Tips for a 0-2 year data professional

So you are another fresher who dived into the IT industry and is determined to learn the technology after getting into a development project.Every 2nd fresher's feels himself cheated after landing in a Production-Support profile.I was no exception.I was really dissapointed to have been trained in .NET/SQL Server and then landing in a technology called Informatica that too a production support profile. Worse, we were not working on a datawarehouse (Which I realized when I had started appearing for interviews)

Do not be afraid as there is always something to cheer about. I started off with simple monitoring, understanding the jobs at workflow/monitor level. Then trying to decipher which code at session level maps to what. We had extensive usage of shell scripts too in our projects. I took time and analyzed them.

The book: UNIX Shell programming by Yashwant Kanetkar was very handy in helping me understand and decipher the power of shell scripting in Informatica.It will help you overcome your fear of the black linux screen.

I believe developing is not the most important thing.For a 2year professional the follwing profile would be great

1. Exposure to all Informatica tools
2. Unix Shell scripting
3. SQL/PL-SQL
4. Try getting some hands on the reporting tool in your project along with the ETL tool.

Test cricket - Playing a long innings at work.

I'd started this blog to share the experiences I had at job.This includes both the technical and non-technical side of things. So I started to come up with this new tab,under which we shall discuss office psychology.I shall be sharing the difficulties that I had faced at office and how I had coped up with the same.

1. Never be an emotional fool at work, there are no friends or girl friends at work.
2. Make sure of having Simple,measurable,achievable,relevant and time bound (SMART) goals at work.
3. Working in an Indian IT company or an MNC having indians is like playing a five day test match.Each day of the test match can be mapped to an year at the company. Try avoiding people who make your blood boil during the 1st year, which happens to be the toughest. Once you have settled down and you know the pitch i.e. the organisational culture start by taking singles and graduate to boundaries. Remember Rahul Dravid who played the balls according to it's merit.
4. Do not be afraid of saying no to work in an environment you are not comfortable working in.
5. Being Nice to people is not licking and is an important art.
6. You are bound to be pulled down by known and unknown ways by all kind of people.Just assume them to be Jason Gillispes,Brett Lees and Glen mcgraths of your arena who are trying to sledge you for your wicket, Do not quit hang on duck the bouncers,ignore the sledges, close your eyes and ask for strength.