If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the “dirty little secrets” listed below may surprise you because we don’t usually talk about them out loud.
1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up.
2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business.
3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies.
4.) You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones.
5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong.
6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs.
7.) Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise.
8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day.
9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors.
10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
MAT Analysis!....
The MAT test paper comprised objective multiple-choice questions without any specified sections. Although the MAT stressed on accuracy more than speed, it was important to use the allotted time wisely as students had to answer 200 questions in 150 minutes. Each question carried one mark. There was negative marking of 0.25 specified on the test booklet for the wrong answers.The paper had questions from 5 different areas, viz. Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency, Reasoning Ability and General Knowledge, with exactly 40 questions in each of them. The last exam before CET of this session came without any surprises in terms of the number of questions but the level of difficulty was average. In QA, the questions from pure Geometry were missing, though Mensuration and Trigonometry were present. Almost all the options were very unambiguous, so wise guessing proved fruitful. Questions on Data Interpretation were categorized in Bar graph, Pie-chart, Tables and Line graph. Most of questions are calculation intensive. In some cases options were also very close. So overall the section was time consuming. Five questions were asked from each area of Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison. Questions on Reasoning were quite straightforward. (Linear arrangement, Assumption based logical reasoning, Blood relation). Some reasoning based individual questions were lengthy. But the questions asked on Directions, Series were some of the single questions which were very easy.
ONLINE CAT: A CLARIFICATION!
An article appeared in Business Standard dated February 4, 2008 which gives an impression that a decision has been taken that IIMs will introduce online CAT from CAT 2009. This is totally incorrect. In view of increasing number of candidates IIMs are considering various alternatives for modifying the process of conducting CAT, if necessary. Online testing is one of those alternatives. The proposals are at the preliminary stage of discussion.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
CB Series : 2nd ODI India vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane 2008 Live Video + Full Highlights
Commonwealth Bank Series, 2008, 2nd Match ODI Sri Lanka v India at Brisbane on 5th February 2008 (50 Overs match). Dhoni and Gambir make 184 runs partnership.
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