Wipro-Technical Readiness Program(TRP)

A helluva month!!
Today was our d-day at wipro, post FRP I’ve never been this serious towards academics (in relative terms). Last weekend was full of academics, i.e around a 20hrs of quality learning (most of which was revision, coz its just jumbled theory which keeps slipping out of my memory). No more talks, getting to what is useful for the future TRP takers…

TRP Platform: Java (J2EE)
TRP Test Duration: 2 hrs (my slot: 9am to 11am)
TRP Test questions (nos): 100 (1 mark per question)
Passing mark: 70 (just giving you a snapshot that you can only get 30 miss hits of the 100 questions)
TRP portions: RDBMS, SQL, PL-SQL, JAVA & J2EE (5 subjects in a weekend, i still cant believe that I cleared it…;-))
Material required: everything is provided by the company (nothing explicitly required from your end)

Some subtle things which might help

1. Paper is not at all basic (its kinda advanced) but it involves very less of actual programming/coding.
2. You gotta be very meticulous while reading your green book (WIPRO material) because it’s those small small things which consume 80% of TRP. All high funda concepts would just be a handful in the Assessment.
3. Reading the book & revising it 10 times would do no good, instead read/revise everything twice & get to the dums/previous TRP questions coz that exactly gives you the push to think in examination point of view.
4. You fail the first time, no issues…but don’t forget to collect questions from your friends coz the re-test/makeup test would have lots of repeated questions (assured stuff)...its an easier gateway for getting that 70 percent.

All of us on the last day of our Training, after the impact program, a lot of them have become really close (really really thankful)(click image 2 enlarge)

One month of awesomeness...;-) my main partners in crime: bharath (heading 2 UK), chayan (gotta stick his ass here somehow)...leaving you with a blast from the past

My wingers...doing everything but work..;-P (click image 2 enlarge)

TREAT TREAT- Thats me with my DARK TEMPTATION @ office Barista & an amazing night out at SPARKY'S RESTAURANT (courtesy: Rahul's bday)

PS: I got a decent score…actually a pretty pretty decent 72 on 100, believe it or not, the 72 on the screen was bliss, thank god!! But my friend is still to make it, so I gotta go home & help him out (how angel like…;-P)
PS: BTW, LUCK really takes a toll on a lot of people. But if your a hardcore java programmer then its just a cake walk for you.
PS: More than happy to have finished this TRP but we still have one month of mentor ship, that's some sort of a project simulation stuff. Most probs, it's going to be web based training (I want it so bad...;-P)
PS: Statistics: i think there has to be a rough 20%-25% pass percentage

Everyone's watching

That's what you gotta think when you are in public places, I was reading about these latest gizmo which can freaking zoom over continents (;-D..huh lolz); So, its very easy to track someone if required (got that!).... I was sitting in my office doing some nasty/regular stuff & suddenly I see this hall camera starring at my soul...;-P (were the CCTV people focusing me & only me!)...that was a shitty moment coz there might be some people who have no other job but to go around chasing you with their digital lens.

BEWARE of such SHITTY CAMS, coz they have this recording provision which can
capture all your ugly moments.

No paparazzi please

You never know what shit is going up there in those cameras, so, act the way/be the way you would want to be taped. BTW experiment this yourself, watch people around you for just 2-3 minutes & see what all they do (not at home, in an office or restaurant or some public places), you do this and let me know how it works out (I'm sure you would be able to pin point a lot of ugly moments, if not ugly, it's gotta be laughable without a doubt..;-P)

PS: give a damn to what other's think of you...but c'mon you cant just be easy with people tapping you.
PS: Don't I have any other work...actually, its emphatically true...;-) (that's why such a post)

Tamil family TALKS

It’s too much to take for a guy who doesn’t speak much, really! Sometimes these family talks just get me frustrated to the core. Some spree of topics which has got me tired and has made me realize that it’s so damn innocently weird.

Some person got an MBA seat & is heading for a bright future which would supposedly fetch him huge sums after passing out- I just can’t speak on this coz I flunked miserably throughout my acads, but I am sure of one thing that no freaking education can guarantee you huge sums without having to work your ass off (on the job).

Some guy was as tall as me & it seems it was tough to find him a match (spouse)- really!!, I hear all the time that being tall is a virtue (I am not gawky or anything, nor am I over grown). I really am not a marriageable commodity as of now, now that’s all over my face & age too...;-)

Who is an ideal grown up child & how they behave- It’s always ‘oh k’ with me for all that they say in the family but when a person defines ideal child as ‘the one who doesn’t talk with others, doesn’t go on outings, listens to what all their parents say & finally, have amazing academic track records’...I say F**k off, it’s just that the child is a loner & can’t find friends for him/herself, that’s all to it (an open question- temme me a guy/girl who made is big without having any people skills?)...I hate this coz, I am simply opposite..;-)

Which is the so called best career option- now that I’ve got in this techie stuff (IT industry) after my engineering; which is what every other dog is doing now a days, I get to hear anything and everything as a career option except this one. BTW engineering is still the most sought after graduation course & most of them have sent their kids for engineering...why?

No more emotional attyachar...got fed up & now I know what exactly all the Tamil family talks are about, I am a proud Tamilian but I am surly not from a family which speaks like this, my family is way too ahead of times...;-)...BTW the family which speaks like this is also very innocently cool, I love them man!

PS: I just don’t wanna fall in this league later in time, let us be practical & let them be!
PS: I am sure there are a lot of you out there, who get the same crap as this (for me it aint frequent, lucky me;-))

Y dont they acknowledge?

On the other day, I got really pissed to buy a fact that sometimes a lot of your close friends don't acknowledge you for all that you do, nor do they allow other potentials to do it. The agenda does not end here, these people will blabber the shit about you which might not even be close to reality (just with the intention of taking away that appraisal & not some malicious stuff).

They seem to give a hard kick to my ego & say to my face "you’re no big deal". They cannot be simply dealt with, coz after all they are your friends & you need them for all reasons except this one..;-)

I've been devilish enough to ponder upon this issue & get to some cheap shots to resolve it:

1. Encrypt you accomplishments & don't welcome them totally- let them know that you did this coz they don't find it amusing enough.
2. For whatever comment they make, just don't try to defend your point (defence mechanism is kinda harmful here)..trust me!! It's like "Been there, done that" for me...;-)
3. Never share things which might lead to you being the guy in the spotlight i.e. the key player or the important guy sort of a thing
4. For anything which is even remotely associated with your expertise, just act disinterested in front of them coz this might be the cause for another petty talk

Whatever man!! Just make them feel that you deserve to be acknowledged for all that you have done and for F**K sake!! Don’t look for acceptance & appraisals for all that you do coz friends really don't express these emotions that often (nor I what them to, coz it’s so damn formal). I am a modest guy, actually I'm excessively modest...so, I get this feeling quiet often...sigh!!. For all those who know me, I don't run for appraisals nor do I care about what others think of me but I just can’t stand this shit as this is what motivates me to do more.