For millions of students who dream of successful career opportunities in the IT industry, the right qualification will not be sufficient. "My advice to students is-focus on the fundamentals of software engineering rather than on specific programming skills. That never gets absolute," says Gaines Attar, deputy chairman and CEO of Zensar.

Ittyera adds, "Students should get more hands-on on design projects than those that focus on writing some useless VB application as part of their course requirement."

It is also necessary for students to be well-informed of the changing the industry dynamics. Parikh emphasizes that they should get acclimatized to follow industry intricacies, meet the people, have practical round of views so that when they enter the industry they are not nativities.

The key is to avoid the herd mentality and be more aware. "They have to look at opportunities. Skills will be more dynamic. Companies will move from title-based resources to role-based resources. It will be a challenging time for students to match their interest with their career path, which won't be as clear-cut," concedes Iyengar.

The good news is broader academic hiring by IT companies in the future. Says Iyengar, "Today if you are not an engineer, you can say goodbye to a career in IT. This will be possible in the future, though finding the right slot will be a challenge."

V. Sandeep
051-03-013

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PERSPECTIVE

Remember : what you see depends on where you sit.

One day a father of a wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip," asked the father?

The son answered :

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden, but they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, but they have friends to protect them." The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, Thanks, Dad, for showing me just how poor we are." Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

A.B.Rajasekhar
051-03-002

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Try this out

At command prompt of any UNIX ($type: cal 9 1752 Surprised????

See the explanation for what you see.

worry:

see below:

$ cal 9 1752
September 1752
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Isn't the output queer? A month with whole eleven days less?
This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the
Gregorian Calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days to be
wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752.
(What couldn't a King do in those days?!)

And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the
entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born. (Bless those people).

J.Sivarama Krishna
051-03-042

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Career Songs For all Professionals

1. When in college!! Hum honge kaamiyaab, Hum honge kaamiyaab ek din.....
2. When giving interview to Multi National Company Tu hi re.. Too hi ree. tere binaaa main kaise jiyunn....
3. Waiting for interview result!! Intehaa ho gai Intzaarki.. aayinaaa kuch khabar mere yaarki...
4. Just joined Too cheez bhadi hai mast mast.....
5. after some time... Ye kahaan aagaye hum??
6. After some more time... Naa koyi umang hai, naa koyi tarang hai, mere jindagi kya ek kati Pathang hai (booohoooo)
7. Floating the resume kabootar ja ja ja... kabootar ja ja ja... pehele pyar ki peheli chitti...
8. Finally when you don't get a better offer any longer Jeena yehaan, marna yehaan iske si wa jaana kahaan...!!!

M.V.K.Aditya
051-03-010

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ITprofessionals make films

what happens when IT PROFESSIONALS MAKE FILMS :- Some Film titles may be like these : -- >** Network Ke Us Paar >** Meri Disc Tumhare Paas Hai >** Aao Chat Kare >** Programmer No.1 >** Mera Naam Developer >** Java Wale Job Le Jayenge >** Hum Apke Memory Mein Rahate Hein >** Do Processor, Baarah Terminal >** Tera Code Chal Gaya >** Har Din Jo Mail Karega >** Debugging Koi Khel Nahi >** Jish Desh Mein Bill Gates Rehatha Hai >** Raju Ban Gaya MCSE ..! >** Client Ek Numbari, Programmer Dus Numbari >** Login Karo Sajana >** Naukar PC Ka >** 1942 -- A Bug Story >** Kaho Na Virus Hai >** Crash Se Crash Tak >** Haan Meine Bhi Debug Kiya Hai >** Shaheed Hacker Singh >** Password ):

C.Aravind Kumar
051-03-023