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Infosys to meet target of hiring 45,000 in FY12

2012-01-17T13:22:00.000+05:30

Infosys had earlier set a target for increasing it’s resource base this financial year. They have quoted recently that they are comfortably on their way to achieve their mark. This surely showcases a positive ending to this financial year as far as demand and outsourcing is concerned.

During the October-December 2011 period, the company hired 9,655 employees, while nearly 6,389 exited the organization during the period, taking the net addition to 3,266.

“The attrition rate has come down from 17.4 per cent in October—December period of 2010, to 15.4 per cent in the quarter under review,” Infosys’ Member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer, Mr V Balakrishnan said.

Jobs and Campus Placement News on your Android mobile

2012-01-13T16:53:00.001+05:30

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What will be your hike on FY12 completion?

2012-01-13T13:25:00.000+05:30

The current volatility of the market has made quite a foreheads ache during strategy planning across all sectors.

But however, salary hikes are pretty optimistic across most sectors, with the predicted hikes varying between 10-14%.

The IT sector might see a 14% salary increment, followed by 13 % in healthcare sector, 12% in retail and 11% in engineering and manufacturing. But despite this assuring figures, most managements and CEOs are extremely cautious and calculating to stay prepared for any unforeseen scenarios. The wage hikes at the end of FY12 can thus be scrutinized further and figures might vary a little.

For example, TCS has been taking each step very carefully and when about 1/3rd of its revenue is spent on employee costs, it’s really something to watch out for before giving stupendous hikes. So although, hiring would continue as planned, TCS wage hikes might not be that exciting on FY12 end.

Placement offers for 2010, 2011 and 2012 batch

2012-01-13T12:27:00.002+05:30

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With the steady growth currently in the Information Technology sector, the hiring spree is as positive as ever. Most companies are looking to diversify their current infrastructure and recruit in large numbers from locations where they plan to expand.

Here are the current recruitment drives by some of the IT companies for fresh engineers:
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Fresher

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Java,PHP,J2ee

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Content Writing Strategy – Part 1

2011-12-15T21:13:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Ashish Nandwani.

This is a series of posts about content strategy, how useful it is for us to take care of it?

From how long we have been building websites and talking about user experience, website designing, testing, and content-management systems? Who cares? Who wants to spend a hell lot of time with respect to search engine’s priority? It’s possibly called search engine optimization; those people will take care of it, No? The process is hectic and confusing; someone will take care of it. Above were some myths and common understanding among people who pretend to know it all. As a whole community we haven’t been talking about the ‘content’ itself. Writing and understanding content is a different thing altogether. But we need to know it (as people exploring web), a designer should be saying ‘I cannot provide SEO but I will use the best practices which would help the project’s process. Everyone is a part, part of a process.

What do you do on web? Today, I looked at some books on ‘flipkart’, read some of my favorite blogs, compared prices of two BB phones. What about you? Did you have some goals in your mind or your journey was vague (Or vogue? Not talking about the fashion magazine here). On a serious note, Almost 90% of us come on web just to find something specific. Let it how to plan a birthday bash, how to put on ---, weight? (What did u think) or maybe you are trying to impress your girlfriend. You have something specific in your mind. You come /visit websites for content, Hell yes. Users try to find an answer to their questions and as a content writer/strategist try to answer questions (not only in the FAQ’s). The content must be accurate, easy and friendly.

Do we really have time while looking for our answer? How much do we navigate? How many results do we click on? Do we like to wait and read? Not really. Most of the web users skip read and run all at the same time. We want our answers (information) as soon as possible; this makes our stay ‘hurried’. What everyone has to understand is that, they are trying to do a task what they find sometimes is not relevant or rather is very clumsy and lengthy. Not anywhere close. If users don’t like it at the first few seconds, they are out of here. It’s a very user centered approach we have to follow (Let it be design, content, whatever.) After –all, the website is made for users not for your client. Write in a way such that busy people find content pretty easily.

We relate and think as we read and that can differ enormously among different set of people. We understand and take it differently. How can one identify the audiences? Demographics? First of all, listing the major set of people identifying the business is very important. Are they travelers, browsers, lookers, bookers or hookers? The very next thing is to know more about them. Assumptions may not always work. Like, if you have to write for a travel website, meet some of the users who will use your website, Make them fill forms on your website, Talk to marketing, think about your Mission. You can ask people when they (time) visit the site. You can go on to list these different people with different keywords. Experienced Traveler, Amateur, Occasional? All of them look at content differently. We have to write in a way that leaves everyone happy at the end. What matters to your users will help you write the best content. You can make portfolios of different users, Paste them on the wall and start thinking. What do these users want? How do they look at Web? Emotions, technology, demographics all play a major role here.

(P.S-More on home page/navigation pages design and content later)

Small mistakes get hyped, no mistakes (read work) get hyped too!

2011-12-11T01:42:00.001+05:30

In the professional world of the corporates, there is an invisible network of thoughts that is spread all across. The wavelengths from different individuals, each uniquely different from the other, cater to it’s ever-growing richness and complexity. You ought to be smart enough to get a feel and sense of the wavelengths that are invisibly travelling right under your nose. Sounds familiar? Well, it won’t if you are a newbie or you remain always focused in your machine all the time. It’s the sixth sense that prevails.

The sole reason you were hired is for accomplishing the work assigned to you. This is the basic activity which must be performed. Your supervisor will see your work, and accordingly gather an impression of you with time. This is the after activity when you finish your work. The tricks of the trade lies from the end of the basic activity till the end of the after activity. Let’s say you are a brilliant coder, your other team member is a brilliant photographer. He sees creativity and art in everything, and loves to stay updated with the latest cricket scores. When Sehwag hit 200, he was the first one to update everyone.

You tried to get the message across to him many times, but failed. So you get back to work, glued to your monitor. But your friend continues to keep a shadow update of the progress of the assigned task. The smallest of your mistakes, is blown out so much out of proportion, that everyone suddenly feels “What the hell are you doing! Your friend is so much more better at doing the same stuffs! Why don’t you just damn hand him over the responsibility?? Are you nuts?” You start to feel guilty. And try reassessing yourself.

This scenario to an observant onlooker, will become clear as crystal. You should be reassessing your surroundings instead of yourself. The sad part is, your supervisor isn’t always an observant onlooker, since he has lot of responsibilities on his shoulders, and can hear only the louder of the noises a team or different teams. Your friend has successfully played his game which he is best at. With one shot, he down-played you, as well as up-played himself. You are left to ponder over your shortcomings like a needle in a haystack.

West Bengal Engineering Colleges ranking

2011-11-23T19:01:00.000+05:30

This is one of the most sought after ranking list with so many engineering colleges in West Bengal. Some of the key factors that had been taken into consideration are the starting and ending ranks of some of the top streams, the campusing element, infrastructure and several feedbacks from students studying in these colleges. This list is updated regularly based on several feedbacks on various issues and criteria. With such a robust concept behind building this list, it seems very likely to be standing the test of time over the years to come.

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Facebook smileys you wished to have forever

2011-10-21T22:16:00.000+05:30

Emoticons and smileys are the key essence to online chatting and communication. It lets us express ourselves a lot better with them. Facebook till now doesn’t have a clear cut display as to the list of emoticons it supports. So for your information here is the list of emoticons that you can use right now while you chat in Facebook.

Smiley	Shortcut Key	Smiley	Shortcut Key
	:putnam:		<(")
	:] =)		:42:
	:-p :p =p		<3
	=D		3:-) 3:)
	8-\| 8\| 8-\| B\|		]
	8) B-) B)		(^^^)
	:-* :*		:v
	O:) O:-)		>:( >:-(
	:'(		^_^
			:[ =(
	:/ :-/		o.O O.o
	-_-		:-O :O
	>:O >:-O		:3

Amazing Android App #1 - Gesture Search

2011-10-16T15:00:00.001+05:30

Have you ever fantasized to search your contacts, applications, games, settings, and everything on your phone by just using 3-4 swings of your finger? Well, all of us have, and here is just the app which will make your fantasies come true. Look through any of the contents in our mobile to search using gesture search.

Click here to get this app. Stay tuned for the entire series of amazing android applications to empower your android mobile phone. ‘Like’ this page for more amazing android apps. Google’s mobile operating system has already taken the market by storm is sure enough to blind us from other operating systems with it’s array of open source apps and tools.

Android has evolved to such a level that even if you are not a techie, you will love its apps!

Bing bleeding millions, as Google remains at top

2011-10-14T22:46:00.000+05:30

Microsoft’s Bing search engine has been one of the most recent disasters by any giant organization. Microsoft spent millions of dollars on it’s search engine, advertising it to the fullest potential it can. It integrated Bing search into Internet Explorer, but still, Google continued to firmly stay at the top. Guess why?

Google has become a strong brand household name, and more than that, it’s a verb now! No amount of advertising bucks can beat that. You need years of solid performance to become a verb such as Google. And to topple Google, you not only need to consistently be at your supreme best, but also need to make immense sacrifices which Bing is making right now by bleeding millions. As of now, Microsoft has lost $5.5 billion on Bing since its 2009 inception.

It is already yet another failed experiment by Microsoft. Not that Google had been successful though in all their attempts (remember Buzz?). But such a loss in a massive scale as Microsoft is having currently is unheard of in recent times. But it’s always nice to see competition around, it gave Google a kickstart to revamp their own interfaces and designs. We Googlers love it now, don’t we!

Importance of Communication Skills in the global upfront

2011-10-12T12:35:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Ashish Nandwani.

The need of effective and potent communication is becoming more and more cardinal in today's global arena, No doubt the companies spend a lot of money on training individuals to make them presentable for cross cultural communication. Intercultural or cross-cultural communication substantially considers how to greet , manage and work together. However as sometimes wrongly perceived ,communication is not only verbal but full of other factors like tone , body-language , gestures and what not. One may say something but may not mean it so it's important to write and say what you believe in. As someone has rightly said ' Read is to write where listen is to speak' , Good writing skills can come with a lot of reading while one has to be a good listener in order to speak well. No one ever wants to come out of his / her comfort zone but' instinct also comes with experience ' as they say ( so better keep learning)

I remember attending a seminar on 'Requirement Analysis' and that embarked upon communication bridging different cultures. We were told that training was specifically given to say 'No' to employees working with foreign clients because we as Indians sometimes are inclined to reply in the affirmative even when the requirements can't be fulfilled.We were also told a humorous situation in which the foreign client nodded his head when he meant something else.. Thumbs up is considered vulgar in Argentina where as in French it says to be Okay. Non verbal communication comprises maximum of exchange of ideas between persons . As studies show , one is more likely to believe what he/she watches rather than what he/she listens. Learning such subtle responses and tones help you to earn respect even if you are not able to converse in the verbal form(Local language).

Good interpersonal skills , innovation will always lead to a better economy , better business for a company. Collocation , strategic decisions , responsibility are all complimentary to neat communication.One must be aware of the budding errors which occur in communication , One might say something but it may mean something else. Good orators enhance their skills using the right attitude , tone , respect and panache.Global communication requires sensitivity , subtlety and appreciation for one's culture. You should be clear and easy to understand , Many of my friends have an inherent feeling to speak quick and mean nothing.(In English). In every circular of job openings , must have good communication skills is something which is always present.Today's competitiveness in global upfront ensures that employers value communication skills more than the technical aspects ,The dexterity to mix with other people , the notion of being gregarious , the organization and the management of words at the right time gives an edge. I must confess , I hate articles and people who smell of bad grammar. If you are not sure , better don't try to be fancy but never make a mockery of the language. I have personally seen some of my friends fall down dramatically in a telephonic or face to face interviews only because they meant something but their words meant something else.

With the boom and advent of Internet , communication structure has taken a new turn , there is a different process altogether now for advertising and showing your presence. This demands apt use of words , images at the right place. Web is notching as something very powerful and you don't have a second chance to 'How you want to make your presence felt'. it can lead to reduction in costs , quality content , lot of traffic and thus a rise for the business. The more people a business can jump onto , better the sales , better the revenue. It's possible to get a pool of talent regardless of the geographical distances only because of better understanding , better knowledge , better attitude in a way leading to better communication.Also known as 'cross cultural or interpersonal communication , Communication has the potential to make a significant contribution to an individual and an organization.

This post was written by Ashish Nandwani of Exuberance.

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Accenture Offcampus Placement drives for freshers and experienced candidates

2011-10-10T00:26:00.001+05:30

Accenture, one of the leading software organizations, has been recruiting freshers and experienced professionals from all across India and abroad. If you are an existing reader, you must have already received the notification via this app. This app will be providing you with the latest updates of placement drives via the ‘Campus Placement’ link. To learn more about getting latest campus placement news for freshers as well as experienced professionals, click here.

Click here to download the study materials which will give you an idea regarding the organization.

Some of the subjects that needs to be taken care of before you want to appear for the interview process are as follows (important relevant books to study and links have been provided):
1. Database Management: Book by Korth
2. Java Programming: Book by Schildt
3. Networking: Book by Forouzan
4. C Programming: Book by Kanetkar
5. Oracle SQL: Book by Bayross

Aakash Tablet vs Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Reliance 3G Tab vs Apple iPad - Tech Spec Comparison

2011-10-10T00:09:00.001+05:30

The recently launched Aakash tablet for only 35$ is the most cherished product for people who are finding it difficult to get their hands on the other tablets which cost well above 200$. More than bridging the gap, it is literally meant for the masses for anyone who can afford a mobile phone. The comparison of Aakash with it’s heavy weight counterparts is a long awaited one. Here it goes below. Join the Aakash Facebook Fan page here for updates.

This phone is surely a terrific buy for budget buyers. For this low price of Rs.3000 (inclusive of warranty and taxes), it will surely be a big hit. You can book one for your dad, one for your mom, one for brother right now here.

Engineering years - The ideal approach

2011-10-08T14:10:00.001+05:30

This article is all about how to approach your engineering years henceforth my own experience. I was not able to get into a very good college , I would have thought . I found it very difficult to adjust and adapt to this new environment of college. Not to forget , The teachers were not even close to the one's I would have imagined (After I was able to meet some really good teachers while preparing for IIT's). First two years of college , I never thought I would ever become an engineer in some sense or credibility. Information Technology is Of-Course not only about programming , I knew I was definitely missing something , We always tended to waste most of the 'Lab periods'(Of 3 hours) , Making programmes always took less than 20 minutes.

Then came a transition , I was introduced to Java and I fell in love with it. I started reading e-books and blogs , followed some really good people on Twitter and was just entering into a whole new world of WEB. I must confess , I never liked reading text-books more often than not and would you-tube every time i came across something new in the class. I started enjoying this interaction. I must advice everyone in this phase to watch videos and study from http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ if you are not able to understand or digest anything.

My juniors always ask me , 'Which language to do in the first training period and which in the second? ' I always reply them do anything but with full utilization of the WEB. I got interested in Java but someone else may develop a passion of Networking , Database ,Linux.And once you get into it , Don't move out , Learn , Invent , Innovate and enjoy.Live with it and get into it's core. There is no limit , Nothing. You may not always invent but you always learn when you try. Once you know one language , you will almost know everyone. For example if you have started with JAVA SE(standard edition) then you must go for JAVA EE (Enterprise edition) later on , No point in starting with .NET and then going to learn JAVA from a scratch or something like that.

Obviously you need to test all of your skills and the best way to do it is to participate in The Great Mind Challenge(TGMC) organized by IBM every year.(http://www-07.ibm.com/in/university/greatmind/tgmc.html) This is something ,I will be proud of whole my life. You will never find a better competition than this.TGMC has been a great initiative taken by IBM to inculcate professionalism among students , Not just the technical aspect , Making an industry standard project can take you and your mind to a level! You will be only allowed to use IBM tools and thus it would remove each and every ignorance of yours regarding WEB. We did learn WEBSPHERE(An application Server) administration and Struts Framework , My friend used to make beautiful aesthetic designs and we both used to make the database which is the foremost requirement engineering step in making a project. For database you will have to use DB2. There are E-mentors you can hire for free (From IBM) to help tou start from a scratch and a DVD which includes all of their tools will also be sent to you on your request , You can also download them.We did feature in top 10 state teams of India, something I am very happy for. Not because of the destination but because of the journey.

One's interested in Web designing must join Sitepoint.com and read their book ' The principles of beautiful web design' for a start.(Everything should give that book a try).The book for Keithy Sierra for Java is the best I could find , I found it very humorous as well so that helps. Just don't believe in everything ot anything , If you are not able to digest it ,Help yourself with a quote , 'Either you know a thing or you know how to type google'. so Fetch that.

You will learn about the three layers of WEB and keeping them demarcated. HTML is only for content(not for designing , sometimes we tend to use <br> tag ) , Css is what you need to learn for designing and Javascript (for dynamic behavior). You should try Html 5.0 and Css 3.0 , Very vast and unbelievably awesome. We never knew a thing earlier but now we can get into any conversation regarding IT so it's the journey and the path you take.

Lastly I would also advise you to be as social as you can be . It will help you in one way or the other , Interact and gather. Never forget to give everything back to the society once you have learnt it , That's what i feel as my duty.

Cheers!

This post was written by Ashish Nandwani of Exuberance.

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Cognizant campussing and placement - Crack it

2011-10-07T13:26:00.000+05:30

Cognizant is one of the fastest growing organizations at the moment in the IT industry. As per recent quarter results and analytical reports, it might soon topple Infosys at the number two position. There’s a few hurdles before you can find a place in this organization.

The interview process during placement and campussing of Cognizant is pretty decent enough. First you will be called in for the Aptitude round. Do remember to focus on your mathematics and reasoning skills above anything else. You might want to solve previous years papers by Cognizant, but remember to revise your basics and be in your top form as you appear for the aptitude test. You cannot be sure where the questions would be coming from but if you have your core fundamentals on mathematics and basic reasoning (which will never come without practice) right in place, you can be confident of giving a tough competition to your peers. Start with the best book and for further enriching yourself try this book.

The interview process comes next if you successfully cross the aptitude round. Though it is often called the technical+HR round, but believe me, it’s much more of a technical than you can ever imagine. Even if there are HR questions, it will not wipe you off your feet. But yes, you need to pass the minimum requirements for the HR round to be eligible for selection. Start by revising your core subjects, and focus primarily on your second year subjects before you start studying. This I am saying for a specific reason. If you are an experienced professional, then you can stress less upon your college books and focus more on the technology you expertise in, be it Oracle Apps, Loadrunner, OBIEE, Informatica, Java, etc. If you want to know which book to study on for any particular subject, just ask me.

