This incident happened when i was in college, 2nd year. we were in unix lab, and there was a dumbo guy in our batch. he came late to the lab and couldnt find any system free. so we persuaded him to occupy a Server machine. Poor chap , he didnt know wat a server machine was supposed to do and he started working on it. Later when the admin guys came over there, he got a nice scolding from them :laugh:

sorry, u r too smart . so u dont need to use our software :)

well, i never buy a tech book nowadays usually, i download an ebook , get a print out and read them offline. in the last couple of months, i have downloaded and printed over 6 books.

hi i wrote my first program in BASIC when i was 13 year old . but go my own pc when i was 19 year old.

may be he is concerned about platform independence issue, that is with dot net.

I feel that was a tough one :)

What i feel is that certification DOES count when u have the required skills and experience. It gives u some prefernce over the other non-ceritified candidates(but there r exceptions to this rule; may be some managers had prior bad exp with a certified guy, so they may have a bias against certified guys) Much depends on how u pass the exams, rather than just getting it. There is the easy way and the tough way. I've seen some of my friends, who have passed 3 exmas (for mcad) in a weeks time. And mind u , they 've passed with almost cent percent marks. U all know how they did it . For me , it took around 3 months to study and pass each exam. I feel it does help u in long run, as u get to know about the real world situations and problems faced. If u pass the easy way, cert is just a piece of crap.

Well, my cubicle is comparatively decent. i have the following. 1. My Water bottle which i fill up thrice in a day. 2. my phone at cubicle which I use to dial any of my dozen gfs . :) (which is my best companion when i am tired of the monitor) 3. My MCAD certificate, posted on the cubicle wall. ( u wont believe it, all of my colleagues stare at it, and ask me if it really has the Gates signature :) ) well, i take it as a compliment. ..lol 4. a notepad and pen. 5. My cubicle wall, filled with phone nos of my colleagues, and the quote, " A winner is not one who never fails but one who NEVER QUITS." Thats all in my neat, clean cubicle.

If Babbage was alive today, he would have died again, looking at that code :) lol.

yea siskhoalanka , ur absolutely right. Be a Roman, when in Rome. :)

Finally i would like to add a word on this. Certifications do have their value. even if they dont guarantee that u get a well paying job, u will get great amount of knowledge learnings, while studying for the exam. myself, did not hav a chance to work on web services or assemblies. but when i took the microsoft certification, i had to study them, and i got a good idea about those stuff. it helped me immensely during my next job interview. so , knowledge gained never goes waste. good luck to u . regards prashanth

| I declined, and walked out 5 minutes after I arrived |without even tasting my coffee! :laugh: now that is sheer waste going there, u could hav had a sip atleast :) hope they wont transfer that coffee to the next candidate :)

If feel that, for a novice web programmer, asp.net is the best place to start with. i started coding web applications with asp.net (1.0) 2 years ago, during my first job after graduation. I find it easy to learn even for a guy with not much programming exposure.

hi i need your views on the above question. what do u think is better. i am talking from the perspective of getting stronger in the technology. Plus point for product companies is that u get to work in a perticular technology for long time, (without the company asking u to switch technologies, for any reason) U dont have to wait / worry about project getting over and the anxiety of waiting for a new project. Downside is that , in product company, usually they dont upgrade to a new technology immediately. since their product life cycle will be a long one , with maintenance spanning over several years. they will continue to use the same version of s/w. (for ex, Dot net Framework 1.1) Problem with services is that, ur nt sure of working in same tech. if they dont get any new projects in that tech, of if they run out of any good projects, u may b forced to do any mundane job, or even testing. Any suggestions in this regd are welcome. I am in a fix now (im in services company and they hav asked me to switch technologies, or swtich to testing). i know this happens in most services companies. Another point is that, product cos mostly pay less than their services counterparts. I am not able to decide whether to go for a product company ( if have an offer from them too but with a lower pay). thanks in advance. regds

yea Steve, i completely agree with your views There would be a specialized team that handles db issues.

Having worked on vb and c#, i feel c# is much more intuitive and clearer to follow. especially, the begin and end function labels in a function are horrible.

Thanks Gary for the useful tips regarding punctuation. Yes, I do have corporate expereince in .Net, not home projects. I was lucky to be working on asp.net all through these 2 years ,since my first job; unlike most other developers who r not so lucky to be working on the same tech. I can work on java for the next 6 months or even an year, not an issue. but will that help me in gaining dotnet knowledge, or leveraging on my existing knowledge. I have worked only on c# web applications. There are people who can master multiple technologies, but iam not a genius. :) Another point i would like to make is, there is a difference between knowing a language/technology and being good in it. I can claim that i know/have worked on several languages like basic, pascal,vb,c,c++ and java, apart from dot net. but i cant claim to be expert on these language.

sorry dude, i was v. clear in my post. i was jus asking for a frank opinion about tech change. u dont hav to take it as java or dn, it can be anything (mainframes, c etc)

Thanks a ton , Ennis. java does have enormous prospects. no doubt about that. but i wanted to be an expert in a perticular technology, rather than become a jack of all trades. some of my friends said , it depends on ur future goal ; what u want to become 10 years down the line. i for one is interested in remaining a developer, rather than become a manager. well, i will try working on java. if i find it too difficult, or uninteresting, i will think if changing job. thanks again regds prash

hi all, i have a query regd change of technology. hope u ppl will guide me properly. i am a dot net programmer. i have been in the industry fr 2+ years now, and all through i have been working on asp.net with c#. i changed my job 3 months back . my new company now doesnt have any dot net projects (they dont expect to get one in the next 6 months). so they are training me on java now and will put me on a java project soon. I wish to know if it would be good for me to stay on here and work on java. that would be a drastic tech change for me. i am looking at the future aspect. ia m pretty comfortable with c# , but cant say i will be comfy with java. another concern is that it wont be financially rewarding to my career , as i would be considered as fresher in java field and it wont add to my dot net exp as well. ( in case in need to shift after next 6 months time) any suggestions are welcome thanks in advance