New Certificate ... New Baby ... New Job
Couple of months ago I finished my MCTS: .Net Framework 2.0 Web based client. I finished the 070-528 exam after many delays. It was very good exam but I was surprised that there is many questions about Mobile web development. When I was studying I said to my self that small chapter will not have many questions in the exam. It's a 2 small lessons chapter so they will not ask many questions about it. Any way I passed the exam with a high score which is really good. I regret because I have those delays and the new ASP.Net 3.5 exam is deployed and I still studying for 2.0 version, having that feeling that I am old fashioned developer who still sitting when the people are standing, walking when the people are running, and driving when the people are flying!! Any way I think that there are no much difference between ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5 there is no big shift so I hope that my feeling is overstatement.
One of things motivated me to finish this exam very soon: I got a new baby. A daughter I called "Raneem", she is very beautiful, cool and nice baby. When this cute creature came to my world and entered my life I lost one of the most valuable factors for any student. I lost those quiet nights when I was sleeping more than 8 hours. I became less comfortable and I have little time to make advantage and utilize in preparation for this exam.
One thing lead to another, having a new baby means many things and definitely means more and more expenses. So I seek for a new job with higher salary and I got what I want. I moved to this new job and this is my first week in this job. I got a very good impression about the new people here in this job. But I missed my friends form my previous company. The new company is one of the leading companies here in our country and I hope to accrue very rich and excellent experience and having a good job experiment.
To secure a good position in a software company you need to take some things in your consideration here is one of them
“What a geek!”
In high school, you may have hated being called a geek. But today, you are trying to find work as a programmer. “Geek” is “gold” to hiring managers. Find a way to show them that you are smart, love programming, and are constantly growing, learning, and exploring new ideas. Talk about your relevant hobbies if you have any, like contributing to open source projects or volunteering to teach local kids programming. Let them know if you like programming or computers enough to deal with them outside of work.
It is a really simple equation for the hiring manager. While two candidates may be equal today, the candidate with passion will be far more advanced tomorrow than the candidate who treats it as “just a job.”
Follow up here to know about another 9 things to take care of at TechRepublic you will find a very helpful ideas.
Hope that helps and for all of you happy programming