Steve Jobs - 10 things you did not know

2011-10-06T19:39:00.001+05:30

Steve Jobs was an incredible genius and is one of my favorite icons in the technology world. It is his vision of innovation that has made Apple standout amongst the crowd which includes biggies like Google and Microsoft. As a tribute to his death yesterday, I would like to share 10 unusual things we never knew about Steve Jobs. You are welcome to join the Steve Jobs fan page here or by clicking 'Like' below.

1) Nature versus Nurture. His sister is Mona Simpson but he didn’t know it until he was an adult. Her first novel, Anywhere but Here, was about her relationship with her parents. Which, ironically, was Steve Jobs parents. But since Steve Jobs was adopted (see below) they didn’t know they were brother-sister until the 90s when he tracked her down. It’s proof (to an extent) of the nature versus nurture argument. Two kids, without knowing they were brother and sister, both having a unique sensibility of life on this planet to become among the best artists in the world in completely different endeavors.

2) His father’s name is Abdulfattah Jandali. If you had to ask me what Steve Job’s father’s name was I never in one zillion years would’ve guessed that and that Steve Jobs biologically was half Syrian Muslim. For some reason I thought he was Jewish. His parents were two graduate students who I guess weren’t sure if they were ready for a kid so put him up for adoption and then a few years later had another kid (see above). So I didn’t know he was adopted. The one requirement his biological parents had was that he be adopted by two college educated people. But the couple that adopted him lied at first and turned out not to be college educated (the mom was not a high school graduate) so the deal almost fell through until they promised to send Steve to college. A promise they couldn’t keep (see below). So despite many layers of lies and promises broken, it all worked out in the end. People can save a lot of hassle by not having such high expectations and overly ambitious worries in the first place.

3) He made the game “Breakout”. If there was one thing people loved almost as much as the games on the Apple II+ it was playing Breakout on the first-generation Atari (I can’t remember, was that the Atari 2600?) And then breakout on every version of the Blackberry since 2000. If he had never done anything else in life and I had met him and he said, “I’m the guy who made Breakout”, I would’ve said, “you are the greatest genius of the past 100 years.” Funny how things turn out. He went on from Atari to form Apple. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, went to form the greatest restaurant chain in the history of mankind: Chuck E. Cheese.

4) He denied paternity on his first child, claiming he was sterile. The other had to initially raise the kid using welfare checks. I have no judgment on this at all. Raising kids is hard. And when you have a kid you feel like this enormous energy and creativity you have for the world is going to get misdirected into a … little baby (Jobs’ parents must’ve felt that way as well. Like father, like son). But people change, mature, grow up. Eventually Jobs became a good father. And that’s what counts in the end. Much worse if it was the reverse. I didn’t know this either: that the Lisa computer (the “Apple III”) was named after this first child.

5) He’s a pescetarian. In other words, he eats fish but no other meat. And he eats anything else a vegetarian eats (including eggs and dairy). Turns out if you compare pescetarians with regular meat-eaters they have a 34% less chance of dying of heart disease. And if you compare vegetarians with meat eaters, they only have a 20% less chance of dying of heart disease. I think from now on I’m going to be a pescetarian, just because Steve Jobs is one. Except when I’m in Argentina. In Argentina you have to eat steak. Ted Danson and Mary Tyler Moore consider themselves pescetarians. Somehow, even the world “pescetarian” seems like it was invented in California.

6) He doesn’t give any money to charity. And when he became Apple’s CEO he stopped all of their philanthropic programs. He said, “wait until we are profitable”. Now they are profitable, and sitting on $40bb cash, and still not corporate philanthropy. I actually think Jobs is probably the most charitable guy on the planet. Rather than focus on which mosquitoes to kill in Africa (Bill Gates is already focusing on that), Jobs has put his energy into massively improving quality of life with all of his inventions. People think that entrepreneurs have to some day “give back”. This is not true. They already gave at the office. Look at the entire ipod/Mac/iphone/Disney ecosystem and ask how many lives have benefited directly (because they’ve been hired) or indirectly (because they use the products to improve their quality of life). As far as I know, Jobs has never even commented about his thoughts on charity. Good for him. As one CEO of a (currently) Fortune 10 company once told me when I had my hand out for a charitable website, “Screw charity!”

7) He lied to Steve Wozniak. When they made Breakout for Atari, Wozniak and Jobs were going to split the pay 50-50. Atari gave Jobs $5000 to do the job. He told Wozniak he got $700 so Wozniak took home $350. Again, no judgment. Young people do things. Show me someone who says he’s been honest from the day he was born and I’ll show you a liar. Its by making mistakes, having fights, finding out where your real boundaries in life are, that allow you to truly know where the boundaries are.

8) He’s a Zen Buddhist. He even thought about joining a monastery and becoming a monk. His guru, a Zen monk, married him and his wife. Trying to quiet the mind to deal with the onrush of non-stop pain that was trying to invade there. The interesting thing about Jobs being a a Zen Buddhist is that most people would think that serious Buddhism and being one of the wealthiest people in the world come into conflict with each other. Isn’t Buddhism about non-attachment? Didn’t Buddha himself leave his riches and family behind?

But the answer is “no." Its normal to pursue passions and outcomes, but just not to become overly attached to those outcomes. Being happy regardless of the outcome. A great story is the Zen master and his student walking by a river. A prostitute was there and needed to be carried over the river. The Zen master picked her up and carried her across the river and then put her down. Then the master and student kept walking. A few hours later the student was so agitated he finally had to ask, “Master, how could you touch and help that prostitute! That’s against what we believe in!” And the Master said, “I left her by the river. Why are you still carrying her?”

9) He didn’t go to college. I actually didn’t know this initially. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are the famous college graduates that I knew about. But apparently Steve Jobs went to Reed College for one semester and then dropped out. guess you don’t need college to program computers, make computers, build businesses, make movies, manage people, etc.

10) Psychedelics. Steve Jobs used LSD at least once when he was younger. In fact, he said about the experience, it was “one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life.” Apple’s slogan for many years was “Think Different”. Maybe using a drug which tore him from the normal frame of reference taught him how to look at problems from such a unique perspective. I don’t think LSD is for everyone, but when you combine it with the innate genius the man had, plus the many ups and downs that he experienced, plus the Zen Buddhism and all of the other things above, its quite possible it all adds up to the many inventions he’s been able to produce.

Steve Jobs’ story is filled with nuance and ambiguity. People study Steve Jobs by looking at his straightforward business successes. Yes, he started Apple in a garage. Yes, he started Pixar and almost went broke with it. Yes, he started and sold Next and he was fired as CEO of Apple, and blah blah blah. But none of that will ever explain the man behind the genius. None of that will explain all the products he invented that we use today. None of that will tell us about the ipad, Toy Story, the Mac Air, the Apple II+, etc. A man’s successes can be truly understood only if we can count his tears. And unfortunately in the case of Steve Jobs, that is one task that’s impossible.

Accenture study guide before joining date

2011-09-30T21:46:00.000+05:30

Accenture is one of the top organizations that people dream of joining. Once you are amongst the lucky few to make it through, there is immense possibility of growth and moving ahead in your career no doubt. The perfect blending of an immensely sound technical backbone along with their top class consulting services, Accenture has surely made a mark by consistently delivering high performance.

But before you join, you might want to enhance some of your skill sets and might be wanting to know more about the more specific requirements that would be helpful after joining this organization. Click here to download the materials. It will surely help you to seamlessly sail through the initial phase after joining the company.

Cognizant 2011 Batch Campus Placements

2011-09-25T21:49:00.000+05:30

Cognizant, one of the leading software organizations has announced that it will be hiring candidates from the 2011 batch starting September ‘11 onwards. If you are an existing reader, you must have already received the notification via this app. This app will be providing you with the latest updates of placement drives via the ‘Campus Placement’ link. To learn more about getting latest campus placement news, click here.

Click here to download the study materials which will give you an idea regarding the organization. To register for the Cognizant placement drive, click here.

TCS campus recruitment for 2012 batch criteria

2011-09-23T15:46:00.004+05:30

Offcampus Updates and Announcements here

The time has come for candidates to gear up to prepare for the campussing for the big organizations like TCS, be it off campus or on campus, the vibe is the same, the feeling is the same, the expectations are the same. Some of the subjects that needs to be taken care of before you want to appear for the interview process are as follows (important relevant books to study and links have been provided):
1. Database Management: Book by Korth
2. Java Programming: Book by Schildt
3. Networking: Book by Forouzan
4. C Programming: Book by Kanetkar
5. Oracle SQL: Book by Bayross

There is a requirement that there should not be any break during the entire duration of your academic career. All your percentages throughout class 10, class 12 and your college grades must be above 60%. But apart from the highly relevant must buy books above, another book which does not pertain to the subjects you are taught in your graduation is this book and this book. If you do not at least one of them, you can be sure you are falling behind.

Now to have an idea about the processes followed and study materials, click here to proceed with the downloadables. You will also be updated with the latest tips after you successfully download the materials.

TCS study guide before joining date

2011-09-18T14:52:00.000+05:30

The time has finally come to prepare yourself to be a part of this top organization. You definitely need to raise your level more than before to sail in smoothly over the few months after you join. Though there’s not much of a difference on the technical aspects that you had been studying during your campussing (programming languages, coding, networking, database management systems, etc), but still, you need to link them to your tasks at hand. And that involves a bit of exposure which had not been present before.

The exposure thing will happen naturally with time. But what you can focus in right now is familiarizing yourself with what exactly can be taught during your training. Click here to download the materials. If you are comfortable in programming, then it will be easier for you. But even if you are not, simply go through the docs and before you realize you will be a lot comfortable in handling codes than before. This is the finest collection of materials and will ensure you go through your training process seamlessly.

Infosys study guide before joining date

2011-09-17T14:18:00.001+05:30

The preparatory phase before joining his elite institution is one of the most crucial and is a very decisive factor as to how you would fare in the near run in this organization. Nevertheless, you will not be thrown out even if you do not start preparing by the study guide, but there’s always the hunger for excellence amongst candidates who get selected in organizations such as Infosys. So no doubt you want to prepare yourself further and sharpen your skills before facing the corporate world.

So you can just click here and proceed with the downloads. It will allow to you to blend in smoothly with the organization and the things you are going to learn. It is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges to become up-to-the-mark for the organization in a short time span, but with the right materials and strategic approach, you can well get ahead of others. In case you are an experienced professional, you would still love to go through these docs as it will provide an insight into the organization at large which will no doubt be beneficial.

McKinsey vs Boston Consulting Group – Analysis

2011-09-15T22:46:00.001+05:30

The two premium organizations in the consulting world, McKinsey and BCG, are the ultimate destination of many MBA graduates and experienced technical professionals from elite institutions. It is not easy at all when it comes to choosing between the two, but some well-investigated parameters if clearly thought of casts a lot of transparency on the comparison. And I am sure it will be a real help to my readers who urged me with hundreds of feedbacks to write this one after the Accenture vs McKinsey article..

Work Pressure

McKinsey is said to have a slightly more work pressure than it’s peers in this sector and you might just be travelling a touch more. But that being said, the prestige and satisfaction that comes with working in the best in the sector undoubtedly gives you that extra energy to carry on and go ahead with what you do best. With having a feather in the cap for working in the top firm, I don’t think it would make much of an issue.

Boston Consulting Group is a very close competitor, recruiting from nearly the same institutions as McKinsey and having a lot similar strategy and work culture. But work pressure and travelling might not seem apparently as much as McKinsey.

Advising on Technical Issues

One aspect where both McKinsey and the Boston Consulting Group have a close shave is their advising ability on technical issues. Both the firms have nearly the same amount of credibility when it comes to advising on strategic technical issues. They might not be the best bet in implementing them, but surely provides a solid platform to other IT firms to start working on. Hence with McKinsey or BCG, you need not worry on this front. Both are equipped in almost the same way in advising on technical issues with nearly the same quality of performance.

Salary

Salary in both McKinsey and BCG vary subtly and cannot be taken into consideration of you are going to choose between the two. With some of the finest brains coming into these two organizations from the elite institutions, the competition continues to grow. So the package offered for various designations remain more or less the same.

Inside Tips

With both McKinsey and BCG going neck on neck in this case, there are some tips coming from right inside the organizations which might be helpful for you. Try to build a strong reputation amongst everyone by excelling in your internship or the task assigned to you. By that you will be getting a visibility which will just provide the much needed boost to your career, depending a lot on your colleagues and immediate surroundings and work environment of course. But the hard work will definitely be paying off in a few years with more challenging roles coming up for you as you continue to strive for excellence.

Accenture vs McKinsey & Company – Inside View

2011-09-13T10:32:00.001+05:30

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McKinsey calls itself the best in the business when it comes to consulting in terms of strategy and management in the world. No doubt they are one of the heavyweights in this field which is crowded with heavyweights to very lightweights as more and more firms are diving into consulting these days. There are quite a few factors which we need to take into consideration when comparing the two elite organizations of McKinsey and Accenture.

Work Pressure

Work pressure in McKinsey just becomes slightly more than Accenture primarily because there’s an intense work load that comes with working in such a high profile organization that many people dream of. So on one hand there is the job satisfaction that you get with working in one of the top organizations in the world. On the other hand, there is your work-life balance which you might just find slightly going through a bumpy ride.

This does not mean that work pressure at Accenture is low. In fact amongst it’s peers, Accenture has a good reputation of having stressful work hours across projects (check out Deloitte vs Accenture and TCS vs Accenture). But McKinsey is a class above Accenture simply because it’s one of the finest leaders in this consulting sector and leading the path by example.

Advising on Technical Issues

McKinsey primarily being a consulting firm, there is a dearth of technical knowledge, like most other players in the consulting field. There is nothing new with this, because their expertise lies in consulting, and not technology. McKinsey often ties up on periodic basis with technology firms to perform strategic analysis to implement their strategies based on the requirements of the business.

Whereas in Accenture, there is lots of technical expertise around you to help you analyze your strategies and deliver them based on the requirements of the client. This sometimes comes pretty handy because you know the people who you are working with and the team does not change very often. Having a connection with the people who understand and know you helps in the strategy implementation process overall.

Impact of your educational institution

McKinsey has specific policies into place when it comes to allocating consultants to serve their clients. In one word, I must admit it’s superb, since it’s the most effective way in the practical world. A management graduate coming from a grade A college from a Asian country might not be getting the grade A client in US/UK, but he might be getting a grade A client here in Asia or grade B onwards clients in US/UK (which isn’t bad at all, but not the best). So you can see you have preference on your home location when serving your grade A home companies. You definitely have an edge over a grade A management graduate coming from US/UK in your home location. But definitely, if the graduate you are competing with has graduated from Harvard then you are in for a tough competition.

Accenture does not have such huge impact on your educational backgrounds. But then of course, a heavyweight CV is likely to shine forth much more than the rest thereby bagging him or her the best clients. But on an overall basis, the thing that’s taken into consideration is your work experience, previous successful implementations, flexibility across different domains, etc.

Synchronization of information across all levels

McKinsey needs to have a smooth flow of information across all it’s levels across all domains to provide seamless integration of experience, expertise, issues faced and success strategies to provide better strategic solutions. It is not surprising to a firm of this level when their partners are scattered all over the world. Say for example they had a tie up with firm X for a technical solution and then after the implementation was successful, the tie up ended. Later if you need a feedback or idea regarding the previous implementation, it’s way too a daunting task to get to them. Even if the tie is still existing, getting their attention might be difficult task.

Accenture’s Knowledge Exchange provides decent information of the client’s it is working with now and what kind of work is going on. But still, there ought to be far more better integration of services to facilitate communication across all levels to provide lightning fast communication.

Deloitte vs Accenture - Clash of the titans

2011-09-10T15:55:00.001+05:30

After PWC was sold of to IBM, EY to Capgemini, years ago, the big players in the field of consulting remained Deloitte, Accenture, IBM, KPMG, Ernst & Young, CSC, etc. Most IT companies in general provide consulting service along with their IT solutions. The undoubted big players in this field can be named easily but the daunting task comes when scoring one above the other. But still, with proper knowledge, a clear picture can be put forward.

Job Security

When it comes to job security, IT consulting field is probably one of the worst. When the cost-cutting measures are to be put into place, the consultants will be the first to leave unless they have reached a position in the organization where they are irreplaceable.

But when it comes between Deloitte and Accenture, Deloitte has an edge over Accenture. The business model of Deloitte is slightly more humanitarian than Accenture and it is not about getting the work done out of you for the organization no matter what. You will be feeling this difference in the humanitarian approach better once you work in both the companies.

Training Facilities

The training facilities at Accenture are much better equipped. You will be groomed and taught well enough to find your place very soon in the live environment. Deloitte’s 107 acres Westlake training center facility is going to provide a boost to their learning and sharing culture, but it will be interesting to see how many people beyond Texas benefit from it.

Salary

The salary in both the organization’s is more or les the same, maybe a few bucks more or less. But if you are just starting out, you might well prefer Deloitte over Accenture if you get a higher package. But if you have got 4-5 years of experience, and you are probably a Senior Consultant, then you will notice that the salary isn't just competitive enough any more. So in the long run Deloitte might dry you up slightly, where Accenture will continue to satisfy you. But there’s a catch. Read on.

Work Culture

Deloitte’s employee policies are very rewarding to their employees. They are honored for their hard work and their business model ensures a happy overall workforce.

But in Accenture, you might just get the feel that all the organization is aiming for is to retain the taskforce anyhow. Be it by competitive packages, or something else. And you will have to prove yourself worthy of the package you are getting. People working in Accenture say you will continue to be a part of Accenture until you ‘burn out’.

Do you have a view on another aspect? Or do you have an opinion that you might just love to share? Feel free to speak out below.

Accenture vs TCS

2011-09-10T15:04:00.001+05:30

This is a comparison that is not surprisingly read by thousands of visitors everyday. Click here to proceed reading with the article.

DRDO Question Papers Previous Years Download

2011-09-06T23:41:00.001+05:30

The exam is attempted by thousands of aspirants across the country every year. A lot of materials needs to be gone through to have a rough idea about the pattern of questions. Click through the links to get some detailed idea and then click here to download the questions.

TCS vs Accenture – Comparison at granular level

2011-09-06T23:16:00.002+05:30

“I cannot decide which company to opt for. What to do now? Should i go to TCS or Accenture?” – This is the question that has crossed the minds of thousands till date for sure. And there has been random searches for data comparison from your peers, over the internet, from your relatives, and everywhere else. Well, now you can just go through this article below to find the most comprehensive comparison ever to help you take your decision.

Domain Allocation

After completion of your training, Accenture follows a process of allocating the domain randomly. It is not dependent on your performance during your training. So the guy who ws the topper during your initial training days might just be getting a domain unfamiliar to him and with much lesser growth opportunity and vice-versa. So there is nothing which could be predicted for certainty. It also apparently appeared as a fact from people who have worked in Accenture that it is a touch difficult to change the domain once one gets into it.

Coming to TCS, the training would be based on a a particular domain. But after you join, there is no certainty again which domain you will be allocated to. It can range all across the vast stretch of the technology field. But you can voice your preference before being allocated, or after few months of working, the outcome depending entirely upon the scenario and project you are working in.

Work Pressure

Work pressure at Accenture is often pretty high. People report often 12-15 hours of work. Not that this is the general scenario. But many projects have tasks which require a lot of labor. The Knowledge Exchange of Accenture is a vast ocean of information which you can access if you are working in Accenture and read for types of tasks and projects that have been going on and is currently being performed.

Work pressure at TCS is a pretty relative term. It varies across projects. Apart from the minimum working hours, you might have to stay back sometimes a couple of hours or more to finish your tasks on few days. But on a regular basis, the working hours is seldom hectic. But in some projects you might well have to work for 10 hours daily and might have to come on weekends as well.

Screening and firing

People working in Accenture have across different platforms reported that there is a little bit of screening policy in place. This policy might eventually lead to people not securing a place in the organization after sometime. However, there are a number of criteria which you have to fulfill to get thrown out, so there is absolutely no need to panic at all.

When it comes to firing of employees, TCS is a light year above the rest. So you need to perform either really badly or break the company’s rules, policies beyond such control that you will be forced to be thrown out of the company. On a serious note, periodic screening might happen, specially during times of recession when there were reports of down-sizing the employee strength in the organization, mainly from the 5-7 years experienced bracket.

So if you are actually having a thought across your mind which one has an edge, do not consider the recession factor because in such times, most organizations will have similar policies. But the level of firmness and aggression will vary much across organizations during those times. That is where you can find the difference between TCS and Accenture.

Brand Image

Accenture has the image of an international organization, a foreign company. But inside it is very much the same as in any MNC in India. There are the same kind of people working, same atmosphere and environment, same kind of policies and HRs, same sort of projects, project works and coding. The chances of onsite might just be a touch less because Accenture is present outside India in across many countries with pretty decent workforce. But however, having Accenture on your CV no doubt gives it a boost simply because it’s such a large global organization.

TCS has the brand image of a resolute, stable organization with the employee’s benefits in mind and hence job security is a touch higher here as is the general opinion across all levels of society. Onsite depends entirely on your project scenario. People, environment, policies and HRs are also not too different across organizations. So you will neither fall from the sky if you come to TCS after Accenture, nor if you come to TCS from Accenture.

Salary hikes

Salary hikes in Accenture seem to have faced a block after the recession, specially for freshers joining the company. But anyhow, it is way near to the industry standards as time is passing by. But joining Accenture as a lateral and then with about 2 years of experience, the hikes and salary seems to be almost at par with your peers in other organizations.

TCS gives a pretty decent package and continuing to do so for the freshers as well. The package is also nice for laterals joining the company. But for people who are not laterals, the pace of hikes seem to be moving from 4th gear to 3rd gear as per the public opinion. But anyhow, it is good enough to satisfy your needs as people in the IT sector get saturated with money very soon, be it in TCS or Accenture!

Onsite opportunities

Accenture has onsite opportunities depending on the project you will be working on. But the fact is that there is a very large number of branches of Accenture across the world, so this might just cut into your chances of getting an onsite. This not to say that people do not get onsite chances from Accenture, but at a piece of the cake is taken away due to this factor.

TCS on the other hand provides a decent number of onsite opportunities, but then again, depending upon the projects. With a few US policies being newly introduced into place, the onsite visas have dried up a little. I wonder how much it is helping Obama’s unemployment issue at hand, but still the policies have been created with a good intention to the nation. So when the opportunity comes along with your visa, you can happily fly away.

Do you want to have a comparison from another perspective? Do you have something to share? Feel free to speak out below or click here.

Is TCS the corporate version of the Argentina Soccer Team?

2011-09-03T18:31:00.001+05:30

There are certain striking similarities between geniuses and champions across different domains. Such are the characteristics and traits that it often becomes a trademark and the pre-requisites of becoming like one of them. Let’s take for example one of the top football team in the world, Argentina. I am not choosing Brazil, England, or Germany, for specific reasons which I will come up with later.

Talent is the base, bench strength superb

The basic skill level of all the players is undoubtedly a class apart than many other countries players. They all have that subtle level of finesse common all across their DNA. Similarly if we come to the biggest organization in the IT sector, TCS associates all have to pass through a standard level of hurdle that sets them all equal to or above a benchmark. Hence the quality of performance across projects may vary but never too much, just as the Argentine team may face hiccups of form, but never class.

Ready for any challenge

Surprising it may sound, but bench strength of Argentina is one of the most enviable in the world and is capable of beating many of the top teams in the world. Most champions in team works need to have this kind of mixture where they can fall back upon in times of need. TCS as an organization had several policies under it’s hat during times of recession that let it sail through smoothly across the tumultuous waters.

There will be some more comparisons coming up soon across organizations with special attachments to soccer teams. Do you feel you can show one more aspect between the Argentine team and the organizations? Share your thought below.

Good looks pay off in the outsourcing world?

2011-09-02T13:36:00.000+05:30

The popular concept that hard work is the main key behind success might take a small backfoot in this discussion. True that there is no alternative to hard work, but apart from that, there are some X-factors that come into play when you are looking for success in the outsourcing world. It comes more into play when you are directly interacting with some of the people whom you need to convince and get a deal or something done.

One of the many factors that come into play is how you look, your overall appearance. Apparently a less prioritized concept, but believe me, it helps a long way in quite

a number of circumstances that you might well believe it to be unnecessary

in. A good-looking associate, male or female, is always one step ahead when it comes to deal making and in the marketing and sales area. A nice looking face and figure will always be a pleasing presence in front of the opposite party. If you know the tricks of the trade and is already experienced, then you will know how to utilize it by smiling and talking with gestures to make the situation even more warm. It is always beneficial and most people know to put the best face forward when the priority is to put up a nice image and get the job done. It is not that the good looking guy or girl is best fit for the job, but he or she is the need of the hour.

It is not a biased opinion. Skill and success can never be measured by looks. But in the outsourcing world, when grooming and cut throat competition looms large, these factors are coming into play. It does not mean clothes which betray the official dress codes, but it strongly means the more than perfect official dress code and perhaps some more improvisations which will take you a notch apart from the rest. As you might have guessed already, it has a lot to do with the attitude as well. Because, as Desmond Morris puts it, you will always be talking more by your body than your mouth, and your body talks what you think, your attitude speaks through your body.

It’s always a tricky niche to discuss on. Yet this is how it is. Do you have any insightful opinion on this?

CAT 2011 FAQ you cannot afford to ignore

2011-08-31T02:05:00.001+05:30

If you have already gone through the download materials. cat papers and tips for 2011, here is a list of must have FAQ before you appear for this much awaited entrance test. Share this article with any aspirant you know.

Users now realizing Facebook’s latest changes show they are wary of their competitor Google Plus

2011-08-30T10:37:00.001+05:30

Facebook has recently made some pretty decent tweaks into their existing interface. All of them aims at the popular features which had been giving an edge to their closest rival Google Plus. These changes come at a time when people are in two-minds which platform to use. Facebook is trying it’s level best to provide it’s users with best in-class experience.

Some of the most noticeable changes are the privacy controls for each status update (a 99% copy of Google Plus), privacy settings for each of the account information that an user can have in his or her profile (100% inspired by Google Plus) and a nice tweak to the apparently horrible theater mode photo viewer. In the photo viewer, the previous and next arrow have been aesthetically placed with the ‘Like’ and ‘Comment’ buttons finding a place a notch inside the photo thus saving some vital space below the pic.

It is obvious that Facebook users will be finding the changes very helpful and might just keep them a few days more from shifting to Google Plus. It will be a treat to watch what happens. Do you use Facebook or Google Plus more often? Are you planning to move to the other soon?

How is Cognizant racing to the top?

2011-08-29T20:20:00.001+05:30

The growth of Cognizant have been absolutely fabulous over the past few years. Being coined as the fastest growing IT company for some years now, it has lived up to it’s reputation and have managed to acquire an envious position of late. Now it is the only company which can remove Infosys from it’s number 2 position and take a pride place just after the number 1 TCS.

There has been quite a few factors recently, the demand for outsourcing going through some hiccups, the visa issues, but all this doesn’t seems to have taken a hit at Cognizant. Is it their perfect working model. Is it their profitability policy? In uncertain times such as today, to post regularly incremental figures and literally racing to the top is not just a one-off phenomenon.

Larger peers around the organization in the ranking list might just take a closer look and make an analysis on this. It is always good to see someone making a good run successfully amidst the volatile environment when nothing seems to be certain around us. Do you have any idea how Cognizant has been managing to achieve this feat? Feel free to comment below.

How is South Point going to change with the CBSE board being introduced

2011-08-29T16:24:00.001+05:30

South Point will finally be allowing it’s students to opt for the CBSE board. The previous West Bengal board will also continue to be present along side. Needles to say, this top prestigious institution is headed towards a major infrastructural revamp following this change. The administration must be accomplishing awareness and training drives to prepare the existing faculties for the challenge. New faculties might also be included in the new system.

But like all new beginnings, there are risks, speculations and expectations associated with this move. The guardians of the students have already been doing the analysis with data and information from various as to what are the pros and cons of the system if their ward is to pursue under either of the boards, what might the future implications be like. There are several factors that come into play when one starts to think of this scenario.

Change of syllabus and pattern

The students who have so far been studying under the West Bengal board will suddenly be facing a new environment, where questions get objective instead of subjective, where clear concepts to solve unknown mathematics problems become more critical than solving some generalized huge problems, where techniques of studying will have to change from referring to limited number of books to a ocean of books. Choosing the right books will become crucial as CBSE being an all-India board will have a decent high number of options when it comes to books to choose from for every subject. It might not be that serious a issue because with the quality of faculty and guidance South Point possess, but the students will also have to be proactive to accustom themselves to this pattern.

Varying pressure and study load

The pressure of study will be one of the biggest change that students will experience. Minds will feel more free and less burdened. Rather than memorizing answers to questions 3-4 pages long, points and specific details will come to the forefront with higher priority. Needless to say, solving the question papers is going to form the integral part of the study plan of the students. I am not going into the study plan details now. But this less burden on the mind should not be interpreted at any cost that you can manage by studying less. On the contrary, you should be following a more strategic and systematic study plan. Smart-working students come off with far better performance than their hard-working counterparts with the same amount of effort.

All India Entrance Examinations Exposure

Most of the all India entrance examinations have their syllabus nearly same as the CBSE/ICSE syllabus unlike the West Bengal board which synchronizes only with the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination. So if you are opting for the CBSE board, you might just have the edge over your West Bengal board counterparts when it comes to the All India exams which opens you up to an array of institutes to pursue your higher studies across India. But it’s a win-win situation. Look at it this way, you have an edge on the All India exams which have much higher competition as it is on an all India basis, but your counterparts from West Bengal board have an edge on the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination which has much lesser competition compared to AIEEE and other national entrance exams. So this becomes a deciding factor.

What can you do

Have you already decided which board to opt for? Share your reasons by commenting below and help your friends. If you are a Pointer, click here and please share this post on your wall and with your friends. Are you still undecided? Just go through the comments below or ask a question here.

Update (10 hours later)

As far as I know, number of students selected for science will be 350 as it happens every year. But if the number of students opting for CBSE crosses 200, separate sections might be started, thereby taking the total count to 550.

Off campus placements for 2012 batch and more

2011-08-29T14:50:00.007+05:30

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Here are some of the materials I found while searching the net which had been shared by thousands of users. Click here to download.

Puzzles by Shakuntala Devi Download

2011-08-29T14:18:00.001+05:30

It is always wise to have in stock the books which is used by the majority of the population before arriving for the tests and interviews on the D-day. Here is a collection of some of the books for practicing puzzles beyond your technical domain.

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2011-08-29T14:15:00.001+05:30

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2011-08-29T11:15:00.001+05:30

Preparing for the MBA exams not just got easier with a very useful collection of materials at your disposal. Click here to proceed with the downloads. The Common Admission Test requires solving of number of online test papers and taking online tests which develops the required skill set to succeed in the exam.

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Cognizant Study Materials

2011-08-29T00:49:00.003+05:30

The need for some help during the initial days has been there for quite some time. It is always a great help to find something that calms the intensity with some useful materials. Click here to download.

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2011-08-28T14:20:00.000+05:30

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Google Plus will be a Facebook and Orkut killer

2011-08-28T01:02:00.001+05:30

People have never really sticked to one particular social networking site for a long time. Since Orkut started out way back in the 2000s, people flocked into it and it became a madness. There was nothing that could be compared to Orkut’s mad addiction to anything in the contemporary internet or physical world. Students and adults, geeks and normal people, everyone went on to live into it. It became a world of it’s own.

Along came Facebook. It had been there for quite sometime. But Indians took time to get to into it’s craze as they had already been into Orkut and Orkut too had been complacent and happy that people are using it. Slowly but steadily the new features of Facebook lured people away from Orkut. Many people who did not want to leave Orkut had to leave because many of their friends are no longer using it.

Along came Twitter, the birth of micro-blogging. Then as evolution being the trend, micro-blogging and sharing updates with superb privacy controls and some extravagant features lead to the birth of Google Plus. It will definitely be a extraordinary platform for quite some decades to come for sure.

Facebook Old Chat Box in 1 second

2011-08-26T09:00:00.002+05:30

The new Facebok chat box had been pretty much disappointing me for quite sometime and finally I decided to move out of it. Just googled the right phrase and found out the perfect solution I needed. Here they are:

Chrome Users:
1. Install this
2. Refresh your Facebook page.

Mozilla Users:
1. Install Greasemonkey (Ignore if you already have it)
2. Install this
3. Restart your browser.

Opera Users:
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Let me know your experience after using it.
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Hitler echoes Bengali’s sentiments on Paschimbanga

2011-08-26T00:21:00.000+05:30

It has been an epic change to the state. The people of Bengal are totally against this as is evident by the campaigns and slogans going on across the social networking sites. In the midst of all this, let us take a moment out to see how Hitler perfectly echoes the Bengali sentiments.

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CAT 2011 Model Question Paper Download

2011-08-21T16:47:00.003+05:30

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The format of CAT 2011 has taken a complete makeover. So people preparing based on the old pattern need to rethink their strategy from the very basics. It will be nice to see what effect it has on the students because this change has been made to make the exam friendlier for the students based on their relative strengths. Click here to go to the download page. Students will now need to practice further based on the new format to skip that uneasy feeling on the D-day.

‘Only’ Bengal hit out of the park, Paschimbanga for a new name!?

2011-08-20T07:49:00.001+05:30

All the frenzy regarding the flashy only Bengal campaign was hit by massive surprise as the name got changed to a very Bengali version of West Bengal, Paschimbanga Like many other Bengalis and citizens of the state, I am very unhappy with this change. Not only will this be poor substitute for the name ‘Bengal’, but it will also be difficult to pronounce for Indian non-Bengalis, leave alone foreigners. Also the purpose of it moving up the list in the names of states will get little boost by this.

Few sidewalk reasons why we should support Anna Hazare

2011-08-19T22:57:00.001+05:30

Hazare says: Bring back the Black Money.
Do you know what will happen if 1,456 Lakh Crores come back to our country?
1. India will be financially Number 1.
2. Each district will get 100 Crores.
3. No need to pay taxes for next 20 years.
4. Petrol: 20 Rs/ Diesel: 5 Rs/ Milk: 8 Rs.
No need to participate in this Revolution. Just support Anna Hazare by sharing this article.
I did my job for better India and a brighter tomorrow. Jai Hind.

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Infosys criteria for placement for 2012 batch

2011-08-19T12:57:00.004+05:30

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The season for campussing and placement for 2012 batch graduates has started to come in the air. It is still quite sometime, but not too early to start preparing. So for many aspirants across the country, it is an anxious wait until they bag their dream job. The current recruitment system for Infosys has quite a few number of rules that are followed besides the traditional technical and HR interview. To start with some study materials, click here.

The eligibility criteria, like most other companies, starts with a cut-off of a 60% on aggregate throughout. That means 60% in class 10 examination, 60% in class 12 examination, and 60% in your graduation degree (in some universities you need to score 6.75 out of 10 to remark it as 60%). Then there are the occasional puzzles and aptitude tests to practice which the best book to buy would definitely be this one. Then there are the puzzle books by Shakuntala Devi. The first part and second part are pretty decent enough for such recruitment drives.

Some of the subjects that needs to be taken care of before you want to appear for the interview process are as follows (important relevant books to study and links have been provided):
1. Database Management: Book by Korth
2. Java Programming: Book by Schildt
3. Networking: Book by Forouzan
4. C Programming: Book by Kanetkar
5. Oracle SQL: Book by Bayross

But there had been a lot of discussions going on in various social networking sites regarding some of the processes undertaken. I would like to highlight some of these here. All the information has been found publicly in the web across more than one site. These in no way are intended to malign the image of anyone, but might just be some personal grievances or situations faced by certain individuals. But nevertheless, they form the part of the recruitment process. Here they go.

Another recession: Should you worry?

2011-08-14T02:16:00.000+05:30

People have been saying all across that in the outsourcing world, when US sneezes, India catches a fever. It is surprising to see that in spite of partial dependency on the US companies, the markets in India are still so sceptical about the impact of the debt crisis in US now. Rest assured, it’s going to strike against a stiff barrier before entering India. Despite so many outsourcing firms blooming large and sprouting out due to the global needs, it is not only US that the world depends on.

