How to get into BIG Companies!
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Hi to all, :) I need a little information regarding getting into BIG Companies , like Microsoft, Oracle ,IBM etc. actually i am a computer engineer,my working areas are C++, ATL COM, MFC SDK. I have done B.E in Computer Science and Engg, but my college is not Well Known, but still i dream :rolleyes: to get into these Organization and wud like to work in a research and devlopment team ,although my work ex is just 1.3 year but in terms of gaining knowledge i have done quite gud work . Do these organization take aspirants from Well known Colleges only??. Although i am B.E HONOUR's What i have to do to be there :) egarly waiting for Huge responses from my elder brother's Thanks and regrads :) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
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Hi to all, :) I need a little information regarding getting into BIG Companies , like Microsoft, Oracle ,IBM etc. actually i am a computer engineer,my working areas are C++, ATL COM, MFC SDK. I have done B.E in Computer Science and Engg, but my college is not Well Known, but still i dream :rolleyes: to get into these Organization and wud like to work in a research and devlopment team ,although my work ex is just 1.3 year but in terms of gaining knowledge i have done quite gud work . Do these organization take aspirants from Well known Colleges only??. Although i am B.E HONOUR's What i have to do to be there :) egarly waiting for Huge responses from my elder brother's Thanks and regrads :) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
I have been working for small companies since mid 1999, first as a consultant and now as staff, and I miss the bigger companies. I would say medium, where its not big enough to loose your identity, but big enough to have good mentorship programs, benefits, etc. Having done a little for a big company also seems to work better on a resume than having done a lot for a small company.
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Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
You got my 1 :) I spent 9 years with Hewlett Packard and 12 with Unisys. Of the two, my time with HP was the best (but this was back when HP was a 'good' company to work at). That said, my time with Unisys wasn't awful either, but the culture of a large company does force one toward the bland. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
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Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
Of course another question does arise. Why not cause cognitive dissonance to Terry? :) Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
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Of course another question does arise. Why not cause cognitive dissonance to Terry? :) Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
Rob Manderson wrote: Why not cause cognitive dissonance to Terry? Because I think I did it once before with my political spectrum diagram that ran the other way round (Right---Left), and I'm not so cruel a man as to do it again :-D -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Rob Manderson wrote: Why not cause cognitive dissonance to Terry? Because I think I did it once before with my political spectrum diagram that ran the other way round (Right---Left), and I'm not so cruel a man as to do it again :-D -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
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:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
Hi again :) From the above discussion,logic card installed in my brain worked , processed , and gave a WIDE CHAR String in output "For 2 years work 4 small company and for next 2 years work for a Big company " but still my question is how to achieve this ..is this possible for a graduate like me :) hope this time ,Question mark symbols appeared on my forehead will vanish :confused: :) Thanking u all again:) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
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Hi again :) From the above discussion,logic card installed in my brain worked , processed , and gave a WIDE CHAR String in output "For 2 years work 4 small company and for next 2 years work for a Big company " but still my question is how to achieve this ..is this possible for a graduate like me :) hope this time ,Question mark symbols appeared on my forehead will vanish :confused: :) Thanking u all again:) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
My apologies if our replies caused offense. If you really want to work for one of the big companies the best I can suggest is that you approach their human resource departments, list your qualifications and ask that they consider you when they are next hiring. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
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My apologies if our replies caused offense. If you really want to work for one of the big companies the best I can suggest is that you approach their human resource departments, list your qualifications and ask that they consider you when they are next hiring. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
Hi Rob, There is no need to apologise friend , and heartly thanx for all your comments :) anyways i will try my best to get into and work for both smaller companies and bigger companies, as presently i am working with a small sized CMM-5 level org....and hope some day i become a member of some gud team doing some gud research work ! Thanx alot again :) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
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Hi to all, :) I need a little information regarding getting into BIG Companies , like Microsoft, Oracle ,IBM etc. actually i am a computer engineer,my working areas are C++, ATL COM, MFC SDK. I have done B.E in Computer Science and Engg, but my college is not Well Known, but still i dream :rolleyes: to get into these Organization and wud like to work in a research and devlopment team ,although my work ex is just 1.3 year but in terms of gaining knowledge i have done quite gud work . Do these organization take aspirants from Well known Colleges only??. Although i am B.E HONOUR's What i have to do to be there :) egarly waiting for Huge responses from my elder brother's Thanks and regrads :) Abhishek Srivastava Software Engg (VC++) India ,Noida Mobile no 9891492921 :)
A lot of big companies have online employment sites where you can sign up for an account, post your resume, and apply for positions within the company that look interesting. NVidia and Boeing are two that do this that I can think of right off the top of my head. Good luck in your job search.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99
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Don't work for big companies :-) If you do, then you become a corporate slave and lose all your personality (from experience with my friends from uni who did exactly that, and now they're like the Borg from Star Trek, but less entertaining at parties). Work for a small company - you can learn much more and have more variety in your job, because you don't become the poor schmuck who is the expert in MOTIF on VMS or something. Of course, YMMV. Anyway, to the CPians, vote 5 for big companies and 1 for small companies (done this way round so as not to cause cognitive dissonance to Terry :-D) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky