Design / CAE / CFD / Reliability Analysis / Technical Publications/in Systems like Aero Engines / Braking / Hydraulics / Pneumatics /Sensing and Safety systems - (Preferably Aero Domain)
• Tools: CATIA, Hypermesh, Ansys, Nastran, Fluent, Ansys CFX, Gambit,Cafta, Relex – Prediction & FTA Modules, Reliasoft – Weibull, BlockSim,Arbortext, Adobe, Frame Maker, Quicksilver - ( Preferably Aero Domain)
PDM / PLM: Windchill, Agile, Matrix One or Team Centre
Walk-in in with a hard copy of your resumes along with a passport size photograph on 27th feb-2010 (Saturday) and 28th feb-2010 (Sunday) between 9am to 12pm
Venue:
HCL Technologies Ltd
“Surya Sapphireâ€
Plot no:3, 1st phase, Electronic City
Bangalore -560100
Tel : 080- 403137000
Opportunities Open : Bangalore / Chennai / NCR