True that some effect of the turmoil would be felt in every part of the world because after so much globalization a part of every economy at present in the world depends on one or the other economy of a different country partially. So it is not surprising that a mild upheaval in one economy is going to cast a similar positive or negative affect in the economies in other parts of the world. It is high time that we tend to minimize our dependency on the US as we are ourselves moving towards a self-sustaining economy. True that outsourcing will continue to function the way it is now, but that should not be such a body whose heart lies in the US. Major organizations have already realized this back in 2008 and henceforth moved across to Europe and South America and lot of other countries where they previously did not exist.

Should the working professionals worry?

If you are working in a outsourcing company where your client is based in US or UK, there might be a cause of worry if your organization is small. If it’s a middle level organization you are working for, you can relax a bit. And if your organization is amongst the top in the country or world, you can have a beer. But, having said all this, it would be unfair not to say that your package would remain unaffected. Because organizations have their profitability in their mind. So hikes and perks might dry down.

Should the 2011 batch worry?

In case your college is not amongst the top few colleges or a decent graded college in your state, there are few things ought to look at:
   1. Try to figure out the position of your institution from some reliable ranking lists available in the internet. If your’s is among the top few in the state, be it private or government, you can consider it a green signal from this front.
Weightage: Medium
   2. Take a close look at the recent quarterly performance of the organization you have been waiting to join. If the organization posted an outstanding performance last quarter, then you can have a sight of relief.
Weightage: High
   3. Notice the impact of the current market crisis. If the present crisis continues to prevail for sometime more, and it spreads slowly across nations, then the situation can get a bit uncertain. But it is fine if the economies strengthens after sometime.
Weightage: Very High

Should the 2012 batch worry?

There is no need to press the panic button right now. But there is a need to press the ‘Wake Up’ button though. You will need to brush up your past semester skills. You will need to stay more alert than before when you are taking any career decisions and at the same time keeping a close watch on the market. In case, you are not comfortable in understanding the market, keep in touch here.

‘Onsite’ and the ghost in the IT industry

2011-08-12T17:56:00.000+05:30

The term ‘onsite’ is a favorite in the IT industry. Everyone wants to go onsite. Such is the madness, people start dreaming of onsite even before entering the company. It has cast a mysterious spell on the IT sector. It was not meant to be this way in the beginning. But it has happened starting from way back in 2007.

For beginners, here is what the scenario is like. The client is generally from outside India. They have outsourced their work to an IT company in India. It is allotted to a particular branch of the company in a particular city. But this distance factor often comes in the way of smooth communication between the client and the Indian company. For reason, someone from India is sent to reside at the client’s location until the job is done. The salary at the client’s location is normally 3-5 times of what you would be getting at ‘offshore’ (term used to denote the location where the work is outsourced to). It depends a lot on what your job role is, where you are going, and most importantly, what your designation is. The factor that decides who will go and what effect it has on others is the most interesting part to be discussed now.

Normally, it happens such that there is an experienced professional at offshore, or a pretty capable team at offshore. The other person with generally more than 2 years of experience leaves for onsite. He might be having a relevant skill set required to the job done, or might have handled such projects very well in the past, or belongs to an elite team in the organization which handles such onsite positions, or have been waiting for onsite for quite some time. This is what happens in most cases.

The excitement, hype and happiness that comes with the first onsite travel is pretty obvious. It’s as if you have found the real meaning of your existence at last. You have found the real meaning of your getting a job at last. I don’t believe in it. But people seem to give the priority to money and wealth even above their own happiness. It is good no doubt, but not worth so much celebrations. Anyways, it apparently came down as a God’s blessing on him and he leaves happily for his new task feeling lucky and blessed. People at offshore feel confident with him at onsite and are sure about getting the job done.

The scenario gets a bit cloudy when people at offshore do not feel confident enough about the efficiency about the person who just left for onsite. It might as well happen that the person truly lacks the credibility to go for onsite. Well, then, there must be something which led him there, right?

The first and foremost things that comes to mind are contacts with higher management. Such contacts can prove very much useful and more so if you know actually how to make contacts. Secondly, in many companies, there is an elite section of reserved associates for such special roles. Once you enter them, it’s always a cakewalk to get such opportunities.

Not that he will be unable to deliver, but that will be far below expectations. But that won’t be noticed by anyone as the offshore team delivers slightly more than expectations and that compensates more than enough for the total effort by offshore and onsite. But the discontent and grudge that is created amongst the offshore team members is something vital and it affects the team a lot. People will constantly curse and hope he is being thrown out. Well, that seldom happens truly, as you might be guessing by now.

A different aspect that needs to be reflected upon is what happens to many people when they do not get to visit onsite. It doesn’t happen generally, but there are cases where people simply lose their mind when it comes down to not getting an onsite opportunity. They would get angry easily. They would blame their onsite counterparts (even if the guy or gal at onsite is capable and deserved the opportunity) for every possible opportunity. Frankly speaking, this person have sacrificed his inner peace for the sake of not getting an onsite opportunity. Not to mention, the team spirit (if it exists at all in such a scenario) suffers. The situation turns worse if this person has been sent back from onsite for some issues and then someone else has been sent in his place.

Well, we all got to learn from such situations we continue to face in our lives or hear from others. Had any such experience? Feel free to share below.

IT and ITIS: Head-on Comparison

2011-08-07T15:49:00.000+05:30

IT and ITIS. The twins of the outsourcing world. One refers to Information Technology, the other IT Infrastructure Services. Most of us often get confused as to which is exactly what, which will propel our career to the highway of success faster. Coming to the basic facts, both have their very core base as information technology. That means the underlying technologies and skill-sets that are required for the functioning of both the systems are the very same. The only thing that will vary is the job role and the activities related to the particular role. The organization TCS has recently stepped into this ITIS territory and so TCS ITIS is a clear top notch player in this field now.

Basic Difference

The core difference stems from the fact that ITIS is a service type job role, the other is a not so well-defined job role, i.e. IT will include virtually from anything starting from development to testing and might even have some of the related tasks in ITIS. Tasks in ITIS form a sub-set in IT in a way. Let’s say people who are in support activities at present in the IT field, you can well compare them to their corresponding counterpart in the ITIS field who are providing a similar application support. So it cannot be said that those who work in IT are straightaway in a better position.

The Technical Catch

The catch lies in the fact that even though they originate from the same base, their basic functionality largely differs. An ITIS profile in most of the cases will be service oriented. There will be systems that needs maintenance and support and hence superior quality ITIS teams will need to provide quality service to the vendor. Occasionally there might be full scale developments in case the vendor requests for something new. But in IT, it’s all too generic. It cannot be said that the works will be more on development, or more on testing or maintenance. It can be anything and everything depending upon the requirements of the client. Some people say that it varies a lot based on the particular city, but that seldom is the case. So as you can see, ITIS apparently though might seem to be a smaller subset of service work of IT, is not the actual case. It’s in fact a modified version of the maintenance and service tasks of the IT with it’s own blend and flavor. It is not non-technical support activities of IT in a new form at all.

Beginning Your Career In ITIS

Like any new field, ITIS also had it’s own set of uncertainties among the minds of the people who got selected for it. There have had been no precedence which they could gather from their seniors who have worked in this field. But it was a position you could not refuse since it came from the biggest organizations in the world with some of the finest packages.

But I do not see any cause for concern as this field will offer you immense opportunities to learn starting from Java to Cloud Computing. It will never disappoint one with the urge to learn and grow. You can start right now with some books and be assured that your study will not go in vain. You can always come back to core IT companies after spending some time in your ITIS role. So put that smile back on your face.

The Final Verdict

ITIS is a new venture in the world of outsourcing by new companies. It is destined to grow beyond it’s visible opportunities. There will be growing demand for skilled technical people in this sector. It will be always different from core IT in the ways that I have mentioned above, but it will never be far from it. Do you have any opinion or doubt that you want to ask? Feel free to comment below.

Achieving and performing without working in the IT sector: Tribute to the ‘a class apart’

2011-08-05T18:27:00.000+05:30

There are no end to deadlines in the IT sector. If you are working on a development project, you have deliverables and codes to complete within the timeline. If you are working on a support project, you have to provide support as and when it is required to meet the demand of the hour. It is always a race with time. You always feel you do not have enough of it to complete all your tasks. Same is with your supervisors as well, in fact it is so for most people in the IT industry except few lucky ones who only need to spend the stipulated 9 hours daily and leave without any pressure of deadlines.

But there is an elite group of people who are a class apart and who can achieve he impossible, defying the law of conservation of energy. They get to accomplish tasks that require lots of effort by not giving any effort, well, almost.

For them, work is just a wastage of effort and time. As some of them claim, they love to be ‘around’ work, not ‘doing’ the work.

Let’s get it straight now. They act as the coach of the team even though they are the captain of the team! He wants his team members to do the job for him as he lazes around. Occasionally, and let me put that very rarely, he acts to provides moral support to his team members! Not that he is bad at that though. If required he can pour his heart out at help his team members out of the trickiest most troublesome situation, that’s his best side. He might spend hours until he achieves what he wants to do, be it in his own work, or helping out his own team members or members of a different team. But, as you already might have guessed, that happens very rarely. It will be a very big day and almost everyone (yes, everyone including PLs and GLs!) is going to raise their eyebrows seeing him work, or being sincere (seemingly trying to be).

It seems a pretty useless and unwanted person he is in the team. Isn’t it? Apparently, he is. But that’s not the whole story. In fact, it’s only a part. There’s a lot more to him than meets the eye. He can read you inside out when you are talking with him. His brain collects signals of your likes, dislikes, hobbies, your close ones, their food preferences, holiday preferences, your shopping habits and what not. The cumulative data is used to process out some vital information that is required to make the best impression on you. Something that will make him appear to you so close that you can share anything with him (don’t take in the wrong sense!).

This is a gift. Really lucky are those who possess such innate quality of impressing people. It can range from your immediate boss, your group leader, your onsite client whom you met at a party. It helps to have this great impression which gives you an edge over the others even when you underperform (well, that doesn’t mean you deliberately underperform and roam around). It makes you appear really an efficient resource. It helps you bag a greater points in the eyes of your boss, hence a nice perk. It favors you on having onsite opportunities.

Well, it does pay off you see! But there are a number of cases when such larger than life images backfires. You can well imagine any scenario when an apparent Jason Bourne, is send on a mission when actually, he is, Adam Sandler!

Did you have any such experience or know someone with such gifted qualities? Feel free to comment and share below.

Infosys to hire an amazing 25,000 in Hyderabad, the race for SEZ begins

2011-08-02T23:44:00.001+05:30

The competition is back. After TCS’s stellar performance, Infosys now has announced a new branch in Hyderabad and is going to hire a staggering 25,000 candidates for their new centre in two phases. Phase 1 will comprise of 14,000 recruitments and phase 2 which will include the remaining 11,000 positions.

Infosys has also announced that the revenue for their exports from the Hyderabad center will be close to the 1 billion dollar mark. Now it gets pretty close to competitions with most of the big IT players including Microsoft located there. Now if we take a closer look at the location where this SEZ is located, it appears just beside the Warangal highway. I doubt if people would be able to safely travel from residential areas to this place. Highways such as these are genrally prone to high speed traffic and might surely be a bit of concern for the safety of the people. Not to mention the issues of safety when associates will have to travel home alone. But the game has changed, SEZ is a great gift by any state to any organization, if farmers are not protesting that is.

The exact location of the new facility by Hyderabad might be a little clear from the graphic below. It shows the highway stretching right across the heart of Hyderabad. It will be nice to hear from people working in this new branch of Infosys.

TCS ITIS: Detailed Analysis

2011-07-28T22:48:00.003+05:30

It has been quite sometime while the discussion had been going on as to what ITIS actually is. Well, to begin with, ITIS (IT Infrastructure Services) just another position offered by TCS. I see people are going so crazy to know about it in every social networking site or many news sites and blogs. For freshers and new candidates, it is really a new domain. So the curiosity is even more. It will be quite sometime before the companies across the world realize the benefits of the Infrastructure services offered by a player with as much talent and quality as TCS.

Infrastructure Services range across a pretty decent array of technologies and tools ranging from the smallest bug in the system software to the mainframe server systems, from cross-platform compatibility of a software to the networking functionalities of a widespread network of workstations. They all come under the Infrastructure services. There is virtually unlimited amount of potential in this field and TCS has probably taken one of the smallest step in one of the most gigantic field of opportunity and is undoubtedly destined to some outstanding performance in ITIS in years to come. I think it will be pretty soon when ITIS services will overtake IT services in terms of total profit and revenue.

A more clear picture of ITIS

If you want me to help you relate to some real-world scenario which might clear your doubts further, lets take up some examples. Say for example a company like SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) which all of us are familiar with. They must be having a pretty decent volume of data to handle with so much of construction work going on all across India and with such huge volume of finances involved.

If they want to move all their data from the huge files on their tables to the computer systems (you can be sure they already do), they have moved to the world where they will be requiring ITIS. Because the moment they start using computers to facilitate and speed up their work, they are automatically stepping into a world in which they do not have expertise (try not to use your imagination and relate the use of steel in your computer motherboard or CPU cabinet!). Soon their data volume will increase, hence the need for more servers, hence comes a service for Data Management. Soon they will be concerned with security issues, hence the need for more secure environments, hence comes a service for Security. They might be using a software for managing and faster processing of their data. Soon they will want to get the best quality performance of the particular software, hence the need for upgrading to a better version or to a different better software, hence comes a service for Application Management. Thus every aspect related to the technology they will be using will invariably have a Service aspect associated with it.

Detailed picture of job roles in TCS ITIS

TCS ITIS is the service started by TCS for quite sometime now. It ranges currently across most of the industries like banking, healthcare, retail, telecom, etc. It promises and undoubtedly delivers an enhanced quality of service to help their clients experience the perfect ITIS solutions they can yearn for. You can read my detailed comparison of IT and ITIS for a more clear idea. Here I have tried to provide some insights into what the job role might be like for each of the ITIS services offered by TCS. At the end of each job role, I have provided an approximate rating of technical skill that I feel might be required in the particular job role along with an analysis. Each an every of these job roles offered by TCS are dreams to thousands of IT professionals. So there shouldn’t be any doubt whether you should go ahead for it! You can feel free to comment below. I would also recommend you to download the ITIS document from the download page to have a better understanding of this field.

Service Name	Job Role
IT Service Desk	TCS says “We define a service desk (SD) as the single-point contact for all IT-related issues for our clients. Our geographic spread and thorough understanding of IT Infrastructure technologies helps us provide you with quick turnaround solutions from concept to service delivery in 30+ local languages, with certainty of cost, quality and schedule.” Type of Job: Well, it can be somewhat like a technical helpdesk kind of job. I doubt if the people in the IT Service Desk will actually be working on the issues that arise. They will take calls from users all across the world and record the problems they are having. They will then transfer the issues depending on the type of problem to the respective technical team (Database Team, Security Team, etc). They will be more concerned with updating the list of issues and events, keeping a track of the issues, contacting and updating the user, following up with the technical teams, suggesting resolutions to the user. Tools they will be using might include all sorts of sophisticated mobile technology like desktop sharing, video conferencing, etc. Tech Skill Required: 5/10 Resources Recommended: This book might be of pretty decent use.
Data Center Management Services	TCS says “TCS’ Data Center Services offer comprehensive data center support. They help design and manage data centers across heterogeneous platforms and support these with global hosting capabilities. Our solutions optimize and consolidate the data center and its resources, leading to improved service levels and reduced cost of ownership.” Type of Job: This job might range across a pretty broad array of opportunities ranging from Database Administrators to handling the glitches in the network server which might call for candidates expert in networking. But no doubt the majority of the people will have to expert in SQL and PL/SQL apart from having knowledge of DBA activities. There are a lot of things to learn which are specific to DBAs only. If you want to start preparing now, you can start with this book by Oracle right away. It will undoubtedly give you a complete grasp over the subject to begin with your DBA career. Tech Skill Required: 9/10 Resources Recommended: This book appears to be the best in the market. You will surely not need to ask anyone again about theoretical knowledge if you manage to put it into your head. But if it seems too pricey, you can go through this link to get some overview. Go through the pages to gather some decent concepts and also the images will help you get some clear visualization of the work environment.
End-User Computing Services	TCS says “TCS’ End User Computing Services (EUCS) provide services to seamlessly transform the end-user computing landscape from its current state to a world-class environment by utilizing an analytics-based transformation approach to enhance end-user productivity and save costs.” Type of Job: This service will surely involve most of the modern technologies that are coming out starting from cloud computing to security solutions. So hardware as well as software programmers for any kind of platform might be a default requirement. Compatibility and 24x7 availability will no doubt involve cross-platform testing and thus might involve thorough testing of most applications before they are being produced to the client for their use. These applications need to be of top-class quality and hence not the mildest bug or glitches of any sort would be entertained. But I tend to give it a touch low rating below because I am not sure how much repetitive the work will be like. If the same work needs to be done daily to resolve similar problems or issues, I won’t rate it high on technical skill. But if it’s not the case, consider it fine. Tech Skill Required: 7/10 Resources Recommended: This book is the cheapest and the best in the market. Due to huge demand this book might be temporarily out of stock. Many other books are available but they cost well above Rs. 3000.
Application Management Services	TCS says “ Growing application dependency and dynamism of the enterprise’s business environment require organizations to derive more out of its IT investments in its endeavor to align IT to business objectives. In this context, the need to ensure that your applications are at their peak performance with minimum downtime becomes critical TCS’ Application Management portfolio, by leveraging our vast experience in the application space, ensures that your enterprise has a reliable and available application eco-system through proactive 24X7 monitoring and performance tuning. ” Type of Job: Many large organizations nowadays revert to top notch application usage to meet their analytical, financial processing, data processing needs. These applications need to be managed well and supported well by the vendor (not necessarily always the vendor, third parties might also help the organization to fix bugs in the application software built by a different vendor) to provide the correct, accurate and perfect output as expected. The needs of the organization might also change from time-to-time which inevitably leads to the developers and coding jumping into the scenario and providing the solution. But I am skeptical here as well, what if the organization using the application does not report any bugs or issues for a long time, or they do not need any upgradation or any new feature to meet their needs for years. But as you can see, this might well vary for different organizations and different clients and projects. Tech Skill Required: 6/10 Resources Recommended: There is no book as such as this is a pretty vast domain. You can go through this link to have some clearer idea regarding this type of service.
Converged Network Services	TCS says “TCS’ Converged Network Services offer a robust data network backbone that helps you converge your voice, data, video and other multimedia communication applications. It increases your operating efficiencies, reduces expenditure and promotes business interactions among employees, partners, customers, and any other internal or external agencies, thereby powering your processes and functions.” Type of Job: This service will be an amazing one with the convergence of virtually of all technologies available to mankind till date. It will be a mixture of electronics, software, hardware, electrical and computer engineering at it’s very best. Platforms and files can range from anything to anything. Quality of service is promised to be of utmost priority, hence the coding standards needs to be high no doubt. There is immense opportunity to become a network admin or database admin or admin of any technology in this service. To start preparing yourself, just collect some names of books from your seniors and buy here. But I doubt how much work will be done for networking internally as TCS has Cisco as one of it’s biggest partners in this field. Tech Skill Required: 9/10 Resources Recommended: This book I have found very informative. I have also found it’s recommendation in many sites. It’s a bit pricey but seems to be worth it.
Managed Security Services	TCS says “TCS’ Managed Security Services help you with comprehensive and cost-efficient security solutions that enable you to meet your regulatory compliance and data integrity needs.” Type of Job: This service will survive forever as long as hard disks and computers survive. Yes, security is given the topmost priority in each and every organization which use Information Technology. So to manage data securely and in an efficient manner, developers will need to be abreast with all the latest developments and coding standards and certifications. You will surely not like it if your code has a loophole which a hacker was just waiting for! Tech Skill Required: 9/10 Resources Recommended: This is one of the finest domains and hence to read a particular book on a certain topic will not be enough. Hence I would recommend this article for you to go through and get a clear idea.
Enterprise System Management	TCS says “ TCS’ IT IS Enterprise Systems Management (ESM) services focus on addressing the critical needs of your enterprise toward ESM tools implementation and operations. We collaborate with you to create an ESM tools services strategy that addresses the specific needs of your organization, ensures data and infrastructure availability, increases responsiveness and improves reporting and real-time dashboards. ” Type of Job: According to Wikipedia, “ Centralized management has a time and effort trade-off that is related to the size of the company, the expertise of the IT staff, and the amount of technology being used”. So Enterprise System Management is one of those vital areas which needs to be taken care of by the entire team as a whole. Coding and developing may be a once-off activity here. Occasional upgrades and bug fixes or enhancements might keep ticking the coding brains alive. I am skeptical in this case as well and it entirely depends on your project. Tech Skill Required: 7/10 Resources Recommended: I will recommend any one to start reading this book right away.
IT Service Management	TCS says “The recent economic challenges have thrown the IT industry open to new arenas such as the migration to a Cloud environment, adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) models, IT management by leveraging multiple suppliers and so on. TCS’ IT Service Management offers a comprehensive solution to help its customers establish a strong governance and setup a unified and standardized operating environment.” Type of Job: There is a revolution going on currently in the technology world with newer, faster, bolder and more complex ones coming out to provide some awesome services to the organizations and individuals. Starting from cloud computing to to conferencing technologies, there had been progress by leaps and bounds. This service area is going to include programmers, developers, tester, support activities of all sorts. It is destined to grow with more and more organizations looking up to IT these days to meet their needs. I would happily rate it a 9. Tech Skill Required: 9/10 Resources Recommended: This book will be a crisp and handy one for an overview in this subject.
Transformation Solutions	TCS says “TCS’ Transformation Solutions focus on the optimization and transformation of enterprise IT infrastructure through its analytics-led Enterprise Transformation Framework. They transform your traditional computing environments, which are plagued with poor utilization, high complexity and high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), into highly efficient, agile and optimized infrastructure, capable of meeting business goals effectively.” Type of Job: There are many different kinds of models followed by different organizations. Each of these models can be optimized to an extent that nearly achieves perfection with zero hiccups in every part. Such a service will certainly require candidates from all sorts of technologies because organizations differ in technology for the same task. It will be going to a very big team and it is difficult to say where you would fit. But the technologies would be nice no doubt, and hence I would give it a moderate 7. Tech Skill Required: 7/10 Resources Recommended: This is another ocean where there can be virtually anything. Hence I would recommend you to go through this and this to gather some knowledge in the mean time.

TCS to hire 60,000 in FY12, 2012 batch excited?

2011-07-24T09:57:00.001+05:30

It has never been such a dream run for the big giant of the IT industry. With quality projects and clients coming in the growth is just getting bigger and bigger. TCS has announced, much to the peace and excitement of the 2011 batch pass outs, that they will be recruiting an amazing 60,000 people for the financial year FY12, i.e. between April 2011 to March 2012.

This news comes at a time when their arch rival Infosys is already under question of their top status in the IT sector after publishing the quarterly results. The new headcount of TCS will be just over 2,00,000. The first time by any Indian IT company and hence setting a benchmark once again.

It will be interesting to note here how the local hiring goes on abroad since it has recently been said that TCS is also looking at their local hiring plans to curb down the effects of the visa issue restrictions imposed by the US.

In the mean time, advice for 2012 batch will be to brush up and hone all the skills they have and more. Because don’t go by the mere figures and think it will be a cakewalk. It’s the best in the IT sector and hence only the deserving goes through. I will be updating with required skill sets that you need to brush through now and then. To start with, pick up the renowned SQL, PL/SQL book by Ivan Bayross. If you do not already have it, buy it from here with discount and start reading it when it arrives after 3 days. Be prepared with this important subject if you are sitting for not only TCS, but for any IT company. Prepare yourself from now for the D-day! All the best!

Team work and the odd ones out in IT sector

2011-07-22T17:16:00.000+05:30

The IT sector boasts of team work and team spirit at the very core of its values. It comes as no surprise that the kind of work that is being done inevitably demands absolute team work. A perfect mixture of the experienced and freshers in the team is the ideal scenario when it comes to effectively cost-planning a team. All experienced professionals in the team would throw the profit out of the organization. All freshers will be an obvious disaster.

Now coming to team work, people are really considered lucky here if they are in a good team. That is because there are many teams where people suffocate into and are forced to look for other options. A nice team to start with in your professional career is truly a boon. You get to learn a lot of things which will help you in your career in the long run. Things you learn not only helps in you current job role, but also to grow as a working professional. People get less tired mentally and even physically when they are into a good team. Productivity of an employee increases by leaps and bounds when colleagues around him are always ready to help and cooperative. The productivity of the team as a whole rises inevitably amidst such positive atmosphere.

According to popular studies of human psychology, people tend to feel stress a lot less when they know there are people around him whom he can rely upon in times of distress. Your body would thus respond more positively in case such a stress situation arises. Working in a good team also teaches you interpersonal skills which are vital in the service sector.

Getting to know people from all sorts of backgrounds is another advantage in a team. Sometimes we need to adjust ourselves just a bit to move along with the team. These all are lessons in their own way. It seldom happens that all the team members are from the same region or have the same tastes and values. It is pretty normal for them to differ and that's why individuals are individuals. Your team member might get stuck in a tricky assignment which you are pretty aware how to overcome. It becomes your moral obligation and duty to help him out. Well, if you are selfish, then also you need to help him out. Guess, why? Here comes the tricky part.

We human beings always perceive of others as a neutral being from the beginning. Even if

we converse, and seem to be friends, it’s what in the subconscious mind that defines what we do and when we do. Your helping hand to your colleague in the time of distress will etch a mark in his subconscious mind about the supporting hand you lent out. When your time of stress comes, he will not hesitate to go beyond the usual limits to help you out (just in case he is not too generous, in which case he will help you out even if he doesn’t know you and you should consider yourself superbly lucky to have such a gem of a team member in your team).

Also, another trick of the trade is it always helps to share your knowledge with others. Who know, who might come handy when you are on a holiday or vacation! This is not the intended reason, but it always help because knowledge sharing always enhances one’s knowledge and acts as a superb value addition to the team.

Now coming to the odd ones who find it difficult to cope in a team. Their stress level undoubtedly rises. If he’s the good guy finding himself or herself surrounded by a sea of politics and work is being extracted out of him and passed on as other’s work and his visibility to his bosses is being reduced to the minimum so that everyone else gets the credit for his work, it is indeed a nightmare for him. He is the sole person working. He cannot raise his voice. This is when it gets out of hand. Because we cannot keep on accepting injustice forever. Everything has an end to it. The higher management would be informed about this sooner or later and actions are bound to be taken. If that is not the case, unfortunately and inevitably, the person will try to move someplace else.

Health of IT professionals, err..

2011-07-16T13:19:00.001+05:30

“Hi, did you taste that new Zinger meal at KFC? It’s awesome! Well it doesn’t have as much cheese as you would get in the Chicken Cheese Italiano Pizza in Pizza Hut but it tastes good. Also try the Chocolate pastry at Biscotti if you ever get a chance.”

This is pretty much what one would hear if he gets to ask a IT professional about some good food in the city. Yes, they have the money. They have the cool geek status. They don't bother to spend thousands for the style. They surround themselves with all sorts of gadgets (including me!). And last but not the least, they never compromise on eating. In fact, an average IT professional spends anything between 5-10% of her salary on food.

It has appeared that IT people start eating out more than before after they get accustomed to their professional life. And this junk food and delicacies outdoors adds half an inch to their waistline every year. Yes, you read right, half an inch. (If you doubt, look around you and multiply the experience of your colleagues in years by 1/2 inch and try to guess and compare with their waist size. Disclaimer: Don’t get slapped ogling at anyone and blame me for that).

Well, the common symptoms are all too common. You can’t wake up with full vigor and energy in the morning. You always feel you need more sleep. You feel a stiffness in your neck and back, specially in your waist. You find it difficult falling asleep. You put on weight a lot faster than you expect. Well, sitting in cushioned chair all day long might well seem like a boon from outside. And to an extent even true. (Lucky us who don’t have to get drenched in the rains during monsoon or burn under the sun during summer ;) But that comes for a steep price. Our Health. It’s up to us now how we take measures to protect what we have been gifted with. All it takes is a little consideration from our side and it will yield us gold. Not a single one of us would say we don’t like fast food. All of us do. So how come some people stay slim, hot and sexy around us and some age so fast!

It’s partly in the genes which is beyond your control and normally forms 50% of the decisive factor of a person’s figure. But we have the rest 50% of the factors in our control. And that’s pretty huge. Let’s start with food. We can never stop having non-veg. But that doesn’t mean we can’t stop eating cheese and can’t opt for chicken pizzas with less cheese in them! We can’t stop having chicken biriyani, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reduce our frequency of having it. Same applies for cold drinks too. It would be a sin if you tell me to stop having cold stuffs. But as you see, it’s still in our control without much controlling ourselves! And this would also allow you to freely eat during office parties and hangouts with your girlfriend(s!).

Now coming to better food habits. If you feel you can control yourself pretty well, then there's nothing like it. But if you cannot, don’t go for mad dieting like a lot of my colleagues who just have fruit salad for lunch and a biscuit for snacks in the evening and keep on complaining about headaches and fatigues when many people are bubbling with energy! With a little conscious effort you can bring down your calorie intake. Not taking milk products and food stuffs with visible oil in them goes a long long way in bringing down that extra inches.

Surely none of would like it if we get into an unwanted shape in the middle of our life! So it will always pay if you can get some time out of your busy schedule to do some physical activity. And by that it does not always mean to hit the gym. Use the stairs instead of the lift. If your place is within 6 storeys, you can always use the stairs. Might not be daily, but 2-3 times a week would be pretty decent.

As lucrative the job might seen, it will not be so if medical expenses rise 10-15 years after regular work. So as they say, ‘prevention is better than cure’, it works like a divine phrase in the IT sector with people sitting 24x7 without even turning their head. Only things that moves are the fingers.

The IT sector will continue to be like this forever. So it is up to us how we face the challenges and act. Do we succumb to it or do we get over it and do the needful to get the life we want, a healthy life to enjoy life to the maximum with our dear ones!

Work culture in the IT sector

2011-07-13T00:10:00.003+05:30

All characters are imaginary. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Over years of observation, like any other sector in the professional world, the IT sector too boasts of a chameleon of cultures in different companies. It varies so much across the different companies, across different projects in the same company, and even across different teams in the same project that often colleagues are astounded as to how such diversity can exist at one place. Yet it happens, and like always, we have to adjust to it, or for the luckier ones, pray that it lasts like this forever!

If you are into one of the biggies like IBM, TCS, Infosys etc, you are already amongst the luckier lot, well, apparently. It gets interesting as you get exposed to this big (not bad, but I prefer to call it rather interesting) corporate world and get to see (I don’t expect you to learn anything, until unless you have spent more than a year here) the rules of the game.

Let’s look at it from the perspective of a game we all love, cricket. There are the coaches (leads) in the team who are really an important part and who gets to drive the team towards its goal. Now how many types of coaches have we recently seen, John Wright and Greg Chappell (come on, we don’t know Duncan Fletcher yet!). The perfect examples to provide us an insight into a generic lead in this sector. We see the leads who take a stern look at you when you enter office at 10.01am and raise her eyebrows as high as her receding hairline when you say you are leaving after 9 hours of strenuous work. We see the calm-faced well-dressed Mr. X give you a thrashing personally after calling you into one of the meeting rooms (oh how I wish one of these rooms writes an autobiography, even Ram Gopal Varma would have got some new plot for his next film!) when he felt you might not be able to meet a deadline, using words and phrases you never knew he could use them (or still better, you don’t know them yourself!). Recollect Chappell showing you the middle finger and tossing the players in and out? Well, there couldn’t be a better comparison, you are the scapegoat and you are in as long as you are worth some codes!

Well, not to say everyone is a Mr. X, there is Mr. Y and Mr. Z as well. Mr. Y is the perfect example of Hitler in a different form. Work is a different interpretation to him. He interprets work as something divine. Those who are showing 99.99% efficiency must die immediately. I wonder how the extensions phones and the desktops remain intact around him. His anger knows no bounds. He is angry if it is raining during monsoon or the AC has been switched off for 5 minutes or if it is too cold. He is angry if he doesn’t get to go onsite. There’s one particular case when all hell breaks loose, it is when he is assigned some work to be done (talking of module leads here, if you are not aware of the hierarchy, it is fellow worker->module lead->project lead and so on). His eyes are fire. Remember saint Durbasha in the Mahabharata? Well, that Mr. Y for you here! When nice, he is the best help you’ve got around, technically sound and working non-stop until your problem gets resolved. But well, it all comes down to ‘when nice’.

Now coming to Mr. Z or Mrs. Z, he comes early in the morning before everyone and goes deep down the throat of his monitor (I would rather give my wife a 5lac worth Tanishq necklace rather than let her be a Mrs. Z!). Yes, you heard right, early in the morning when all the lights of the quadrant are still off. He sits like a zombie checking his mails and doesn’t notice when people enters or leaves, only thing he is concerned is work and work and work and work. When he looks at you, he doesn’t see ‘you’, he sees the ‘work assigned to you’! Such is the height, if you wish him ‘Happy Birthday’, he replies back ‘Hi! Did you complete the work assigned to you before you left yesterday?’. You start thinking ‘Did the #@$% hear me just now!!!! x-( ‘. But you keep a calm face and answer, ‘Yes Z (#@$%), I am looking into it’. Management is something to him as golf is to Sachin Tendulkar. Technically immensely sound with decades of expertise under the belt, but that had come for a price, null value for management skill!

I will try to share some more experiences I have heard from my friends across different IT companies. This is not to undermine anybody but just a critical presentation to give a glimpse of what might await thousands in the coming days.

TCS 2011 Batch Joining Dates

2011-06-29T00:48:00.001+05:30

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The candidates of 2011 batch have started getting their joining dates after waiting for some time. It’s really a time to enjoy for them now that the prestigious organization of their dreams have started providing them the joining dates. The candidates are maintaining a spreadsheet as found in several social networking sites. I am providing it here hoping you might find it useful.

The atmosphere is certainly positive that people have started receiving their joining dates much before their previous batches of 2009 batch and 2010 batch apparently. It will only be a matter of time before they get their joining dates. The joining date prediction tool have already helped thousands and is sure to give quite an idea about the probable joining date after getting which candidates may also feel like predicting their ILP score here.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the process to complete. Provided the global scenario and other factors right now, the current situation couldn't be better. It will be up to the candidates how well they utilize the time after the joining during the training to prepare themselves for the challenge in this big corporate world. Lots of hot discussions are going on now in several online communities regarding the joining process and what will happen after that. The mood surely is optimistic.

Update of Joining Dates (This document below is owned and updated by members from the TCS 2011 batch where over 450 TCS candidates regularly share the updates of various colleges across India, just thought sharing it here would be useful to everyone. For complaints click here.):

Portability for all your TCS ILP docs and stuffs

2011-06-26T01:36:00.001+05:30

It’s always a rush with loads of PDFs and Scheme programs and suggestions doing the round to keep track of everything and share with your friends. But as always, there’s always a solution. Here I am going to let you know some of the coolest devices (within your reach of course, since the first in-hand salary is not the sum that would actually make you ecstatic, eh?) which will make your life ease and lend you some professional breeze of speed too.

Are you feeling this is sounding too cheap or really whether the quality would be as good if you go to a shop and buy? You have the Cash-on-Delivery option (it’s the best) where you pay only when the disk arrives safely in your hands. Well, it’s from Flipkart and my friends and I who got more things like this (which I will tell you about in my next articles) loved it so much for their customer service (call 080-4352-6600 right now to fall in love with this site) and their warranty (providing perfect bills with each product, we loved it) and shipping mechanism makes it so smooth. Till now I have bought electronics goods and books from Flipkart worth over Rs.35,000.

Drag this link to bookmark Flipkart. So it has been a pleasurable experience throughout. The best part is there is a surprising amount of variety in every category of product you might be looking for. Be it pen drives or best-seller books or external hard disks as we are discussing here. Knowing you would be seeking for a few more variations, here is what the mixed bag I came up with for you, no doubt it will benefit you:
1. Seagate 250GB – Only Rs.1990 I want it!
2. Seagate 500GB – Only Rs.2610 I want it!
3. Seagate 1TB – Only Rs.3140 I want it!
4. Seagate 2TB – Only Rs.4990 I want it!
The one I bought is however a Transcend 1TB for Rs.4800 which is simply priced a bit higher than it’s Seagate 1TB counterpart because it has a great number of protective coating all round it to save it from shocks and jerks. And since I am sure to rough use it a lot, I gladly went for it. Right now I have around 260GB of eBooks, songs, movies and games in it. What will you do with yours?

IT Sector National Delicacy - Food at Barbecue Nation!

2011-06-25T00:29:00.003+05:30

originally uploaded by Rahul Reloaded.

It is always a delight to visit this place. Loaded with the all-famous starters (some people finish their course with only the starters and desserts itself!), there is no doubt that every single IT pro has visited this place more than once :)

TCS clarifies rumor on demand for outsourcing in 2011

2011-06-22T17:41:00.000+05:30

Tata consultancy services put all discussions to rest after a hype regarding weakening demand over the IT and outsourcing sector after brokerage firm CLSA's report was published which has downgraded the country's software services sector. IT has been clarified that the market is still strong and clients are positive more than ever.

The candidates for TCS 2011 batch can relax. The facts that TCS added around 69,685 and around 31,500 left the company leaving a net addition of 38,185 are not to be startled at. The process of such intake and attrition is pretty normal and does not reflect anything on the demand for outsourcing. It has been further clarified that clients are on the look-out for new projects to give to TCS for the future.

The hike on the H1B visas and the Greece debt suspense has posed a tricky situation no doubt but as it has been pointed out, the outsourcing sector is pretty robust as of now to be affected by such potential hiccups.

TCS accelerates hiring to 70,000 as demand goes boom!

2011-06-18T20:31:00.002+05:30

TCS hired a staggering 70k people last fiscal and has plans to add some 60k more this year as the demand for the best in the field IT giant has sky rocketed over its fellow counterparts. With the joining of some of the colleges of 2011 batch declared, it is only a matter of time before they join their dream company (Get the joining dates of 2010 batch here, if you know a spreadsheet for 2011 batch, please submit it here).

For people who are waiting for their joining dates will find these prediction tools handy as did the previous batches. Things are only going to be brighter now as low-cost labor from a country like India is too much lucrative compared to the higher paid counterpart in the west. So it will be an interesting thing to watch what happens after 5-6 years when the market gets saturated and there is no place for any more engineers.

As of now, there is nothing to worry as such as even small companies are offering pretty decent packages even up to 4.5 lacs for someone experienced as little as 2 years. The market surely is a huge contrast to what was in line after the 2008-09 fiasco. If you are one of the candidates to have joined in recently, do not miss the opportunity to subscribe to this blog for further informative updates soon.

TCS FY 2010-11 Q4 Performance Detailed Analysis

2011-04-25T21:23:00.004+05:30

In case you have missed it, here is the most comprehensive update of this outstanding performance by this giant. Here are some of the key talks that were enough to bring the so earnestly required positive vibes in the industry.

Disliked the biased documentary on Kolkata on CNN IBN by Nilanjana Bose

2011-04-17T22:51:00.001+05:30

Today I watched a show on CNN IBN. I love the channel for it's straight forward and informative approach on any topic. But today I watched a program that was showing a documentary on Kolkata the city as a whole. The reporter was Nilanjana Bose. To start with, I am a Calcuttan myself.

This is with a lot of regret that I am having to say that the program seemed to revolved around the mindset that the negative image of the city needs to be highlighted at all costs and dimlight the achievements and existing prospects (not to talk of the future prospects which were appropriately shown in terms of the IT sector and industrialization).

The views of the Presidency students or the 'guy who walked the same lanes for 21 years at College Street' seemed fine. Though it is not so that the education system in our state is such at present that students 'must' go outside to pursue higher studies. There are a lot of good institutes both technical, engineering and arts that provide one of the finest qualities of education. To get feedback from some B.Com. students to say that there is no job here and let the image of the city take a blow is simply surprising! It should be understood clearly that job demands some qualification and you can't crib that there are no jobs when you do not deserve it. What the show should have highlighted is that there needs to be some more opportunity for the less qualified. That's where I pointed out that the show's mindset seemed disturbing to me.

Another scene is where a priest has been shown who now wants to come into acting, and his brother, who wants to pursue mba outside this "dying" city. I wonder how come you portray such people who do not represent the masses of the city. I guess a stockbroker who doesn't want his son studying here doesn't portray the whole scenario. Apart from an IT professional in CCD, there wasn't a single positive vibe.

Adding to this is the translation from Bengali to English. A rising Tollywood actor said professionalism here is a little less, which was translated into "professionalism here is terrible". If you have scripts ready and want to place them on the mouth of actors, it doesn't stay real, does it?

The most comprehensive Salary Predictor for the IT sector

2011-04-17T19:50:00.008+05:30

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” - Vincent van Gogh

It is always like playing with fire whenever someone wants to predict something as delicate as salary, and more so in the IT sector! But with some good research and delicate analysis, it is possible to foresee the trend and finally cast some light on the outcome. What is your salary going to be like over a period of time? So here is the output of the research and which is no doubt constantly improving to provide more and more accurate results. You might also want to predict your TCS joining date or predict your ILP score.

With so much of feedback pouring in from my loving readers and with your support, the predictions seem to be going head-on. Simply select the parameters, time being the one of the most vital, i.e. how long you want to foresee your salary. All the parameters have been handled exhaustively and delicately, if you want to suggest some additional parameters, feel free to comment.

Here is the tool that am sure will be of benefit to thousands. It's constantly being monitored and based on the feedback is being updated daily. This would no doubt help it stand the test of time and prove to be of immense benefit to people in this sector.

If you like this tool a little, feel free to click the "Share" and "Like" button. Do feel free to suggest anything you feel would help in optimizing the tool. Let your friends know, share on Orkut, Gmail and more! If you love this site, don't feel shy to subscribe on the top right!

TCS 2011 batch aspirants and others .. time to chill!

2011-04-10T00:49:00.002+05:30

It's that time of the year after a very long time when everything feels so relaxing. The placements are over, the struggle of cut-throat competition and the near future seems exciting. India winning the world cup and the IPL season starting over is an icing on the cake.

It really seems like that ad from Bournville right, that you earned it! Well, truly so. Cherish the moment. Markets looking higher and higher and companies globally going through a great run after some tumultuous times.

Now to get into the community where all of you can gather at one place and discuss, simply click the 'Like' button on the right and join in with people like you. For updates on TCS 2011 and other IT news, click here. "Share" this article on top left and get more of your friends into this place to start rolling for some great updates ahead!!

Mobile Recharge: Just a click away !!!

2011-04-05T01:18:00.023+05:30

This is going to be once a week activity lucky draw. A number submitted in the past 7 days will be selected and that mobile will be recharged. It can be from anywhere across India. The number will be stored in our database and may be used later for promotional purposes. The recharge will be taking place in the coming Sunday. In case you receive your recharge, don’t forget to come back to this page and leave a Thank You note!

Before entering the draw, you need 5 minutes to quickly complete these steps. If you skip any of the steps, it will be detected by the system and your entry will be rejected.

1. Sign up at Shaadi.com by clicking here. Fill up the mandatory fields properly while signing up. Finally you will get your unique Profile ID which you will provide below.

2. Sign up at mGinger by clicking here and start earning yourself as well.

3. Lastly, click this Facebook 'Like' button

The best part is that even if your mobile is not recharged this week, you can always submit it in the coming week and test your luck. As you can already see in the 'Recharge History' below, this lucky draw has already started generating recharged users. So what are you waiting for, just start typing below.

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India Pakistan encounter spice up sick leaves!

2011-03-26T21:36:00.000+05:30

The semi final clash between India and Pakistan will be doing a trick this week. The companies and schools will see a fishy rise in the number of people falling ill ;) No doubt this is going to be the biggest clash between the two teams in recent times. And this hype and interest for this match is nothing amusing. It has now become as big as it could be.

India now having beaten Australia out of the tournament, this mid-week match is gonna set all the nerves on a roller coaster ride. Some companies have the luxury of having of television sets in common rooms like canteens etc. But for those who doesn't have that and for schools, which obviously don’t have such facilities, it’s gonna be a bunk n leave day all over the country!

In case you want to cast your vote about what you feel regarding this match which is coming up, just visit this poll and also see what others are saying! You can also speak out if you want to!

TCS Quality Links and Updates: To be installed

2011-03-26T13:20:00.000+05:30

This is a collection of highly relevant links and articles with news updates and other stuffs. Simply click the ‘Magic’ button and install it in your browser. Then under the icon as shown beside, get all the relevant links, updates and news. New links and updates would be periodically refreshed and updated here. This is just to provide a comprehensive list of links of articles and stuffs to aid in the preparation and to stay updated regarding the latest developments.

It is surely a nice tool to get all the stuffs at one place and with lots of other sites and updates taking place at the same time in your browser, it will surely add some dynamism to the overall landscape. The 'News' tab is the one that gets updated every few hours with the latest happenings. And the quality articles will speak for itself. Other cool links and articles are invited through the 'Speak out' section. Being reknowned for it's IT News, this is indeed another achievement showcasing it's liveliness.

For more stories and stuffs, feel free to click the 'What's Hot' menu on the top. With all you readers, it is indeed getting really enjoyable to blog. Happy reading!

2011 Japan Earthquake: Share your helping hand

2011-03-12T12:09:00.001+05:30

If you are one of the millions who have been amidst the situation, kindly spare a second to share any information you have below. Also do share this article amongst all your friends by clicking the ‘Like’ button beside.

TCS 2011 Batch Community

2011-02-19T15:04:00.000+05:30

TCS 2011 Batch Joining Dates
The rocking Facebook community is soon going to replace the Orkut community I presume. Just click here in the "Like" buttons and you will be on your way to find the most awesome place to share your words. What's more, you will find all your friends waiting for you in Facebook with loads of information and updates. Here's your magic 'Like' button:

The place that has connected thousands of TCS candidates all over the country and had helped many more, the 2011 batch community is here. Click here to join. This is the place to chat with other TCS-ers, ask for help regarding anything and more. If there is any need for something, simply discus with the others and go ahead.

As with the other news and updates, there are also lot of discussions going on amongst people regarding anything under the sun. So share your heart and soul and mind out and chat ahead with your future colleagues.

In case there is need for some urgent information or study materials, you are as always welcome to return to my blog and keep reading. You might have to search for a little while in my blog as there are lots of articles and not all are related to this organization. For all updates as they happen under one hood, you might like this stuff.

In case there is need for some urgent information or study materials, you are as always welcome to return to my blog and keep reading. You might have to search for a little while in my blog as there are lots of articles and not all are related to this organization. For all updates as they happen under one hood, you might like this stuff.

TCL ILP Gandhinagar Experience – The Journey Begins

2011-02-01T23:58:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Chandan Kumar Singh. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

Hello everyone,

I am so grateful that some body is willing to go through my experiences at ILP. I am Chandan Singh, from Gaya, Bihar. Please forgive me if I am having any sort of grammatical mistakes. I have got Gandhinagar, Gujarat as my ILP Center. I have to report at Gandhinagar on 16th December, 2010. We were the premapped batch at Gandhinagar. We were supposed to join the Gandhinagar development center after our training.

Our group consists of 25 people. We reached Ahemedabad on 10th December, 2010. Why so early????? As we were premapped batch we are supposed to make our own arrangement for accommodation. It is very easy to get accommodation at Gandhinagar, people used to come and take you to many apartments. Just you need to pick one out and negotiate the rent. Then the flat is yours.

The info-city at Gandhinagar is very good. It has all the residential apartments, bungalows and shopping complex at one side and all Offices, info-city club resort on the other. Info-city has four huge office buildings namely tower 1,tower 2,tower 3 and tower 4 respectively. ILP center is at tower 3 which is also known as “Nal Sarover”. Gandhinagar is heaven for those who like peace,natural beauty, greenery, cleanliness and less crowd. Believe me this place is just like heaven, it is the second greenest city after Chandigarh. Gujarati people are very polite and helpful. They will help you in every possible way. Enough for the place I think.

At 16th December,2010, we reached Tower 3 “Nal Sarover” sharp at 8:45 AM. First we had to make entry at reception and then we seated our self in auditorium. Then a group of HRs came and they had taken sessions on introduction,company's vision,mission, its policies, processes and many more things.
They stressed on calling them with their first names, no sir no madam. I spent half of the session thinking, “what is going on exactly?”. Then that thinking process made me very tired and spent remaining half sleeping. Just you all need to keep your eyes open.

After the HR sessions, we proceeded to TCS Canteen area. There HDFC Bank employees were eagerly waiting for us to open our salary account. It was just a simple process, we need to fill up two forms. But let me tell you that the form was just unbearable for us, they have just taken our signatures at more than 60 to 70 places. Yes, you read it correctly it was 60-70 times. I just felt of applying ctrl+C and ctrl+V over there. But it was not possible. They will open your two accounts. First one is your salary account which will be saving account and second one is current account for your all reimbursements.

Then again HR had taken hr session on leave policy and our salary structure. He showed us how to use “Ultimatix” tool. Its an ERP tool which is used by all TCS employees and TCS to keep track of all internal processes. Our first day at TCS ended right there.

On second day also they had given sessions on information security, dos and don'ts at TCS, Tata Code of Conduct, Confidentiality Terms and conditions. Just imagine first two days at TCS and nothing related with studies till now. Initially we were very tensed that TCS is going to take “pre-Test “ and divide us into batches on our performance. But TCS just divided us randomly on second day only. Every batches were given their schedule timings which they needed to follow it from next day onwards.

From next day onwards we sat in our respective learning rooms for training sessions. We used to have two sessions: technical session and life skill session. In technical sessions we used to get all technical stuffs. But life skill sessions were great. You all will going to enjoy in this session a lot. All type of stuffs goes on here dancing singing, skits, ads, comedy, professional grooming and a lot of things. I still miss my ILP life skill sessions. This time TCS has changed its training trends. Now , no more OOPS concepts using scheme. They taught us OOPS and Programming concepts using JAVA. They taught us many things like SQL,UNIX concepts, process models, Software development methodologies especially Object oriented Analysis and design etc during induction phase. Just be prepared to get your hands dirty. That is what trainers used to tell us during technical sessions. Mind you if you are not ready to devote yourself for the work then TCS may be the bad option for you. They used to give us many assignments which we were supposed to complete and upload on the system.

Now you will be thinking about evaluations. Yes they take two individual evaluations and four group evaluation called “mile stones”. Both the individual evaluations will be based on programming and mile stones will be based on dummy project which they will assign you in group. Let me tell you, it is very easy to score good marks in individual evaluations if you are good at logic building We were having three technical sessions and one life skill session daily. We were given two tea beaks of 20 minutes each and one lunch break of 35 to 40 minutes.

Party at TCS: yes TCS had given us a grand party near studio apartments. “Shine and Shimer”- This was the title of party. DJ was playing a great combination of songs by mixing them. We enjoyed a lot over there. Every one just given some steps at party and we just rocked on. Some of the ILP participants also performed on stage. They also performed “Fashion Show”. It was awesome I should say.

I have just completed my induction phase. All milestones and evaluations over. I have cleared my induction phase and my integration phase is going to start from day after tomorrow. Recently we got opportunity to change our posting to mumbai after training. I have applied for the same and I have to report at mumbai branch after completion of my training. I am very happy for that. See you at TCS, don't worry you are going to have great days ahead.

Thank you for your patience reading.

Chandan Singh.

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar - Picture Abhi baki hai mere dost :)

2011-01-28T00:42:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

I was never a hero,and after this tragedy I had lost all possible chances to become one. Persons who had passed the exam will have great salary,great luxury,great girlfriend and my dreams were swirling down the waterfalls like the jumping heroes of bollywood who often jump into a waterfalls and get a life again without getting a small cut.

A guy started crying for not passing the exam.He was screaming- "I wont get a project.I dint pass.What should I tell my family?"

He got 48.His marks were almost two times to both our(mine + lost sailor's) combined marks and 4 times to mine.Now I was feeling like kicking him 4 times that too on his face.What a typical person?People struggling for food and he was not happy with his Chicken,he wanted Mutton.

Some more comments were coming.A guy who looked like Netaji got marks like Santa Singh.According to him it was not his fault.His roommate recently got a girlfriend and that girlfriend talks so loud and romantic that it became really tough to concentrate on studies.

"How can you study when someone's girlfriend keep kissing on loudspeaker?"-he was screaming and pointing that lover boy.More than a lover,the boy looked like a dober(man). I got shocked.Even this doberman has a girlfriend.The girl might be either a Savita Bhavi or a Surpanakha-I thought.But the guy got 3 times more than me.

"Arey Arey things happen man .No need to worry.Everything will be OK next time.Look I thought I will get 40 Plus marks, I got 36" - contender number three told.He was there to sprinkle salt on my wound,I knew.Apart from that he sprinkled all his spit.

"Better you leave else I will beat your life out and you can never spit on anybody."- I was thinking.

I went outside and sat on the black sofa.The lost sailor joined me.Even the Netaji also came there.

"Hey don't worry deboprio,There are people who got lesser than you.I had a list.Check it" - a sweet voice came form backside.I turned back.

Two girls were standing.They were not that hot and happening kind of girl.Rather they looked simple and friendly.But XYs will always go for XXX instead of XX.So they remained unnoticed.The voice was from one of them and she was wearing a light green salwar.

"Thanks,but I did really bad"-I said.
"Arey Chalta hai!! I know you prepared well.Next time onwards don't repeat the mistakes"-The light green Salwar told.
"Hmm!"- I nodded.
"Anyway I need to catch the bus.See you tomorrow.Between I am Komal and she is my friend Sakshi" "Ok see you.I am deboprio".
"Arey I know your name.Ok bye.."-She smiled,waved and left for the day.
"Bye"- I said.

It really helps when people have faith on your ability.It helps you to restart.

Choose a friend when you are in trouble.

I was feeling little releived.I was number 9 from the bottom according to the list.First time in my entire life I had done such a bad performance.But thanks to the almighty I was not the last.We went to the guy who got lowest and consoled him.

I came back home and joined the drinking party.I am not a spoilsport from the childhood.I know drinking puts the claustrophobia in claustrophobia.

"Arey Chalta hai!I know you prepared well.Why are you drinking?"-Somebody stold me in a sweetvoice.

I suddenly turned back.There were no body standing.Was that an echo?Why should the verse change if it was an echo?

My brain beeped-"You moron ! have you ever noticed a point?" My mind replied back-"What ???you devil?" "How she knew your name?" - The Drunken devil replied. "I don't have a gray matter like you.I missed it.Anyway Thank you Devil".

I sipped the last two droplets of the last peg.It was already two o'clock and tomorrow morning I need to reach the goddamn office in time.I slowly came down,then I Checked my mobile.There were 10 missed calls from my mother.

People from home were eager to know the test results.I switched my cell off.

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TCS ILP Bhubaneswar – Fall of an empire

2011-01-25T00:40:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

Somewhere I heard that any Indian is born with a huge amount of debt with world-bank.In IT industry this can be rephrased with "any software company is born with a huge amount of debt with Google and Microsoft". We used to mock on some of our friends who used to take up courses on Microsoft Office package.Those courses seemed to be very low-graded for the B.Techs.But when you step into a company the pictures rotates in a reverse angle.

Somebody truly said even "Microsoft does not utilise Microsoft Office fully in their office works" and luckily that somebody is Mr.Bill Gates. The craziest thing was,the guideline to learn Microsoft office was itself a word document.

Everyday thousands of PPTs are created in the software companies and unluckily half of them are for screwing the trainees like us.We were given a desktop full of those PPTs to study all through the day.In my college days PPTs were the easiest mean to finish the topics quickly,but I was no longer in the college.I really lacked the enthusiasm for studying that long that too without smoking.Global warming may kill all of us after 50years but staying long in a no smoking zone can kill the smokers in 50 minutes.

My cubicle was in the middle of the room hence I could see almost everyone.Everyone was damn serious to finish the syllabus before time.The Yakku came and introduced his assistant.She was our new trainer.If you place an empty wax matchbox on the table and hammer that,the cuboid becomes distorted.Now if you draw two small eyes,a blunt nose and thin lips on the cuboid it becomes her face.After every sentence she spoke she made a strange sound UUNH? asking our acceptance and believe me it reminded me of a famous expression of Tory Lane(Google it alone :P).She knew everything apart from the subject and behaved authoritatively,showing vague seniority.Everyone of us used to curse this duo.

Between I was gaining control over the subjects and the weekend boozing on hostel terrace was strengthening our newly formed backbenchers group.

A single boy with little understanding of subjects is a deadly combo.During my invigilation I started helping others,where as the Pundits were silent.It helped me to gain the friendship with some girls.However,happiness is not everlasting.For me it lasted 10 days,because Yakku and his distorted matchbox came with the exam schedule.The big day was about to come after 5 ordinary days.

We had to score 50% to pass the exam.The bottom 10 will be in danger.

Dreams bided Goodbye,nightmares wished Hello.Persons who had more suggestions started locking their doors.The contenders were busier than our Prime minister.

The big day came.An online moodle test of an hour consisting 40 questions was going to decide our future.I and my partner were both confident,but parallely I was feeling a little tensed.The rules were all known to me so I directly jumped into the question to save my time.

Half an hour passed stably.I was answering pretty well. At least I wont come in bottom ten- I thought.Time was moving very fast.The exam went well.Yakku asked us to submit."The company is mine.I passed through this hurdle easily"- I was thinking.But,There is a very thin line between confidence and over confidence.Those who can see the line go to the top,and those who can't writes blog like me.

"If you revise and select an answer you need to save without submit the page,the previous answers are not saved.else the answers will be randomly selected and each answer will score in negative." This statement was somewhere written in the rules,but I had already skipped them.I had made a bad choice of saving time and loosing marks.

I dint know.I had already submitted.The MouseClick class did its job perfectly.It called the Action event and that had fetched the perfectly calculated value stored from the database via the Request and response objects,which flashed my score of a terribly imperfect exam mislead by overconfidence.

12.08% it was showing in the marks column and everything went black.

I failed miserably.I ruined my first exam along with the hope of a stable future.90% of the associates got more than me..I was standing in the last row.The only hope was I was not alone.The lost sailor got 14.06%. We got three other guys with a similar fate.The Paandavas had lost the first phase of the Corporate Kurukshetra.

TCS and HCL leap forward, Infosys and Wipro struggles in Q3

2011-01-23T15:33:00.001+05:30

Tata Consultancy Services and HCL Technologies have marched ahead of Infosys and Wipro by delivering all-round growth in a traditionally weak third quarter.

While HCL registered the highest growth on net profits and overall turnover, it continues to pick up work at the lowest margins. On the other hand, TCS results beat market expectations on almost all parameters while Infosys and Wipro's were ‘below par', industry watchers say.

“TCS has been an outperformer not only in the quarter but also in the calendar gone by. It is easier for a smaller company to grow from a smaller base, but a growth of 30 per cent on a quarterly revenue run rate of over $2 billion is certainly impressive,” Mr Jimit Arora, Everest Group's research director, said.

On the other hand, the HCL management has realised that it needs to improve its operating margins which were 16.3 per cent at the end of the quarter. Its CFO, Mr Anil Chanana, said it would improve operating margin by at least two percentage points by the time it declares its June 2010 quarter results. This will be achieved through higher employee utilisation and a better deal pipeline.

(from Business Line)

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar – Cracking the Code!

2011-01-21T00:39:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

The ciggerate was unable to ease the pain,the phobia was clustering.The questions started haunting me- Will I be sent back to home?Wont I get a chance to work in this company?.I went inside the room.Opened my laptop.I had got some of the study materials.We had to study a typical language Dr.Scheme developed by the professors of MIT. Now what the heck!!who developed who is studying.The Da Vinci Code seemed to be broken easily in front of that impenetrable syntax of that Language.It was almost like Chinese to me.C/C++/Java still bore some meaning,but what was that?.I had never written a code more than 10 lines in my entire Engineering career,that too before my campus interviews.How could I learn this Chinese in 7 days.

The studious guy was giving a sarcastic smile to me and I was feeling like thrashing his laptop in the wall. Suddenly he said "May I help you?" . I felt like Shree Krishna supplying saree to Draupadi in front of that digital DushmyaShana.He explained me few of the techniques and the Chinese became Hindi for me.After an hour the language became quite readable for me.

I learnt a new lesson."Never pretend".

The other guy was not there in the room.He went to some other room (probably for collecting sample questions). It was his time to get tensed because I took up a little pace.But when he returned I went pale.He came back with a notebook full of scribbled code.

Now it was the lesson number two for me in the same night. "Necessity+Tenacity>>>>>Resources"

I was thinking -"If I would have studied in my 4 years of BTECH,I could be the hero today". I had a dream that night,I was teaching hacking with Dr.Scheme to plenty of girls flocking me in my own secret research lab.Suddenly Ramdev Baba appeared in that lab saying OM OM OM OM.

It was already morning and that typical sound was echoing from the next room.

Now its time to introduce Master number 2 aka the competitor of my studious room-mate.This guy had nothing but a skeleton in his body,a spectacle on the eye of the skeleton,a terrific skull,a problematic stomach,and a hazardous(for his room-mates) habit of growling OM OM OM during his morning Pranayam.

He had a theory of "Early to bed Early to Rise, I will switch off the lights coz I am most Wise.".

His room-mates were unable to protest because he was the "Get a query,set a resolution,be on top" type guy. Anyway he was nothing more than an alarm for me,because I already had Studious number one in my room. I went downstairs to see the scenario.The lost sailor of last night stated his miserable condition.He was also able to manage the syntax of the language with the help of a guy next room.I discovered Contender number 3.

Now the contender number three was the most irritating guy one can ever imagine.He not only had a vocal disorder to sprinkle spit all over the listeners mouth but also had a super bad habit of cracking too lame jokes. I could imagine the condition of the lost sailor number two while having the lectures from Contender number three.

We decided to fight the battle together.

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar - Survival of the Weakest

2011-01-17T00:37:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

There was a famous tv serial Chandrakanta telecasted every Sunday morning in DD1.The villain in that serial was more famous than the serial itself.

Now everyone was well aware of Krur Singh's brutality, how could we expect some mercy from his twin brother? He was a total mismatch with the environment in the company.His presence was weird like "a crocodile wearing swimming costume".He introduced himself as our instructor and started stating the rules and timings of our training,and the importance of abiding by those rules. It is really hard to control your yawning.It comes from inside.We were feeling sleepy.Suddenly that instructor growled "Hey you!why are you sleeping?".Our drowsiness was gone."LADIES FIRST".A girl was already sleeping. She was warned by that Yakku the second. We were distributed a temporary smart card and were sent for an half an hour break. If the turn ons were: free coffee, auto-flush and automatic boot polish,campus ,the turn offs list were huge.That Krur Singh ,non-smoking zone were the first two in that list. Relieved I ran out of that room.

The ciggerate shop was too far.The punctuality was a big parameter.I had to choose between ciggerate and breakfast.But my last five years habit forced me to choose the former.

I had bunked uncountable classes because of this habit.There was a little shop beside our college premises.Boudir Dukaan (Bhabi ki dukaan).That was our gathering spot for tea and ciggerate.The place could be easily banned by Pollution control board of India.It contributed a heavy percentage of the hazardous monoxides and di-oxides then.

But this corporate was not Bhawi ki Dukaan.I need to run. The neck-tie,the locked sleeves were frying me.The only time I will get rid of this,when I will pass the training. Somehow I managed to reach in time.The corporate structures,leave structures,administration all were explained.We were pretty well feeling corporate. However the hermit was waiting to turn the tiger into mouse again.

We were given our schedule,a really tough one.Now this was not all like the college.Nobody will like to loose his .7k a day.The competitions will be tougher,I could find peoples with strong academics, I was feeling like a toddler in the world of fathers.

"There will be two exams in a gap of 14 days each.The passing percentage is very low this year.Who fails to score over 50% will be given two chances.If you miss the chances you may try next year.Persons will be there to guide you.but you have to study all of your own.You can use the libraries.You will be given computers.This is not your college.So be serious,have a good time,All the best". The program co-ordinator announced the battle.

I was already feeling a huge pressure.Many of us were there who had already finished half of the course.They will obviously perform well.Survival of the fittest was on.

Now the studious guys,who used to remain silent in fear of being beaten any time by our college-gang started behaving like gangsters,and guys like me were sitting frightened like the frequently raped sisters of bollywood heroes.

The bank formalities were done.The bullshit bus came playing Odhiya music all the way.Exhausted I came back at night.

The neck-tie was suffocating me.I threw it away,again I collected it back.

I went to have food downstairs.I was already late in the start of race.The roars of the studious tigers started.I finished a ciggerate standing in the balcony beside the first floor verandah.I was unable to set the starting point.Big waves,small boat and I was without a compass in the midst of the sea.

"Deboprio,may I have a ciggerate?"

I turned to him.Another lost sailor in the sea.

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar – There were sensors everywhere!

2011-01-14T00:34:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

We stepped into the premises.The securities asked us to form a queue.It was the time for baggage check.
First time in my life I felt the improper purpose of my backpack,because previously my bag was used for smuggling full,half and quarter bottles into our private hostel.The landlord was mystified to see why everyone used the same backpack for shopping.

Almost all the boys were generating a negative bag-scan report.The desk beside the kiosk turned into a ciggerate shop within few seconds.However the main surprise was yet to come.BEEP!!!! the scanner showed some unknown shadow in the silhouette.It was a puncher/jaw-breaker.It was discovered from one of our guy's backpack.Now that wasn't a shocking thing for our students,because of the frequent brawls in our college.All guys were quite accustomed with that thing.But securities were sent to Earth to stop brawls,so a new brawl was about to take place.We were no longer in college.

"Self - Protection " the effective phrase,some convincing train robbery story of Bihar-trains saved the guy from the catastrophe.We forced him to throw that thing away forever.Later the boy said that he had never boarded a train to Bihar.He thanked the robbers who unknowingly saved his job.

We entered the main building.I had never been to any corporate office before.I was feeling excited.We were escorted to a conference room.The LED display outside the conference room was showing the booked status.But the chocolate and caramel were inside the cadbury five star. We had the first bite.It was the best room I had ever seen in my life.The room was like the secret agency conference room of James Bond movie.Lights were with sensors,touchpad switchboard,there was gadgets everywhere.Only the sexy ladies of the James Bond movies were missing.

The induction meeting was about to begin.I decided to visit the toilet.A common problem with me. All abstract things like grief,joy,tension,excitement comes out of human body in the physical form of liquid .Like grief takes the form of tears,here suppressed tension took the form of another liquid that led me to the toilet.

Auto-flush!!! is the greatest advancement of technology.There were sensors everywhere.But the greatest sensor is in the human mind.It alarmed me that "If you commit a single mistake here you will be flushed out of this heaven".My mind voted my old college bathroom.There were no auto-flush,the flushing porcelin boxes of each latrine were converted into secret chambers where we used to keep our cheats and micro-xeroxes during our semester exams,and the backside of each latrine door were the index of chapters.The toilets were converted into books while semesters.Now that was engineering excellence.

I came back.The conference was about to start,but the room looked entirely different.There were some unknown faces in the room and luckily they dint belong to our boys community.My scanner generated a quick review report.

The door opened,and somebody switched the mute button on.

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar – The Pastel Picture

2011-01-11T00:32:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

We were 21 guys,wearing top to bottom formals.I was sitting in the left window seat in the last row of the company-bus.I closed my eyes. I was able to see a picture drawn with pastel color,a picture 4 and half years old.50 guys wearing blue striped white shirt,navy blue trouser,and navy blue tie boarding a yellow bus.The bus was going to Institute of Technology,Kolkata for the first time for its 2005-2009 batch. I was the last one to board and I got the last seat.It was the same left window seat.I was having a mixed feelings of excitement,nervousness and fear. First time out of home,that too for 4 years,I was highly excited.No restriction,I can live my life freely.No one in my neighborhood can spot me smoking. No one can complain if I sing loudly in bathroom.Most of all no-one is going to monitor I am studying or not,I need not hide my Pornbooks. I can recreate my own slots of studying.

8 years,I studied in a Bengali medium school,hence talking in English,that too in front of the street smart Kolkata chicks would be a big challenge.The whole course will be in English.Somehow I have to manage.It is really an extra struggle for a guy who had not studied in an English medium school.The Bengali medium badly screws your smartness.I was really nervous.

While in school,we have written plenty of essays on the topic ragging.We have used many examples,many analogies like "gangrape of humanity" to describe ragging.I was able to portray a junior school guy writing a Ragging essay.I spotted my name as a ragging victim in the example part.I hate newspapers,if a guy have a cut in his hand they will frame it as hand cut,they doubles your fear.

It took 20 minutes to reach the college.We had two separate buildings for the first years and the seniors.This design was to protect the lambs from the tigers,but according to the formality lambs can have a look into the tigers den.Hence we were taken to the main building first. The bus entered the premises,It was a tiger-mela.The guy who have the record "Most irregular boy of the class" he can be spotted in the first row now.All seniors were wearing coloring dress,so that they can spot their would be servants.We were nothing but entertaining material.Everybody was measuring us.The fear-meter was showing a high reading.Some of our batch-mates came with their family.They dint know that they were annoying the seniors.One day if they are spotted alone they are gone,long gone.

We entered a huge conference room ushered by a faculty.The room was surrounded by glass walls.The teachers entered into the room.They started giving some boring speeches,but nobody was paying attention because everybody was looking the seniors waiting outside the glass-walls.I was sitting in the last row,I thought that was the safest place.But the difference between truth and assumption is huge.

After an hour the 4th year guys entered into the room and asked the teachers to leave.It was a kind of college where teachers never messed with seniors.The college had a history behind that.Once the seniors saved the college,from the hand of land and development department of the Government.From then it was an unspoken rule. We have read the story of David and Goliath,but it was the story of Davids and Goliaths. One of the Goliath stood up on the dias and started stating the rules,suddenly he spotted that nobody was noting it down.So he started it again,the rule one was: "The seniors are like Prophets,so whenever he speaks something important,the followers should write it down,not only in the mind but also in the copy,those who will obey the gospels will be given quarters in heaven,and those who disobey will be sent to the dormitory of hell" His tone was thundering the whole class.We already started fearing. "no half sleeve shirts are allowed,those who will wear a half sleeve shirt,should be forced to wear a half-pant from the next day,he should carry a school water bottle and a baby backpack in his shoulder.".The gym goers who were exposing their biceps wearing half sleeve shirts,even the ladies were fused like a leaked balloon. "who will laugh on a senior will be requested to wipe his laugh on the blackboard,his face will be the duster,and the sentence I laughed on a senior will be written on the blackboard.He should wipe that with his face".Suddenly a guy was spotted smiling silently and he was forced to give us a demo.The boy came back with a white face,full of chalk powder. "Anyone caught with his shirt tucked in,will be asked to tuck in their trouser in their socks".Boys started to tuck-out their shirts.

"The rule is not applicable for transgenders".Now the girls went red.Another Goliath did a hi-5 with that demon.

"No watches,cellphones,calculators,accessories.A guy caught with any of them will be given special reception by us".Everyone started removing their watches and switching off their cellphones. Suddenly a group of seniors plunged into the room and the others left the dias and went to the corner.One of them announced "Enough of theories,people actually learn by practicals,The introduction will start from the last row.".Now I was gone."oye Chashma,tu chalu kar" he stated.My throat was almost dry,my voice choked.He said "There is one small rule for the intro,You need to stand-up on the high desk and speak with your ass".Now what the hell was that,Gosh!!.A class full of girls.I was about to break into tears."u need to turn back and shake your ass while giving the intro in the rhythm you speak"-one of them shouted. Atleast the others wont see my face.I stood up and did the task.The journey of becoming shameless started.I was asked to come in front.The senior hugged me.He said "smart guy!".Now I was watching others from the dias.One guy started crying and he was given a local anashthasia in his left cheek for his "unsmartness and inflexilibilty".Now it was the turn of a girl.All the boys glanced there.The lady was about to blast in tears,suddenly a senior guy and his lady entered into the room and announced "Girls you need not".All the seniors,even the first years turned angry,why not?Everyone thought"the girls enjoyed our ragging,now they are being protected".But suddenly the senior grinned and said "Manjula is coming to take care of girls".Now the other seniors stood dumb.Even their face were reflecting the fact that something is going to happen with the girls.

Suddenly the bus stopped.We were in-front of our office,the place was like digitized heaven.

TCS ILP Bhubaneswar – From station to Kalinga Park

2011-01-07T00:30:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

I saw the station name,after Hindi and English there were some 6 Jalebis (odhiya scripts) drawn on the board.I observed the advertising boards.There were Jalebis everywhere.

Hope the peoples are not the same,sweet but complex.The autowala was speaking some dangerously distorted version of Bengali(for an Odhiya Bengali will mean the same).After a healthy bargaining he agreed in 150rs.I boarded an auto with my cumbersome trolley.The air-shot was already fired in the race of struggling,the only difference was the shooter used a silencer in his gun. The saga continued,I was the last person to enter the residency alloted to us.My college-mates had already occupied the nice rooms,the smallest room was left for us.I liked the room.It was a room with three beds.My calculation told that anyway you place the beds,the room will look equally small.Hence,I consoled my mind.

One of my room-mate was a boy from my college,kind of jealous-studious type of guy.The other one was also from my college.He looked like an aged Nepali.He was looking very tensed because somehow he came to know,he can't pass the EC exams without notes and laptops.Unfortunately,he din't have any of the two.

There were some guys who joined the training before us.One of them was my hostel-mate and a "never smoke never booze" kind of guy.He had a very good reputation for his "whatever food is left in Kitchen that's mine" type attitude.But I found him slim and trimmed here.I was feeling the pressure.Those guys came and started explaining the rules.The rules to secure our future,the rules to cross the hurdle of the first exam.Only five associates had passed in the last exam from the whole batch.The bottom 2% will be given two chances,and if you miss those chances you may book a return ticket. We had our dinner in a nearby hotel.The food was so tasty to eat,so we almost dumped it into the waste pot.I was missing my maggi,the only cooking pride for maximum bachelor.

That night I had a dream.I was selling tea in the station,my friends were coming to my stall to have some tea.Suddenly the pink-top girl came with a Herbert Schildt book in her hand.I adviced her to read Ivor Horton.She got shocked thinking how a tea stall guy can know about Java? Even I started coding to design a tea-stall management system.Suddnely I saw my mother coming towards me with a stick in my hand,saying "That is why I asked you to study..",and I closed the stall and boarded the train for Kolkata.The train whistled,it was a different sound,like some "Ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti..."

I woke up,the watch us indicating 5 am.The studious guy was almost ready and chanting something with his eyes fixed on the laptop.Over-pressurized jerks. The nepali faced guy was still snoring badly.His condition reminded me of hopeless Robinson Crusoe in the island.

I found the water chilling cold.Somehow I managed bathing.What more I need to do for some money? I realized one more time that money is the only thing for which we forcefully do the tasks that we hate the most.The formal dress with a tie was one of them.

I simply don't know the functionality of a tie and its knots.Its like sophisticated and portable gallows pole.It was hot outside,still we had to wear it.

Photosessions were going on.Everyone was taking snaps of each other.Probably they were capturing "The last moment with a natural smile". The bus came,like our last night's food the bus was also a bullshit.

We started for Kalinga park.

The girl next row … :x

2011-01-04T00:24:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

The train started 20 minutes after the scheduled time.Delay in train schedule is a very common thing in Bengal.So if a train comes in correct time,there remains a possibility of missing the train.Reluctant Bengalees. The only case where the train may come in time,if it comes 24 hours late.

Anyway I was not feeling bad.It was like an adventurous trip for me.I had spent 4 long years in private hostels of Kolkata,so staying outside of home was not a very big deal for me.The only thing that I had gained staying in home was 33.33 gram fat per day that added some 6 more kilos to my body.

If I summarize Bhubaneshwar it will be like: Temples + Tier3 + Very less pubs + no malls, I had already figured it out that the city wont be charming.The only interest was the new life that I was going to begin,my first month's salary and a probability to impress a new female colleague.

A lady in a pink top and denim blue jeans was sitting with her family.They were in my next row after the aisle.She was reading an English novel by some author.I felt lucky,even the quinquagenarian uncles were also staring at her.The only person who was suffering was her father.He was the common enemy for all the young bachelors sitting there.A lucky guy sitting next to him was trying to impress his son(actually daughter) offering his mobile, but can't progress more because the little guy was far smarter than him. A Nokia 1200 was not sufficient for him.I looked at my N96,it had N-gage 3D games but of no use now.

I was in the wrong frame of reference.

Now after sometime calls started coming from my home,It was no longer 40 minutes ,everyone started missing me. Why doesn't God sent us with pre-activated GPS systems that can be manipulated by us?I would have fixed my positions to college library,classroom and study-room.

But that was good for me because my famous Donald duck ring-tone attracted that hideous kinky,though the rest of the compartment was equally disturbed.It was successful to wake up his mother who was sleeping from the moment the train had blown the first whistle.But Pink-top was still busy with her novel,not even looking at anyone.Now I was cursing the author of that novel.I put a romantic instrumental ring-tone but the incoming calls stopped coming.Now I was missing the callers.

It is very painful for a smoker to travel in an AC chair car,Because you couldn't sleep and you feel the urge of smoking.I remember once we had a smoke in Rajdhani express.It is very easy to smoke in train because with an impeccable security everybody assumes that nobody will smoke,but where there is a toilet there is a way.Sometime Rajdhani may have a smoke-detector in the toilet , so we changed the theory - Where there is a door there is a way.

Both me and my friend obtained the same theory again,and for your information it worked fine.This whole process got repeated in every hour.

Night at 9-o-clock the train reached Bhubaneshwar,when I was about to get down I noticed the lady was reading a book by Dale Carnegie which was too old for her age and enough boring to get her asleep.Actually she took her mothers way,possibly she had slept more than her mother,the whole long 6 hours.I understood that when her father pushed her awake from her sound sleep.What a posture of sleeping? Girls can do many thing that a boy can't even imagine.It was just a small sample. I gained some confidence.I was not ignored.

The Great Businessman..!

2010-12-28T00:15:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

What else you can do when you are sitting idle in your room with an Internet connection(which is also provided by the office for free of cost- my PL will kill me if he comes to know),when you have already lost your interest in chatting,u are no longer interested to drool upon sunny leone or jenna jameson,or u dont have the energy to peep in the girls' profiles in Orkut or Facebook?

A doctor: will turn it off and have a sleep.
A lawyer: will surf the news site.
A studious: will google or duckduckgo or wiki.
A Bachelor IT guy: will become confuse,like I was few moments back with what to do.
Atlast after taking a whole ciggerate,the 6th one of the day - (according to her schedule i had already exceeded my whole days quota by 2) a window popped up in my head saying "Do you remember you own a blog called http://debopriospeaking.blogspot.com/? you can visit that place".

I dont know if it was the effect of the nikotin or what,(non-smokers may call it baseless beleif )-the idea dint came to me before.If it had came to me before I may had lessen the count which is going to be exceeded by some 5 more.

Newy I visited my blog.It was a free ebook downloading blog.I dont know how much bibliophile i was but i loved that task once,people requesting for books and I kept on uploading them.

But the time was really good once,people praised initially,but slowly slowly when the time came of maintaini the blog,things started getting more complex and tougher,beleive me It requires hell lot of energy to manage this ebook download maintaining with the free hostin sites.

Checking Alexa ranking,coding HTML javascript,visit site traffic,fullfill requirement of peoples ,scanning ebooks,creating pdfs,required a hell lot of effort,but a hope was there,that I may get a good revenue from the sites.It was a great idea.People will download ebooks,I will become rich. Wow!!

But probably i was in the 5 th level dream of Inception,After a month of creating the blog I checked my ziddu account,after thousand downloads it was showing 1$.I died of shock,and in that dream I went to a libido.Probably I had created an unbreakable world record of becoming lowest revenued business man,coz i lost almost 18$ in Internet connection,5$ in Electricity bill,and 30 man-days energy just before my joining days in a company where the training subject will be a programming language called doctor Scheme.The less i speak about this language is more better for all.

The name of the book I uploaded last was I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY,It was almost reflecting my devastated situtaion- I TOO HAD A DREAM.

I happily denied the next month Internet recharge.

The ultimate incident happened today.It was the same routine(although my routine keep on changing like Paris Hilton's mood due to some uninterpretable policies of my company).I had a morning shift because My client is an Australian airways company,and now a days they are very very busy in saving the daylight.For that reason they will get up early and start working at 9 o clock AEST but there watches will show 8 am sharp,and these will screw my sleeping like anything because they are 5 and half hour ahead than us.

Still they pay me.I have signed some agreement with my company so I need to jumpout of my bed,lit the number one ciggerate(its named as force-India) and rushed to the bathroom taking my dirty towel(My landlord wont let us use washing machine,because according to him its wastage of water and electric,and i have only one towel,and i have a very very weak memory to remember to buy an alternate towel,and moreover I have a very low-cost mobile to set up an alarm memo,or i had lost my sticky notes or.....leave it).Spending 15 minutes in the purest place of earth I rushed to wear my formal dress.Now thats an etiquette.Formal dress increase your smartness by 100 folds,but reduces your coziness and working energy by infinite number of folds.Still companies will vote for smart workers(I mean smart looking workers.).

Somehow I managed to reach the office in Time.The day was fine.Workpressure was normal.Alas!! everyone will comeup with issues when you are about to leave,specially when you have a plan to spend some quality time with your special friend in Chennai(for me Chennai = beach..nothing more).

The plan got cancelled and my mood decided to give up from adjustments.I cameback,went to bathroom.I was dying to get a bath.It was scorching hot yesterday.
I came back and I sat opening the laptop.

The Chatbox that i had embedded in the blog was showing something,that reminded me of my loss.The loss was not over.Now maximum of the links were not in working stage,that catalysed my fans to became my foes.Cursing and abuses were overflowing.

Finally I decided to give up.I deleted all the ebooks and posts.The 30 mandays were gone within 30 clicks.

The loss I had caused to the authors by putting their books for free,turned out to be a loss of mine.

I decided,now onwards I will only write.No other business.
No other attempts, atleast in Blogger.

Dark Circles - Myth Revealed

2010-12-24T17:43:00.000+05:30

Periorbital dark circles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Best Birthday Gift :)

2010-12-24T00:22:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post by Debapriya Mukherjee. The views expressed are entirely of the author.

Isn't it really exciting for you when your earning suddenly jumps from minus seventy bucks per day(as I always took it from my parents) to a +ve 0.7k per day(aha!!!dats mine)? You can materialize all your fantasies into real.You suddenly metamorphose to a "Please marry my daughter" type bachelor from a "good for nothing" material. You start getting more attention from your family though your proposed idea were equally bad like before. Yeah!the mother Earth starts moving in your orbit when you bag a job. That was the exact scenario with me when I bagged the job in my first campus interview in the 3rd year of my college.

This is why we were taught Panchatantra and Aesop fables,the very first fable that came to my mind was "the farmer and the golden goose".Hence i was feeling like the golden goose who will lay golden eggs.My smiling stopped when I recalled the end.

The first thing that caught my attention was to upload the news in Orkut, as if I won an Olympic gold in 100m sprint.But when I was almost ready with the photos of all locations of my office across India,all my joy turned to shock at a glance.I may get a Gold in Olympic but in Orkut I don't deserve more than a tin or plastic medal. The "update" section was like 100 printf statements running in a for loop as everyones updates looked the same.

Almost everybody had fixed the same photo,those I googled for the medal."Uff!!! they will get a girl earlier than me".Even my tag also deserved a tin."Deboprio ,stamped employed" looked like the movie BLACK in comparison to their DHOOM2 tags.

"X-now a member of tata family" - as if X married Ratan Tata's daughter. "Y-TCS calling"- as if Ratanji came to his home.

Some guy put Ratanji's picture in their display picture.

But suddenly the scene got changed when the sensex had a backpain,and all the software companies of India started cost-cutting(i mean butt-saving).

" X - now feeling to commit suicide"- as if two girls will come and hug him in utter sympathy. "Y- Software companies are like hell"- it was an universal truth from before,it was your fault that you dint know it moron.

I maintained a good one." Deboprio enjoying home after 4 years of college".Now that's an oxymoron. The only guys who were happy and boozing were the guys who worked in monster/naukri.com .Probably their tags were like "Recession rocks!!!!". The mailboxes started flooding with job-adds.B.Tech guys started hiding their certificates to join BPOs.Almost everybody started working for CAT/GATE/SBI/CBI/UBI/ etc.

People with moustache turned cleaned shaved,coz Police were searching Ramalingam Raju badly.

Now it was the time for the fathers of the hot chicks,the hot chicks themselves,the jealous neighbours,and most of all the ragged juniors. few months back they used to ask : "Can you give me some tips on technical Bhaiya? I am planning to stress on Technical.TCS or INFY will be coming first.When are you going to join? If you are free can i come to you? Can u suggest me some good books/sites? Can I have your number?..."

Now every cow will have his day.

"Did you got pinkslip before joining bhaiya? I am planning to go for an MBA.These software companies sucks.Will you sit in CAT this year?I am taking coaching from TIME.Should I look a good institute for you? You are out of touch..Please call me if you require my help..Its 98....." Scrapbooks started overflowing with complimentary gifts from juniors.

Frustration is such a thing that increases exponentially and decreases gradually.

I started cursing Paulo Coelho for the famous quote,because I was not ready to start a new battle,and I was wanting the Job desperately,not only because of some girl will come and fill the blanks because of I wanted to see the change in the scenario.My families joy was disappearing like my hope.

Orkut communities became busier than Pentagon,thousands of boys and girls shared their frustrations,spread rumours,protested against the companies.

Suddenly a day a topic in the forum appeared stating : TCS started giving joining.

It was like cool breeze blowing everywhere in the scorching heat of summer.Still I was in a dilemma to beleive as plenty of rumours already spreaded. But i got releived when I got a call from my ex-roommate .He got the joining and the guy who created the topic to spread the news was absolutely true.

I was feeling like beating the junior black-blue,and pluck all the left hairs from the jealous uncle's half bald skull.

Still I have to wait.It was 9th,January 2010.The day after my birthday I got a call at 22:30 from one of my best friend."We got it" - he stated.

I opened my mailbox.There were 1295 unread mails.the first two caught my eyes.

"Wish you a very very happy birthday Deboprio -TCS family"-the first one stated.The next mail stated the date of joining.

After a week I started for Bhubaneshwar - Kalinga Park.

Between I changed my Orkut tag:"GOT MY BIRTHDAY GIFT,A HAPPY FAMILY".

Unleash the power of new Notepad: Q10

2010-12-21T23:55:00.000+05:30

We all know how useful is the notepad. Now what if I tell you that I can enhance it’s powers 10 times over. Yes. I tell you to just click here. It is going to be the moment your PC will never forget. Your old notepad will watch in awe. The other text editing programs will skip a heart beat.

Lock Folders and Hide your secret Files

2010-12-17T23:52:00.000+05:30

How many time shave you wanted to hide a particular folder and searched in vain for a free tool. Finally you can get it here. Install this and let your wings let you fly as you store virtually all kinds of files in your computer.

Want to keep your files safe from viruses and other harmful organisms in your machine? Locking your documents would keep them safe from these creatures too! Just take a peak.

How to delete large folders in your PC with GBs of files in them

2010-12-14T23:48:00.000+05:30

Often we see that it takes a lot of time to remove and delete large folders in Windows. Now it won’t. You should feel lucky that you are a reader of this popular blog now because it is presenting you with this lightning fast tool. Click here.

You can perform virtually any kind of operations on your folders with this extremely powerful tool. Just install it to find out the power you really have been missing in your computer till now.

Salary Structures: TCS, Infosys

2010-12-12T22:23:00.001+05:30

A wide variety of designations adorn the two giants of the rapidly growing industry at present. It is very difficult to have a bird’s eye view of the entire system without doing a lot of research. Here’s some amount of information that might come in handy. More organizations would be updated soon. If you want to suggest something, please comment.

Add Facial Recognition even to your prehistoric PC

2010-12-10T23:39:00.000+05:30

Have a webcam? Now you an add the latest highest level of technologies, authenticating a user by his looks, by this simple software. By facial recognition, you can login to your PC in no time. Install this.

All you will need is a webcam. Even in your old PC, you can have this awesome feature to stun your friends by just having the cheapest of the cheap webcam. It will work with any number of users. Try it out. You will surely like it and share this article to all your friends for sure!

Finally, you can rotate a PDF document!

2010-12-07T23:27:00.000+05:30

Many times we PDF readers have faced problems when the landscape and portrait orientation in our document is not as we want it to be. Now it can be done in a breeze. Visit this site. Just upload your document and select the orientation you want tit to be in.

Then you will get your PDF and feel free to read it at your leisure time, or during your work hours depending on what type of document it is!

Control Mouse Cursor using Keyboard

2010-12-03T23:19:00.000+05:30

This is a very very very small tool that is going to be very very very useful to you. No joke. How many times have we faced a problem when we wished if we could control our mouse using our keyboards. How good would it be. Install this. This small tool is going to liven up the connection between your cursor and keyboard.

Monitor Folder Changes: Track Activities on a Folder for any Activity

2010-11-30T23:10:00.000+05:30

This is a tool many of us would be surprised to know that it exists. More of us would be amaze as to how it works. Watch 4 Folder answers just that question with amazing simplicity. Get it here.

Starting from when which content was added to which document or file was renamed on which date and time of the day to which user did it, this small easy tool will have it all for you when you need it. Let it run in the background and find the power it unleashes in your computer soon.

Know the CPU temperature inside your computer and laptop

2010-11-26T23:04:00.000+05:30

This very useful program lets you know all the details that is going to save you a lot of bucks and help a lot in improving the condition and health of your machine.

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Simply use the tools given in the link above to find out what you did not know about your PC. It’s really amazing how tools as small as this can be so much powerful.

How to set your inactive windows to minimize automatically?

2010-11-23T22:52:00.000+05:30

If you want to minimize your windows that have been idle and are left unused for a specific period of time, then you can try this new tool from here. This is going to let you choose when your windows are going to be minimized. You can set the time in seconds.

Click the download button on the left side to get this highly useful tool. If you find this article useful, feel free to share this with your friends. Soon there is going to be more stuffs like this.

GDrive is finally here

2010-11-19T22:48:00.000+05:30

Love to forward mails to a lot of friends? Make Gmail Contact Groups

2010-11-16T22:42:00.000+05:30

This will let you mail a lot of your friends by mailing your favorite article to just one single id. This is going to be really useful to you. Instead of typing the emails of your friends one by one you will get to send your mail to them just by one click.

Just go to Contacts->New Group. After creating go to your contacts, select the names you want to add them to your new group. Then under Groups button, select the name of the group. That’s all. Now try typing the name of your group in a new mail, it will show up in your senders' suggestions.

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